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The department production season typically consists of three faculty-directed plays and one faculty-choreographed dance concert in Johnson Theatre, three or four student works in the Studio Theatre, the student-directed Winthrop One-Act Play Festival annually, and the student-choreographed Senior Choreography Showcase.
For more information about tickets or to purchase over the phone, you can call the theatre and dance box office at 803/323-4014 or e-mail boxoffice@winthrop.edu. The Box Office is open one hour before curtain and 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. (M-F) throughout the week when each production is running. NOTICE: No late seating after performances begin.
Everybody
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Wednesday, October 4 through Saturday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 8 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: Wednesday and Thursday $5 with Winthrop ID/$10 general public
Friday through Sunday $8 with Winthrop ID/$15 general public
Johnson Studio Theatre, Johnson Hall
This modern riff on the 15th Century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as
they travel down a road toward life's greatest mystery.
Rent
By Jonathan Larson
Wednesday, October 25 through Saturday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 29 at 2 p.m.
Special Outreach performance Friday, October 27 at 10 a.m.
Tickets: $10 with Winthrop ID/$15 general public
Johnson Theatre, Johnson Hall
La Vie Boheme! Jonathan Larson's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped
a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love. Based loosely
on Puccini's La Boheme, Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians
struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of
HIV/Aids.
This production contains mature content and may not be suitable for children.
Fall One-Act Festival
Friday, November 17 and Saturday, November 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 18 and Sunday, November 19 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $5 with Winthrop ID/$10 general public
Johnson Studio Theatre, Johnson Hall
A lively, entertaining and eclectic mix of one-act plays directed by advanced theatre
students.
This production contains mature content/language and may not be suitable for children.
Fall Dance Showcase
Thursday, November 30 through Saturday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 3 at 2 p.m.
Special Outreach performance Friday, December 1 at 10 a.m.
Tickets: $5 with Winthrop ID/$10 general public
Johnson Theatre, Johnson Hall
A full evening of works choreographed by faculty, guest artists and advanced students,
featuring a variety of dance genres.
Black Box - an Experimental Devised Piece
Student created by Ami Hughey
Wednesday, February 14 through Saturday, February 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 18 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: Wednesday and Thursday $5 with Winthrop ID/$10 general public
Friday through Sunday $8 with Winthrop ID/$15 general public
Johnson Studio Theatre, Johnson Hall
The story takes the audience through the slings and arrows of what it means to create
theatre, bringing them into an entire spectrum of emotional atmospheres. As the characters
learn to deal with the idea of emotions, they trek through a tumultous journey surrounding
the central question: "What does it mean to exist?"
Contains mature language and content
Noises Off!
By Michael Frayn
Wednesday, February 21 through Saturday, February 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 25 at 2 p.m.
Special Outreach performance Friday, February 23 at 10 a.m.
Tickets: $8 with Winthrop ID/$15 general public
Johnson Theatre, Johnson Hall
Conceived when English playwright Michael Frayn was watching a performance from the
wings, he said, "It was funnier from behind than in front, and I thought that one
day I must write a farce from behind." In this rip-roaring classic, the audience is
treated to a hilarious behind-the-scenes peek at an acting troupe rehearsing and performing
the farce Nothing On. Despite nerves, dropped lines and technical difficulties, they make it through rehearsal
and open the show. As time goes by, things deteriorate until pandemonium ensues and
axe-wielding co-stars, drunken cast members and misplaced sardines take center stage
during a disaster of a performance that threatens to jinx the old saying, "The show
must go on." This play within a play was meta before meta was meta.
Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Wednesday, April 3 through Saturday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m.
Special Outreach performance Friday, April 5 at 10 a.m.
Tickets: $10 with Winthrop ID/$15 general public
Johnson Studio Theatre, Johnson Hall
From historic feud to ill-fated union, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet finds new significance in Winthrop's intimate Studio Theatre. Verona is sick. Its
structures broken and its citizens in a state of desperation. When a system favours
the few, the many are left with nothing but unhealthy choices. Admist the violence,
bloodshed, fear and unrest, two teenagers find unexpected relief in each other. But
will love be enough to save them from Society's sickness?
Spring Dance Showcase
Friday, April 12 through Saturday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 14 at 2 p.m.
A full evening of works choreographed by faculty, guest artists and advanced students,
featuring a variety of dance genres.
There's No Business Like Show Business
Musical Theatre Workshop
Wednesday April 17 through Saturday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 21 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $5 with Winthrop ID/$10 general public
Johnson Studio Theatre, Johnson Hall
High School students, students at other universities and senior citizens (65+) should inquire at the box office about special prices.
For reservations, call the theatre and dance box office at 803/323-4014 or e-mail boxoffice@winthrop.edu. The Box Office is open one hour before curtain and 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. (M-F) throughout the week when each production is running.
