June 23, 2010
Wednesday, Sept. 22-Sunday, Sept. 26
Theatre UAB Annual Festival of Ten-Minute Plays, shows at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22, 24 and 25 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, in UAB's Alys Stephens Center Odess Theatre, 1200 10th Ave. South. All tickets $3. The festival will feature eight exciting new plays, each 10 minutes long, written by UAB students and faculty. This year's theme is "If You Could See Behind My Mask. . ." Theatre UAB's Lee Shackleford will produce the festival. Contains adult language and themes. Call 205-975-2787 for tickets. Visit the UAB Department of Theatre at http://www.uab.edu/cas/theatre/.
Rocky Horror Show. Download image.
Wednesday, Oct. 6-Sunday, Oct. 10
Richard O'Brien's "The Rocky Horror Show," shows at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6-9 and 2 p.m. Oct. 10, in UAB's Alys Stephens Center Sirote Theatre, 1200 10th Ave. South. Tickets are $15 and $18; $7 for students and $12 for UAB employees and senior citizens.
Follow squeaky-clean sweethearts Brad and Janet on the "rockiest" ride of their lives. Bursting at the seams with raunchy exuberance and stiletto-sharp wit, O'Brien's cult classic is a campy collection of outlandish characters, risqué rock 'n' roll and sybaritic sci-fi. Behold, Rocky is alive. . . and the boldest bash of them all! Book, music and lyrics by Richard O'Brien. Guest Bill Castellino will direct. Contains adult language and themes. Call 205-975-2787 for tickets. Visit the UAB Department of Theatre at www.uab.edu/cas/theatre/.
Venus. Download image.
Wednesday, Nov. 10-Saturday, Nov. 13 and
Wednesday, Nov. 17-Sunday, Nov. 21
"Venus," written by Suzan-Lori Parks, shows at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10-13 and Nov. 17-20 and 2 p.m. Nov. 21, in UAB's Alys Stephens Center Odess Theatre, 1200 10th Ave. South. Tickets are $15; $7 for students and $12 for UAB employees and senior citizens. "Venus" is Park's gripping and theatrical depiction of 19th-century Hottentot Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman, a woman lured from her menial job in South Africa to tour the world as a sideshow exhibit. The New Yorker called "Venus" "a formidable experience: a gnarly but brilliant meditation on the ambiguity of race, history, the colonized imagination, sexuality and theatrical storytelling itself." Contains adult language and themes. Theatre UAB's Karla Koskinen will direct. Call 205-975-2787 for tickets. Visit the UAB Department of Theatre at www.uab.edu/cas/theatre/.
Lysistrata. Download image.
Wednesday, Feb. 16-Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011
"Lysistrata," written by Aristophanes, shows at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16-19 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 20 in UAB's Alys Stephens Center Sirote Theatre, 1200 10th Ave. South. Tickets are $15 and $18; $7 for students and $12 for UAB employees and senior citizens. In Aristophanes' deliciously bawdy comedy, Lysistrata channels her frustrations into an extraordinary mission to end the pointless, interminable Peloponnesian War. Longing for the return of their soldier husbands and lovers, the women of Greece, led by clever Lysistrata, vow to stop making love until the men stop making war. What begins as a tenuous solidarity results in hilarious empowerment in this quintessential battle of the sexes. Theatre UAB's Vessela Warner will direct. Contains adult language and themes. Call 205-975-2787 for tickets. Visit the UAB Department of Theatre at www.uab.edu/cas/theatre/u.
Wednesday, March 2-Saturday, March 5 and
We Three. Download image.
Wednesday, March 9-Saturday, March 12, 2011
"We Three," by Paul Shoulberg, shows at 7:30 p.m. March 2-5 and March 9-11 and 2 p.m. March 12, in UAB's Alys Stephens Center Odess Theatre, 1200 10th Ave. South. Tickets are $15; $7 for students and $12 for UAB employees and senior citizens. "We Three" is the world premiere of the 2009 winner of the UAB-sponsored Ruby Lloyd Apsey Play Search. In order to avoid prison, lifelong friends Jericho, Big Keith and Taz agree to Christmas season community service and participation in a mysterious university study. Tensions run high in this incisive comedy as the men are forced to confront issues within themselves and with each other. Set in New York City, "We Three" explores and challenges society's standard perceptions of morality, race, class and the meaning of Christmas. Theatre UAB's Dennis McLernon will direct. Contains adult language and themes. Call 205-975-2787 for tickets. Visit the UAB Department of Theatre at www.uab.edu/cas/theatre/.
Three Sisters. Download image.
Wednesday, April 13-Sunday, April 17
"Three Sisters," written by Anton Chekhov, shows at 7:30 p.m. April 13-16 and 2 p.m. April 17, in UAB's Alys Stephens Center Sirote Theatre, 1200 10th Ave. South. Tickets are $15 and $18; $7 for students and $12 for UAB employees and senior citizens. Passionate and restless Olga, Masha and Irina Prozorov dream of escaping the isolation and monotony of their provincial garrison town for more cultured, meaningful lives in Moscow. The arrival of a debonair officer turns their world upside down and further inflames their pursuit of happiness, resulting in a chain of circumstances marked by mystery, beauty and sorrow. "Three Sisters" is regarded by many critics as the best drama of the 20th century. Theatre UAB's Will York will direct. Call 205-975-2787 for tickets. Visit the UAB Department of Theatre at www.uab.edu/cas/theatre/.
About the UAB Department of Theatre
The UAB Department of Theatre has won the highest honors awarded to university theaters, including best in region from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). In 2008, UAB's production of "In the Blood" was one of three shows chosen by KCACTF from 300 in consideration nationwide. Faculty members in the department continue to work professionally in addition to teaching. UAB Theatre performances are presented at the Alys Stephens Center, UAB's own world-class performing arts center. This year the department celebrates its 40th anniversary. It is part of the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, home to academic disciplines that include the arts, humanities, sciences and the School of Education.