2018/ 2019 SEASON SCENE IN AMERICA IT’S AN EXCITING TIME HERE AT ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY as we embrace new opportunities, set new goals, and create new pathways to serve up the most dynamic professional theatrical productions in the region for our 52nd season. We have a host of nationally acclaimed artists on board to present what will certainly be an amazing, memorable experience for all of you! WELCOME This new season offers you a kaleidoscope of reflections TO OUR and explorations of the American experience, themes of literal and metaphorical family, and views of the world 2018/2019 we live in. SCENE IN AMERICA, our season theme, resonates in each and every play in the 2018/2019 season. Billy and I are ecstatic about the six plays and SEASON! the artists attached to them. You’ll find something for everyone and some new flavors added to the mix, including an American premiere!
On and off stage you will find a myriad of events, all aimed at immersing you in an unparalleled theatrical experience. We hope you’ll take a look at how each of the plays listed below connects us through the shared experience of community and family.
Come experience and embrace our new vision as we celebrate new voices, new programs, and new relationships that form our collective humanity. IT’S ALL WAITING FOR YOU.
Join us for the 6-show season and take advantage of frequent Post-Show Discussions, curated conversations with me (David) about the course of our theatre and amplified community collaborations. Join us for more before and after live events that will bolster your experience at ATC. IT’S ALL HERE, WHERE YOU LIVE.
We’re waiting for you. We’re invigorated. We’re grateful.
Fondly,
David Ivers Billy Russo ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MANAGING DIRECTOR [email protected] [email protected] “The Arizona Theatre Company’s 2018/2019 season – the first selected by Ivers – is what he promised when he joined the Company as Artistic Director: A diverse offering that reflects the community and the world we live in.”
KATHY ALLEN, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
“In his triumphant debut as the company’s new Artistic Director, David Ivers has stamped his signature and revealed his own distinctive artistic vision.”
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PHOTO CREDITS – COVER: Illustration by Chris Nixon. INSIDE FRONT COVER: Photo by Tim Fuller PAGE 1: Amelia Moore, Michelle Dawson and Louis Tucci, Man of La Mancha – Photo by Tim Fuller. Larry Bull, Cassandra Bissell, Outside Mullingar – Photo by Tim Fuller. PAGE 14 TOP/MIDDLE: SOS Rehearsal – Photos by Saguaro Shadows. PAGE 14 BOTTOM: Cast of The Adams Family – Photo by Katie Christensen. PAGE 15 TOP/MIDDLE: Abe Jacob – Abe Jacob Collection. PAGE 15 BOTTOM: José Cruz González – Photo by Cory González. PAGE 17: Paula Rebelo, The River Bride – Photo by Tim Fuller. PAGE 20 TOP: Philip Hernandez, Mary Hamway, Donald and Leigh Conrad – Photo by Pauline Hechler. PAGE 20 BOTTOM: Linda Riordan and David Siegel with guests at the ATC Gala – Photo by Pauline Hechler. PAGE 21 TOP: SOS Rehearsal – Photo by Saguaro Shadows. PAGE 21 MIDDLE: Summer Backstage student – Photo by Stephen Wrentmore. PAGE 21 BOTTOM: Cast of Urinetown – Photo by Saguaro Shadows. BACK COVER: Amelia Moore, Philip Hernandez, Jose SUBSCRIBE TODAY AND Luis Uz – Photo by Tim Fuller. SAVE UP TO 50% OFF SINGLE TICKET PRICES! SEASON SPONSORS: I. MICHAEL & BETH KASSER
TUCSON NATIVE GARDENS SAT 9/8 7:30 PM PRE 1 SUN 9/9 7:00 PM PRE/PSD 2 BY KAREN ZACARÍAS TUE 9/11 7:30 PM PRE 3 DIRECTED BY JANE JONES WED 9/12 7:30 PM PRE 4 THU 9/13 7:30 PM PRE 5 TUCSON 9/8–9/29 FRI 9/14 7:30 PM OPEN 6 PHOENIX 10/4–10/21 SAT 9/15 2:00 PM SAT 9/15 7:30 PM 7 A HILARIOUS NEW COMEDY THAT’S ANYTHING SUN 9/16 2:00 PM 8 SUN 9/16 7:00 PM 9 BUT NEIGHBORLY! High-powered lawyer Pablo and TUE 9/18 7:30 PM PSD 10 his wife Tania, a doctoral candidate, are working WED 9/19 2:00 PM 11 toward the American Dream. They move into a WED 9/19 7:30 PM PSD 12 well-to-do, mostly white neighborhood in our nation’s THU 9/20 7:30 PM 13 capital. The neighbors are an old-school, well- FRI 9/21 7:30 PM 14 SAT 9/22 2:00 PM 15 established D.C. couple with a prize-worthy English SAT 9/22 7:30 PM 16 garden. A delicate disagreement over a long-standing SUN 9/23 2:00 PM 17 fence line soon spirals into an all-out, ludicrously WED 9/26 2:00 PM PSD 18 comic border dispute, exposing both couples’ notions WED 9/26 7:30 PM 19 of race, taste, class, and cultural privilege. This THU 9/27 2:00 PM AD/OC 20 THU 9/27 7:30 PM ASL/PSD* 21 brilliant new comedy looks at the fast-receding ideal FRI 9/28 7:30 PM 22 that we should all be able to live next door to each SAT 9/29 2:00 PM 23 other, whatever our background, age, and politics SAT 9/29 7:30 PM 24 – even as the play rightly observes that such harmony cannot exist without some willingness for self-exam- PHOENIX ination, especially on the side of the fence where THU 10/4 7:30 PM PRE 1 FRI 10/5 7:30 PM PRE 2 historical privilege has resided. SAT 10/6 7:30 PM OPEN 3 SUN 10/7 2:00 PM PSD 4 “Native Gardens is a true breath of comic fresh air. It’s SUN 10/7 7:00 PM 5 a biting, perceptive, and ultimately hopeful sendup to WED 10/10 7:30 PM our fraught relationships with those around us – even THU 10/11 7:30 PM 8 FRI 10/12 7:30 PM 9 right next door...the play challenges audiences to look SAT 10/13 2:00 PM 10 beyond petty differences and rediscover our shared SAT 10/13 7:30 PM 11 decency.” – DC THEATRE SCENE SUN 10/14 2:00 PM PSD 12 SUN 10/14 7:00 PM OC 13 WED 10/17 7:30 PM AD 6 THU 10/18 2:00 PM AD 7 THU 10/18 7:30 PM PSD 15 FRI 10/19 7:30 PM 16 SAT 10/20 2:00 PM ASL/PSD* 17 SAT 10/20 7:30 PM 18 SUN 10/21 2:00 PM 19
*ARTISTIC DIRECTOR POST SHOW DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS ON UNDERSTANDING PERFORMANCE SCHEDULES, SEE PAGE 16. KAREN ZACARÍAS JANE JONES PLAYWRIGHT DIRECTOR 3
TUCSON ERMA BOMBECK: SAT 10/20 7:30 PM PRE 1 SUN 10/21 7:00 PM PRE/PSD 2 AT WIT’S END TUE 10/23 7:30 PM PRE 3 WED 10/24 7:30 PM PRE 4 BY MARGARET ENGEL & ALLISON ENGEL THU 10/25 7:30 PM PRE 5 DIRECTED BY CASEY STANGL FRI 10/26 7:30 PM OPEN 6 SAT 10/27 2:00 PM TUCSON 10/20–11/10 SAT 10/27 7:30 PM 7 PHOENIX 11/15 –12/2 SUN 10/28 2:00 PM 8 SUN 10/28 7:00 PM 9 WE’VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY… A loving TUE 10/30 7:30 PM PSD 10 WED 10/31 2:00 PM 11 tribute to the Ohio wife and mother turned longtime WED 10/31 7:30 PM PSD 12 Arizona resident who made herself into a national THU 11/1 7:30 PM 13 superstar as a best-selling author and syndicated FRI 11/2 7:30 PM 14 journalist lauded for opening up the secret world of SAT 11/3 2:00 PM 15 the mother and housewife. A comic look at one of our SAT 11/3 7:30 PM 16 SUN 11/4 2:00 PM 17 country’s most beloved voices – a voice that reassures WED 11/7 2:00 PM PSD 18 us that yes, the world is sometimes crazy, but if we WED 11/7 7:30 PM 19 look at it and laugh, we have most of it covered. A THU 11/8 2:00 PM AD/OC 20 voice who captured the frustrations of her generation THU 11/8 7:30 PM ASL/PSD* 21 FRI 11/9 7:30 PM 22 by asking, “If life is a bowl of cherries, what am I SAT 11/10 2:00 PM 23 doing in the pits?” Chock full of the wit and wisdom of SAT 11/10 7:30 PM 24 the woman herself, this one-woman tour-de-force allows Erma to tell her own story, leading us through PHOENIX her years lampooning life in the suburbs in her THU 11/15 7:30 PM PRE 1 nationally syndicated newspaper column called “At FRI 11/16 7:30 PM PRE 2 SAT 11/17 7:30 PM OPEN 3 Wit’s End.” From her troubled childhood, where she SUN 11/18 2:00 PM PSD 4 found comfort in the words of Dorothy Parker and SUN 11/18 7:00 PM 5 Robert Benchley, through her rise to fame as a TUE 11/20 7:30 PM 8 journalist and public figure, discover the story behind FRI 11/23 7:30 PM 9 America’s beloved humorist who championed SAT 11/24 2:00 PM 10 SAT 11/24 7:30 PM 11 women’s lives with wit that sprang from the most SUN 11/25 2:00 PM PSD 12 unexpected place of all – the truth. SUN 11/25 7:00 PM OC 13 WED 11/28 7:30 PM AD 6 “Immensely entertaining!” – THEATERMANIA THU 11/29 2:00 PM AD 7 THU 11/29 7:30 PM PSD 15 FRI 11/30 7:30 PM 16 SAT 12/1 2:00 PM ASL/PSD* 17 SAT 12/1 7:30 PM 18 SUN 12/2 2:00 PM 19
*ARTISTIC DIRECTOR POST SHOW DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS ON UNDERSTANDING PERFORMANCE SCHEDULES, SEE PAGE 16.
MARGARET & ALLISON ENGEL CASEY STANGL PLAYWRIGHTS DIRECTOR 5
TUCSON THE MUSIC MAN SAT 12/1 7:30 PM PRE 1 SUN 12/2 7:00 PM PRE/PSD 2 MUSIC AND LYRICS BY MEREDITH WILLSON TUE 12/4 7:30 PM PRE 3 BOOK BY MEREDITH WILLSON AND FRANKLIN LACEY WED 12/5 7:30 PM PRE 4 THU 12/6 7:30 PM PRE 5 DIRECTED BY DAVID IVERS FRI 12/7 7:30 PM OPEN 6 SAT 12/8 7:30 PM 7 TUCSON 12/1–12/30 SUN 12/9 2:00 PM 8 SUN 12/9 7:00 PM 9 PHOENIX 1/5 –1/27 TUE 12/11 7:30 PM PSD 10 WED 12/12 7:30 PM PSD 12 TROUBLE’S COMIN’… The irresistible musical tribute THU 12/13 7:30 PM 13 to the power of make-believe marches onto the ATC FRI 12/14 7:30 PM 14 SAT 12/15 2:00 PM 15 stages – and into your heart – with trumpets blaring SUN 12/16 2:00 PM 17 next season! Meredith Willson’s six-time Tony Award®- SUN 12/16 7:00 PM 16 winning musical comedy has been entertaining WED 12/19 2:00 PM PSD 18 WED 12/19 7:30 PM 19 audiences since 1957, regaling them with the story of THU 12/20 2:00 PM AD/OC 20 Harold Hill – the double-shuffle, two-bit, thimble-rigger THU 12/20 7:30 PM ASL/PSD* 21 FRI 12/21 7:30 PM 22 con artist who rolls into River City station one hot Iowa SAT 12/22 2:00 PM 23 summer. Hill is intent on swindling the small-town SAT 12/22 7:30 PM 24 simpletons by turning them against the new pool table WED 12/26 2:00 PM 11 WED 12/26 7:30 PM at the local billiard hall – a problem that can, of course, THU 12/27 7:30 PM only be solved by forming a boys’ band with a wagon FRI 12/28 2:00 PM AND 7:30 PM SAT 12/29 2:00 PM AND 7:30 PM full of horns supplied by the swindling salesman SUN 12/30 2:00 PM himself. Along the way, Hill must seduce the only PHOENIX person in River City smart enough to see through his SAT 1/5 7:30 PM PRE 2 scam – librarian and music teacher Marian Paroo. By SUN 1/6 7:00 PM PRE 5 turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic, and touching, TUE 1/8 7:30 PM OPEN 3 The Music Man is American musical theatre at its best. WED 1/9 7:30 PM 1 THU 1/10 7:30 PM 8 FRI 1/11 7:30 PM 9 “This quintessential American musical connects us SAT 1/12 2:00 PM 10 SAT 1/12 7:30 PM 11 to our communities in fresh and imaginative ways, SUN 1/13 2:00 PM PSD 4 and I cannot wait to share my favorite musical on our SUN 1/13 7:00 PM OC 13 Arizona stages.” – DAVID IVERS WED 1/16 7:30 PM AD 6 THU 1/17 2:00 PM AD 7 THU 1/17 7:30 PM PSD 15 PRODUCTION SPONSORS: FRI 1/18 7:30 PM 16 SHIRLEY ESTES - TUCSON SAT 1/19 2:00 PM ASL/PSD* 17 SAT 1/19 7:30 PM 18 JOANIE FLATT & MICHAEL FLATT PHOENIX - SUN 1/20 2:00 PM PSD 12 TUE 1/22 7:30 PM WED 1/23 7:30 PM THU 1/24 7:30 PM FRI 1/25 7:30 PM SAT 1/26 2:00 PM AND 7:30 PM SUN 1/27 2:00 PM 19
*ARTISTIC DIRECTOR POST SHOW DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS ON UNDERSTANDING MEREDITH WILLSON DAVID IVERS PERFORMANCE SCHEDULES, SEE PAGE 16. PLAYWRIGHT DIRECTOR 7
TUCSON TWO TRAINS RUNNING SAT 1/19 7:30 PM PRE 1 SUN 1/20 7:00 PM PRE/PSD 2 BY AUGUST WILSON DIRECTED BY LOU BELLAMY TUE 1/22 7:30 PM PRE 3 WED 1/23 7:30 PM PRE 4 TUCSON 1/19 –2/9 THU 1/24 7:30 PM PRE 5 PHOENIX 2/14 –3/3 FRI 1/25 7:30 PM OPEN 6 SAT 1/26 7:30 PM 7 THE CROSSROADS OF A REVOLUTION. There’s a SUN 1/27 2:00 PM 8 new president in the White House. Racial tensions are SUN 1/27 7:00 PM 9 on the rise. But no, it’s not 2018. It’s 1969 – and the TUE 1/29 7:30 PM PSD 10 WED 1/30 2:00 PM 11 Civil Rights Movement is sending tremors through WED 1/30 7:30 PM PSD 12 Pittsburgh’s Hill District. At the center of the community THU 1/31 7:30 PM 13 is Memphis Lee’s diner, slated to be demolished – a FRI 2/1 7:30 PM 14 casualty of the city’s renovation project, where urban SAT 2/2 2:00 PM 15 SAT 2/2 7:30 PM 16 planning is rapidly eating away at Memphis’ beloved SUN 2/3 2:00 PM 17 neighborhood. Now he must decide if he should allow WED 2/6 2:00 PM PSD 18 the government to take over his building or sell the WED 2/6 7:30 PM 19 property to a ruthless businessman, while the diner THU 2/7 2:00 PM AD/OC 20 regulars fight to hang on to their solidarity and sense of THU 2/7 7:30 PM ASL/PSD* 21 FRI 2/8 7:30 PM 22 community. For it is this diner – which seems to always SAT 2/9 2:00 PM 23 be out of what’s promised on the menu – where they SAT 2/9 7:30 PM 24 gather daily to gossip about the neighborhood, dream about their futures, and confront the brutal realities of PHOENIX the present. The seventh in his decade-by-decade THU 2/14 7:30 PM PRE 1 saga of ordinary African Americans in the turbulent FRI 2/15 7:30 PM PRE 2 SAT 2/16 7:30 PM OPEN 3 twentieth century, Two Trains Running explores a time SUN 2/17 2:00 PM PSD 4 of extraordinary change and the ordinary people who SUN 2/17 7:00 PM 5 get left behind. WED 2/20 7:30 PM AD 6 THU 2/21 7:30 PM 8 “Mr. Wilson’s most adventurous and honest attempt FRI 2/22 7:30 PM 9 SAT 2/23 2:00 PM 10 to reveal the intimate heart of history.” SAT 2/23 7:30 PM 11 – THE NEW YORK TIMES SUN 2/24 2:00 PM PSD 12 SUN 2/24 7:00 PM OC 13 “Perfection…a work by a writer at the peak of his WED 2/27 7:30 PM powers.” – VARIETY THU 2/28 2:00 PM AD 7 THU 2/28 7:30 PM PSD 15 FRI 3/1 7:30 PM 16 SAT 3/2 2:00 PM ASL/PSD* 17 SAT 3/2 7:30 PM 18 SUN 3/3 2:00 PM 19
*ARTISTIC DIRECTOR POST SHOW DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS ON UNDERSTANDING PERFORMANCE SCHEDULES, SEE PAGE 16.
AUGUST WILSON LOU BELLAMY PLAYWRIGHT DIRECTOR 9
TUCSON AMERICAN SAT 3/9 7:30 PM PRE 1 SUN 3/10 7:00 PM PRE/PSD 2 MARIACHI TUE 3/12 7:30 PM PRE 3 WED 3/13 7:30 PM PRE 4 BY JOSÉ CRUZ GONZÁLEZ THU 3/14 7:30 PM PRE 5 DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER ACEBO FRI 3/15 7:30 PM OPEN 6 SAT 3/16 2:00 PM TUCSON 3/9–3/30 SAT 3/16 7:30 PM 7 PHOENIX 4/4–4/21 SUN 3/17 2:00 PM 8 SUN 3/17 7:00 PM 9 A VIBRANT NEW COMEDY from the mind of TUE 3/19 7:30 PM PSD 10 WED 3/20 2:00 PM 11 former Childsplay (Tempe, AZ) playwright-in- WED 3/20 7:30 PM PSD 12 residence José Cruz González. Spending her days THU 3/21 7:30 PM 13 caring for her ailing mother, Lucha yearns to break FRI 3/22 7:30 PM 14 SAT 3/23 2:00 PM 15 her monotonous routine. Here’s a wild idea: an SAT 3/23 7:30 PM 16 all-girl mariachi band! But it’s the 1970s, and girls SUN 3/24 2:00 PM 17 can’t be mariachis...or can they? As Lucha and her WED 3/27 2:00 PM PSD 18 WED 3/27 7:30 PM 19 spunky cousin hunt for bandmates, dodge disap- THU 3/28 2:00 PM AD/OC 20 proving relatives, and bring mom along for the ride, THU 3/28 7:30 PM ASL/PSD* 21 they wonder: Will the band actually come together? FRI 3/29 7:30 PM 22 As they practice, perform, and break with tradition, SAT 3/30 2:00 PM 23 SAT 3/30 7:30 PM 24 their music sparks a transformation in the lives of those around them – especially Lucha’s parents. PHOENIX American Mariachi is a heartwarming and hilarious THU 4/4 7:30 PM PRE 1 new comedy about music’s power to heal and FRI 4/5 7:30 PM PRE 2 SAT 4/6 7:30 PM OPEN 3 connect, and the freedom to dream big. It features SUN 4/7 2:00 PM PSD 4 gorgeous live mariachi music that will send your SUN 4/7 7:00 PM 5 heart soaring and put a bounce in your step. Share WED 4/10 7:30 PM AD 6 THU 4/11 7:30 PM 8 this show with the ones you love and let its vibrant FRI 4/12 7:30 PM 9 music transform your lives too. SAT 4/13 2:00 PM 10 SAT 4/13 7:30 PM 11 “A big-hearted musical play. A tug at the heartstrings SUN 4/14 2:00 PM PSD 12 SUN 4/14 7:00 PM OC 13 that will echo for days.” – DENVER POST WED 4/17 7:30 PM THU 4/18 2:00 PM AD 7 THU 4/18 7:30 PM PSD 15 FRI 4/19 7:30 PM 16 SAT 4/20 2:00 PM ASL/PSD* 17 SAT 4/20 7:30 PM 18 SUN 4/21 2:00 PM 19
*ARTISTIC DIRECTOR POST SHOW DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS ON UNDERSTANDING PERFORMANCE SCHEDULES, SEE PAGE 16. JOSÉ CRUZ GONZÁLEZ CHRISTOPHER ACEBO PLAYWRIGHT DIRECTOR 11
TUCSON THINGS I KNOW SAT 4/20 7:30 PM PRE 1 SUN 4/21 7:00 PM PRE/PSD 2 TO BE TRUE TUE 4/23 7:30 PM PRE 3 WED 4/24 7:30 PM PRE 4 BY ANDREW BOVELL DIRECTED BY MARK CLEMENTS THU 4/25 7:30 PM PRE 5 FRI 4/26 7:30 PM OPEN 6 TUCSON 4/20–5/11 SAT 4/27 2:00 PM PHOENIX 5/16 –6/2 SAT 4/27 7:30 PM 7 SUN 4/28 2:00 PM 8 AMERICAN PREMIERE PRODUCED BY ARIZONA SUN 4/28 7:00 PM 9 THEATRE COMPANY AND MILWAUKEE REPERTORY TUE 4/30 7:30 PM PSD 10 WED 5/1 2:00 PM 11 THEATER. Can a parent love their children too much? WED 5/1 7:30 PM PSD 12 Is it possible to not love them enough? These are THU 5/2 7:30 PM 13 questions that hover over Things I Know To Be True FRI 5/3 7:30 PM 14 – a beautiful and painfully perceptive portrait of a SAT 5/4 2:00 PM 15 family and the frictions that arise when grown-up SAT 5/4 7:30 PM 16 SUN 5/5 2:00 PM 17 children try to push beyond the confines of their loving WED 5/8 2:00 PM PSD 18 parents’ expectations. Behind these apparently WED 5/8 7:30 PM 19 ordinary lives lie a million extraordinary details. THU 5/9 2:00 PM AD/OC 20 Working-class parents Bob and Fran have scrimped THU 5/9 7:30 PM ASL/PSD* 21 FRI 5/10 7:30 PM 22 and saved all their lives to give their four children the SAT 5/11 2:00 PM 23 things that they never had. Those children are finally SAT 5/11 7:30 PM 24 grown and ready to fly the nest. It might finally be time to relax and smell the roses. But the changing seasons PHOENIX bring home some shattering truths. Over the course THU 5/16 7:30 PM PRE 1 of a year, regrets are exposed, missed opportunities FRI 5/17 7:30 PM PRE 2 SAT 5/18 7:30 PM OPEN 3 are longed for, and small emotional cracks become SUN 5/19 2:00 PM PSD 4 chasms. A complex and intense study of the mechanics SUN 5/19 7:00 PM 5 of a family and the dangers of unarticulated emotions, WED 5/22 7:30 PM AD 6 this gripping new play is both profoundly moving and THU 5/23 7:30 PM 8 brutally frank. FRI 5/24 7:30 PM 9 SAT 5/25 2:00 PM 10 SAT 5/25 7:30 PM 11 “FIVE STARS! A thing of beauty. An absolute gem.” SUN 5/26 2:00 PM PSD 12 – DAILY TELEGRAPH SUN 5/26 7:00 PM OC 13 WED 5/29 7:30 PM PRODUCTION SPONSORS: THU 5/30 2:00 PM AD 7 DOLLY & JIM MORAN - TUCSON THU 5/30 7:30 PM PSD 15 FRI 5/31 7:30 PM 16 SAT 6/1 2:00 PM ASL/PSD* 17 SAT 6/1 7:30 PM 18 SUN 6/2 2:00 PM 19
*ARTISTIC DIRECTOR POST SHOW DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS ON UNDERSTANDING PERFORMANCE SCHEDULES, SEE PAGE 16. ANDREW BOVELL MARK CLEMENTS PLAYWRIGHT DIRECTOR 13 Summer on Stage and Summer Backstage are five-week immersive training programs in performance and technical AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE that prepares high theatre that culminates in two school teens for a creative and engaged life in the fully realized productions arts – or in any field! performed on the main stage at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson. ATC staff and A SUMMER OF YOUTH UNHEARD 2018 ATC-selected professionals 6/25 – 7/29, 2018 lead students through this intensive training program. Students develop performance skills, theatrical design, and POLAROID STORIES stage management. BY NAOMI IIZUKA DIRECTED BY JASMINE ROTH “Everything I learned from this SHOW DATES 7/26 & 7/28, 2018 program makes me better in A visceral blend of mythological stories told through the real life…I’m learning how to eyes of American street youth, whose lives are continu- be a better person and a ally threatened, devalued, and effaced. Will they better adult.” – SOS STUDENT transform their lives or fall victim to their realities? AMERICAN IDIOT BOOK BY BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG, MICHAEL MAYER MUSIC BY GREEN DAY LYRICS BY BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG DIRECTED BY ISRAEL JIMÉNEZ
SHOW DATES 7/27 & 7/28, 2018 The rock opera based on Green Day’s concept album explores the struggles of American teens finding their way in a post-9/11 world.
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Arizona Theatre Company is proud to announce ABE JACOB this new initiative that will include a commitment “As a native of Tucson, my to artists who: first exposure to theater was – LIVE IN ARIZONA as a member of Mary McMurtrie’s Children’s – WERE BORN IN ARIZONA Theater and later as a child – RETURN OR MOVE TO ARIZONA actor for Peter Marroney at – WRITE ABOUT ARIZONA OR OUR the U of A. This start in Arizona, led to my continuing SURROUNDING REGION career as a Sound Designer Look for the Arizona Artists Initiative logo next to the on Broadway and around names of those artists throughout the season. the world for which I am eternally grateful.”
JOSÉ CRUZ GONZÁLEZ “Arizona has been my artistic home for many Abe’s credits include sound years because of design for the original Childsplay. The desert is productions of Hair, Pippin, A a magical place for me Chorus Line, Evita, and many where stories emerge more. Winner of multiple like the saguaro.” Tony Awards®!
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17 TUCSON SEATING CHART BALCONY TEMPLE OF MUSIC AND ART ROW HH, 401 437 ROW GG, 401 438 ROW FF, 401 439 ROW EE, 401 440 ROW DD, 401 441 BALCONY ROW CC, 401 440 W AA OVERHANGS ORCHE BALCONY RO STRA ROW L ROW BB, 401 441 ROW FF, 1 25 ROW AA, 401 437 ROW EE, 1 26 314 316 313 315 ROW DD, 1 30 ORCHESTRA SEAT NUMBERS ROW S, 2 12 / 101 114 / 1 11 ROW CC, 1 30 ROW R, 2 12 / 101 114 / 1 11 ROW BB, 1 30 302 312 ROW P, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 301 311 ROW AA, 1 30 ROW O, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 ROW N, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 BALCONY ROW AA OVERHANGS PREMIUM ROW M, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 ORCHESTRA ROW H PREMIUM ROW L, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 WHEELCHAIR ROW K, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 SECTION I ROW J, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 ROW H, 2 16 / 101 114 / 1 15 ORCHESTRA SECTION I ROW G, 2 16 / 101 114 / 1 15 WHEELCHAIR ROW F, 101 114 SECTION II ROW E, 101 133 ROW O, 1, 3 32* SECTION II ROW D, 101 127 ROW N, 1 33 WHEELCHAIR ROW C, 101 126 ROW M, 1 34 SECTION III ROW L, 1 33 ORCHESTRA ROW K, 1 34 ROW J, 1 33 LGE R, S LGE L, ROW I, 1 34** 226 230 R 225 229 ROW H, 1 30 P ROW G, 1 29 O ROW F, 4 32*** LGE R, N LGE L, ROW E, 1 30 214 224 213 223 M ROW D, 1 28 L ROW C, 1 26 K PREMIUM ROW B, 1 23**** LOGE J LOGE SECTION I ROW A, 1 20 SECTION II H STAGE F SECTION II WHEELCHAIR LGE R, G LGE L, 202 212 201 211 SECTION III E D * WHEELCHAIR/COMPANION SEATS 1, 3, 31, 32 C ** UNAVAILABLE, SEATS 1, 2, 33, 34 STAGE *** WHEELCHAIR/COMPANION SEATS 1, 3, 4, 5, 31, 32, 33, 35 *** WHEELCHAIR/COMPANION SEATS 1, 2
ADDRESS 330 South Scott Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85701 PARKING Street and metered parking is available near the Temple of Music and Art. Paid parking is also available in two lots near the Scottish Rite Temple on Scott Avenue north of the Temple of Music and Art, as well as at the Convention Center.
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ROW HH, 401 437 ROW GG, 401 438 ROW FF, 401 439 ROW EE, 401 440 ROW DD, 401 441 BALCONY ROW CC, 401 440 W AA OVERHANGS ORCHE BALCONY RO STRA ROW L ROW BB, 401 441 ROW FF, 1 25 ROW AA, 401 437 ROW EE, 1 26 314 316 313 315 ROW DD, 1 30 ORCHESTRA SEAT NUMBERS ROW S, 2 12 / 101 114 / 1 11 ROW CC, 1 30 ROW R, 2 12 / 101 114 / 1 11 ROW BB, 1 30 302 312 ROW P, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 301 311 ROW AA, 1 30 ROW O, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 ROW N, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 BALCONY ROW AA OVERHANGS PREMIUM ROW M, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 ORCHESTRA ROW H PREMIUM ROW L, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 WHEELCHAIR ROW K, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 SECTION I ROW J, 2 14 / 101 114 / 1 13 ROW H, 2 16 / 101 114 / 1 15 ORCHESTRA SECTION I ROW G, 2 16 / 101 114 / 1 15 WHEELCHAIR ROW F, 101 114 SECTION II ROW E, 101 133 ROW O, 1, 3 32* SECTION II ROW D, 101 127 ROW N, 1 33 WHEELCHAIR ROW C, 101 126 ROW M, 1 34 SECTION III ROW L, 1 33 ORCHESTRA ROW K, 1 34 ROW J, 1 33 LGE R, S LGE L, ROW I, 1 34** 226 230 R 225 229 ROW H, 1 30 P ROW G, 1 29 O ROW F, 4 32*** LGE R, N LGE L, ROW E, 1 30 214 224 213 223 M ROW D, 1 28 L ROW C, 1 26 K PREMIUM ROW B, 1 23**** LOGE J LOGE SECTION I ROW A, 1 20 SECTION II H STAGE F SECTION II WHEELCHAIR LGE R, G LGE L, 202 212 201 211 SECTION III E D * WHEELCHAIR/COMPANION SEATS 1, 3, 31, 32 C ** UNAVAILABLE, SEATS 1, 2, 33, 34 STAGE *** WHEELCHAIR/COMPANION SEATS 1, 3, 4, 5, 31, 32, 33, 35 *** WHEELCHAIR/COMPANION SEATS 1, 2
ADDRESS LIGHT RAIL 222 East Monroe Street The Light Rail stops just a Phoenix, Arizona 85004 few blocks from the Theatre. PARKING Street and metered parking is available near the Center. Pre-paid parking is also available (until 9/1/18). 6-Play subscribers get parking in the Chase Tower Garage right across from the Herberger for only $72 for all six shows!
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