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Center stage or behind the scenes, students in the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at the University of the Arts collaborate with each other and a cast of exceptional faculty members to create unforgettable experiences for audiences.With more than a dozen productions each year in the University's many professional venues — ranging from a historic 1,800-seat theater to intimate cabaret spaces — and opportunities to work with the outstanding regional theater companies in Philadelphia's thriving cultural community, Brind School students learn to explore, to innovate, to problem-solve and to push the boundaries of their creative expression.
University of the Arts ~ 2011-2012 Season
Recent Shows
Spring Dance Concert Series Program A
April 20, 2012 - April 21, 2012
This weekend will feature Spring Dance Concert Series Program A: the works of both faculty members and visiting artists. Included will be works by Curt Haworth (premiere), Brian Sanders (premiere), Roni Koresh, and Donald Lunsford. Also featured are the Forsythe Project directed by Douglas Becker (visiting artist) and the reconstruction of excerpts from the classical ballet, Coppelia.
Spring Dance Concert Series Program B
April 20, 2012 - April 21, 2012
This weekend will feature Spring Dance Concert Series Program B: the works of both faculty members and visiting artists. Included will be the works by Wayne St. David (premiere) and Molly Misgalla (premiere). Also featured will be newly commissioned works by visiting artists Sidra Bell and Tommie Wahee. Douglas Becker, School of Dance visiting artist, has created a work that utilizes Forsythe Improvisation Technologies as a score for making dance.
The House of Bernarda Alba
April 20, 2012 - April 28, 2012
By Federico Garcia Lorca
In a new English version by David Hare
Directed by Rosey Hay
Five unmarried daughters live together in the house of their mother, Bernarda Alba, in an atmosphere of simmering sexual desire, jealousy and fear. When one of them begins a clandestine affair with her sister’s suitor, the consequences are devastating. Lorca’s masterpiece of love, oppression and loathing was completed just months before he was murdered by Franco’s supporters in 1936.
Spring Dance Concert Series Program C
April 29, 2012
Program C of the Spring Dance Series will feature Manfred Fischbeck's InterArts Ensemble as well as the new works by visiting choreographers Meredith Glisson, Jessie Caritt, and Sylvana Cardell.
Student Dance Composition Showings
May 2, 2012
Little Women
May 4, 2012 - May 6, 2012
Adapted by Jacqueline Goldfinger
From the novel by Louisa May Alcott
Directed by Maureen Sweeney
In this affecting, delightful adaptation of Alcott’s classic novel, the four spirited March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy – endeavor to sustain their family in the absence of their father, who is away fighting the Civil War. Led by their devoted Marmee, each girl struggles to overcome her own limitations to become the best version of herself, even in the midst of disease, jealousy, and poverty. Playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger is a member of the Brind School faculty.
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