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Theater, Dance, and Film Studies
heater, Dance, Tand Film Studies
WRITTEN BY WILL ARBERY
DIRECTED BY ROB MISH
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HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING is published by Samuel French, an imprint of Concord Theatricals. Playwrights Horizons, Inc. New York City, produced the World Premiere of HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING. HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING was developed by The Cape Cod Theatre Project, Hal Brooks, Artistic Director.
It’s August 19, 2017, on a pleasant evening in western Wyoming. More specifically, it’s two days before the solar eclipse and one week after the Charlottesville riot. Four young alumni of a tiny conservative Catholic college have gathered to celebrate their former mentor and professor as she is inaugurated as the college’s president. Sitting on the back porch of Justin’s rustic home, their diverse, argumentative and illuminating wranglings over social, political and cultural issues point out just how divided four close friends can be—in a broader sense, a divided country in conflict with itself.
heater, Dance, Tand Film Studies
JENEFER DAVIES, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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Under the artistic direction of Jenefer Davies, W&L Dancers Create... is a concert of works created, designed and performed by the W&L Repertory Dance Company—a performance that reflects, in theme and style, current undergraduate work in dance. This dance concert showcases the intellectual and creative curiosity within the dance program.
heater, Dance, Tand Film Studies
WRITTEN BY JANE AUSTEN
ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY STEPHANIE SANDBERG
Thursday, December 2, 2021 Friday, December 3, 2021 Saturday, December 4, 2021 Sunday, December 5, 2021
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In Jane Austen’s final novel, Anne and Frederick fell in love, only to have their engagement dismissed by the family, sending Frederick packing. He goes off to win his fortune on the seas and returns to find her diminished and lonely. Is their love possible again? Adapted and directed for the stage by Stephanie Sandberg, this is a romance that stands the test of time.
heater, Dance, Tand Film Studies
A KAMISHIBAI ADAPTION FROM HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN BY NATSU ONODA POWER
DIRECTED BY JEMMA ALIX LEVY
2 p.m. 7 p.m. Keller Theatre Lenfest Hall
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THUMBELINA is produced by special arrangement with Kate Bussert, BRET ADAMS, LTD., 448 West 44th Street, New York, New York 10036. www.bretadamsltd.net THUMBELINA was commissioned and originally produced by Imagination Stage, Bethesda, Maryland.
Size really doesn’t matter in this adaptation of the traditional story of a little girl finding her way in a big world. Using the traditional Japanese storytelling technique called kamishibai, this play follows Thumbelina as she searches for a place where she fits in, discovering along the way that being different doesn’t mean being alone. Join this tiny girl with a huge heart as she travels the world making unexpected friends along the way.
This production is appropriate for audiences as young as 4 years old.
heater, Dance, Tand Film Studies
JENEFER DAVIES, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TERRY VOSBEIN, JAZZ DIRECTOR
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Keller Theatre Lenfest Hall
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The W&L Repertory Dance Company and the University Jazz Ensemble join forces for an artistic evening to remember. In the firstever collaboration between these two groups, syncopation, complex chords, and improvisation will drive rich, experimental movement that will set everyone’s toes to tapping. Set in 1950s New Orleans, the Keller stage will be transformed into a jazz club featuring student composers paired with student choreographers, guest artists creating work to established jazz pieces, and Jenefer Davies and Terry Vosbein collaborating on a world premiere. Through it all, the University Jazz Ensemble’s driving beat will be front and center.
heater, Dance, Tand Film Studies
Robert O. and Elizabeth M. Bentley Musical ALL SHOOK UP
INSPIRED BY AND FEATURING THE SONGS OF ELVIS PRESLEY®
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY PATRICK SUMMERS BOOK BY JOE DIPIETRO
DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY DARNELL PIERRE BENJAMIN
Thursday, March 31, 2022 Friday, April 1, 2022 Saturday, April 2, 2022 Sunday, April 3, 2022
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All Shook Up is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.theatricalrights.com
All Shook Up, a musical comedy, is a rocking, heartwarming tale about following dreams, opening up to love, and the power of music. It will be filled with laughs, joy, and rocking choreography. The music made famous by Elvis comes alive in All Shook Up.
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, All Shook Up follows a small Midwestern town that is thrown into a frenzy with the arrival of Chad, a good-looking, motorcycle-riding roustabout who rides from town to town with a guitar on his back, blue suede shoes on his feet, and a song in his heart. Repressed by their conservative mayor, the town begins to come alive once more under Chad’s influence. Lovers meet, woo, pursue, and more, all in one zany night that will change the town forever.
All Shook Up easily represents a snapshot of the fear that’s prevalent in America today—fear of the unknown, fear of black individuals, fear of queer individuals, fear of aging, fear of sex and fear of love. All Shook Up will pay homage to the Blues and the Black individuals who pieced together the blueprint for the musical style of Rock ‘n’ Roll. So, let’s rock!
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WRITTEN BY JEN SILVERMAN
DIRECTED BY JEMMA ALIX LEVY This play contains mature themes.
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Thursday, May 19, 2022
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The Moors is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Two spinster sisters. An unsuspecting governess. A two-faced maid (maybe). A philosopher-poet dog. A broken bird. Romance? Horror? Mystery? Welcome to Jen Silverman’s twisted take on Gothic—“The moors are a savage place, and we who live here, despite our attempts to cling to a modicum of civilization, we find ourselves often forced to contend with savagery.”
