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DANCING AT LUGHNASA
By Brian Friel
Drama in Norton Theatre
Directed by Ken Womble
February 9, 10, 14-18 at 7:30 pm • February 11, 12 and 19, 2012 at 2 pm
Rated PG (recommended for ages 12 and older)
Winner of a Tony Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, this extraordinary play is the story of five unmarried sisters in a small village in Ireland in l936. We meet them at the time of the festival of Lughnasa, which celebrates the pagan god of the harvest with revelry and dancing. The action of the play is told through the memory of the illegitimate son of one of the sisters as he remembers the five women who raised him. Widely regarded as Brian Friel’s masterpiece, this haunting play is Friel’s tribute to the spirit and valor of the past.
RAGTIME
Musical in Langworthy Theatre
Book By Terrence McNally • Lyrics By Lynn Ahrens,
Music By Stephen Flaherty
Directed by David Grapes
Featuring the UNC Wind Ensemble under the direction of Ken Singleton
February 29 and March 1-3, 2012 at 7:30 pm
March 4 at 2 pm
Rated PG (recommended for ages 12 and older)
This highly acclaimed musical won Tony Awards for Best Score, Book and Orchestrations, and won both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score. Ragtime is a powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century America, and a relevant tale for today. Based on E.L. Doctorow’s novel, the musical intertwines the stories of three extraordinary families, as they confront history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and what it means to live in America. The Tony-winning music is just as diverse as the melting pot of America itself. Featured are such show stopping songs as “Getting Ready Rag,” “Your Daddy’s Son,” “Wheels of a Dream,” “Till We Reach That Day,” “Back To Before,” and “Make Them Hear You.”
A CELEBRATION OF DANCE IN ITS MANY FORMS
Spring 2012 Dance Concert in Langworthy Theatre
Artistic Director - Monte Black
Featuring Guest Choreographers
April 5-7 at 7:30 pm
Rated PG (recommended for ages 12 and older)
UNC’s Dance Concert exemplifies what movement to music should be — powerful, fresh, fun, classic, and incredible! With a variety of dance styles, choreography by UNC faculty and guest artists, our students are showcased in an evening of stunning entertainment!
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Opera Theatre in Monfort Concert Hall
Book by Hugh Wheeler • Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by John Leonard
April 6 & 7, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Rated PG (recommended for ages 12 and older)
Winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle and Tony Awards, this musical has become part of the repertoire of opera companies. Sondheim’s gorgeous score is complex and exciting, and includes such songs as “In Praise of Women,” “Weekend in the Country,” “Every Day a Little Death,” and the hit “Send in the Clowns.” Elegant, enchanting, haunting, moving — it will be an unforgettable evening!
RICHARD III
Drama in Langworthy Theatre
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Matthew Herrick
April 25, 26, 27, 28, 2012 at 7:30 pm • April 29 at 2 pm
Rated PG (recommended for ages 12 and older)
Reveling in his own villainy, the deformed yet charismatic Richard, Duke of Gloucester, carves a murderous path through his own family to reach the English throne. However, to seize power is one thing; to hold on to it is another — and Richard soon finds the ghosts of his past rising up to challenge his rule.
JUNGALBOOK
Theatre for Young Audiences by Edward Mast
Langworthy Theatre
Directed by Andrea Moon
April 26, 27, 28
Rated G (recommended for ages 7 and above)
Adapted for the stage from the Rudyard Kipling classic novel by Seattle playwright Edward Mast, Jungalbook tells the classic story of Mowgli, the human child raised by wolves deep in the jungle of India. He is befriended by Baloo the bear and kept under the watchful eye of Bagheera, the panther.
Mowgli learns that he is not actually a wolf, but instead a human who must defend himself against Sherakhan, the fearsome tiger who killed his parents. When Mowgli breaks jungle law, he is forced to choose between facing the consequences, or leaving the jungle forever. Jungalbook, winner
of a Distinguished Play Award from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, embodies the spirits of loyalty, adventure, and betrayal found in Kipling’s original stories.
for more information, please contact:
Gillian McNally
Head of Community Engagement and Programs for Youth
Assistant Professor of Theatre Education
gillian.mcnally@unco.edu
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