Following are CRT's Uncommon Sense Series Events for 2011 – 2012. Most events are free and open to open to anyone. If you have questions, or would like further information, on any Uncommon Sense Series Event, please call 860-486-1629.
2012 Uncommon Sense Series
Audience Talk Backs for Spring Awakening
Join us for a lively conversations with guest scholars and artists regarding CRT’s production of Spring Awakening
Sunday, April 15th, following the 2pm performance.
Join Barry Schreier, Director of Counseling and Mental Health Services; Joleen Nevers, Health Education Coordinator; and Spring Awakening Director (and CRT Artistic Director) Vince Cardinal for a post-show panel discussion about the issues of sexuality, education, and repression faced by the adolescent characters in the show and their parallels to issues faced by today's teens. Moderated by assistant production dramaturg Anna Woodruff. The conversation will be approximately 30 minutes.
Thursday, April 26, following the 7:30 p.m. performance
Join Spring Awakening Director (and CRT Artistic Director) Vince Cardinal and music director Ken Clark for a post-show panel discussion that will explore the adaptation of Frank Wedekind's play Spring Awakening into a rock musical and elucidate some of the musical elements of the production. Moderated by production dramaturg David B. Smith. The conversation will be approximately 30 minutes.
2012 Uncommon Sense Series
The Winter's Tale, Talk Backs
Join English Professor Elizabeth Hart and Director Dale Rose for a post-show panel discussion about Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, and the play's source material. Moderated by UConn student and production dramaturg Elysse Yulo.
2012 Uncommon Sense Series
Odysseus D.O.A. Talk Backs
Join the Artists and a variety of UConn scholars for engaging conversation about the intersection of many fascinating topics addressed in Odysseus D.O.A. including HIV/AIDS, medicine and ethics, caregiver/patient relationships, playwriting, Homer’s epic poem, and more. The audience talk backs will feature CRT guest artists and faculty from the
Department of Drama and the schools of Pharmacy, Nursing, Social Work and Medicine as well as scholars from the Human Rights Institute and the Humanities Institute.
Discussion Dates:
Sunday, Feb. 26
After the 2 p.m. Matinee
Thursday, March 1
After the 7:30 p.m. Show
Friday, March 2 After the 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 3After the 2 p.m. Matinee
Saturday, March 3
After the 2 p.m. Matinee
All performances and talk backs for Odysseus D.O.A. will be in the Nafe Katter Theatre.
All talk backs are free and open to everyone, and will begin immediately following the performance and last approximately 45 minutes. If you have subscription tickets for another performance and would like to switch, please call the box office at 860-486-4226.
2012 Uncommon Sense Series
Next Falll
The Rainbow Center and Department of Dramatic Arts Present
A Play Reading
Geoffrey Nauffs' Next Fall
February 3rd at 7:00
Studio Theatre in the Drama Music Building
Next Falll, a play written by Geoffrey Nauffts, is a play about two gay men in a committed relationship with a twist; Luke being devoutly religious and the other, Adam, an atheist. The play revolves around their five-year relationship and how they make it work despite their differences. However, when an accident changes everything, Adam must turn to Luke's family for support and answers.
"A Season in Granada; A Performance Piece"
"A Season in Granada; A Performance Piece" is a dip in the sensual pool of poetry, dance, music and drama driven by the life and poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca. Direction and choregraphy by Shauna Skopek (Theatre Studies BA), Friday (Feb. 3) in room 228 at 7pm and 8:30pm, Saturday (Feb. 4) in the Studio Theatre at 5pmm and 7pm.
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Miser Talk Back
Thursday, Nov. 3, Immediately Following the Show
Please join us for an informative and lively conversation about Moliere's The Miser after the Thursday night performance. The panel will feature members of the cast as well as director Karen Ryker and Dramaturg David Smith.
Uncommon Sense Series - Workshop Productions
tick … tick … BOOM!
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Mobius Theatre
Dec. 7, 8 & 9
8 p.m.
FREE ADMISSION
Call 860-486-2281 for more information
A musical look at the courage it takes to follow your dreams, Tick … Tick... BOOM! is Jonathan Larson's autobiographical tale of a young composer on the brink of turning 30 and falling into oblivion. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city (Tick …), his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue (Tick …), yet Jon is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical (BOOM!). Tick … TICK… BOOM! takes you on the playwright/composer's journey that led to the Broadway blockbuster, RENT. Set in 1990, this traditional book musical is filled with instantly appealing melodies, and a unique blend of pop and musical theatre styles. Everyone, regardless of age, will love this youthful, endearing, and thoughtful piece, and will surely embrace the universal ideal of holding onto your dreams through life's most difficult challenges.
Uncommon Sense Series - Workshop Productions
King Lear
By William Shakespeare
Drama Building Room 105
Dec. 10 - 6 p.m.
Dec. 11, 12 - 7 p.m.
FREE ADMISSION
The 1st year MFA Actors will be performing an adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear. This is their first "public performance" as an ensemble. The show will be presented in the acting studio and the costumes will be rehearsal-style. Seating is limited to 30 people per show. For FREE tickets please call the office phone of Dale Rose, Director of Performance Training, 860-486-1626. Leave a message containing the number of seats you want, held under what name and a contact phone number. The running time is 2 hours and 10 minutes including a brief intermission.
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