Tuesday, September 05, 2006
USI Theatre 2006-2007 season announced
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USI Theatre’s 2006-2007 season includes plays by Lee Blessing and William Shakespeare; A Raisin in the Sun, which recently returned to Broadway; a musical; and a new theatre faculty member, Lenny Leibowitz, directing two shows. Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing Eleemosynary examines the complicated relationship between three generations of women: the eccentric and strong-willed Dorothea, her brilliant daughter Artie, and Echo, the child Artie has allowed Dorothea to raise. When Dorothea becomes ill, Artie and Echo must reconnect and rebuild their relationship. The St. Paul Pioneer Press called Eleemosynary “funny, perceptive and eloquently written,” and Variety said it was “alternately funny and poignant.” Directed by Leibowitz, assistant professor of theatre and the new artistic director of New Harmony Theatre, the play runs October 4-7 and 11-15 in the Mallette Studio Theatre in the lower level of the Liberal Arts Center. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare One of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is filled with star-crossed lovers, cases of mistaken identity, fairies, and the “rude mechanicals” presenting their own play within a play. Directed by Elliot Wasserman, director of USI Theatre, the play runs November 8-11 and 14-19 at USI Theatre, 3001 Igleheart Avenue. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Wasserman also directs A Raisin in the Sun, the first play written by an African-American woman to be produced on Broadway. Set on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s, it is a portrait of an African-American family whose “hopes and dreams are constantly deferred.” According to The Washington Post, A Raisin in the Sun is “one of a handful of great American plays – it belongs in the inner circle, along with Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey into Night and The Glass Menagerie.” The original Broadway production ran for 530 performances and won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play. USI’s production runs February 14-17 and 20-25 at USI Theatre. The season will end with a “to-be-announced” musical directed by Leibowitz. It will be presented in the Mallette Studio Theatre April 11-15 and 17-22. For ticket information, go to the USI Theatre Web site. Auditions for A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be September 18-20 and for A Raisin in the Sun will be November 15-16. Anyone is welcome to audition; sign-ups will be posted outside the Mallette Studio Theatre. |
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