A Doll's House Part 2
Performances from Apr 01, 07:30 pm - Apr 09, 07:30 pm
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Director: Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
Scenic Designer: Dathan Powell
(Callbacks for Actors on January 25th)
Performances: April 1, 2, 3 (Fri., Sat., Sun.) & April 7, 8, 9 (Thurs., Fri., Sat.), 2022
The curtain time for Thursday, Friday and Saturday night shows is 7:30 p.m. with the Sunday performance starting at 2 p.m.
CAST: 3 women, 1 man.
THE STORY: In the final scene of Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterwork, Nora Helmer makes the…
STOP KISS by Diana Son
Performances from Oct 22, 07:30 pm - Oct 30, 07:30 pm
Director: Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
Scenic Designer: Dathan Powell
Auditions and Crew Interviews: August 29th and 30th, 2021
(Callbacks for Actors on August 31st)
Performances: October 22, 23, 24 (Fri., Sat., Sun.) & October 28, 29, 30 (Thurs., Fri., Sat.), 2021
The curtain time for Thursday, Friday and Saturday night shows is 7:30 p.m. with the Sunday performance starting at 2 p.m. THE STORY: “A poignant and funny play about the ways, both sudden and slow, that…
God of Carnage
Performances from Oct 25, 07:30 pm - Nov 02, 04:00 pm
Director: Eric Thibodeaux-ThompsonScenic Designer: Dathan PowellPerformances: October 25, 26, 27 (Fri., Sat., Sun.) & October 31, November 1, 2 (Thurs., Fri., Sat.), 2019
Winner of best play at the 2009 Tony Awards.
The Story: (from Dramatist’s Publishing Company) A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and…
Dead Man’s Cell Phone
Performances from Apr 12, 07:00 pm - Apr 20, 07:00 pm
Spring 2019
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Director: Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
Scenic Designer: Bobbie Bonebrake
Performances: April 12, 13, 14 (Fri., Sat., Sun.) & April 18, 19, 20 (Thurs., Fri., Sat.), 2019
Synopsis from Samuel French: “An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet cafe. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man–with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient and…
Silent Sky
Performances from Apr 19, 07:00 pm - Apr 27, 07:00 pm
Fall 2018
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Director: Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
Scenic Designer: Dathan Powell
Performances: October 19, 20, 21 (Fri., Sat., Sun.) & October 25, 26, 27 (Thurs., Fri., Sat.), 2018
Synopsis from Dramatists Play Service: “When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who…
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Performances from Apr 13, 07:00 pm - Apr 21, 07:00 pm
Spring 2018
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR by Luigi Pirandello (In a New Adaptation by Robert Brustein)
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Director: Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
Scenic Designer: Dathan Powell
Performances: April 13, 14, 15 (Fri., Sat., Sun.) & April 19, 20, 21 (Thurs., Fri., Sat.), 2018
Originally written in 1921, “6 Characters…” is an absurdist metatheatrical play…our production will be the 1998 Robert Brustein adaptation, which has been described by the…
Machinal
Performances from Oct 27, 07:00 pm - Nov 03, 07:00 pm
Fall 2017
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MACHINAL by Sophie Treadwell
Director: Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
Scenic Designer: Dathan Powell
Performances: October 27th, 28th, 29th (Fri., Sat., Sun.) & November 2nd, 3rd, 4th (Thurs., Fri., Sat.), 2017
Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 expressionist play was inspired by the sensational 1927 New York murder trial of Ruth Snyder. The story, told in nine episodes, focuses on the Young Woman as she navigates the oppressive, mechanized…
Almost, Maine
Performances from Apr 07, 07:00 pm - Apr 15, 07:00 pm
Spring 2017
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On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Amost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend–almost–in this delightful midwinter night’s dream.
“…a whimsical approach to the joys…
Macbeth
Performances from Oct 01, 07:00 pm - Oct 15, 07:00 pm
Fall 2016
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Director: Bill Kincaid (g)
Scenic Designer/Technical Director: Dathan Powell (f)
Fight Choreographer: D.C. Wright (g)
Costume Designer: Katie Eickhoff (g)
Costume Assistant: Threas Divyapeppinraj *
Lighting Designer: David Hecht *
Stage Manager: Melissa Betty (c)
Assistant Stage Manager/Wardrobe Crew Lead: …
Distracted
Performances from Apr 22, 07:00 pm - Apr 30, 07:00 pm
Spring 2016 Production
DISTRACTED by Lisa Loomer
Directed by Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
Scenic Design by Dathan Powell
Performances: April 22nd, 23rd, 24th (Fri., Sat., Sun.) & April 28th, 29th, 30th (Thurs., Fri., Sat.), 2016
The curtain time for Thursday, Friday and Saturday night shows is 7:30 p.m. with the Sunday performance starting at 2 p.m.
9-year-old Jesse can’t focus at school, can’t sit still, can’t follow directions. Is Jesse simply a …
The Importance of Being Earnest
Performances from Oct 30, 07:00 pm - Nov 07, 07:00 pm
by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
Oct 30-Nov 1 and Nov 5-7, 2015Photo Gallery
Play Description
Algernon Moncrieff (Algy) and Jack Worthing are young Englishmen who are both looking for a little excitement in their aristocratic lives. To this end, they have each invented alter egos, in order to call themselves away from high society doldrums. Enter Algy’s aunt, Lady Bracknell, and her daughter, Gwendolyn Fairfax—with whom Jack falls in love. As Jack…
A Streetcar Named Desire
Performances from Apr 01, 07:00 pm - Apr 14, 07:00 pm
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
April 2015Photo Gallery
Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play is an American classic that also won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for best play in 1948, with numerous revivals over the years. Very few plays continue to have such power and impact as Williams’ 1948 drama continues to do so 66 years after the original production, but A Streetcar Named Desire is one such play. “The play reveals…
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Performances from Nov 01, 07:00 pm - Nov 05, 07:00 pm
by Neal Simon
Directed by Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
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Play Description
3 M, 4 W
Neil Simon’s first play in the “Eugene” trilogy won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play in 1983, and was a nominee for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play. The original Broadway production earned Tony awards and nominations for actors and direction. “Meet Eugene Jerome and his family, fighting the hard times and sometimes each other…
How I Learned to Drive
Performances from Apr 01, 07:00 pm - Apr 04, 07:00 pm
by Paula Vogel
Directed by Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
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Play Description
4 W, 3 M
Paula Vogel’s 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, takes an un-flinching look at “the gifts we receive from people who hurt us,” according to Vogel. The play’s protagonist, Li’l Bit, “received the gift of how to survive,” from a surprising source. Through a non-linear series of emotional, and often times funny flashbacks and recollections, Li’l Bit takes…
Clybourne Park
Performances from Nov 08, 07:00 pm - Nov 16, 07:00 pm
by Bruce Norris
Directed by Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
November 8-10 and 14-16, 2013Photo Gallery
Play Description
3 W, 4 M
Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and the 2012 Tony Award, Bruce Norris’ CLYBOURNE PARK is a play which takes on the provocative issues of race, political correctness, and the changing social landscape in America, while still managing to make us laugh along the way. Act One takes place in 1959, in Chicago’s Clybourne Park neighborhood, as the community…
Awake and Sing
Performances from Apr 05, 07:00 pm - Apr 13, 07:00 pm
by Clifford Odets
Directed by EricThibodeaux-Thompson
April 5-7 & 11-13, 2013Photo Gallery
Play Description
7 M, 2 W Roles (Possible Flexibility Here)
Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson will direct Clifford Odets’ 1933 play, AWAKE AND SING. AWAKE AND SING synopsis
Tartuffe
Performances from Oct 26, 12:00 pm - Nov 03, 07:00 pm
by Moliere
Directed by Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
October 26, 27, 28, and November 1, 2, 3, 20127:30PM, Sunday at 2PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS CampusPhoto Gallery
Play Description
6 M, 5 W Roles (Possible Flexibility Here)
Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson will direct a contemporary translation (by Ranjit Bolt) of Moliere’s 17th century French comedy, TARTUFFE. TARTUFFE synopsis
True West
Performances from Feb 24, 07:00 pm - Mar 02, 07:00 pm
by Sam Shepard
Directed by Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
February 24-26, and March 1-3, 20127:30PM, Sunday at 2PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS CampusPhoto Gallery
Play Description
Comedy
Full Length Play
3 men, 1 woman, 4 total
INTERIOR
TRUE WEST explores the challenging and volatile relationship between brothers Austin and Lee. Austin is an aspiring screenwriter, Lee an unsavory drifter. Austin’s attempt at creating his own screenplay to…
I Hate Hamlet
Performances from Oct 28, 07:00 pm - Nov 05, 07:00 pm
by Paul Rudnick
Directed by Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
October 28-30, and November 3-5, 20117:30PM, Sunday at 2PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS CampusPhoto Gallery
Play Description
Comedy
Full Length Play
3 men, 3 women: 6 total
INTERIOR
A young and successful television actor relocates to New York, where he rents a marvelous, gothic apartment. With his television career in limbo, the actor is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet onstage,…
Spinning into Butter
Performances from Apr 08, 07:00 pm - Apr 16, 07:00 pm
by Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
April 8-10, and April 14-16, 2011
7:30PM, Sunday at 2PM
The Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
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Play Description
Cast: 5 men, 2 women
“Set on a college campus in Vermont, SPINNING INTO BUTTER is a new play by a major young American playwright that explores the dangers of both racism and political correctness in America today in a manner that is at once profound, disturbing,…
The Heidi Chronicles
Performances from Oct 22, 07:00 pm - Oct 31, 07:00 pm
by Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
October 22-24, and 28-30, 2010
7:30PM, Sunday at 2PM
The Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
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Play Description
Cast: 3 men, 5 women
Winner of both the 1989 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, The Heidi Chronicles humorously and poignantly traces Heidi Holland
The Runner Stumbles
Performances from Apr 23, 07:00 pm - May 01, 07:00 pm
by Milan Stitt (Dramatists Play Service)
Directed by Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
April 23-25, and April 29-May 1, 20107:30PM, except Sunday, April 25 at 2PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS CampusPhoto Gallery
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…
Student-Directed Scenes (2009)
Performances from Dec 08, 07:00 pm - Dec 09, 07:00 pm
from Various Plays
December 8 and 9, 20097:30PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Play Description
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.
The Shape of Things
Performances from Nov 13, 07:00 pm - Nov 20, 07:00 pm
by Neil LaBute
Directed by Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
November 13-15, and 19-20, 20097:30PM, except Sunday, November 15 at 2PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS CampusPhoto Gallery
Play Description
Cast: 2 men, 2 women
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.…
As You Like It
Performances from Apr 17, 07:00 pm - Apr 25, 07:00 pm
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
April 17-19, 23-25, 2009
8 p.m., except Sunday, April 19 at 2 p.m.Photo Gallery
The Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Auditions
Sunday, January 25, 7-10 p.m.Monday, January 26, 7-10 p.m.Callbacks Tuesday, January 27, 7-10 p.m.The Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Play Description
Set in France, where Duke Senior is usurped and exiled by his brother,…
Cloud 9
Performances from Nov 07, 07:00 pm - Nov 15, 07:00 pm
by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
November 7-9, 13-15, 20088PM, except Sunday, November 9 at 2PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS CampusPhoto Gallery
Auditions
Sunday, September 14, 7PM-10PM Monday, September 15, 7PM-10PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Callbacks
Tuesday, September 16, 7PM-10PM The Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Play Description
Cast: 4…
Period of Adjustment
Performances from Apr 05, 07:00 pm - Apr 12, 07:00 pm
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
April 4, 5, 6, 10, 11 & 12 20088PM, except Sunday, April 6 at 2PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS CampusPhoto Gallery
Auditions
Sunday, February 10, 7PM-10PMMonday, February 11, 7PM-10PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Callbacks
Tuesday, February 12, 7PM-10PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Play Description…
Student-Directed Scenes (2007)
Performances from Dec 05, 07:00 pm - Dec 06, 07:00 pm
from Various Plays
Directed by UIS Students in COM 476 Directing for the Theatre
December 5 & 6 2007, 8PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Auditions
Auditions will be sometime during the week of November 5-9, 2007 in a location TBA, with rehearsals occurring in locations TBA. The final rehearsals and performances will be in the studio theatre.
Play Description
Come join us for a night of student-directed scenes (final projects from COM…
Picnic
Performances from Oct 26, 07:00 pm - Nov 03, 07:00 pm
by William Inge
Directed by Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
October 26, 27, 28, and November 1, 2, 3, 20078PM, except Sunday October 28 at 2PMPhoto Gallery
Auditions
Sunday, September 9 & Monday, September 10, 7PM-10PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Callbacks
Tuesday, September 11, 7PM-10PMThe Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus
Play Description
Drama, Full Length(Info from Dramatists Play Service, Inc.)Cast…
Two Rooms
Performances from Apr 13, 07:00 pm - Apr 15, 07:00 pm
by Lee Blessing
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Play Description
(The following description is as appears on the back cover of the Dramatists Play Service, Inc. edition of the play)
The two rooms of the title are a windowless cubicle in Beirut where an American hostage is being held by Arab terrorists and a room in his home in the United States which his wife has stripped of furniture so that, at least symbolically, she can share his ordeal. In fact the same room serves for both and is also the…
As Bees in Honey Drown
Performances from Mar 02, 07:00 pm - Mar 10, 07:00 pm
by Douglas Carter Beane
2006-2007 Season – Spring ProductionMarch 2, 3, 4, andMarch 8, 9, 10Photo Gallery
Play Description
The spring production, As Bees In Honey Drown by Douglas Carter Beane, will be directed by UIS Director of Theatre, Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson. A dark comic mystery set in Manhattan, As Bees In Honey Drown follows the trail of socialite Alexa Vere de Vere, a black-clad woman of mystery who’s made the world of celebrity her home, and Evan Wyler, the young New York…
Anton in Show Business
Performances from Nov 03, 07:00 pm - Nov 11, 07:00 pm
by Jane Martin
2006-2007 Season – Fall ProductionNovember 3, 4, 5, andNovember 9, 10, 11Photo Gallery
Play Description
The fall production, Anton in Show Business, by Jane Martin, will be directed by newly-hired Assistant Professor of Theatre, Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson. Described as a “savvy, savage backstage comedy,” the play was a hit at the 24th Humana Festival of New American Plays in 2000, and the winner of the 2001 American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award. Anton… is a…
Hedda Gabler
Performances from Apr 13, 07:00 pm - Apr 23, 07:00 pm
by Henrik Ibsen
2005-2006 Season – Spring ProductionApril 13, 14, 15, andApril 21, 22, 23Photo Gallery
Play Description
One of Ibsen’s finest plays, HEDDA GABLER takes us to a 19th century Norwegian town, where one’s ideas are championed and not only define the social order of the day, but for some, cause driving ambitions which are not always kept under control.
A feminist ahead of his time, Ibsen is duly called the “father of modern drama.”
Cast and Crew
Many thanks to all…
Oedipus the King
Performances from Nov 05, 07:00 pm - Nov 13, 07:00 pm
by Sophocles
2005-2006 Season – Fall ProductionNovember 4, 5, 6 andNovember 11, 12, 13Photo Gallery
Play Description
Long considered one of the theatre’s great plays, this timeless story of murder, incest and a person’s preoccupation with one’s place in the universe begins UIS Theatre’s 2005-2006 World Tour of Drama season.
Written over two thousand years ago in ancient Greece, Sophocles’ masterpiece continues to pack a punch of relevancy for our contemporary world and the world of…
Fifth of July
Performances from Apr 01, 07:00 pm - Apr 10, 07:00 pm
by Lanford Wilson
2004-2005 Season – Spring ProductionApril 1, 2, 3 andApril 8, 9, 10Photo Gallery
Play Description
As worded in the 2003-2004 Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Catalogue of Plays:
Comedy/Drama. Presented by New York’s famed Circle Repertory Company, this brilliant, enthralling play has been hailed as a major work by one of our theatre’s most important and celebrated writers. Alternately funny and moving, it deals with a group of former student activists and the changes…
View of the Dome
Performances from Nov 05, 07:00 pm - Apr 14, 07:00 pm
by Theresa Rebeck
2004-2005 Season – Fall ProductionNovember 5, 6, 7 andNovember 12, 13, 14Photo Gallery
Play Description
As worded in of the 2003 Samuel French, Inc. Basic Catalogue of Plays and Musicals:
This humor-filled tale of political corruption, ingratitude and revenge concerns an idealistic young Washington attorney who persuades her former law professor, a man of lofty rhetoric, to run for Congress. Ideals shrivel in the Washington air as the professor is swept into an…
Hay Fever
Performances from Apr 15, 07:00 pm - Apr 18, 07:00 pm
by Noel Coward
2003-2004 Season – Spring ProductionApril 9, 10 andApril 15 – 18, 2004Photo Gallery
Read our Press Coverage:
Preview Articles:
Hayfever (pdf)
Reviews:
General Review (pdf)A Collection of Abbreviated Reviews (pdf)
Play Description
First produced in 1925, Hay Fever is technically a masterpiece. A comedy of bad manners which starts with the arrival of four guests, Hay Fever largely concerns the way that they are alternately ignored, embraced, embarrassed,…
Proof
Performances from Nov 21, 07:00 pm - Nov 23, 07:00 pm
by David Auburn
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2003-2004 Season – Fall ProductionNovember 14 – 16 andNovember 21 – 23, 2003Photo Gallery
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Play Description
On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with…
A Lie of the Mind
Performances from Feb 21, 07:00 pm - Mar 02, 07:00 pm
by Sam Shepard
2002-2003 Season – Spring ProductionFebruary 21, 22, 23 andMarch 1,2, 2003Photo Gallery
Read our Press Coverage:
Preview Articles:
Lie of the Mind (pdf) – from the State Journal-RegisterLie of the Mind (pdf) – from the Illinois Times
Play Description
(from the Dramatists Play Service, Inc. catalogue)Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award.
The Story
Involves two desparate families…
It’s Only a Play
Performances from Oct 19, 07:00 pm - Oct 25, 07:00 pm
by Terrence McNally
2002-2003 Season – Fall ProductionOctober 19, 20 andOctober 24, 25, 26, 2002Photo Gallery
Read our Press Coverage:
General Review (pdf)A Collection of Abbreviated Reviews (pdf)
Play Description
(from the Dramatists Play Service, Inc. catalogue)An hilarious send-up of show business and its often bizarre practitioners, which uses the occasion of a disastrous opening night party to pile one wildly funny comic sequence upon another. Produced with great success by…