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DEPARTMENT OF THEATER 2017-2018 SEASON ENLIGHTEN ENGAGE INSPIRE WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATER’S 2017-2018 SEASON AT THE UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION. We would like to invite you to experience our incredible new season of shows on the UCLA TFT stage featuring the depth and artistry of our exceptional students. Immerse yourself in the cutting-edge original work of THE NEW PLAY FESTIVAL or our exciting presentations of contemporary plays such as TROJAN BARBIE and IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER. Revisit the genius of classic works such as UNCLE VANYA, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, and our West Coast premire of Kander and Ebb’s Broadway musical, STEEL PIER. Also join us for our Off Mainstage and Off-Off Mainstage offerings, which will give you a peek at what our students have been developing. FALL MAINSTAGE Original works by MFA Playwrights THE NEW PLAY Featuring Undergraduate actors from the Department of Theater. FESTIVAL 2017 THEATER 1340 MACGOWAN HALL TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH CTO ME, MYSELF AND THE APOCALYPSE GEORGIA IS WAITING by JOE SAMANIEGO Directed by JEFF MAYNARD by ANNA FOX Directed by ALEXIS JACKNOW Consumed by digital overstimulation and apocalyptic paranoia, an Georgia Arizona Montana Dakota Smith’s father left when she was “unemployed” millennial convinces his narcissistic roommate and his social seven, so she lied and said he was killed by a bison. Yet suddenly, after media-obsessed girlfriend to unplug and find a fresh start. When faced with years of trying to reach her, he has stopped calling, prompting Georgia the realities of the outside world, their stunted social skills and general to reach out to him for once, and to make sense of why she has been ignorance about basic survival leave them grappling with questions of avoiding the truth for all these years. A play about fathers, daughters, purpose, existence, and mankind’s place in this evolving world. memories and how we choose to view the people who have left us. NOVEMBER 16-17, 2017 AT 8 PM DECEMBER 7-8, 2017 AT 8 PM NOVEMBER 18, 2017 AT 2 PM & 8 PM DECEMBER 9, 2017 AT 2 PM & 8 PM Generous support for the New Play Festival is made possible by The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, as part of a grant for The Hearst Theater Lab Initiative. 3 FALL 17-18 SEASON MAINSTAGE THE VISIT By FRIEDRICH DÜRRENMATT and MAURICE VALENCY TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH CTO Directed by MARY JO DUPREY “Dark, depressing and downbeat A wealthy woman promises to revitalize her decrepit hometown but only as Dante’s Inferno, Swiss playwright on the condition that the community agrees to murder. Dürrenmatt has Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s stinging fashioned a macabre and entertaining parable that is a scathing indictment of the power of greed and confronts the perennial questions of honor, loyalty, drama The Visit has intrigued and community. producers ever since its initial New York premiere electrified DECEMBER 1-2 & 5-8 2017 AT 8 PM Broadway…” Rex Reed, Observer DECEMBER 9, 2017 AT 2 PM & 8 PM FREUD PLAYHOUSE 4 FALL 17-18 SEASON MAINSTAGE TROJAN BARBIE By Christine Evans TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH CTO Directed by BETH LOPES Past and present violently collide when Lotte, an English tourist who repairs dolls, is captured while on a tour of current-day Troy and flung back into the ancient camp of Euripides’ Trojan Women. Trojan Barbie recasts the legendary fall of the city of Troy against the vivid reality of modern warfare. It is an epic war story with a most unlikely heroine, who always looks on the bright side even as past and present collide about her. “Trojan Barbie explodes with DECEMBER 1-2 & 5-8, 2017 AT 8 PM spectacle.” – James Scarborough, Huffington Post DECEMBER 9, 2017 AT 2 PM & 8 PM LITTLE THEATER FALL 5 17-18 SEASON OFF-OFF MAINSTAGE NON-TICKETED, NO RESERVATIONS WORKING A MUSICAL From the book by STUDS TERKEL Adapted by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ and NINA FASO With additional contributions by GORDON GREENBERG Directed by NICHOLAS GUNN Musical Direction by DAN BELZER Based on the best-selling book of interviews with American workers by Studs Terkel, WORKING explores the American workday from the Monday morning blues to a working person’s pride in having “something to point to.” With additional contributions by Gordon Greenberg and songs by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Rodgers and Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz and James Taylor. DECEMBER 11 & 12, 2017 AT 7 PM THEATER 1340 MACGOWAN HALL FALL 6 17-18 SEASON WINTER MAINSTAGE By FRIEDRICH SCHILLER MARY STUART A new version by MIKE POULTON Directed by MARYA MAZOR TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH CTO “Like all good thriller writers, Mary Stuart sits imprisoned for pushing her claim to the throne of England currently Schiller supplies a great twist.” held by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. As she waits for a pardon, intrigue and secret - Matt Trueman, Variety alliances form in attempt to save her from execution. MARCH 2-3 & 6-9, 2018 AT 8 PM MARCH 10, 2018 AT 2 PM & 8 PM LITTLE THEATER 7 WINTER 17-18 SEASON Book by DAVID THOMPSON Music and Lyrics by JOHN KANDER and FRED EBB MAINSTAGE Conceived by SCOTT ELLIS, SUSAN STROMAN and DAVID THOMPSON STEEL PIER Directed by JEREMY MANN Musical Direction by DAN BELZER TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH CTO Choreography by CHRISTINE KELLOGG In honky tonk Atlantic City, a champion dancer becomes infatuated with her new dance partner, a handsome young aviator. A captivating assortment of “It had one of the best scores depression era souls eager to dance their way into fame and prizes gather on the Steel Pier in this musical by legendary creators, Kander and Ebb. This is the in a Broadway show ever… it’s West Coast Premiere of the Broadway musical. Busby Berkeley, it’s cabaret, it’s operetta…” MARCH 9-10 & 13-16, 2018 AT 8 PM - Kristen Chenowith, NY City Center blog MARCH 17, 2018 AT 2 PM & 8 PM FREUD PLAYHOUSE WINTER 8 17-18 SEASON OFF MAINSTAGE NON-TICKETED, NO RESERVATIONS PROJECT III (2 SHOWS) BULLY MALA HIERBA By AMINA HENRY By TANYA SARACHO Directed by AYA SALEH Directed by SYLVIA BLUSH MARCH 1-2, 2018 AT 8 PM MARCH 15-16, 2018 AT 8 PM MARCH 3, 2018 AT 2 PM & 8 PM MARCH 17, 2018 AT 2 PM & 8 PM THEATER 1340 MACGOWAN HALL WINTER 9 17-18 SEASON SPRING MAINSTAGE By ANTON CHEKHOV Adapted by ANNIE BAKER UNCLE VANYA Working with a literal translation by MARGARITA SHALINA and the original Russian text. TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH CTO Directed by CHARLES SHICHANG JIN A university professor and his much younger wife pay a visit to their rural estate run by melancholic Uncle Vanya. This classic tragicomedy saw its first major performance in 1900 “Superior to any other Uncle Vanya and has been praised as one of Chekhov’s most important I’ve read or seen... Baker practices dramatic works ever since. astonishing verbal magic over and over again.” APRIL 11-13, 2018 AT 8 PM - Clancy Martin, Paris Review APRIL 14, 2018 AT 2 PM & 8 PM LITTLE THEATER SPRING 17-18 SEASON 10 MAINSTAGE IN THE RED AND By Tarell Alvin McCraney BROWN WATER Directed by Jayongela Wilder TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH CTO How far will fast, beautiful Oya go to make a mark in the world? This intoxicating story charts a young girl’s thrust into woman- hood and her subsequent fall into the murky waters of life. “The first of McCraney’s three “Brother/ MAY 2-4, 2018 AT 8 PM Sister Plays”…the landscape of his trilogy MAY 5, 2018 AT 2 PM & 8 PM is the thrilling product of a unique brand of cultural harvesting.” LITTLE THEATER – Peter Marks, Washington Post SPRING 11 17-18 SEASON MAINSTAGE OPERA Music by VIRGIL THOMSON, Libretto by GERTRUDE STEIN THE MOTHER Conducted by ANDREAS MITISEK OF US ALL Stage Direction by MICHAEL HACKETT TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH CTO Featuring Designers from the Department of Theater and performers from the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Presented in collaboration with Opera UCLA, UCLA Philharmonia and the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. “The Mother of Us All…will move, perplex and stimulate you — usually all at once.” MAY 18, 22 & 24, 2018 AT 8 PM – Zachary Woolfe, New York Times MAY 20, 2018 AT 2 PM FREUD PLAYHOUSE SPRING 17-18 SEASON 12 A PLAY BY FRANK WEDEKIND MAINSTAGE SPRING A play by FRANK WEDEKIND Translated by JONATHAN FRANZEN Music by VIRGIL THOMSON, Libretto by GERTRUDE STEIN AWAKENING Directed by EVELINA STAMPA Conducted by ANDREAS MITISEK TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH CTO Stage Direction by MICHAEL HACKETT A group of late 19th century German students navigate teenage self-discovery and coming of age anxiety in this seminal work. “Spring Awakening is the best play ever written about teenagers, and Jonathan MAY 23-25, 2018 AT 8 PM Franzen’s fraught yet buoyant translation is MAY 26, 2018 AT 2 PM & 8 PM the best I’ve ever read. In a culture where lies LITTLE THEATER about adolescence prevail, this funny and honest play is more relevant than ever.” -Christopher Shinn, American Playwright SPRING 13 17-18 SEASON MAINSTAGE By TENNESSEE WILLIAMS THE GLASS MENAGERIE Directed by YING YAN TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH CTO “The Glass Menagerie is the A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his American theater’s most exquisite genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his mea culpa… it established disabled, shy sister. Tennessee Williams as one of the country’s foremost playwrights.” JUNE 6-8, 2018 AT 8 PM – David Richards, New York Times JUNE 9, 2018 AT 2 PM & 8 PM “Tennessee Williams taps into a LITTLE THEATER 16-17 SEASON deep seam of truthfulness.” – James Topham, ThoughtCo.
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  • The World Goes 'Round

    The World Goes 'Round

    MUSICAL THEATRE LIZA GENNARO, ASSOCIATE DEAN AND DIRECTOR THE WORLD GOES ’ROUND MUSIC BY JOHN KANDER LYRICS BY FRED EBB CONCEIVED BY SCOTT ELLIS, SUSAN STROMAN, DAVID THOMPSON ORIGINAL VOCAL AND DANCE ARRANGEMENTS BY DAVID LOUD Alex Sanchez, Director and Choreographer Steve Marzullo (BM ’84), Music Director WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 | 7:30 PM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019 | 7:30 PM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 | 7:30 PM THE RIVERSIDE THEATRE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 | 7:30 PM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019 | 7:30 PM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 | 7:30 PM THE RIVERSIDE THEATRE THE WORLD GOES ’ROUND DIRECTOR’S NOTE MUSIC BY JOHN KANDER LYRICS BY FRED EBB The music of Kander and Ebb is rich in its narrative and emotional content. It inherently embodies the spirit of the human will to survive. Their music CONCEIVED BY SCOTT ELLIS, SUSAN STROMAN, DAVID THOMPSON never gives in to defeat but pushes us to be victorious over our struggles. I discovered that our need for validation and love is at the core of this revue. ORIGINAL VOCAL AND DANCE ARRANGEMENTS BY DAVID LOUD When you hear these melodies wrapped around the lyrics, my hope is that you will experience the power of its emotional range. Sung with the voices Alex Sanchez, Director and Choreographer of this new generation, the music of Kander and Ebb continues to express Steve Marzullo (BM ’84), Music Director our human conditions but with a fresh, contemporary point of view. These melodies will linger in your mind as you walk out of the theatre, having been Lorraine Smyth, Costume Coordinator enriched, I hope, by the power that is the music of Kander and Ebb.