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Spring 2008

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Jump to: Life During Wartime | ROTAtion | Fur | Mr. Marmalade | Jump | Words Afire Festival

Life During Wartime

By Keith Reddin
Directed by Kristen Loree

The play begins with Tommy, an impressionable young man working at a home-security company, being initiated into the hard sell tactics by his boss Heinrich-- "Let's be realistic, it's a dangerous world. Everyone has a weapon." This absurd black comedy examines the dangers and fears of modern life when home security salesmen create crime rather than prevent it…what follows is love, murder, mayhem, and deceit, all punctuated with zany appearances by theologian John Calvin!

Experimental Theatre, Center For The Arts
February 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 and March 1 at 7:30pm, February 24 at 6pm
Ticket Prices: $10 General, $8 Faculty & Seniors, $7 Staff & Students
Tickets at UNM Ticket Offices, Call 925-5858, or online at www.unmtickets.com

 

ROTAtion

Featuring the choreography of the UNM Dance Faculty
Artistic direction by Donna Jewell

This exhilarating evening of dance is a showcase for the choreography of the UNM dance faculty, and highlights the talents their students. The featured work on the program is a reconstruction of Hanya Holm’s Rota led by distinguished guest artist Don Redlich and UNM’s own Mary Anne Santos Newhall. The concert includes works in various styles; flamenco, modern, ballet, and African dance, by six other faculty choreographers, including Laryea Addy, Melissa Briggs, Marisol Encinias, Suzanne Johnston, Jennifer Predock-Linnell and Donna Jewell.

Rodey Theatre, Center for the Arts
March 7 and 8 at 7:30pm, March 9 at 2pm and 6pm
Ticket Prices $15 General, $10 Faculty & Seniors, $8 Staff & Students
Tickets at UNM Ticket Offices, Call 925-5858, or online at www.unmtickets.com

Fur

By Migdalia Cruz
Directed by Barney Lopez

In the basement of a California pet shop, a man holds captive a hirsute woman who has been raised as an animal in a circus. This dark, poetic re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast takes the audience on a surreal journey through the human understanding of beauty.

Experimental Theatre, Center For The Arts
March 12, 14, 20 and 22 at 7:30pm and March 16 at 6:00pm
Ticket Prices $10 General, $8 Faculty & Seniors, $7 Staff & Students
Tickets at UNM Ticket Offices, Call 925-5858, or online at www.unmtickets.com

Mr. Marmalade

By Noah Haidle
Directed by Steve Pinzone

In this sly, darkly comic look at the effects of divorce and too much television, a precocious four year old, ignored by her mother, turns to her imaginary friend, Mr. Marmalade. Mr. Marmalade is too busy for playtime; however, his personal assistant is there to compensate. Adult situations heighten as playwright Noah Hailde gives a pre-school child’s imagination a grown-up vocabulary.

Experimental Theatre, Center For The Arts
March 13, 15, 19 and 21 at 7:30pm and March 23 at 6:00pm
Ticket Prices $10 General, $8 Faculty & Seniors, $7 Staff & Students
Tickets at UNM Ticket Offices, Call 925-5858, or online at www.unmtickets.com

Jump

Student Choreography Showcase
Artistic direction by Jennifer Predock-Linnell and Mary Anne Santos Newhall

Jump offers new works by gifted student choreographers who push the edge of their own creative boundaries, boldly exploring a wide range of performance practices and inventive movement forms. Featuring inspiration, vision, and risk, this concert is a highly athletic investigation into new frontiers of performance, providing a concert of daring beauty and astonishing technique.

Rodey Theatre, Center For The Arts
April 11, 18 at 7:30pm and April 12, 13, 19, 20 at 2pm and 7:30pm
Ticket Prices $10 General, $8 Faculty & Seniors, $7 Staff & Students
Tickets at UNM Ticket Offices, Call 925-5858, or online at www.unmtickets.com

Words Afire 2008: A Festival of New Works

By Award Winning UNM Playwrights Don Garcia, Leonard Madrid, Terry Gomez, Kamarie Chapman, Patricia Crespin, Shannon Rogers, Amber Cannon, Magdelene Gallegos, Danaë Lopez, and Theodore Jackson

The Words Afire Festival presents world premiere productions by emerging student artists, showcasing some of the hottest new plays and writing talent in the country. On average more than 100 students participate in the festival each year. This year’s festival includes special guest directors Scott Vehill of Chicago and Sheila Tousey of New York and will feature guest set designer, Justin Townsend, Winner, USITT “Rising Star’ Award.

Performances at Rodey Theatre and The Experimental Theatre
April 17-27, various times
Complete schedule at http://wordsafire.unm.edu

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Fall 2007

Jump to: Cloud Tectonics | Late-Night Comedy Showcase | The Water Engine | The Hous of Yes | Seascapes With Shark and Dancer | Zanna Don't | Twist

Cloud Tectonics

By Jose Rivera
Directed by Barney Lopez

Cloud Tectonics is a dreamy exploration of the nature of love and time. On a night that seems to last forever, one man picks up a hitchhiker, and she takes him on a ride through time and space, revealing the love of a lifetime. Celestina del Sol, a woman who is unrestricted by the effects of time, struggles to find her place in this ever-aging world. The only security she has lies in LAX baggage handler, Anibál de la Luna. Ignoring the complications of the outside world, Celestina and Anibál develop a bond so strong; they become one in the same time continuum. But can a love this unique survive in a world dominated by the restraints of time?

Experimental Theatre, Center For The Arts
September 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 7:30pm, September 9 at 6pm
Ticket Prices: $10 General, $8 Faculty & Seniors, $7 Staff & Students
Tickets at UNM Ticket Offices, Call 925-5858, or online at www.unmtickets.com

Followed by a Late Night Comedy Showcase, presented by Theatre- X Committee
Experimental Theatre, Center for the Arts
September 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 10pm and September 9 at 8pm
By Donation—pay what you can

The Water Engine: An American Fable

By David Mamet
Directed by Paul Ford

The Water Engine is aptly described as an American fable. Set in 1934 against the background of the Chicago Century of Progress World’s fair, inventor Charles Lang has made an incredible discovery. He has designed an engine fuelled solely by distilled water, which will revolutionize industry forever. He soon discovers that progress comes at a sinister price. Originally written as a radio play, Mamet adapted it for stage in 1977, creating a tense and darkly comic noir thriller in which one man’s dreams are pitted against big business.

Rodey Theatre, Center For The Arts
September 28, 29 and October 4, 5, 6 at 7:30pm, September 30 at 2pm
Ticket Prices $15 General, $10 Faculty & Seniors, $8 Staff & Students
Tickets at UNM Ticket Offices, Call 925-5858, or online at www.unmtickets.com

The House of Yes

By Wendy McLeod
Directed by Elizabeth Dwyer

As a hurricane rages, Marty arrives home with his unsophisticated fiancé, Lesly. The Thanksgiving festivities, however, are considerably less than wholesome, as Lesly discovers the moment she meets Marty's dysfunctional family, including his unbalanced twin sister, Jackie-O, who has some unusual obsessions. This dark comedy zings with snappy, stylized dialogue as the story unfolds of a house consumed by violence, incest and a bizarre fixation on the Kennedy assassination.

Experimental Theatre, Center For The Arts
October 25, 26, 27, and November 7, 9 at 7:30pm, and Oct. 28 at 6:00pm
Ticket Prices $10 General, $8 Faculty & Seniors, $7 Staff & Students
Tickets at UNM Ticket Offices, Call 925-5858, or online at www.unmtickets.com

Seascapes With Shark and Dancer

By Don Nigro
Directed by Brandon Weaver

Searingly human, Seascape with Sharks and Dancer is a contemporary love story between two people full of flaws and fears. Set in a beach bungalow, the young man who lives there has pulled a lost young woman from the ocean. Soon, she finds herself trapped in his life and torn between her need to come to rest somewhere and her certainty that all human relationships turn eventually into nightmares. This off-beat love story examines the reality of love and the choices we must make to keep it alive.

Experimental Theatre, Center For The Arts
Nov. 1, 2, 3, 8, 10 at 7:30pm and Nov. 4th at 6:00pm
Ticket Prices $10 General, $8 Faculty & Seniors, $7 Staff & Students
Tickets at UNM Ticket Offices, Call 925-5858, or online at www.unmtickets.com

Zanna Don't

Book, Music and Lyrics by Tim Acito
With additional book and lyrics by Alexander Dinelaris

Kathleen Clawson, director
Barbara Murray, music director
Wendy Leverenz-Barker, assistant director/choreographer

Set in Heartsville, USA, where gay is the norm, chess is cooler than football, and the high school drama club is producing a musical entitled Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, ZANNA, DON’T! is a hip musical fairy tale that follows the misadventures of Zanna, a match-making teen, who turns relationships upside-down, challenges everyo ne’s p oint of view, and changes the world forever after his friends Steve and Kate fall in love and "come out" as heterosexuals. This is the New Mexico premiere of the Off-Broadway hit, with a high-octane score that runs the gamut from funk and R&B, to classic musical theatre and touching ballads, with songs of tolerance and love for audiences gay and straight. Zanna, Don’t! will leave you singing with a smile on your face!

Rodey Theatre, Center For The Arts
November 16, 17, 23, 24, 29, 30, Dec. 1at 7:30pm; Nov 18, 25, Dec. 2 at 2pm
Ticket Prices $20 General, $15 Faculty & Seniors, $10 Staff & Students
Tickets at UNM Ticket Offices, Call 925-5858, or online at www.unmtickets.com

Twist

Student Choreography Showcase

Twist is a concert of bold new choreography exploring a wide range of performance practices and inventive movement forms. The concert will showcase UNM's dance students and emerging choreographers in new works choreographed specifically for the event. This much-anticipated concert provides a unique opportunity to see student dancers performing their own work.

South Arena, Carlisle Gym Performance Space
November 30 at 7:30pm, December 1, 2 at 2pm and 7:30pm
Ticket Prices $10 General, $8 Faculty & Seniors, $7 Staff & Students
Tickets at UNM Ticket Offices, Call 925-5858, or online at www.unmtickets.com

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