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2008 - 2009 Season
Acts of Provocation
by Aristophanes
directed by Thom Delventhal
October 14-18, 2008 @ 7:30 PM
Maloney Hall, Black Box Theatre
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NEW! - View Photos
One
of the few surviving comedies from the Classical Greek period, it
details the story of three men, fed up with their war-torn home of
Athens, founding their own utopia with the help of the king of the
birds and surrounding it with a huge impregnable wall. Although
protected from the threat of outsiders, this shining city soon rots
from within as demagoguery and totalitarianism take hold. Reimagined
for our modern world, our production lampoons the past century of
American culture in a story that is still surprisingly relevant over
two thousand years later.
Congratulations
to the cast and crew of Birds for an excellent production, and congratulations to the ACTF nominated actors, Ben McLaughlin and RJ Negron, and to their alternates, Lucas Veo and Fred Doms!
Congratulations
to the cast and crew of Birds for an excellent production, and congratulations to the ACTF nominated actors, Ben McLaughlin and RJ Negron, and to their alternates, Lucas Veo and Fred Doms!
Waterwritten and directed by
Sheila Siragusa
December 2-6, 2008 @ 7:30 PM
Maloney Hall, Black Box Theatre
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Inspired by Vandana
Shiva’s harsh look at the international water trade, Water Wars,
this show is an explosive collision of design, movement and text,
asking whether water should be an equally-owned, shared resource, or
corporately-owned and controlled in an effort to increase
access and distribution. Equal parts spectacular and thought-provoking,
this piece is a celebration of the spiritual and traditional role water
has played in communities throughout history and an examination of one
of the most vital issues of our time, the privatization of natural
resources.
Chicagoby Kander, Ebb, and Fosse
directed by Ken Mooney
March 12-14, 2009 @ 7:30 PM
Welte Theatre
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The
dark, sexy, and popular satire of the world of crime and celebrity,
will grace the CCSU stage this year thanks to cooperation between the
Student Government Association and CCSU's Theatre department. Directed
by our own Ken Mooney, Chicago pulls no punches, but still manages to
be endlessly enjoyable and entertaining.
Waiting for Leftyby Clifford Odets
- and -
Still Waiting
by Josh Persltein
directed by Josh Perlstein
April 28 - May 2, 2009 @ 7:30 PM
Maloney Hall, Black Box Theatre
$10 Admission, $5 for Students
Based
on the New York taxi-driver strike in 1934, Odets’s one-act Waiting for Lefty was a
seminal piece, showing solidarity for the drivers fighting back
against the excesses of capitalism and the helplessness of the average
worker.
Odets's own life is the focus of the second play that will be presented with Waiting for Lefty. Josh Persltein's original look at the life of Odets is called Still Waiting, and like Waiting for Lefty will run about an hour.
Odets's own life is the focus of the second play that will be presented with Waiting for Lefty. Josh Persltein's original look at the life of Odets is called Still Waiting, and like Waiting for Lefty will run about an hour.
Mobiloxyschlock
September 23 in the Black Box
October 31 in Semesters
November 24 in Welte Theatre
February 20 in the Black Box
April 1 in Semesters
May 12 in Welte Theatre
All performances @ 7:30pm
FREE Admission
no ticket necessary
CCSU
Theatre's quasi-monthly night of audience participation improv is back
in strength this season. Each night is hosted by students from CCSU's
improv troupe Schlock Therapy but the performers are anybody and
everybody willing to run on stage and have a go at it. All performances
are free and everyone is encouraged to attend.
Student Produced Extracurricular Work
Early Stages:
A Storytelling Festival
original work
coordinated by Kevin McNair
November 1 @ 1pm and 4pm
Torp Theatre
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CCSU Theatre's fourth
annual original story-telling festival. Written, directed, and
performed by CCSU Students, Early
Stages
has repeatedly been a succesful venue for students interested in
theatre education to reach out to, inspire, and entertain local youth.
This year the festical is being directed by Kevin McNair and the
stories are being themed around the idea of the four elements. Great
for children of all ages!
Betty's
Summer Vacationby Christopher Durang
directed by Doug Oliphant and Patrick Wheeler
November 15, 16 @ 7:30pm
Torp Theatre
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Originally performed
in September to standing-room only audiences in the Maloney Hall lobby,
Betty's Summer
Vacation was a summer-stock play produced and rehearsed by
senior CCSU Theatre students over their summer
break. Because of the success of their original production, Betty's Summer Vacation
will be remounted for new audiences and respondents from the American
College Theatre Festival, this November in Torp Theatre.
The show itself is a wildly bizarre and highly vulgar lampooning of American culture as only playwright Christopher Durang could envision. Betty, a kind, unassuming, and largely average college girl attempts to enjoy a vacation on the beach in a little time-share bungalow. Despite her best efforts, a host of strange guests and dark secrets prevent Betty from finding the peace she seeks. Both funny and disturbing, this is a high-quality student production that should not be missed.
The show itself is a wildly bizarre and highly vulgar lampooning of American culture as only playwright Christopher Durang could envision. Betty, a kind, unassuming, and largely average college girl attempts to enjoy a vacation on the beach in a little time-share bungalow. Despite her best efforts, a host of strange guests and dark secrets prevent Betty from finding the peace she seeks. Both funny and disturbing, this is a high-quality student production that should not be missed.
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Assorted Student Shows
December 11, 12 in the Black Box @ 7:30pm
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Assorted Student Shows
February 5, 6 in the Black Box @ 7:30pm
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New Works
five original short plays
written and directed by
CCSU Theatre students
May 14, 15 @ 7:30pm
Maloney Hall, Black Box Lobby
~ including ~
Streets on Firewritten by the cast
directed by Kyle Mencel
Written and designed by
the cast over the past year, Streets
on Fire is CCSU's first hip-hop theatre show. The characters were all created by the
actors themselves, pulling from people they know in they're own lives,
as well as media influences and any other influences which aided them
in the creating of they're character. The hip-hop aspect of Streets on
Fire is encompassing three of the area's Emcees narrating the story.
This original piece is intended to show the true essence of the suburbs
and the inner-city.
An Angry Person's Guide to Peace and Understanding (Part 3)written and directed by
Ben McLaughlin
Angry
people argue. Obviously. It's what they do. But there's a difference
between calm, rational debate and shouting at someone about how wrong
they are without willing to listen to the other side. If you believe in
something enough, there's no reason why you should be angry with
someone who feels differently. The true satisfaction of arguement
should not be when you prove that they are wrong. It should come from
both parties realizing how silly they are being in the first place.
That way we can all sit down, have a drink, and talk about something
that has no bearing on the real world: How Green Lantern would beat
Superman in a fight.
The Windowwritten and directed by
Kimberly Carvalho
The Window
is a piece about scopophilia and voyeurism. There is a desire we,
as humans, have to look, observe, gaze, watch. The male and
female in this play showcase differing and complimentary perspectives
on the other sex. Both men and women have desires, which are
always being compared to the codes and conventions of society.
Despite the level of desire, we all can't help but watch.
Clancy:The Real One Eyed Monster
written by Annie Capobianco
and the cast
directed by Eve Gelanis
An
eccentric dramedy following the exploits of six close friends and when
their lives are interupted by Clancy: a one-eyed monster manifested
from their subconsious, pushing them to say the things they are most
afraid of.
Shall We?written and directed by
Ashley Carvalho
Shall We?
is about how life can brutally test the human will. It
specifically
examines how we deal with dramatic change; how we react to the
destruction of a future we worked so hard to plan. In other
words,
this piece illuminates what happens when life throws us off our path
and gives us the worst gifts. Looking at Jeremy and
Malia’s life, we see how strong the human will can be.
All S.P.E.W. performances are FREE
no tickets necessary