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Theatre
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UWEC Theatre: An Inclusive Community
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Theatre at UW-Eau Claire is both an academic and extracurricular activity. Auditions and participation are open to any UW-Eau Claire student! Studying and/or participating in theatre develops your creative problem-solving skills, heightens your emotional awareness, and creates meaningful engagements with others.
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Murder on the Orient Express
Written by Ken Ludwig, adapted from the novel by Agatha Christie
Directed by Dr. Jennifer Chapman
Synopsis: Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again. Ken Ludwig's clever adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic boasts all the glamour, intrigue, and suspense of Dame Agatha's celebrated novel, with a healthy dose of humor to quicken the pace.
Evening Performances: October 11-12 & 16-20, 7:30 PM
Matinee Performances: October 13 & 20, 1:30 PM
Location: Jamf Theatre, Pablo Center at the Confluence (128 Graham Avenue, Eau Claire, WI)
Tickets: Available at pablocenter.org
Directed by Dr. Jennifer Chapman
Synopsis: Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again. Ken Ludwig's clever adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic boasts all the glamour, intrigue, and suspense of Dame Agatha's celebrated novel, with a healthy dose of humor to quicken the pace.
Evening Performances: October 11-12 & 16-20, 7:30 PM
Matinee Performances: October 13 & 20, 1:30 PM
Location: Jamf Theatre, Pablo Center at the Confluence (128 Graham Avenue, Eau Claire, WI)
Tickets: Available at pablocenter.org
Cendrillon
Written by Pauline Viardot
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Pereira
Music Directed by Dr. Mark Mowry
Synopsis: Pauline Viardot’s 1904 chamber operetta of Charles Perrault’s classic fairy tale exudes the joie de vivre found in the Paris of the composer’s time. As a singer and composer, Viardot was at the heart of artistic life in Paris during the second half of the 19th century, and counted George Sand, Chopin, Gounod, Berlioz, and Donizetti among her friends and admirers. Intended for salon style chamber performances, such as it received at its premiere in Viardot’s own salon featuring her own voice students, Cendrillon is filled with waltzes, mazurkas and polkas, bringing the beloved story of Cinderella to life in this lesser-known jewel of the operatic repertoire.
Evening Performances: December 12-14, 7:30 PM
Matinee Performances: December 15, 1:30 PM
Location: Riverside Theatre, Haas Fine Arts Center (121 Water Street, Eau Claire, WI)
Tickets: Available through the UWEC Service Center
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Pereira
Music Directed by Dr. Mark Mowry
Synopsis: Pauline Viardot’s 1904 chamber operetta of Charles Perrault’s classic fairy tale exudes the joie de vivre found in the Paris of the composer’s time. As a singer and composer, Viardot was at the heart of artistic life in Paris during the second half of the 19th century, and counted George Sand, Chopin, Gounod, Berlioz, and Donizetti among her friends and admirers. Intended for salon style chamber performances, such as it received at its premiere in Viardot’s own salon featuring her own voice students, Cendrillon is filled with waltzes, mazurkas and polkas, bringing the beloved story of Cinderella to life in this lesser-known jewel of the operatic repertoire.
Evening Performances: December 12-14, 7:30 PM
Matinee Performances: December 15, 1:30 PM
Location: Riverside Theatre, Haas Fine Arts Center (121 Water Street, Eau Claire, WI)
Tickets: Available through the UWEC Service Center
A Doll's House
Written by Henrik Ibsen
English language version by Simon Stephens
Directed by Arthur Grothe
Synopsis: 'I think I'm a human being before anything else. I don't care what other people say. I don't care what people write in books. I need to think for myself.' Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House premiered in 1879 in Copenhagen, the second in a series of realist plays by Ibsen, and immediately provoked controversy with its apparently feminist message and exposure of the hypocrisy of Victorian middle-class marriage. In Ibsen's play, Nora Helmer has secretly (and deceptively) borrowed a large sum of money to pay for her husband, Torvald, to recover from illness on a sabbatical in Italy. Torvald's perception of Nora is of a silly, naive spendthrift, so it is only when the truth begins to emerge, and Torvald appreciates the initiative behind his wife, that unmendable cracks appear in their marriage. This compelling new version of Ibsen’s masterpiece was crafted by Simon Stephens in 2012.
Evening Performances: February 28-March 1 & March 5-8, 7:30 PM
Matinee Performances: March 2 & 9, 1:30 PM
Location: Jamf Theatre, Pablo Center at the Confluence (128 Graham Avenue, Eau Claire, WI)
Tickets: Available through the Pablo Center box office
English language version by Simon Stephens
Directed by Arthur Grothe
Synopsis: 'I think I'm a human being before anything else. I don't care what other people say. I don't care what people write in books. I need to think for myself.' Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House premiered in 1879 in Copenhagen, the second in a series of realist plays by Ibsen, and immediately provoked controversy with its apparently feminist message and exposure of the hypocrisy of Victorian middle-class marriage. In Ibsen's play, Nora Helmer has secretly (and deceptively) borrowed a large sum of money to pay for her husband, Torvald, to recover from illness on a sabbatical in Italy. Torvald's perception of Nora is of a silly, naive spendthrift, so it is only when the truth begins to emerge, and Torvald appreciates the initiative behind his wife, that unmendable cracks appear in their marriage. This compelling new version of Ibsen’s masterpiece was crafted by Simon Stephens in 2012.
Evening Performances: February 28-March 1 & March 5-8, 7:30 PM
Matinee Performances: March 2 & 9, 1:30 PM
Location: Jamf Theatre, Pablo Center at the Confluence (128 Graham Avenue, Eau Claire, WI)
Tickets: Available through the Pablo Center box office
Guys and Dolls
A Musical Fable of Broadway, based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows
Directed by Elizabeth Christine Tanner
Music Direction by Nobu Yasuda
Vocal Direction by Emily Sternfeld-Dunn
Choreography by Stephen K. Stone
Synopsis: Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, Guys and Dolls ran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950. It received nearly unanimous positive reviews from critics and won a bevy of awards, including Tony Awards, Drama Desks, and Oliviers. Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they’ve been engaged for fourteen years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough, and Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary, Sarah Brown, as a result. Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually, everyone ends up right where they belong.
Evening Performances: May 1-3, 7:30 PM
Matinee Performances: May 4, 1:30 PM
Location: RCU Theatre, Pablo Center at the Confluence (128 Graham Avenue, Eau Claire, WI)
Tickets: Available through the Pablo Center box office
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows
Directed by Elizabeth Christine Tanner
Music Direction by Nobu Yasuda
Vocal Direction by Emily Sternfeld-Dunn
Choreography by Stephen K. Stone
Synopsis: Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, Guys and Dolls ran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950. It received nearly unanimous positive reviews from critics and won a bevy of awards, including Tony Awards, Drama Desks, and Oliviers. Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler, Nathan Detroit, tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they’ve been engaged for fourteen years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough, and Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary, Sarah Brown, as a result. Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually, everyone ends up right where they belong.
Evening Performances: May 1-3, 7:30 PM
Matinee Performances: May 4, 1:30 PM
Location: RCU Theatre, Pablo Center at the Confluence (128 Graham Avenue, Eau Claire, WI)
Tickets: Available through the Pablo Center box office
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