PERFORMANCE DATES
Thursday 2/16 7:30 PM (Preview)
Friday 2/17 7:30 PM
Saturday 2/18 2 PM
Saturday 2/18 7:30 PM
Sunday 2/19 7:30 PM
Thursday 2/23 7:30 PM
Friday 2/24 7:30 PM
Saturday 2/25 2 PM
Saturday 2/25 7:30 PM
Sunday 2/26 2 PM
COMING SOON!
THE WOLVES
By Sarah DeLappe
February 16-26, 2023
Gilbert V. Hemsley Theatre
Director: Audrey Standish
A Pulitzer Prize finalist. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, a girl’s indoor soccer team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of young warriors. A funny and moving portrait of female athletes and their victories and defeats on and off the field.
Content Advisory: This play contains mature language and material including discussions of abortion, sexual content, and violent events.
This production is made possible through generous support from the Anonymous Block Grant
CAST
#11 Anna Bogan
#14 Maya Buffomante
#2 Olivia Cozzini
#25 Olivia Everett
#00 Paige Gruener
#46 Audrey Kentz
#8 Summer Kleppek
#7 Natalie Matthai
#13 Sophia Schmidt
Soccer Mom Jeanne Leep
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director Audrey Lauren Standish
Assistant Director Grant Borcherding
Dramaturg Bridget Anderson
Soccer Coach Romaric Setodji
Scenic Designer Grace McGuire
Costume Designer Jiaming Xie
Lighting Designer Ana Gonzalez Clark
Sound Designer Jude Langhammer
Projection Designer Joe Schwaba
Technical Director Angie Hause
Assistant Technical Director Rob Wagner
Properties Director Myra Delikat
Lead Carpenter Angie Hause
Scenic Charge Jude Langhammer
Lighting and Sound Supervisor Ryan Bertelson
Assistant Lighting/Sound Supervisor Connor Wiedenbeck
Stage Manager Daniel Lennartz
Assistant Stage Manager Jess Schnoll
PERFORMANCE DATES
Wednesday 3/1 7:30 PM (Preview)
Thursday 3/2 7:30 PM
Friday 3/3 7:30 PM
Saturday 3/4 2 PM
Saturday 3/4 7:30 PM
Sunday 3/5 2 PM
Thursday 3/9 7:30 PM
Friday 3/10 7:30 PM
FENCES
By August Wilson
March 1-10, 2023
Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre
Director: Dr. Baron Kelly
Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro baseball leagues toils as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh. Excluded as a black man from the major leagues during his prime, Troy’s bitterness takes its toll on his relationships with his wife and his son and threaten to tear his family apart. August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play is a landmark work of American Theatre. This special faculty research project by Dr. Baron Kelly will feature professional actors alongside student/local actors.
Content Advisory: This play contains physical violence, mature content and language including racial epithets.
This production is made possible by support from the Anonymous Block Grant, the Lorraine Hansberry Fund, the Nellie Y. McKay-Lorraine Hansberry Fund, and the Joyce J. and Gerald A. Bartell Award in the Arts.
CAST
Troy Maxson Alphaeus Green*
Jim Bono Julian White
Rose Maxson Burgess Byrd*
Lyons Noah Mustapha Kohn-Dumbaya
Gabriel Baron Kelly*
Cory Micah Anderson
Raynell Naomi Greer
*The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director Baron Kelly
Fight Director Julian White
Scenic/Lighting Designer Kevin Gawley
Assistant Scenic Designer Elise Picard
Costume Designer Shelly Cornia
Sound Designer Ryan Bertelson
Technical Director Angie Hause
Properties Director Myra Delikat
Lead Carpenter Angie Hause
Scenic Charge Jude Langhammer
Lighting and Sound Supervisor Ryan Bertelson
Assistant Lighting/Sound Supervisor Connor Wiedenbeck
Stage Manager Jahana Azodi
Assistant Stage Manager Carson Romano
Assistant Stage Manager Fina Zhou
PERFORMANCE DATES
Thursday 4/20 7:30 PM(Preview)
Saturday 4/22 7:30 PM
Sunday 4/23 2 PM
Thursday 4/27 7:30 PM
Saturday 4/29 7:30 PM
Sunday 4/30 2 PM
MACBETH
By William Shakespeare
April 20-30, 2023
Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre
Director: C. Julian White
Shakespeare’s haunting tale of ambition and madness is brought to thrilling life in a vigorous production that lays bare the dark soul of the tragedy. Inspired by mysteriously prophetic witches, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth murderously ascend to the heights of power only for their bloody deeds to cause their fall into chaos and ruin.
Content Advisory: This play contains mature content and physical violence.
This production is made possible by support from the Anonymous Block Grant, the Lorraine Hansberry Fund, and the Nellie Y. McKay-Lorraine Hansberry Fund.
*The UW Cinematheque will hold a special screening of Akira Kurosawa’s masterful adaptation “Throne of Blood” Friday April 7 at 7 PM. For more information visit the Cinematheque page.
CLOSED
FIRST DATE
Book by Austin Winsberg, Music and Lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
July 28-August 7, September 15-25, 2022
Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre
Director: Ross Shenker
Music Director: Eric Sayre
When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner. As the date unfolds in real time, Casey and Aaron’s inner critics take on a life of their own as supportive best friends, manipulative exes and protective parents, materialize singing and dancing them through ice-breakers, appetizers and potential conversational land mines. Can this couple turn what could be a dating disaster into something special before the check arrives?
Content Advisory: This production contains adult language and content and simulated smoking.
This production is made possible through generous support from the Brittingham Trust and the Anonymous Block Grant.
CLOSED
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
By Rick Elice, Music by Wayne Barker, Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
November 17-20, 2022 and December 1-4, 2022
Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre
Director: Jessica Lanius
Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). A wildly theatrical work of storytelling for the whole family, full of magic, invention, and hilarity. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair… and the bonds of friendship, duty and love.
Content Advisory: This play contains mild rude humor.
This production is made possible through generous support from the Anonymous Block Grant.
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