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SPRING 2018
MAINSTAGE
The Glass Menagerie
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Ying Yan
A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his shy, disabled sister.
Performances
June 6-8 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 9 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Little Theater
OFF-OFF MAINSTAGE
(non-ticketed, no reservations)
The 2018 M.F.A. Ones
Original work by M.F.A. playwriting students
Performances
Friday, June 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 9 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
1340 Macgowan Hall
Capstone Play Reading: Consumption
By Sarah Crosthwaite
Performance
Monday, June 11 at 7:00 p.m.
1473 Melnitz Hall
PRODUCTIONS EARLIER IN THE SEASON
SPRING 2018
MAINSTAGE
Spring Awakening
By Frank Wedekind, Translated by Jonathan Franzen
Directed by Evelina Stampa
A group of late 19th century German students navigate teenage self-discovery and coming-of-age anxiety in this seminal work.
Performances
May 23-25 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 26 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Little Theater
The Mother of Us All
Composed by Virgil Thomson, Libretto by Gertrude Stein
Conducted by Andreas Mitisek
Stage direction by Michael Hackett
Featuring designers from the Department of Theater and undergraduate actors from the School of Music, this opera chronicles the life of Susan B. Anthony. Presented in collaboration with Opera UCLA, UCLA Philharmonia and the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Performances
May 18, 22, 24 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 20 at 2:00 p.m.
Freud Playhouse
In the Red and Brown Water
By Tarell Alvin McCraney
Directed by Jayongela Wilder
How far will fast, beautiful Oya go to make a mark in the world? This intoxicating story charts a young girl's thrust into womanhood and her subsequent fall into the murky waters of life.
Performances
May 2-4 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 5 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Little Theater
Uncle Vanya
By Anton Chekhov, adapted by Annie Baker
Working with a literal translation by Margarita Shalina and the original Russian text
Conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman and David Thompson
Directed by Charles Shichang Jin
A university professor and his much younger wife pay a visit to their rural estate run by melancholic Uncle Vanya. This classic tragicomedy saw its first major performance in 1900 and has been praised as one of Chekhov's most important dramatic works ever since.
Performances
April 13, 16-17 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 14 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Little Theater
OFF-MAINSTAGE
(non-ticketed, no reservations)
Project II
Two exciting plays from UCLA TFT M.F.A. first-year directors
Woyzeck
By Georg Buchner, Adapted by Daniel Kramer
Directed by Mark Anthony Vallejo
The Exception and the Rule
By Bertolt Brecht, translated by Tom Osborn
Directed by Jean Carlo Yunen Arostegui
Performances
May 3-5 at 7:30 p.m.
1330 Macgowan Hall
Cosmic Murmurs
An Evening of Devised Work
Collaborative works written and presented by M.F.A. artists.
Performances
May 24-25 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 26 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
1340 Macgowan Hall
FALL 2017
MAINSTAGE
The New Play Festival 2017
1340 Macgowan Hall
Me, Myself and the Apocalypse
By Joe Samaniego, Directed by Jeff Maynard
Performances
Nov. 16-17, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 18 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Georgia Is Waiting
By Anna Fox, Directed by Alexis Jacknow
Performances
Dec. 7-8, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
The Visit
By Friedrich Dürrenmatt, adapted by Maurice Valency; Directed by Mary Jo Duprey
A wealthy woman promises to revitalize her decrepit hometown but only on the condition that the community agrees to murder. Dürrenmatt has fashioned a macabre and entertaining parable that is a scathing indictment of the power of greed and confronts the perennial questions of honor, loyalty and community.
Performances
Dec. 1-2; 5-8, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Freud Playhouse
Trojan Barbie
By Christine Evans
Directed by Beth Lopes
Past and present violently collide when Lotte, an English tourist who repairs dolls, is captured while on a tour of current-day Troy and flung back into the ancient camp of Euripides' The Trojan Women. Trojan Barbie recasts the legendary fall of the city of Troy against the vivid reality of modern warfare. It is an epic war story with a most unlikely heroine, who always looks on the bright side even as past and present collide about her.
Performances
Dec.1-2; 5-8, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Little Theater
OFF-OFF MAINSTAGE
(non-ticketed, no reservations)
Working, A Musical
From the book by Studs Terkel
Adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso
With additional contributions by Gordon Greenberg
Directed by Nicholas Gunn
Musical Direction by Dan Belzer
Based on the best-selling book of interviews with American workers by Studs Terkel, Working explores the American workday from the Monday morning blues to a working person's pride in having "something to point to." With additional contributions by Gordon Greenberg and songs by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Rodgers and Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz and James Taylor.
Performances
December 11-12, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.
Theater Lab, 1473 Melnitz Hall
WINTER 2018
MAINSTAGE
Mary Stuart
By Friedrich Schiller
A new version by Mike Poulton, Directed by Marya Mazor
Mary Stuart sits imprisoned for pushing her claim to the throne of England currently held by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. As she waits for a pardon, intrigue and secret alliances form in attempt to save her from execution.
Performances
March 2-3; 6-9 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 10 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Little Theater
Steel Pier
Book by David Thompson
Music and Lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman and David Thompson
Directed by Jeremy Mann
Musical Direction by Dan Belzer; Choreography by Christine Kellogg
In honky-tonk Atlantic City, a champion dancer becomes infatuated with her new dance partner, a handsome young aviator. A captivating assortment of Depression-era souls eager to dance their way into fame and prizes gather on the Steel Pier in this musical by legendary creators Kander and Ebb.
Performances
March 9-10; 13-16 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 17 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Freud Playhouse
OFF-MAINSTAGE
(non-ticketed, no reservations)
Project III
1340 Macgowan Hall
Bully
By Amina Henry, Directed by Aya Saleh
Performances
March 1-2 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 3 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Mala Hierba
By Tanya Saracho, Directed by Sylvia Blush
Performances
March 15-16 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 17 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
REPRISE 2.0 PRODUCTIONS AT FREUD PLAYHOUSE
In Partnership With UCLA TFT
For tickets and more information, visit www.reprise2.org/
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