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The UIS Theatre Program is proud to present our 2009 - 2010 Season
Fall Production
THE SHAPE OF THINGS
by Neil LaBute
Directed by Eric
Thibodeaux-Thompson
- November 13-15, and 19-20, 2009
- 7:30PM, except Sunday, November 15 at 2PM
- The Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Play Description
Cast: 2 men, 2 women
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How far would you go for love? For art? What concessions would you make? What price would you be willing to pay? Such are the painful questions explored by Neil LaBute in The Shape of Things. A modern day retelling of the fall of man. After a chance meeting in a museum, Evelyn, a sexy, aggressive artist, and Adam, a shy, insecure student, become embroiled in an intense affair. Before long, it veers into the kind of dangerous, seductive territory that LaBute does best, as Adam, under Evelyn's steady influence, goes to unimaginable lengths to improve his appearance and character. Only in the final and shocking exhibition, which challenges our most deeply entrenched ideas about art and love, does Evelyn reveal her true intentions. (from the Samuel French, Inc. website)
Winter Production
STUDENT-DIRECTED SCENES
- December 8 and 9, 2009
- 7:30PM
- The Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Come join us for a night of student-directed scenes (final projects from THE 476 Directing for the Theatre). A variety of 20th century or newer scenes will be enjoyed by all.
Auditions: TBA (early to mid Fall semester)
Spring Production
THE RUNNER STUMBLES
by Milan Stitt (Dramatists Play Service)
Directed by Missy
Thibodeaux-Thompson
- April 23-25, and April 29-May 1, 2010
- 7:30PM, except Sunday, April 25 at 2PM
- The Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Auditions: January 31, February 1, February 2, 2010 (Sun-Tues) 7pm-10pm each night in our Studio Theatre.
Play Description
Cast: 4 men, 5 women
In 1911 in a remote northern Michigan parish, a young nun, Sister Rita, mysteriously dies. Her superior, Father Rivard, is charged with the crime. As the trial unfolds four years later, the story alternates between the past and the present, revealing a conflicted relationship between the young nun and the priest. Sister Rita tries to inject color and life into the rural, drab town, bringing more tension to the surface. Part courtroom drama, part memory play, part romance, the play explores conflicts between duty to the church and duty to self, forbidden passions, and divisions between strict traditional morality and complex human emotions.
