Productions

October 9^th-11^th & 15^th-18^th, 2009

Noel Fine Arts Center Studio Theatre

Who is the one person who instills fear and loathing in the Russian soul? The Inspector General! When a mysterious traveler arrives in a rustic Russian town, chaos erupts. Mistaken for a government inspector from glamorous St. Petersburg, the “inspector” gleefully accepts all manner of bribes from the scheming citizenry who fear jail or worse for having looted the town treasury.

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November 13^th-15^th & 18 ^th-21^st, 2009

Noel Fine Arts Center Jenkins Theatre

Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini's opera La Bohème. It follows a year in the lives of seven friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village. AIDS and both its physical and emotional complications pervade the lives of Rent’s striking characters. Not recommended for young audiences.

December 4^th-6^th & 9^th-11^th, 2009

Noel Fine Arts Center Studio Theatre

Extraordinary student created and performed choreography staged in the intimate and dynamic Studio Theatre.

February 12^th-14^th & 17^th-20^th, 2010

Noel Fine Arts Center Studio Theatre

Based on Barbara Ehrenreich's best-seller Nickel and Dimed, On (Not) Getting By in America, this odyssey of trying to survive in a low wage lifestyle is vivid and witty, yet always deeply sobering. Joan Holden's stage adaptation is a focused comic epic shadowed with tragedy. Not recommended for young audiences.

March 5^th-7^th & 11^th-13^th, 2010

Noel Fine Arts Center Jenkins Theatre

In this sexy black comedy, a simple act of seduction turns into a wild farce complete with cross-dressing and mistaken identity. The play, set in a private psychiatric clinic, was very controversial when it opened in 1969, and remains deliciously unsuitable for children. Not recommended for young audiences.

April 9^th-11^th & 14^th-17^th, 2010

Noel Fine Arts Center Studio Theatre

In 1925, while chasing a dream of fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself became the attraction when he became trapped 200 feet underground. Alone but for sporadic contact with the outside world, Floyd fought for his sanity and ultimately his life as the rescue effort above exploded into the first genuine media circus. This haunting musical - one of the most acclaimed in recent years - tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer.

May 7^th-9^th & 12^th-14^th, 2010

Noel Fine Arts Center Jenkins Theatre

Breathtaking choreography by UWSP faculty and guest artists performed by the exceptional students of the Department of Theatre & Dance.