Launch Date: August 24, 2023
Be part of the College at Buffalo Division of Theatre and Dance for a season of dance, musicals and drama. Nationally acknowledged administrators, choreographers and college work with rising pupil expertise to provide modern unique productions that entertain audiences and discover the human situation. The autumn 2023 season consists of stay performances on the UB Heart for the Arts and the Katharine Cornell Theatre, each on UB’s North campus.
The UB Theatre and Dance 2023-2024 season is sponsored partially by Fox Run at Orchard Park and Erie 1 BOCES.
“Ugly Playground Accidents”
Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect on the most weird intervals, main the 2 childhood mates to match scars and the bodily calamities that maintain drawing them collectively.
Rajiv Jospeh obtained his BA in Artistic Writing from Miami College and his MFA. in Playwriting from NYU’s Tisch College of the Arts. He’s at present a language lecturer at NYU with the College of Artwork and Public Coverage and the Expository Writing Program. He additionally served for 3 years within the Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa.
“Rajiv Joseph is an artist of unique expertise.” — NY Instances. “Irresistibly odd and thrilling…This darkly humorous drama is Rajiv Joseph’s most satisfying work.” — NY Day by day Information. “This wondrous unusual two-hander finds as a lot humor as horror within the play’s weird occasions.” — Selection.
“Ugly Playground Accidents” is introduced by particular association with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. New York.
By Rajiv Joseph
Directed by John DellaContrada as a part of our Scholar Directed Collection
Sept. 22 – 23, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
UB Katharine Cornell Theatre
$22 Adults | $17 Seniors/Veterans/UB Staff
$12 College students | $7 UB College students
Tickets to Ugly Playground Accidents
“Puffs Or: Seven More and more Eventful Years at a Sure College of Magic and Magic”
For seven years a sure boy wizard went to a sure Wizard College and conquered evil. This, nonetheless, just isn’t his story. That is the story of the Puffs, who simply occurred to be there too. A story for anybody who has by no means been destined to save lots of the world.
The New York Instances proclaims it “A quick-paced romp. For Potterphiliacs who grew up alongside Potter and are desirous to revisit that world, Puffs exudes a jovial, winking fondness for all issues Harry!”
This intelligent and creative play “by no means goes greater than a minute with out a snigger” (Nerdist) providing you with a brand new have a look at a well-known journey from the attitude of three potential heroes simply attempting to make it by way of a magic college that proves to be very harmful for youngsters. Alongside them are the Puffs, a bunch of well-meaning, loyal outsiders with a factor for badgers, “who’re so lovable and relatable, you’ll go away the theater wishing they had been within the tales all alongside” (Hollywood Life). Their “hilariously heartfelt!” (Metro) and epic journey takes the basic story to new locations and reimagines what a boy wizard hero might be.
“Puffs” just isn’t approved, sanctioned, licensed or endorsed by J.Okay Rowling, Warner Bros. or any particular person or firm related to the Harry Potter books, movies or play.
“Puffs” is introduced by association with Harmony Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
By Matt Cox
Directed by Moriah Armstrong as a part of the Scholar Directed Collection
Sept. 29 – 30, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
UB Katharine Cornell Theatre
$22 Adults | $17 Seniors/Veterans/UB Staff
$12 College students | $7 UB College students
Tickets to Puffs Or: Seven More and more Eventful Years at a Sure College of Magic and Magic
Zodiaque Dance Firm forty ninth Season Fall Program
The 49th fall program “Celebration Rising” contains diversified choreography in jazz, faucet, African drum and dance ensemble, fashionable and up to date dance works carried out by present UB dance majors who’re members of the pre-professional Zodiaque Dance Firm.
The present is underneath the co-direction of college members Kerry Ring and Michael Deeb Weaver. Choreographers embody Ring, Deeb Weaver and dance school members Jenna Zavrel and Tom Ralabate. Dance school Chanon Judson, in collaboration with UB Music Professor George Caldwell, will restage excerpts of City Bush Girls’s “Strolling with Trane.” City Bush Girls Co-Creative Director Mame Diarra Speis and unique forged member Stephanie Mas will even be a part of the restaging crew.
The live performance is punctuated by the contributions of second yr MFA candidate Joshua Ikechukwu and visitor choreographers Autumn Eckman, former assistant inventive director, Giordano Dance Chicago and Broadway veteran Jeff Shade from Chicago and Candy Charity.
Co-Directed by Kerry Ring and Michael Deeb Weaver
Choreography by Michael Deeb Weaver, Autumn Eckman, Joshua Ikechukwu, Chanon Judson, Thomas Ralabate, Kerry Ring, Jeff Shade and Jenna Zavrel
Oct. 20 – 21, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 21, 2023 at 2 p.m. and Oct. 22, 2023 at 2 p.m.*
UB Heart for the Arts
Drama Theatre
$22 Adults | $17 Seniors/Veterans/UB Staff
$12 College students | $7 UB College students
Tickets to Zodiaque
*UB Dance Day is Sunday, Oct. 22. All customary ticketing choices can be found plus a particular $32 UB Dance Day Ticket, which incorporates:
- A participatory pre-show workshop for ages 14 and up within the UB Heart for the Arts Dance Studios (Rooms B82 and B82 within the basement of constructing). Arrive at midday within the hallway exterior of the Dance Studios (rooms B82 and B84) for check-in.
- A dance class specializing in motion introduced within the 2 p.m. efficiency and statement of firm heat up, plus Q&A with UB dance majors. No particular dancewear required. Come dressed to maneuver!
- Admission to “Zodiaque Dance Firm forty ninth Season Fall 22 Program” 2 p.m. efficiency within the Drama Theatre.
- Questions: Electronic mail Professor Kerry Ring at kring2@buffalo.edu
An Oct. 20, 10:30 a.m. efficiency for college students grades Okay-12 and senior teams is out there by reservation at 716-645-6921.
“Renascence”
“Renascence” is a theatrical exploration of id and artistry by way of the poems of Pulitzer Prize-winning Edna St. Vincent Millay, that includes music by Carmel Dean,music director for “If/Then” and “American Fool” on Broadway, with a e book by Tony nominee Dick Scanlan.
On the age of 19, Millay writes a profoundly highly effective poem, “Renascence,” catapulting her to stardom and releasing her from her rural, humble beginnings into an unconventional and adventurous bohemian life. Fascinating each women and men along with her unapologetic sensuality and frank mind – she turns into the “unique riot grrrl” of her time.
Initially created by The Transport Group in New York Metropolis, “Renascence” follows the early years of her life and invitations its performers and viewers to take a seat within the poet’s soul to view humanity and nature as if by way of her window.
American Signal Language (ASL) interpreters can be offered for the Oct. 28, 2 p.m. public efficiency.
“Renascence” is introduced by way of particular association with Music Theatre Worldwide (MTI).
All approved efficiency supplies are additionally provided by MTI.
Guide by Dick Scanlan
Music by Carmel Dean
Lyrics by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Directed and choreographed by James Beaudry
Music Path by Matt Marco
Oct. 26 – 28, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 28 – 29, 2023 at 2 p.m.
UB Heart for the Arts
Black Field Theatre
$22 Adults | $17 Seniors/Veterans/UB Staff
$12 College students | $7 UB College students
Tickets to Renascence
Rising Choreographers Showcase
Celebrating range in each style and theme, Rising Choreographers Showcase options new dance works created and carried out by BA, BFA, and MFA dance majors. Scholar choreographers obtain shut school mentorship and collaborate with pupil lighting designers, sound designers, costumers, and technicians.
Directed by Anne Burnidge
Nov. 10 – 11, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 12, 2022 at 2 p.m.
UB Katharine Cornell Theatre
$22 Adults | $17 Seniors/Veterans/UB Staff
$12 College students | $7 UB College students
Tickets Rising Choreographers Showcase
“Outrage”
In Historic Greece, Socrates is accused of corrupting the younger along with his apply of questioning generally held beliefs. In Renaissance Italy, a easy miller named Menocchio runs afoul of the Inquisition when he develops his personal idea of the cosmos. In Nazi Germany, the playwright Bertolt Brecht is persecuted for work that challenges authority. And in current day New England, a graduate pupil finds himself within the heart of an influence battle over the way forward for the college. An irreverent epic that spans hundreds of years, “Outrage” explores the ability of martyrdom and of theatre, and the way the revolutionary of 1 period turns into the tyrant of the following.
Itamar Moses is the creator of the full-length performs “Outrage”, “Bach at Leipzig”, “Movie star Row” and “The 4 of Us” amongst others. His work has appeared Off-Broadway and elsewhere in New York and at regional theatres throughout the nation and in Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, Venezuela, Turkey and Chile. He holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU and has taught playwriting at Yale and NYU.
American Signal Language (ASL) interpreters can be offered for the Nov. 18, 2 p.m. public efficiency.
“Outrage” is introduced by association with Harmony Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
By Itamar Moses
Directed by Mason Beggs
Nov. 16 – 18, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 18 – 19, 2023 at 2 p.m.
UB Heart for the Arts
Drama Theatre
$22 Adults | $17 Seniors/Veterans/UB Staff
$12 College students | $7 UB College students
Tickets to Outrage
MFA Fall Dance Showcase
The MFA Fall Showcase presents a peek into the inventive strategy of dancemaking, that includes works in varied levels of completion from present MFA Dance college students. The works are sometimes generated collaboratively with different artists, and the Showcase presents an area for choreographers to experiment and innovate movement-based efficiency. The live performance is underneath the course of MFA college students, with school supervision by Ariel Nereson, director of graduate dance and assistant professor of dance research.
UB’s dance program is constructed upon the assumption that dance is a basic expression of humanity with the power to tell, rework, replicate upon and lead native and world change within the 21st century. With shut school mentorship and quite a few alternatives to create and current work, MFA Dance college students interact in superior sensible, theoretical and significant inquiry whereas honing their talents as artists, dance makers, educators, writers, innovators, students, coverage makers and leaders.
Co-Directed by Natasha McCandless and Hannah Walter
School Advisor: Ariel Nereson
Dec. 1, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 2, 2023 at 2 p.m.
UB Katharine Cornell Theatre
$22 Adults | $17 Seniors/Veterans/UB Staff
$12 College students | $7 UB College students
Tickets to MFA Fall Dance Showcase
Theatre Studio Ensemble: “The Intruder”
Set in the lounge of a house, the grandfather, who’s blind, waits with the daddy, uncle and three daughters for the arrival of a priest and a sister. The ailing mom, who’s within the subsequent room, has given delivery to a baby, who sleeps in an adjoining room. The household bickers amongst themselves, ready for info and extra firm. After many noises, the grandfather hears two units of footsteps upon the staircase. The maid seems, saying the door was open and he or she shut it. The grandfather claims he heard somebody enter the room behind the maid, however the others insist she was alone. The clock strikes midnight, the child commences screaming, and the Sister of Mercy seems, saying the demise of the mom. It turns into clear that the intruder being referred to by the previous man is demise itself.
Content material Warning: Path of the play is thru a horror lens and is anxious with demise and sickness. There isn’t any stage fight, violence, or intimacy.
By Maurice Maeterlinck
Translated by Richard Hovey
Directed by Ian Downes
Dec. 2, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 3, 2023 at 2 p.m.
UB Heart for the Arts
Rehearsal Workshop
$22 Adults | $17 Seniors/Veterans/UB Staff
$12 College students | $7 UB College students
Tickets to Theatre Studio Ensemble: The Intruder
Tickets for Performances on the UB Heart for the Arts and UB Katharine Cornell Theatre
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