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THEATRE

Two One-Act Plays
Sept. 18, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 21, 2 p.m.; Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 22, 2 p.m.; Sept. 22, 6:30 p.m.
Loft Theatre
Tickets start at $12
The Dance and the Railroad makes use of Chinese opera aesthetics to portray the struggles of early Chinese-American immigrants working on the transcontinental railroad in the midst of a strike. A Japanese ghost story inspired by Noh theater, The Sound of a Voice is an eerily beautiful play about the desire and desperation of two opposites: a samurai and a mysterious, reclusive woman.

Master Class
Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 28, 2 p.m.; Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 29, 2 p.m.; Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Imig Music Theatre
Tickets start at $17
Terrence McNally’s award-winning play is based on the legendary series of master classes given by opera diva Maria Callas at Juilliard. Alternately dismayed and impressed by her students, Callas retreats into recollections of her own life and career; from her early “ugly duckling” years, her fierce hatred of her rivals, the unforgiving press, her triumphs at La Scala, her affair with Aristotle Onassis, and ultimately she bares the sacrifice taken in the name of art.

Picnic
Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 6, 2 p.m.; Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 11, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 13, 2 p.m.
University Theatre
Tickets start at $17
William Inge’s classic 1950s drama delves into small-town Kansas life to ask questions that remain relevant to a new century. Handsome traveler Hal agrees to accompany shy Millie to the Labor Day picnic, but his real attraction is for her gorgeous and alluring sister, Madge. The ensuing passions and rivalry smolder with sexual tension, broken taboos and heartbreak.

The Foreigner
Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 26, 2 p.m.; Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 27, 2 p.m.; Oct. 27, 6:30 p.m.
Acting Studio
Free admission
A depressed, conversation-phobic man is taken to a boarding home in Georgia. Far from his comfortable yet unfulfilled existence in Britain, he pretends to be a “foreigner” to avoid discourse with the boarders. This only intrigues them, and soon everyone in the house wants to talk to him. In the process, he is forced to make up an entire gibberish language, foil a devilish plot and discover who he truly is.

Macbeth
Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 2, 2 p.m.; Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 3, 2 p.m.; Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m.
Loft Theatre
Tickets start at $12
Shakespeare’s terrifying tale of blood and murder, just in time for Halloween. At a time of the year when the veil is thin and mists obscure more than just the trees, Macbeth and his lady can no longer be sure what it is that drives them on, nor what is waiting for them on the other side.

These Shining Lives
Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 17, 2 p.m.; Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m.
University Theatre
Tickets start at $17
Chicago in the Roaring ’20s offers life-changing opportunities for women. When young Catherine Donahue takes a full-time job her husband warns her, “Work can cost you something.” But at the Radium Dial Company she finds new friends and new strength that serve her well when it comes time to pay the price. Melanie Marnich’s work of creative nonfiction weaves together actual events and vivid characters to look at the ways we define ourselves by our work.

At Buffalo: the musical
Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m.
Atlas Black Box
Tickets start at $12
Race was on display at the 1901 Buffalo, N.Y., World’s Fair. In exhibits such as Darkest Africa, Old Plantation and The American Negro Exhibit, showmen presented unique, often conflicting visions of blackness in America at the turn of the 20th century. The fair left behind a fragmented archive of descriptions, newspaper articles, photographs and film clips that sheds new light on a critical moment in the construction of race and American identity. At Buffalo, a new musical in development, brings this archive to life.

Three Sisters
Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 1, 2 p.m.; Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 2, 2 p.m.; Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m.
Loft Theatre
Tickets start at $12
This 90-minute version of Anton Chekhov’s timeless story of family, love and ambition explores the difficulties in breaking old habits and seeking new opportunities. The Prozorov sisters and those around them have all learned to cope with the hand life has dealt them. These three extraordinary sisters know all too well that life’s a gamble, but are any willing to risk everything on an unsure bet?

Quilters the musical
Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 16, 2 p.m.; Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 23, 2 p.m.
University Theatre
Tickets start at $19
Quilters is a moving celebration of American womanhood originally developed at the Denver Center Theatre Company. It went on to Broadway and a Tony Award nomination. This musical tribute to the spirit of America’s pioneer women tells stories — elicited through quilt blocks — of a mother and her daughters in a rich mosaic, capturing beauty, terror and joy, the harsh challenges and sweet rewards of frontier life.

The Rope
Apr. 2, 7:30 p.m.; Apr. 3, 7:30 p.m.; Apr. 4, 7:30 p.m. Apr. 5, 2 p.m.; Apr. 5, 7:30 p.m.; Apr. 6, 2 p.m.; Apr. 6, 6:30 p.m.
Acting Studio
Free admission A comedy by Roman playwright Plautus.

Metamorphoses
April 11, 7:30 p.m.; April 12, 7:30 p.m.; April 13, 2 p.m.; April 16, 7:30 p.m.; April 17, 7:30 p.m.; April 18, 7:30 p.m.; April 19, 7:30 p.m.
University Theatre
Tickets start at $17
Based on Ovid’s transformation myths, 10 actors mix ancient stories of pathos and tragedy with contemporary language and humor. Encapsulated by the story of Midas, whose gift from the gods becomes a terrible curse, the tales flow one into another creating a theatrical event that is as extraordinarily moving as it is beautiful to behold.

Fringe Festival 2014
April 25, all day; April 26, all day; April 27, all day
Theatre Building
Free admission
The CU Fringe Festival is an annual collaboration between Onstage and the Theatre & Dance department showcasing the wide array of student talent over a single weekend. Any CU student can propose a project, whether it’s original work, a dream production from theater, film, dance, performance art or something else entirely. No matter what projects end up going forward, the Fringe Festival is always “All Arts, All Free, All Weekend.”

DANCE [un] W.R.A.P.
Sept. 13, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15, 2 p.m.
Irey Theatre
Tickets start at $12
A weekend-long dance forum.

Open Space
Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20, 2 p.m.
Irey Theatre
Free admission
A student-choreographed and student-produced show.

Spilling Stories Tangled Testimonies
Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 17, 2 p.m.
Irey Theatre
Tickets start at $12
Audiences will be transported by smells of coffee, sounds of singing, tastes of fresh water, physical risks and tender gestures.

Fresh
Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. April 25, 7:30 p.m. April 26, 7:30 p.m.
Irey Theatre
Free admission
An uncurated concert of graduate and undergraduate dance work.

Settle
Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m.
Irey Theatre
Tickets start at $12
A 21st-century woman delicately balances and multi-tasks as she endeavors to “have it all.” An evening-length dance work by MFA candidate Rachel Oliver.

Catapult
Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, 2 p.m.
Irey Theatre
Tickets start at $12
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The Current
Mar. 7, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 8, 2 p.m. Mar. 8, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 8, 2 p.m.
Irey Theatre
Tickets start at $12
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Ubuntu
African Festival
April 19
Glenn Miller Ballroom
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