Antigonick
By Sophokles | A new version by Anne Carson | Directed by Matthew Winning and Erica Murphy
Nov. 14 – 22 | Opening Night: Nov. 15
“Nothing vast enters the lives of mortals without ruin.” When Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, buries her brother, the mutinous Polyneikes, it is in direct defiance of Kreon, the King of Thebes, who has ordered his body to rot in the fields. This single act of civil disobedience will set off a fatalistic chain reaction in Canadian poet Anne Carson’s audacious, irreverent and distinctly modern reworking of Sophokles’ meditation on tyranny, resistance and the immutable tragedy that is the passage of time.
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Picnic
By William Inge | Directed by Ralph Zito
Feb. 20 – March 1 | Opening Night: Feb. 21
“I've always had the feeling, if I just had the chance, I could set the whole world on fire.” As a small Kansas town prepares for the annual Labor Day picnic, handsome young drifter Hal stirs up long dormant feelings amongst a group of repressed women, including Madge, a beauty queen who yearns for another life whenever she hears the train whistle blow. Disappointments, resentments and rivalries simmer with the late summer swelter in William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic about the power of attraction and the perils of unfulfilled desire.
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A Rebel Prayer
Academic World Premiere
Book and Lyrics by Eloise T. Govedare | Music by Aleksandra M. Weil | Directed by Kathleen Wrinn | Music Direction by Brian Cimmet | Choreography by Bradley Stone
March 27 – April 5 | Opening Night: March 28
“Look the beast in the eyes, and stare. Say a rebel prayer.” When a politically provocative play costs her father his life, 16-year-old Nikita and her mother are forced to flee Moscow for Domikov, a remote Russian town where tyrannical headmistress Ludmilla Mukhina rules the local school with an iron fist. Mired in grief and desperate to return home, Nikita is visited by the spirits of Pussy Riot, the real-life punk-protest collective imprisoned for their art. But when they offer Nikita one of their masks to carry on her father’s legacy, Nikita is faced with a dangerous choice: submit or rebel?
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Kentucky
By Leah Nanako Winkler | Directed by Michelle Chan
April 24 – May 3 | Opening Night: April 25
Hiro is a self-made woman making it in New York. But she is also single, almost 30 and estranged from her dysfunctional family who lives in Kentucky. When her little sister, a born-again Christian, decides to marry at 22, Hiro takes it upon herself to do whatever she can to stop the wedding and salvage any shred of hope she had about her sister’s future.
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Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical
Music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez | Book by Jennifer Lee | Based on the Disney film written by Jennifer Lee | And directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee | Originally produced on Broadway by Disney Theatrical Productions | Directed by Emily Maltby | Music direction by Brian Cimmet | Choreographed by Marjorie Failoni | Co-produced with Syracuse Stage
May 13 – June 21 | Opening Night: May 15
“Conceal, don’t feel.” Elsa enjoys a sheltered royal life in the Kingdom of Arendelle, but when her budding powers almost lead to tragedy, she’s forced to bury her icy talents—until they erupt, unleashing an eternal winter that threatens to destroy everything she loves. A story of sisterhood and embracing your true self, Disney’s majestic musical riff on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” is a thrilling theatrical event with soaring songs and spectacular adventure.
Please Note: Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical is not included in the Department of Drama subscription package. However, discounts are available to Department of Drama subscribers.
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