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Mary Stuart
By Friedrich Schiller
A New Version by Peter Oswald
Oct. 12 & 13 at 8 p.m., Oct.14 at 2 p.m.
Oct. 17 & 18 & 19 at 8 p.m.
Ferguson Music and Theater Hall
This highly acclaimed new version of Schiller’s masterful drama transports us back to 1587, when having influence through power, religion, loyalty and royalty, was literally a matter of life or death. The court of Elizabeth I is threatened by the imprisoned Mary Stuart, whose has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Even more troubling, Mary is a Roman Catholic in a newly Protestant England, with her disaffected fellow believers fomenting revolution. Oswald’s Mary Stuart gives the audience a sense of the personal sacrifices and political dilemmas faced by these two monarchs, influential women in a male dominated world.
Crimes of the Heart
By Beth Henley
Nov. 09 & 10 at 8 p.m., Nov. 11 at 2 p.m.
Nov. 16 & 17 at 8 p.m., Nov. 18 at 2 p.m.
Ferguson Studio Theater
The 1981 Pulitzer Prize winning play is a southern gothic comedy centering on the three Magrath sisters, Meg, Babe, and Lenny, who reunite at Old Granddaddy's home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, after Babe shoots her abusive husband. Raised in a dysfunctional family with a penchant for ugly predicaments, each sister has endured her share of hardship and misery. Past resentments bubble to the surface as they're forced to deal with assorted relatives and past relationships while coping with the latest incident that has disrupted their lives. The sisters are forced to face the consequences of the "crimes of the heart" they have committed.
One Act Play Festival
Nov. 30, and Dec. 1, both performances at 7 p.m.
Ferguson Studio Theater
This student directed, acted and designed festival has become a favorite of our audiences and a theatrical playground for our students’ imagination. The Festival often celebrates the most cutting edge contemporary plays in American Theater.
Chicago
TheaterCNU's Musical Salute to Professor George Hillow
Feb. 22 & 23, 2013 at 8 p.m., Feb. 24, 2013 at 2 p.m.
Feb. 27, 28 & March 1, 2013 at 8 p.m.
Ferguson Music and Theater Hall
To celebrate and honor the career of Prof. George Hillow for 25 years of service to the Commonwealth as a theater Designer, Director and Educator, TheaterCNU presents Chicago.
Set in the roaring 20's with hot jazz and cold blooded killers this Tony-Award winning musical tells the story of Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart as two headline-hunting star-seeking performers as they go to trial for their evil deeds. Velma is a vaudevillian who shoots her sister and adulterous husband. Roxie is an ambitious chorus girl who murders her lover and tries to convince her husband to take the rap. Their steamy stories intertwine in Chicago bringing to us much loved songs as "All That Jazz," "Cell Block Tango" and "When You're Good to Mama." Not to be missed!
A Delicate Balance
Mar. 21 - 22, 2013, both performances at 7 p.m.
Ferguson Music and Theater Hall
“Dancing is a delicate balance between perfection and beauty.” (Unknown)
Come join TheaterCNU for its 3rd Annual Dance Concert which offers a delicate balance of tap, ballet, jazz, modern and musical theater dance styles. This high energy event features faculty, guest and student dancers and choreographers.
When You Comin Back, Red Ryder
By Mark Medoff
April 5 & 6, 2013 at 8 p.m., April 7, 2013 at 2 p.m.
April 12 & 13, 2013 at 8 p.m., April 14, 2013 at 2 p.m.
Ferguson Studio Theater
A lonely roadside diner in a quiet southwestern town becomes the setting for a tense and gritty drama. While Stephen, the young night attendant, is changing shifts with Angel, the daytime waitress, an affluent couple on a long drive stops in for a quick bite. They are soon joined by Lyle, the local gas station owner. Into this quiet gathering walks Teddy, a drifter with a mean streak and a secret, who begins to bully, then psychologically torture, the isolated characters within. By the author of Children of a Lesser God, the New York Times hailed this Obie Award winner as “a fascinating and commanding play… one of the very best.”
