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October 8-18, 2009
By David Sedaris and Amy Sedaris
Directed by Anthony Nelson
David Thayer Theatre
It's a simple recipe: Take one of the funniest satirists around, combine him with his equally funny sister and coax them to write a play. Add a dash of religion, a hint of "The Wizard of Oz". Shake and Bake. That's the essence of The Book of Liz, the story of Sister Elizabeth Donderstock whose cheeseballs are the pride and financial sustenance of her Amish-like community. Feeling underappreciated, Liz decides to set aside the work, the beards, the furniture and the cheeseballs and hit the road, her llama in tow. Irreverent and hilarious, the play pokes fun at the religiously conservative, AA, homosexuality, and the question of what a breakfast burrito really is.
Tickets:
Non-Students: $17
Seniors: $12
Youth: $10
UI Students: $5
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November 13-21, 2009
Music by Dan Studney and lyrics by Kevin Murphy
Directed by Brandon Bruce
E.C. Mabie Theatre
BE SHOCKED! Watch how young Jimmy Harper turns from All-American teen to hallucinatory pot fiend after only one puff of the evil Killer Weed. WITNESS THE CONSEQUENCES as he is sucked into a world of orgies, junkie murderers, and cannibalism. IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU! One of the strangest, funniest, most outrageous social satires of the century, Reefer Madness, the Musical is based on the hilariously awful 1936 scare film of the same name about the dangers of marijuana. From the writers of Weird Science, The Simpsons and Desperate Housewives, Reefer Madness includes sweet young kids, caring parents, evil drug pushers and Jesus Christ himself. It also contains sex, drugs and rock 'n roll and is intended for mature audiences only.
Tickets:
Non-Students: $20
Seniors: $15
Youth: $10
UI Students: $5
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Eye Piece
An Iowa Partnership in the Arts production, presented in collaboration with Hancher Auditorium
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February 5-14, 2010
Conceived and directed by Rinde Eckert
E. C. Mabie Theatre
An artist losing his sight takes his first steps toward a different kind of illumination. Renowned theater artist and UI graduate Rinde Eckert takes us behind the eyes and into the heads and hearts of those surrounded by the shadows of blindness. Crafted from interviews collected via an unusual collaboration between Eckert and the UI Carver Family Center for Macular Degeneration, Eye Piece will feature performers from the UI Theatre Arts and Dance departments and the School of Music, as well as Eckert himself.
Tickets:
Non-Students: $17
Seniors: $12
Youth: $10
UI Students: $5
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March 4-13, 2010
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Sarah Ballema
David Thayer Theatre
A raining elevator delivers a bewildered young bride into the afterlife. A doting father builds a room for his daughter out of string. An ill-tempered Hades menaces his subjects from a giant tricycle. These are just some of the beguiling images in Sarah Ruhl's poetic and highly theatrical version of the Orpheus myth told from the perspective of his doomed wife, Eurydice. Hailed as "weird and wonderful, devastatingly lovely" by The New York Times, Eurydice is a witty and emotionally powerful meditation on love and loss. With ingenious plot twists, an original musical score and breathtaking visual effects, Eurydice has raised the bar on the possibilities of theatre and imagination.
Tickets:
Non-Students: $17
Seniors: $12
Youth: $10
UI Students: $5
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April 16-25, 2010
By Jean Giraudoux
Directed by John Kaufmann
E.C. Mabie Theatre
In 1940s Paris the war has ended, venture capitalism abounds and the water has a faint taste of petroleum oil. At the Cafe Chez Francis, a group of corrupt, profit-driven developers believe there is oil beneath the streets of Paris and plot to level the city in order to get it. But "Countess" Aurelia, the eccentric madwoman of the Chaillot district, and her friends, a marvelously eclectic band of Bohemians, artists and street-folk, concoct a plan to save the city and the way of life they love. Part political satire, part fairy tale and part love story, Giraudoux's timeless comedy foreshadowed the world we live in today.
Tickets:
Non-Students: $17
Seniors: $12
Youth: $10
UI Students: $5
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Other Performances and Schedules
Iowa New Play Festival
Iowa Summer Repertory Theatre
Second Stage, Gallery and Workshop
Darwin Turner Action Theatre
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