TFTV returns to the stage with diverse, thrilling works
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BA THEATRE STUDIES STUDENTS BECCA WORDEN (IN THE MOON) AND ROBBIE VOIGT IN FROM THE FISHBOWL (2020). PHOTO BY JULIUS SCHLOSBURG
he School of Theatre, Film & Television (TFTV) at the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts is proud to present the return of live, in-person, public performances. The School’s 2021/22 six-show season will comprise four Arizona Repertory Theatre (ART) productions and two productions presented by the Next Performance Collective. Beloved in the local theatre landscape and regularly ranking in Onstage’s ‘National Top 30 Musical Theatre Programs,’ ART is a training program modeled after professional theatre companies and comprises students from the BFA program in Acting and Musical Theatre. A new initiative of the BA Theatre Studies division, Next Performance Collective houses outstanding student-devised theatre pieces and works by emerging playwrights. Students from the Design and Technology program will provide technical and production support on all productions. “With the upcoming season we look forward to amplifying under-represented voices, and to providing students across the School with an opportunity to work on a broad range of classical, contemporary and self-devised work,” says TFTV Director Andy Belser.
Taking place from October through May, the School’s performance season will open with two ART productions: Into the Woods, one of Stephen Sondheim’s most popular and enchanting musicals, and Three Sisters, the Chekhov classic adapted by one of the leading voices in contemporary theatre, Sarah Ruhl. Next is the Next Performance Collective presentation of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Everybody - a modern riff on Everyman, one of the oldest plays in the English language. ART presents Living Dead in Denmark, a witty action-adventure/ horror sequel to Shakespeare’s Hamlet written by Qui Nguyen, along with the rock-and-roll musical High Fidelity, and the season concludes with the New Directions Festival, the first in an annual festival of thrillingly unpredictable created content generated by BA Theatre students. For more information, visit theatre.arizona.edu or call (520) 621-3341.
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