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MUSICAL
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser, based on the novel by Shepherd Mead
October 18-21 & 25-28
From the authors of Guys and Dolls comes one of the most delightfully irreverent musicals of all time. A satire of big business and all it holds sacred, this smash Broadway hit follows the rise of a lowly window washer to high-powered executive.
COMEDY
Is He Dead?
By Mark Twain; adapted by David Ives
November 29-December 2
This rediscovered gem by the author of Huckleberry Finn centers on a group of poor artists who stage the death of a friend to drive up the price of his paintings. In order to make this scheme succeed, they hatch some hilarious plots involving cross-dressing, a full-scale fake funeral, lovers' deceptions, and much more.
DANCE
DanceTech: Artistry in Motion
January 31-Feb 2
An exciting evening of original dance choreographed and performed by the award-winning Texas Tech University Dance faculty and students, and nationally recognized guest artists.
DRAMA
The Seagull
By Anton Chekhov; translated by Paul Schmidt
February 28-March 3
Romantic entanglements among a group of writers, artists, and actors lead to personal hurts as they gather in a lakeside estate in czarist Russia. The characters, caught in a destructive triangular relationship and evoking both sadness and humor, cannot evade the corrosive force of time.
COMEDY
The Country Wife
By William Wycherley
April 25-28
In 17th-century London, a notorious womanizer plans an outrageous deception to gain unrivaled pleasures with the ladies of fashionable society. His ingenuity is taxed when he becomes involved with Margery Pinchwife, a newlywed from the country who is innocent of the sophisticated ways of city life.
Curtain times for Mainstage 2012-2013 plays are 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $18 for individuals; $5 for students with a valid ID. Free student rush tickets are available on a limited basis to Texas Tech students. All performances are in the Maedgen Mainstage Theatre (east entrance), located on 18th Street between Boston and Flint Avenues. Call (806) 742-3603 for tickets and information.
(All productions are pending availability and may be changed if rights are not available or other reasons.)
COMEDY
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
By Bert V. Royal
October 8-14
An "unauthorized parody," the play imagines characters from the popular comic strip Peanuts as teenagers. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion, sexual relations, and identity are among the issues covered in this drama.
COMEDY
Fuddy Meers
By David Lindsay-Abaire
February 11-17
Fuddy Meers centers on amnesiac Claire, who wakes each morning with no memory, forcing her husband, Richard, to supply a daily Cliffs Notes version of her life. When this routine is disturbed by the Limping Man, who inexplicably throws a fit whenever he hears the word "bacon,” wacky and unsettling developments ensue.
Raider Red’s One-Act Play Spectacular (RROAPS)
ORIGINAL ONE-ACT PLAYS
April 1-7
Raider Red’s Awesome Dance Spectacular (RRADS)
ORIGINAL DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
April 11-13
Curtain times for Laboratory Theatre 2012-2013 plays are 8 p.m. Monday through Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $10 for individuals; $5 for students with a valid ID. Free student rush tickets are available on a limited basis to Texas Tech students. All performances are in the Maedgen Laboratory Theatre (west entrance), located on 18th Street between Boston and Flint Avenues. Call (806) 742-3603 for tickets and information.
(All productions are pending availability and may be changed if rights are not available or other reasons.)
Fall Dance Festival
ORIGINAL DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
November 29-Dec 1
Curtain times for Creative Movement Studio Dance Concerts are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Tickets are $10 for individuals; $5 for students with a valid ID. Free student rush tickets are available on a limited basis to Texas Tech students. All performances are in the Creative Movement Studio, located at Akron and 8th Street. Call (806) 742-3603 for tickets and information.
Sneak Peek performances are the evening before opening night of each production at 8 p.m. Seating is free to Texas Tech students with a valid ID
as capacity allows. There are also a limited number of free tickets available one hour before each public performance for Texas Tech students with
a valid ID. Student Rush seating may also be available to students if there are empty seats available just before curtain time.
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richard.privitt@ttu.edu
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