Die Fledermaus
October 17-20, 2013
Music by Johann Strauss, directed by Alice Pierce and conducted by Rudy Perrault.
“It's best to blame it all on the champagne.” A practical joke. A secret rendezvous. One man's elaborate plan for revenge leads to a rousing evening of mistaken mishaps and identities, a comedic masquerading operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to an English libretto by Ruth and Thomas Martin.
Last Summer at Bluefish Cove
November 7-16, 2013
Written by Jane Chambers, directed by Tom Isbell
In the summer of 1980, Eva Margolis leaves her husband and winds up in Bluefish Cove, not knowing she’s stumbled into a community of lesbians. What happens next will forever change her life – and the lives of those around her. Important in the history of lesbian theatre as being “the first mainstream quality literary piece of its kind,” Last Summer at Bluefish Cove is a haunting love story that equally balances comedy and drama, provoking laughter one moment and tears the next.
Compleat Female Stage Beauty
December 5-14, 2013
Written by Jeffrey Hatcher, directed by Kate Ufema
“She was the first of her kind. He was the last of his.” It’s 1661 the moment in time when women assumed their rightful place on the Shakespearean stages of England. King Charles II decreed that male players were no longer permitted to perform women’s roles, and the torch was passed. Jeffrey Hatcher’s historically based script places us in the minds and hearts of the people, and illuminates a brutal, rocky road of change.
UMD Dance Concert: Off the Record
February 20-23, 2014
Join us for an evening celebrating the magic of dancing to live music. This eclectic show will bring together musicians and movers in a range of styles, from ballet to jazz, from tap to modern. See the music, and hear the dancing with a talented group of artists presenting work from faculty, student, and guest choreographers including nationally recognized tap dancer/choreographer Max Pollack.
Buried Child
March 13-30, 2014
Written by Sam Shepard, director TBA
“You can't force a thing to grow.” Achieving national fame and attention with this 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning family drama, this play is a macabre look at an American Midwestern corrupted family with a dark, terrible secret. The work conveys the mystical, cannibalistic pull of family ties even as they unravel. Yet only the memory of an unwanted child can hope to deliver this family.
Damn Yankees
April 24 - May 3, 2014
Written By George Abbott & Douglass Wallop Music By Richard Adler & Jerry Ross Directed & Choreographed By Ann Aiko Bergeron, Conducted by Rudy Perrault
“Play ball!” UMD Theatre presents the classic baseball-themed musical comedy Damn Yankees. A passionate Washington Senators fan sells his soul to the Devil - and the Devil's seductive assistant - in order to be transformed into a star outfielder who can lead his beloved team to a victory against those damn Yankees. Based on the novel The Year the Yankees Lost The Pennant and featuring music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, Damn Yankees features such hit songs as "Heart," "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets" and "Shoeless Joe From Hannibal Mo."