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On Stage
Please note: "Mega Audition" information for the year's productions can be found at http://production.arts.uci.edu. Direct all questions to audition@uci.edu.
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Orlando
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Tinseltown Christmas Get into the holiday spirit with this delightful, charming, and entertaining new musical from our partners at Academy for New Musical Theater in Los Angeles. Christmas Eve: Living in two adjacent Hollywood apartments, Steve and Monica have never gotten along until the arrival of celebrity ghosts from the classic black-and-white films featured in the annual Christmas Movie Marathon on TV. The fun begins when Steve and Monica are confronted with the ghosts of Jimmy Stewart, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, and Natalie Wood. True to its title, Tinseltown Christmas has a classic happy Hollywood ending.
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The Rose Tattoo Tony Award winner for Best Play, The Rose Tattoo has been described as Tennessee William's most hopeful play. The Williams cannon is filled with tragic stories of characters struggling to survive the pain and torment of loneliness, but in Rose Tattoo he celebrates this struggle for all its passion, brutality and self-righteousness as an essential part of the human experience. Williams reminds us that loneliness, isolating by nature, is a powerful experience that can draw us together.
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The Radio Plays This is not your grandmother's old-time radio drama. Join us for a night of theatre powered only by the human voice, music, sound effects and Hollywood-style foley artistry. The evening will be comprised of three short pieces, ranging from an old-time radio play to a modern classic!
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After Troy Created & Directed by Mihai Maniutiu Renowned European director and Distinguished Professor of Drama, Mihai Maniutiu, creates a thought-provoking drama based on the play Hecuba by Euripides. It takes centuries to build a city/culture based on human values. Sometimes, one night is all it takes to turn it to ashes. After Troy examines the conflict between civilization and the barbarians who are intent on annihilating it. This production features a post-apocalyptic society wherein the degradation of human values, in times of hate, bloodshed and cruelty, is in full view. Looking into the dark mirror of Troy, we may learn once more to battle the barbarians that threaten our cities.
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Festival of New Musicals Opens March 15 The Fourth Annual Festival of New Musicals – as part of our alliance with The Academy of New Musicals – is called the Digital Natives Project and refers to anyone who was born into a world driven by technology. The Festival will be a “multi-media internet theater musical e-graffiti platform” which will explore technology in our lives . . . for better or for worse. |
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The Visit Written in 1956, Friedrich Durrenmatt’s The Visit is a powerful play that is relevant to contemporary America, where this production will be set. The piece addresses such issues as women’s rights, vengeance, justice, and forgiveness. The people of the town where the action takes place eagerly await the visit of Claire Zachanassian, a resident who left as a teenager. She has since become a billionaire and generous philanthropist. She is the town’s final hope. Will the town be saved? And if so, at what price? |
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Spring Awakening Based on Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 play, Spring Awakening is a rock musical about the dawning of sexual awareness during puberty and the dangers of censoring curiosity at too young an age. Winner of eight Tony Awards and four Drama Desk Awards in 2007, the show juxtaposes contemporary music with period text to echo the frustrations of teenagers from every generation. |
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