2003 – 2004 Season
Father Uxbridge Wants to Marry
written and directed by Frank Gagliano
After Mordon, an elevator operator, learns that he and his old lift are being replaced by a new automatic Otis, his fragmented mind takes him on a cinematic journey through a landscape of Bach arias and bizarre confrontations as he seeks a salvation that will allow him to smash his elevator “right on through the roof!”
Featuring Roger Jerome of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, BBC, and London’s West End.
September 12, 13, 17, 18, 19 7:30 pm
September 14 , 20* 2:00 pm
Gladys G. Davis Theatre
Anton in Show Business
by Jane Martin
This madcap comedy follows three actresses across the footlights into a strangely familiar Wonderland that looks a lot like American theatre, as they pursue their dream of performing Chekhov in Texas. Variety calls it ” A smart, acerbic crowd-pleaser…Simultaneously a love letter and a poison pen letter to the American theatre.” In the tradition of great backstage comedies, “Anton” conveys the absurdities of “putting on a play.”
October 17, 18, 22, 23, 24 – 7:30 pm
October 19, 25 – 2:00 pm
Gladys G. Davis Theatre
The Time of your Life
by William Saroyan
On an October afternoon in 1939, we find ourselves at Nick’s Pacific Street Saloon, Restaurant, and Entertainment Palace.
It is home to one of the most vivacious pinball machines ever devised and to an intoxicating cast of characters who explore the possibilities of living a life which does not hurt anyone; a life concerned with ordinary people and simple values. A Pulitzer Prize–winning, truly American classic play. “One of the most enchanting theatrical works imaginable.” —New York Herald Tribune
November 14, 15, 19, 20, 21 – 7:30 pm
November 16, 22 – 2:00 pm
Gladys G. Davis Theatre
Dance Concert 2004
featuring Orchesis Dance Ensemble
Art that moves us! Join as we dance back into our newly renovated Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre. Drawing from the techniques of modern, ballet, and jazz performance, our students, faculty, and guest artists choreograph pieces that feature members of the Orchesis Dance Ensemble. Innovative and experimental works of movement theatre add to this exciting concert.
Featuring the work of guest artist Alan Sener, who will choreograph a new piece to be performed and premiered by dancers from WVU.
March 4, 5 , 6 – 7:30 pm
March 2 , 7 – 2:00 pm
Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
A Repertory Extravaganza!
Repertory Show #1
The Odyssey
Based on Homer’s classic Greek poem, this story will delight young audiences with visions of monsters, sailors, underworld characters, and beautiful creatures.
April 7, 20, 23 – 7:30 pm
April 17 – 2:00 pm
Gladys G. Davis Theatre
Repertory Show #2
Boy gets Girl
by Rebecca Gilman
What is a stalker? And what kind of life can a woman lead when she knows she is being followed? See what happens in this dramatic thriller when one woman, seemingly in control of her life, faces a situation where everything around her suddenly seems to be a threat.
April 6, 8, 17, 21 – 7:30 pm
April 24 – 2:00 pm
Gladys G. Davis Theatre
Repertory Show #3
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
by Steve Martin
A “wild and crazy” comedy by Steve Martin that features a fictional meeting between two geniuses: Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein. Martin sets the fun in a Paris bar before either man has become famous and the two debate art and science in a funny and insightful way. Watch for the surprise “visitor from the future” who shows up to add his two cents!
April 15, 16, 22, 24 – 7:30 pm
April 18 – 2:00 pm
Gladys G. Davis Theatre