A musical adaptation of Aristophanes Lysistrata Friday, April 12, 7pm Saturday, April 13, 7pm Sunday, April 14, 1pm Friday, April 19, 7pm Saturday, April 20, 1pm Saturday, April 20, 7pm Sunday, April 21, 1pm Studio One Theatre, FAU Boca Raton
Lysistrata Tickets: Single Adult $20; Faculty, Staff & Alumni $15; FAU Students $12; Groups (15+): $14 (per person); 1-800-564-9539 | www.fauevents.com
A musical adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata: A story about an Athenian housewife who organizes a strike among Greek women urging them to refuse sex to their husbands until the men end the Peloponnesian War.
Dances We Dance: Spring Showcase
April 26 and April 27
Friday, April 26, 7pm Saturday, April 27, 1pm Saturday, April 27, 7pm University Theatre, FAU Boca Raton
Dances We Dance: Spring Showcase Tickets: General admission $10 Children under the age of 12 $5 1-800-564-9539 | www.fauevents.com
Dances We Dance is a capstone experience for students enrolled in all genres and levels of dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance. FAU students create dances, learn choreography, work collaboratively, exhibit technical skills, explore expressiveness and give thrilling performances of dance in a wide array of genres.
COMING SUMMER 2013
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical that tells the bawdy tale of Pseudolus, a Roman slave who strives to win his freedom by helping his young master woo a the girl next door. The farcical plot twists and turns with slapstick humor, cases of mistaken identity, social satire and a bevy of attractive girls. The musical won several Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Book. Friday, 6/28 7 pm Saturday, 6/29 7 pm Sunday, 6/30 1 pm Thursday, 7/4 1 pm Saturday, 7/6 1 pm Saturday 7/13 7 pm Sunday, 7/21 1 pm
The Man Who Came to Dinner A comedy in three acts, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Radio personality Sheridan Whiteside, invited to dine at the house of a prominent Ohio family, slips on a patch of ice outside the front door and injures his leg. Following doctor’s orders, Whiteside is to remain confined to quarters, whereupon he delights in meddling with the lives of everyone in the household. Friday, 7/12 7 pm Saturday, 7/13 1 pm Sunday, 7/14 1 pm & 7 pm Friday, 7/19 7 pm Saturday, 7/20 1 pm & 7 pm
Side by Side by Sondheim Music and lyrics by Steven Sondheim. Book by David Kernan
A musical revue, Side By Side By Sondheim, thematically ties together many of the famous composer/ lyricist’s best known songs. A narrator gives insight into the background, motivation and musical styles Sondheim used in the development of his work. Featured songs include Comedy Tonight, Love Is in the Air and Send in the Clowns, You Could Drive a Person Crazy and Side By Side By Side. Friday, 6/21 7 pm Saturday, 6/22 1 & 7 pm Sunday, 6/23 1 pm Saturday, 6/29 1 pm Friday, 7/5 7 pm Saturday, 7/6 7 pm Sunday, 7/7 1 pm
Please notify the Department of Theatre and Dance at (561) 297-3810, five working days in advance of event, if special accommodation for a disability is needed.
All shows, artists, dates and times are subject to change. Please note there are no refunds or exchanges.
Welcome to the Department of Theatre and Dance website at Florida Atlantic University. We are currently in our 46th season of outstanding theatre training. Located in beautiful Boca Raton, Florida - the heart of South Florida’s theatre district, the Department of Theatre and Dance has at its disposal the bountiful resources of the vast metroplex. Established in 1974, the theatre M.F.A. programs were one of two programs singled out for excellence in the University’s re-accreditation in 2002. In 2003 Theatre joined with Music and Art to form the School of the Arts promoting interaction among the arts at FAU and acknowledging the arts at FAU as a major component of the University’s mission in South Florida. In 2008 dance joined theatre, and became an integral part of the department.
Our faculty, which maintains ongoing involvement with the professional world, is comprised of “working” directors, designers, actors, dancers, and choreographers, offering expertise and passion for the creation and craft of theatre and dance. Our strengths lie in the carefully selected blending of professional and academic training designed to prepare our graduates for successful careers as practicing artists, technicians and scholars in the theatre of the 21st Century. Ours is a competitive program that encourages participation of all of our students in every facet of producing theatre. Our objective is to stimulate curiosity, develop intellectual acuity, cultivate the imagination and encourage creative expression. Each year the Department of Theatre and Dance stages productions in a variety of genres and styles to familiarize our students with the full range of theatre experience. Through the vehicle of staged performance we endeavor to provoke, excite, examine values, question beliefs and conventions, challenge assumptions and of course to entertain.
Our Summer Rep. program, which typically includes popular fare, classics and/or musicals, allows students to earn Equity points while working with and learning from professional actors and other seasoned artists and technicians. Our students have become successful actors, directors, designers, writers, teachers and theatre professionals. Through campus and community outreach, our aim is to remain sensitive to societal issues through multidisciplinary and multicultural approaches, and to augment lifelong learning opportunities for South Florida citizens of all ages. We invite you to join us as our exciting tradition continues! It is both joyously hard work, and authentically serious fun.
Thank you for visiting our website. Please feel free to contact us at any time regarding our undergraduate and graduate degree programs, our production seasons, or simply to share thoughts and comments.
See you at the theatre!
Gvozden Kopani Associate Professor and Chair
Lysistrata Discussion Panel with Matty Selman, March 17th, 2013
