University Theatre Productions

2007-2008

Theatre & Dance Season

Welcome to the 2007-2008 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Theatre Season. As always, we selected the season to provide our student actors, designers and technicians with a dynamic range of theatrical styles, periods and genres. Our goal is to provide our students with broad educational and personal experiences while bringing quality productions to our stage that enlighten, engage and entertain our audiences.

Tobacco Road
By Jack Kirkland, Adapted from the novel by Erskine Caldwell
Directed by Terry Allen
October 18-20 & 24-27 at 7:30 p.m.
October 21 at 1:30 p.m.
Kjer Theatre

Sleeping Beauty (for all ages)
Theatre for Young Audiences - Touring Theatre
Directed by Cheryl Starr
Mid-October to mid-December
For information and bookings contact: starrcl@uwec.edu

Fall Short Play Festival
November 16 and 19-20 at 4:00 & 8:00 p.m.
Kjer Theatre

Prometheus Bound
By Aeschylus
Directed by Richard Nimke
December 6-8 & 12-15 at 7:30 p.m.
December 9 at 1:30 p.m.
Riverside Theatre

The Threepenny Opera
By Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill
Directed by Terry Allen
Musical direction by Mitra Sadeghpour
February 28-March 1 & March 5-8 at 7:30 p.m.
March 2 at 1:30 p.m.
Riverside Theatre

The Boxcar Children - Theatre for Young Audiences
(for ages 6 and up)
By Gertrude Chandler Warner, author and Barbara Field, playwright
Directed by Cheryl Starr
April 3-5 & 10-12 at 7:30 p.m.
April 6 at 1:30 p.m.
School Matinees: April 1, 3, 8, 10 at 9:30 a.m.
Kjer Theatre

DanceWorks 2008
By the UWEC Concert Dance Company
Directed by Toni Poll-Sorensen
April 24-26 at 7:30 p.m.
Kjer Theatre

The Underpants
By Carl Sternheim, Adapted by Steve Martin
Directed by Richard Nimke
May 1-3 & 7-10 at 7:30 p.m.
May 4 at 1:30 p.m.
Riverside Theatre

Contact Information:
Richard Nimke
Director of Theatre
Haas Fine Arts, 174
(715) 836-2407
nimkerf@uwec.edu