Academic Season Department of Theatre - University of Missouri

Brochures will be sent out after Labor Day.
They will also be distributed with the
Columbia Daily Tribune
on September 12th.
If you would like one,
please contact us to request a copy:
MUTheatreUpdate@missouri.edu or 882-2021
or join us on Facebook
MU Theatre Events

All weekday and Saturday performances,
unless otherwise noted, are at 8 P.M.

All Sunday performances,
unless otherwise noted, are at 2 P.M.

Information
theatre.missouri.edu
or
through the theatre box office
573-882-PLAY

Main Office Telephone
573-882-2021

Please note:
Tickets for the season will not be available for purchase until September 14, 2009, 3 PM

Ticket Prices
General Public Rhynsburger $12 ($14 musicals)
Faculty/Staff Rhynsburger $10 ($12 musicals)
Students/Seniors Rhynsburger $8 ($10 musicals)
All tickets to Corner Playhouse $7

All categories of ticket buyers:
Buy the entire season at one time and save $11
($2 off each Rhynsburger show,
$1 off each Corner Playhouse show.)

Call the Box Office at 882-PLAY for details.

Unless otherwise indicated, all performances are at 8 P.M. with the exception of 2 P.M. Sunday matinees.

September 17-20
Life and Literature In Performance
Heather Carver, Producer/Artistic Director
Emily Rollie, Managing Director
Corner Playhouse
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
This series celebrates its lucky seventh season with student-authored and directed comedic and dramatic adaptations of poetry, prose, autobiography, history and ethnography.

October 7—11
The Grass Harp
A musical based on a novel by Truman Capote
James Miller, Director
Rhynsburger Theatre
An enchanting Southern folk tale with exuberant comic characters, foot-thomping and joyous songs!

October 21-25
The Zoo Story and The American Dream
By Edward Albee
David Crespy, Director
Corner Playhouse
Two one-acts by this Pulitzer Prize-winning author. His earliest 1960s drama, The Zoo Story, is a riveting, relentless assault on the lies and complacency of American society. His ferocious, hilarious, abdsurdist farce, The American Dream, is a satire of family values.

October 29
The Shoemaker’s Prodigious Wife
By Federico Garcia Lorca, translated by Artist-in-Residence Caridad Svich* (staged reading)
Cfrancis Blackchild, Director
Corner Playhouse
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
A strong-willed young wife fights her timorous husband for control of their marriage under the malicious scrutiny of lascivious suitors and judgmental neighbors in this surrealist farce.

November 12-15/ 17-19
Holding Up The Sky
World Theatre Workshop
By Milbre Burch
Clyde Ruffin, Director
Artist/Composer-in-Residence Tori Meyer*, Original Score
Rhynsburger Theatre
Life is created and then nearly destroyed by the selfish actions of one individual. Adapted from traditional tales, this emotionally compelling story follows the survivors of war as they journey toward wisdom, wholeness and the power of reconciliation.

February 4-6/ 11-14
The Mineola Twins
By Paula Vogel
Frank Lasik, Director
Corner Playhouse
Six wigs. Five actors. Four dreams. Three different eras. Two kids. One set of twins. A gender-bending comedy of people and politics, showing us how different we all can be, and how that makes us all alike.

February 25-27/ March 4-7
Brighton Beach Memoirs
By Neil Simon
James Miller, Director
Rhynsburger Theatre
The coming-of-age comedy that explores the universal and heart-warming family sage of the Jerome family in 1937 Brooklyn, New York.

March 4 5-7 PM (please note time)
Evening of Improv
Location TBA
Note curtain time: 5-7 PM
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
With Emily Wilson*, Visiting Scholar and MU alumna, and Brian Wilson, MU alum

March 18-21/ 23-25
Saturday’s Children
By Maxwell Anderson
Fonzie Geary, Director
Corner Playhouse
A woman's struggle against her personal desires versus societal expectations highlights this domestic satire of love, marriage, and sex.

April 13-18
Mizzou New Play Series
David Crespy, Producer/ Artistic Director
Corner Playhouse
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

April 22-24/ April 29- May 2
Eurydice
By Sarah Ruhl
Guest Director Hayley Finn*
A magical journey of love, loss, and the power of memory that binds us through time and space. Whimsical, poetic, and transporting. Eurydice is a surprising and poignant re-imagining of the classical Orpheus story.

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If you would like one, please contact us to request a copy: MUTheatreUpdate@missouri.edu or 882-2021 or join us on Facebook MU Theatre Events All weekday and Saturday performances, unless otherwise noted, are at 8 P.M. All Sunday performances, unless otherwise noted, are at 2 P.M. Information theatre.missouri.edu or through the theatre box office 573-882-PLAY Main Office Telephone 573-882-2021 Please note: Tickets for the season will not be available for purchase until September 14, 2009, 3 PM Ticket Prices General Public Rhynsburger $12 ($14 musicals) Faculty/Staff Rhynsburger $10 ($12 musicals) Students/Seniors Rhynsburger $8 ($10 musicals) All tickets to Corner Playhouse $7 All categories of ticket buyers: Buy the entire season at one time and save $11 ($2 off each Rhynsburger show, $1 off each Corner Playhouse show.) Call the Box Office at 882-PLAY for details. ...to everything there is a season, and this is a season like no other 11 events including 4 free events Unless otherwise indicated, all performances are at 8 P.M. with the exception of 2 P.M. Sunday matinees. September 17-20 Life and Literature In Performance Heather Carver, Producer/Artistic Director Emily Rollie, Managing Director Corner Playhouse FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC This series celebrates its lucky seventh season with student-authored and directed comedic and dramatic adaptations of poetry, prose, autobiography, history and ethnography. October 7—11 The Grass Harp A musical based on a novel by Truman Capote James Miller, Director Rhynsburger Theatre An enchanting Southern folk tale with exuberant comic characters, foot-thomping and joyous songs! October 21-25 The Zoo Story and The American Dream By Edward Albee David Crespy, Director Corner Playhouse Two one-acts by this Pulitzer Prize-winning author. His earliest 1960s drama, The Zoo Story, is a riveting, relentless assault on the lies and complacency of American society. His ferocious, hilarious, abdsurdist farce, The American Dream, is a satire of family values. October 29 The Shoemaker’s Prodigious Wife By Federico Garcia Lorca, translated by Artist-in-Residence Caridad Svich* (staged reading) Cfrancis Blackchild, Director Corner Playhouse FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC A strong-willed young wife fights her timorous husband for control of their marriage under the malicious scrutiny of lascivious suitors and judgmental neighbors in this surrealist farce. November 12-15/ 17-19 Holding Up The Sky World Theatre Workshop By Milbre Burch Clyde Ruffin, Director Artist/Composer-in-Residence Tori Meyer, Original Score Rhynsburger Theatre Life is created and then nearly destroyed by the selfish actions of one individual. Adapted from traditional tales, this emotionally compelling story follows the survivors of war as they journey toward wisdom, wholeness and the power of reconciliation. February 4-6/ 11-14 The Mineola Twins By Paula Vogel Frank Lasik, Director Corner Playhouse Six wigs. Five actors. Four dreams. Three different eras. Two kids. One set of twins. A gender-bending comedy of people and politics, showing us how different we all can be, and how that makes us all alike. February 25-27/ March 4-7 Brighton Beach Memoirs By Neil Simon James Miller, Director Rhynsburger Theatre The coming-of-age comedy that explores the universal and heart-warming family sage of the Jerome family in 1937 Brooklyn, New York. March 4 5-7 PM (please note time) Evening of Improv Location TBA Note curtain time: 5-7 PM FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC With Emily Wilson, Visiting Scholar and MU alumna, and Brian Wilson, MU alum March 18-21/ 23-25 Saturday’s Children By Maxwell Anderson Fonzie Geary, Director Corner Playhouse A woman's struggle against her personal desires versus societal expectations highlights this domestic satire of love, marriage, and sex. April 13-18 Mizzou New Play Series David Crespy, Producer/ Artistic Director Corner Playhouse FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC April 22-24/ April 29- May 2 Eurydice By Sarah Ruhl Guest Director Hayley Finn* A magical journey of love, loss, and the power of memory that binds us through time and space. Whimsical, poetic, and transporting. Eurydice is a surprising and poignant re-imagining of the classical Orpheus story.
	GUEST ARTISTS 2009-2010 Caridad Svich (Artist-Rresidence, The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife) is a US Latina playwright, translator, songwriter and editor whose work was recently profiled in the July/August 2009 issue of American Theatre. See Special Events for details.
	Emily Wilson (Visiting Scholar, An Evening of Improv) Ms. Wilson, an MU alumna, has been acting and improvising in Chicago for over ten years at places like i.O. Chicago, The Annoyance Theatre and Second City.
	Tori Meyer (Artist-in-Residence, original score Holding Up the Sky) is a composer and sound designer and assistant professor at Webster Universithy in St. Louis. Her work can be experienced in many television and stage productions.
	Hayley Finn (Guest Director, Eurydice) is the Resident Director at The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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