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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.

Spring 2013 Season

NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
New plays are the lifeblood of the theater of the future, and the Brind School is committed to providing its students with a range of experiences creating and developing new plays. P. Seth Bauer, the Brind School’s resident playwright, will curate an event featuring developmental readings of works by students and professional authors, including:

CRUSH
Book and lyrics by Yasmine Lever
Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald

A new musical with book and lyrics by Yasmine Lever and music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Crush is a story of star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of race riots in contemporary London.

Arts Bank Theater
Friday, February 1 at 7pm
Saturday, February 2 at 3pm

A FRONTIER, AS TOLD BY THE FRONTIER
By Jason Gray Platt

In an abandoned government-run theme park, a group of four orphaned children and their caretaker find themselves among the last bastion of a population torn by civil war. When one of the children decides to leave the park, the fragile equilibrium of the group begins to unravel.

Arts Bank Theater
Thursday, January 31 at 7pm
Saturday, February 2 at 7pm

PHILLY YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS
Saturday, February 2 at 12pm

Two DPP Senior Projects in Repertory
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
by Charles Mee
directed by Brad Ogden
EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM
By A. Rey Pamatmat
Directed by Elaina DiMonaco
Caplan Studio Theater

Thursday 2/14 at 8pm: Edith
Friday 2/15 at 8pm: Under Construction
Saturday 2/16 at 2pm: Under Construction
Saturday 2/16 at 8pm: Edith
Sunday 2/17 at 2pm: Edith
Sunday 2/17 at 8pm: Under Construction 

A DPP Senior Project
SELF:SAME
By Ciara Ní Chuirc
Directed by Brey Anne Barrett
Theater Exile, 1340 S. 13th St.
February 21 - 24

WINTERSET
By Maxwell Anderson
Directed by Richard Stoppleworth
Caplan Studio Theater

Thursday, February 28 at 8pm
Friday, March 1 at 8pm
Saturday, March 2 at 2pm and 8pm
Sunday, March 3 at 2pm

Winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play in 1935, Maxwell Anderson’s poetic verse drama was inspired by the famous trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, in which two Italian immigrants with radical political beliefs were executed. Winterset is a landmark in American drama noted for its superbly crafted poetry and its profound philosophical assertions.

LEGALLY BLONDE
Book by Heather Hach
Music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture
Directed by Dr. Patricia Raine
Merriam Theater

Wednesday, March 27 at 8pm
Thursday, March 28 at 8pm
Friday, March 29 at 8pm
Saturday, March 30 at 2pm and 8pm
Sunday, March 31 at 2pm

Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

Two DPP Senior Projects in Repertory
SORROWS TO THE STONES
A devised work
Directed by Leigh Bicica
BLACKFACE
By Haygen Brice Walker
Directed by Rosey Hay

Thursday, April 4 at 8pm
Friday, April 5 at 8pm
Saturday, April 6 at 2pm and 8pm
Sunday, April 7 at 2pm and 7pm

TIME MACHINE
A new work created in collaboration with Philly Young Playwrights and the Kimmel Center of the Performing Arts for the 2013 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts
Directed by David Bradley
Innovation Studio Theater, Kimmel Center
April 23 – 26, 2013

The Brind School partners with two pre-eminent Philadelphia institutions to create a new work for the city’s bi-annual International Festival of the Arts. If you had a time machine, where would you go? Why? What would you bring back to now? An original work based on historical explorations to be conceived and developed by a multi-generational ensemble of high school students, college students and theater professionals.

ARABIAN NIGHTS
by Mary Zimmerman
directed by Amy Dugas Brown
Arts Bank Theater

Thursday, April 25 at 8pm
Friday, April 26 at 8pm
Saturday, April 27 at 2pm and 8pm
Sunday, April 28 at 2pm

King Shahryar marries, loves, then kills a young woman each night - until he encounters Scheherezade. For one thousand and one nights, he delays her murder as he eagerly awaits her next tale of love, lust, hilarity, or sorrow. Mary Zimmerman's adaptation weaves ancient tales of wonder into a poetic testament to the transformational power of storytelling.

SENIOR CABARET
Presented by senior Musical Theater students
Laurie Beechman Cabaret Theater

Friday, May 10 at 8pm
Saturday, May 11 at 8pm
Sunday, May 12 at 2pm