Department of Theater 2015-16 Season
Tickets: CTO (310) 825–2101; www.tft.ucla.edu/theatertickets
*For RUSH EVENTS, seats are complimentary. Please arrive at the theater at least 30 minutes prior to show time. Seats will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. No reservations or tickets are required for these shows.
Parking: $12. Structure 3 (245 Charles E. Young Drive East)
Unless otherwise noted, undergraduate acting students from the Department of Theater perform in all productions.
Fall 2015
November
Cloud Nine
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by April Shawhan
In this hilarious and raunchy play from preeminent playwright Caryl Churchill, the sexual repression of a Victorian family is liberated by their inexplicable transportation to modern London.
Performances
Nov. 6-7 and 10-14, 2015 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 at 2 p.m.
1340 Macgowan Hall
LIFE ON THE PRACA ROOSEVELT
(Das Leben auf der Praca Roosevelt)
By Dea Loher, Translation by David Tushingham
Directed by Marike Splint
Featuring M.F.A. actors from the Department of Theater
An intriguing drama from Loher, one of Germany’s leading contemporary playwrights, Life on the Praça Roosevelt spotlights the lonely individuals who live and work near a busy square in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Performances
Nov. 13-14 and 17-21, 2015 at 8 p.m.
Little Theater
LAINIE'S CABARET AT UCLA:
CELEBRATING FRANK SINATRA - 100 YEARS
Conceived and directed by Lainie Kazan
Featuring the UCLA Jazz Orchestra directed by Charley Harrison
Film, television and Broadway star Lainie Kazan directs undergraduate performers as they transport audiences to the world of Ol’ Blue Eyes.
Performances
Nov. 19-21, 2015 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 at 2 p.m.
Freud Playhouse
Winter 2016
January-February
EURYDICE
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Darcie Crager
Dying on her wedding day, Eurydice struggles to remember her lost love on her journey through the Underworld. In this contemporary retelling of the classic myth, a young woman braves torrents of water, forgetfulness and nasty people.
Performances
Jan. 29-30 and Feb. 2-6, 2016 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 at 2 p.m.
Little Theater
OPERA: COSI FAN TUTTI
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Conducted by Neal Stulberg; Stage Direction by Peter Kazaras
False identities, deception and a battle of wits drive this comic opera: Two soldiers make a bet that their lovers will not betray them. Presented in collaboration with Opera UCLA and UCLA Philharmonia. Made possible, in part, by the generous support of the Max H. Gluck Foundation.
Performances
Feb. 12 and 19, 2016 at 8 p.m.
Feb. 14 and 21, 2016 at 2 p.m.
Freud Playhouse
March
A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Ellen Lauren
Featuring M.F.A. actors from the Department of Theater
In one of the most beloved comedies from the Bard, four lovers romp in the forest on a warm summer night and are joined by royalty, itinerant actors and fairies.
Performances
March 4-5 and 8-12, 2016 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 2 p.m.
Little Theater
PROJECT III
Directed by Angela Lopez and Michelle Gong
Performances
March 10-12, 2016 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 2 p.m.
1340 Macgowan Hall
Spring 2016
May
ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CAROUSEL
Music by Richard Rodgers, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Original dances by Agnes de Mille; Stage direction by Jeremy Mann; Musical direction by Dan Belzer
After a lifetime of mistakes, Billy Bigelow returns to Earth for one day to right the wrongs of his misguided youth and to help his lonely daughter in this classic musical. A Ray Bolger Musical Theater production
Performances
May 6-7, 10-14, 2016 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 2 p.m.
Freud Playhouse
May-June
THE TRAGEDY OF CARMEN
Adapted from Bizet’s opera by Marius Constant, Jean‐Claude Carrière and Peter Brook; English translation by Sheldon Harnick
Conducted by Maxim Kuzin
Stage direction by Brendan Hartnett
A gypsy, a soldier and a toreador form a fiery love triangle in this adaptation of the classic opera.
Performances
May 27-28, 31 and June 1-4, 2016 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 2 p.m.
Little Theater
June
DEVISED WORK
Projects devised and performed by the first-year M.F.A. Interdisciplinary Program in Acting, Directing and Playwriting
Performances
June 2-4, 2016 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 2 p.m.
1340 Macgowan Hall
This is a RUSH Event.*
AN EVENING OF ORIGINAL WORK
A presentation of projects written by M.F.A. Playwriting students
Performances
Dates/Times TBD
1340 Macgowan Hall
This is a RUSH Event.*
DESIGN SHOWCASE WEST
Held at UCLA TFT each year, Design Showcase West is the only national entertainment design showcase on the West Coast featuring the work of students graduating from the nation’s top university design programs, including UCLA; UC San Diego; UC Irvine; UC Davis; CalArts; NYU; University of Missouri, Kansas City; University of Texas at Austin; University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Exhibits range from costume design to set, sound and lighting design.
Event details
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Free and open to the public from 2-5 p.m.
Freud Playhouse
2014-15 Theater Season Archive