Main Stage Masterpiece  Season, 2009-2010

Theatre Productions

THE DIVINERS by Jim Leonard.
Tuesday, September 29 - Saturday, October 3, 2009. All performances are at 8:00PM

Tickets: Reserved seating, $10 general public /  $8 senior citizens, students, J AC cardholders

PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE by Steve Martin.
Tuesday, November 3 - Saturday, November 7, 2009. All performances are at 8:00PM

Tickets: Reserved seating, $10 general public /  $8 senior citizens, students, J AC cardholders

OKLAHOMA
Music: Richard Rodgers; Book: Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II.
Tuesday, February 23 - Sunday, February 28 2010. Performances are at 8PM except for the Sunday performance which is at 2PM.

Tickets: Reserved seating, $12 general public /  $8 senior citizens, students, J AC cardholders

BOBRAUSCHENBERGAMERICA by Charles Mee. Tuesday, April 27 - Saturday, May 1 2010. All performances are at 8:00PM

Tickets: Reserved seating, $10 general public /  $8 senior citizens, students, J AC cardholders

 

Theatre Poster Art is by
Richard Hilliard

Dance Poster Designs are by
Craig Baugher

 

 

Last page update: 11/18/2009

Dance Productions

NEW DANCE FESTIVAL, 2008
Friday - Saturday, September 4-5, 2009. All performances are at 8:00PM

Tickets: Reserved seating, $12 general public /  $8 senior citizens, students, J AC cardholders

Washington DC, choreographer Daniel Burkholder and his experimental dance company, Daniel Burkholder/The Playground, will be the guest artist at this year's New Dance Festival.  Burkholder will present his multi-media work entitled "My Ocean is Never Blue" which explores the broad relationship humans have with water.  Faculty member Suzanne Miller-Corso will dance a solo by New York guest artist Derrick Alfonso Evans and faculty members Cynthia Thompson and Kate Trammell will present a new duet.  All three will join faculty member Shane O'Hara in his revised work entitled "Lisboa".

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VIRGINIA REPERTORY DANCE COMPANY IN CONCERT
Thursday, December 3 - Saturday, December 5, 2009. All performances are at 8:00PM

Tickets: Reserved seating, $10 general public /  $8 senior citizens, students, J AC cardholders

Under the direction of artistic director Shane O'Hara, this principal ensemble of top student dancers performs new choreography by JMU faculty and national guest artists.  This year's guest roster includes New York City artist Derrick Alfonso Evans, Washington, D.C., choreographer Daniel Burkholder and the company director of the Detroit-based Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, Laurie Eisenhower.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE ENSEMBLE IN CONCERT
Thursday, March 25 - Saturday, March 27, 2010

Tickets: Reserved seating, $10 general public /  $8 senior citizens, students, J AC cardholders

The final dance concert of the year will showcase new work by JMU dance students, faculty members, and up-and-coming guest artist Faye Driscoll, from New York City.  Faculty members Cynthia Thompson and Suzanne Miller-Corso will premiere new works in this concert which concludes the Dance Series.

 GODWIN DANCE EVENTS

DanceShare
Oct. 9-10, 2009
Godwin Hall – Studio Theatre 355
The Dance Program at JMU welcomes student and faculty performers from the University of Virginia in this special evening of shared dance.


Student Dance Concert
Godwin Hall Studio Theatre 355 Nov. 12-14 8 p.m. $8/$4
Our talented JMU dancers share their artistic talents in this annual Student Concert. This evening of selected works is always a Fall favorite!

Senior Dance Concert
Feb. 12&13, 2010
Godwin Hall – Studio Theatre 355

Student Dance Concert
April 22-24, 2010
Godwin Hall – Studio Theatre 355
 

 

Main Stage Masterpiece Season Theatre and Ticket Information

Our Main Stage productions are presented in The Latimer-Shaeffer Theatre in Duke Hall, at the corner of Main Street and Grace Street on the James Madison University campus.

Masterpiece Season box office, (540) 568-7000 Toll-free (877) 201-7543; TDD (800) 828-1120 Harrison Hall, Room 1107, open Mon. through Friday, noon to 4 p.m.

Theatre II, Experimental Theatre, Stratford Players, Theatre and Ticket Information


Next Up in Theatre II . . .

Shooting You

In this hour-long piece created in the Experimental Theatre class, JMU students question theatrical conventions and the ways we approach those persons, dead and alive, outside ourselves. Based in the relatively recent phenomenon of “post-dramatic theatre,” Shooting You moves freely between the 19th and 21st centuries, takes pieces of our present culture as objects of comedy and contemplation, and wonders how live the dead can be. And vice versa.



Performances in Theatre II

Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 12-14 at 8:00 PM
Admission: Free

These productions are Presented in Theatre II, located on South Main Street, Beside Kinko's. Since these are student produced productions, they tend to explore a wide range of issues and material. The productions are thus usually intended for mature audiences only.

Tickets for all Theatre II shows may be purchased in advance on the Monday before the show opens between the hours of 4pm and 7pm. Enter Theatre II by the side door to purchase advanced-sale tickets.

Tickets may also be purchased at the main doors to Theatre II on the day of the show, starting two hours before show-time.

Seating is limited and some shows may sell out, so purchase in advance is encouraged.

There is no late seating in Theatre II

James Madison University,
 School of Theatre and Dance
 Theatre II, MSC 5601
 Harrisonburg, VA 22807
  540.568.6342
 theatredance@jmu.edu.

Page Last Updated: 11/18/2009

EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, FALL '09
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
September 8-12, 2009 at 8pm
Matinee 2 pm, Sat. Sept. 12
Tickets $4
**Mature Audiences Only**

"The gloves are off in Edward Albee’s electric drama of epic marital sparring. A nightcap between couples seems innocent enough, but George and Martha have other plans. As they empty bottle after bottle, the pairs hit rock bottom, laying bare the illusions between them. Their series of games and humiliations leads to a startling revelation after which all must sift through the rubble."
 

The Woman Who Always Got What She Wanted
by Karla Sakas
Tues Sept 22-26 at 8pm
Matinee 2pm Sept 26
* For mature audiences only*
Tickets : $4

In this new play written by JMU alumna Karla Sakas, a seven year old girl tries to make sense of a world much more complicated than she can understand. She discovers the story of her mother, the father she's never met, and a lover has all the trappings of a fairytale but none of the simplicity.


Originals (book, music, and lyrics by James Ballard)
October 6, 8, 9,  at, 8:00 pm. Matinees Sat. Oct. 10 at 2 pm and Sunday, Oct 11 at 3:30
Tickets: $6

"Everyone wants to make a difference in the world by using their talents... but what if you don’t have any? In a new musical comedy by JMU student James Ballard, a group of students decides to take a stand for what they believe in after being rejected by a prestigious performing arts high school and spreads their message that the arts are for everyone, regardless of how much talent they might lack." . Recommended for Mature Audiences (strong language and suggestive themes)

49 by Hanay Geiogamah
Tuesday October 27th - Saturday October 31st 8
and Friday, October 30 at 11:59pm. Recommended for Mature Audiences:
Tickets: $4

Geiogamah’s 49 is a gut-wrenching dissection of the Native American culture through subconscious creation and elaboration. An omnipresent drumbeat leads this narrative through the past and into the future as a tribe of young Native Americans celebrating the “49” ritual comes together to protect their culture. In order to accomplish this Geiogamah drives the piece with music, movement, and classic myth of the Native American nation.