Main Stage Masterpiece  Season, Spring, 2010

Theatre Productions

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

Dance Productions

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

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

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

 

Theatre Poster Art is by
Richard Hilliard

Dance Poster Designs are by
Craig Baugher

Last page update: 12/17/2009

 

 

EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, SPRING, 2010
An Oak Tree
by Tim Crouch
Tues. Jan 26 – Sat. Jan. 30 , 2010 @ 8 pm
Matinee Sat. 30 Jan. @ 2 pm
Tickets: $4.00

Set in a stage hypnotists's act, An Oak Tree is a bright and absurdly comic play about how we fill the gaps in life. It is performed by two actors, one of whom will have never seen or read a word of the play they're in -- until they're in it. There will be a new second actor at each performance. An Oak Tree is a brave and challenging story about loss, suggestion, and the power of the mind, and will make the audience question where reality actually lies. Can any piece of theatre have any truth behind it at all?

Red Light Winter
by Adam Rapp
Tues. Feb. 16 – Sat. Feb. 20, 2010 @ 8 pm
Matinee Sat. Feb. 20 @ 2 pm
Tickets: $4.00

College buddies Matt and Davis spend a wild, unforgettable, winter evening in Amsterdam's red light district with the beautiful and young Christina. They all find their lives have changed forever when their bizarre, unrequited, love triangle plays out in unexpected ways a year later in New York's East Village. Red Light Winter is a captivating love story, laced with incisive social commentary from Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright, Adam Rapp.

Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls
by Naomi Iizuka
Tues. March 16 – Sat. March 20, 2010 @ 8 pm
Matinee Sat. March 20 @ 2 pm
Tickets: $4.00

Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls is a modern day comedy about a group of 20-somethings and their search for purpose, meaning, and a definition of family, in an often ridiculous seeming world of Komodo Dragons, piñatas, mummies, music, and more. It is a non-linear ensemble piece that remarks on the ways in which the individual characters' lives are affected by the people that walk through them, and by the environment that they find themselves in.

Nine
music/lyrics by Maury Yestron; book by Arthur Kopit
Tues. April 6 – Sat. April 10 @ 8 pm
Matinee Sat. April 10 @ 2 pm

Inspired by Federico Fellini's film 8 1/2, Nine dives into the charmed life of Italian film director Guido Contini and the women who make the glitz and glamour in his life possible. After having great cinematic success, Guido finds himself with writers block due to a mid-life crisis. To make matters worse, his crisis further entangles him in a web of romantic difficulties with his wife Luisa, his mistress Carla, and his protégé Claudia.
 

Director’s Festival (Directing Class)
Dates and times: TBA

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

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: 12/17/2009