2004 – 2005 Season
Oleanna
by David Mamet
This is the intense tale of a teacher-student relationship gone awry: bringing to the foreground complex social issues affecting education today. The play deals with questions of sexual harassment and political correctness, but within the context of education’s hierarchal power structure. Sure to be a hot topic on campus!
September 17, 18, 22, 23, 24 at 7:30 p.m.
September 19, 25 at 2 p.m.
Gladys G. Davis Theatre
Adaptation based on the play “A Voice of My Own” by Elinor Jones
This is the story of the passion of women writers to put their thoughts on paper. Celebrating their challenges, journeys and dreams, this play travels with them from the first recorded writings to our favorite modern works. Hear the words of Emily Dickinson, Lillian Hellman, Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Parker and many others as their brilliant stories come to life. Join us for this one-of-a-kind musical poem as we nurture a community that gives courage to anyone daring enough to find a voice of her own!
October 16, 20, 21, 22 at 7:30 p.m.
October 17, 23, 24 at 2 p.m.
Gladys G. Davis Theatre
The Kolonists
by Steven Dykes
What happens when the life you’ve always known gets taken from you? After fifty years of Soviet occupation, Estonia emerges once again as a democracy, forcing Russians living there to face the daunting prospect of one world ending and another one beginning. Families that once ruled confront upheaval and the betrayal of those closest to them. This brilliantly written play—with echoes of Chekhov—seems as contemporary as today’s headlines.
November 12, 13, 17, 18, 19 at 7:30 p.m.
November 14, 20 at 2 p.m.
Gladys G. Davis Theatre
The Winter’s Tale
by William Shakespeare
This romantic tragic-comedy finds Leontes, the king of Sicilia, jealously believing that his faithful wife Hermione has committed adultery with his old friend Polixenes, the king of Bohemia. Sixteen years pass and the two families are movingly reconciled through the restorative love of their children. Master of Fine Arts Performance candidates are in-residence for their West Virginia Tour. See our graduating class shine in this Shakespeare classic.
January 27, 28 at 7:30 p.m.
January 29, 30 at 2 p.m.
Metropolitan Theatre, 373 High Street, Downtown Morgantown
An Evening of Plays by West Virginia University Playwrights
Join us for an inspiring collection of new works by cutting-edge writers from the Division of Theatre and Dance! A truly homegrown assortment of talent and themes take center stage in these short pieces. Watch for our BA Showcase, where students in the Bachelor of Arts degree program strut their stuff as writers, directors, actors, designers, and everything in between.
February 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, at 7:30 p.m.
February 6, 12 at 2 p.m.
Gladys G. Davis Theatre
Dance Concert 2004
Art that moves us!
Join us for another fabulous mix of modern, ballet, jazz, and theatre movement choreographed by our students, faculty and guest artists. Featuring the members of the Orchesis Dance Ensemble, this year’s dance concert promises creative, innovative, and stylish performances.
March 3, 4, 5 at 7:30 p.m.
March 6 at 2 p.m.
Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
Into the Woods
by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
This Tony Award–winning musical blends various familiar fairy tales with an original story of a childless Baker and his Wife. In the first act, the characters set out to achieve their goal of living “Happily Ever After” through familiar routes—Cinderella goes to the Ball, Jack climbs the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood survives her clash with the Wolf, and Rapunzel manages to escape her tower with the aid of a handsome prince. Act Two, however, deals with the consequences that traditional fairy tales conveniently ignore. What does one do with a dead giant in the back yard? Does marrying a prince really lead to a happy and fulfilling life? Ultimately, all the characters must deal with what happens after “happily ever after.”
April 12, 13, 15, at 7:30 p.m.
April 14, 15 at 10 a.m. One-Act Student Matinees
April 16 at 3:15 p.m. Family Matinee Day
Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre