by Mark Medoff
Directed by Don Luna

September 11-13, Wilson Theatre

After three years in the Peace Corp, James joins the faculty of a school for the deaf as their new speech therapist. There he meets Sarah, totally deaf from birth, who works at the school. Sarah and James fall in love against school policy, begin a relationship and marry. Besieged by both the deaf and hearing communities, their marriage becomes a battleground between the worlds of sound and silence. Their love and compasion hold the hope of reconciliation and deeper, fuller understanding of differences which can unite as well as divide.
All Proceeds from this performace will benefit the University Theatre Scholarship Funds. Tickets are $10. (Contains adult language.)

Book by Jon Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo
Music by Damon Intrabartolo
Lyrics by Jon Hartmere
Directed by Dr. Terry Lewis

October 13 -18, Warren Theatre

Sold out audiences across the country have thrilled to the emotional, honest and exciting new musical that is BARE. This contemporary pop opera tells the story of a group of students at a Catholic boarding school struggling to find their own voices in a modern world that both embraces and isolates them. In their search to be "seen" and "heard" these teenagers confront coming of age, coming out and coming to terms with the often contradictory but always high expectations of parents, peers and the Church. In the spirit of shows like Rent and Spring Awakening, BARE: The Musical speaks through an urgent, pop/rock influenced score that is the ceaseless pulse for the "operatic love story" that is its heart.
(Contains adult language and mature themes.)

by Mary Zimmerman
Directed by Kelly Russell

November 12 - 15, 19 - 22, Wilson Theatre

Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of The Arabian Nights is a celebration of the healing powers of storytelling. When he discovers his wife in the arms of another man, King Shahryar vows to ruthlessly murder every virgin in the kingdom. His brutality is interrupted only when he encounters the clever maiden Scheherezade, whose captivating stories may just save her life. Performed by an ensemble of actors, musicians and dancers, The Arabian Nights weaves comedy, suspense and drama into a theatrical feast for the eyes, ears and soul.
(Contains mature themes. Recommended for adults.)

by Eve Ensler


February 12 - 13, Performing Arts Center

Performed at over two hundred colleges every year for V-Day--a dynamic grass-roots movement to stop violence against women--The Vagina Monologues is a national phenomenom. This hilarious, eye-opening tour into the last frontier, the forbidden zone at the heart of every woman, gives voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant, and thoroughly human stories, transforming the question mark hovering over the female anatomy into a permanent victory sign.
(Contains adult language and mature themes)

by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Don Luna

March 9 - 14, Wilson Theatre

In a time bending world between Heaven and Hell, the Bible's most notorious sinner is on trial. This serio-comedic courtroom thriller addresses the consequence of choice and the limits of forgiveness. With one fateful kiss Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus Christ. Now his fate rests upon the testimony of a colorful host of saints and sinners. Among those called to the witness stand are Satan, Pontius Pilate, Mother Teresa and Sigmund Freud. Was he an avaricious man? An instrument of divine will? Or a thwarted revolutionary? Will he be forgiven? Told with blistering passion in the raw and poetic language of the New York streets, this play finds beauty in the most unexpected places.
(Contains adult language and mature themes.)

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Alison Frost

April 20-25, Warren Theatre

Never send a boy to do a man's job...especially when he's a woman! Nestled on the shores of a not-so-deserted fantasy island, Shakespeare's shipwrecked tale of love, sex and identity confusion begins in heartbreak and ends in hilarity. You'll laugh 'til you cry--and cry 'til you laugh as Viola, Sebastian, Orsino, Olivia, and a cast of clowns explore "what they will" in William Shakespeare's penultimate comedy, Twelfth Night.