UIC Theatre 2014-2015 Season

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BA in Acting BA in Theatre Design BFA in Acting

GENERAL:

$12 single $36 season

$17 single $50 season

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UIC Theatre’s 2014–15 season tackles these difficult questions as seen through the eyes of young and old alike, across a spectrum of cultures and time.

UIC Theatre’s 2014-15 Season asks

What would you fight for?

From the witty and irreverent Misalliance and the chilling Ivanov, to the heartbreaking The Piano Lesson and the beguiling A Matter of Life & Death, characters struggle to fight for what matters most. UIC Theatre brings past and present gloriously alive this year, through its imaginative and visceral performances of three classics along with an American premiere. Directors Yasen Peyankov from Steppenwolf and Heidi Stillman from Lookingglass join us for the season, continuing UIC’s tradition of engaging students and the campus with the groundbreaking professionals who call Chicago home.

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University of Illinois at Chicago ETMSW Building 1040 West Harrison MC 255 Chicago, IL 60607

The School of Theatre & Music provides innovative, rigorous, and comprehensive programs as part of its diverse, urban context.

So many of life’s biggest questions are asked most urgently when we feel trapped. How did I get here? How can I get out? What am I fighting for anyway?

School of Theatre & Music

University of Illinois at Chicago


Opens Friday, October 3 7:30pm

Opens Friday, November 14 7:30pm

Opens Friday, February 20 7:30pm

Opens Friday, April 10 7:30pm

MISALLIANCE

IVANOV

THE PIANO LESSON

A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH

by George

by Anton

by August Wilson

Stage adaptation by Emma

Bernard Shaw | Directed by Luigi Salerni

Chekhov Christensen and Yasen Peyankov Directed by Yasen Peyankov

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Directed by Derrick

Sanders

Adapted by Peter

Rice and Tom Morris |

Directed by Heidi

Stillman

Based on the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Adventure drops from the sky in this uproarious tale of romantic entanglements. With secrets and surprises bubbling under the veneer of social niceties, what will burst free when it does? UIC’s own Luigi Salerni directs this irreverent romp as the caustic wit of playwright George Bernard Shaw transforms the stage into a forum for laughter and “good ideas.”

The struggles of Chekov’s first great dramatic anti-hero continue to enthrall and captivate. A nuanced exploration of unfulfilled lives and lost souls, Ivanov weaves tragedy and comedy as each character struggles to make sense of their disillusionment, to capture love, or simply endure boredom in the provinces. Steppenwolf Ensemble member Yasen Peyankov directs his own translation of Chekov’s emotionally charged classic.

ADDITIONAL SHOW TIMES

ADDITIONAL SHOW TIMES

*Special High School Matinee

In Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1936, the Charles family struggles with their surroundings and each other over their shared legacy—an antique piano and the secret it holds. In a time of transition, ambition and hope for the future battles with uncertainty and the inexorable pull of the past. Jeff award-winning Derrick Sanders directs August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Piano Lesson.

ADDITIONAL SHOW TIMES

*Special High School Matinee

Against the backdrop of the Second World War unfolds a romantic, surreal, and poignantly funny love story. When a celestial error allows a pilot to cheat death, can love stop heaven in its tracks? Heidi Stillman, Artistic Director of New Work at the Tony Awardwinning Lookingglass Theatre Company, revisits Kneehigh Theatre’s creative adaptation of the 1946 fantasy film. ADDITIONAL SHOW TIMES

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