The season includes Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost and the musical Sister Act. Season tickets will be on sale August 1-31. Visit UMD Theatre's website: tickets.umn.edu or call 218-726-8561
Dear Finder 2018
By Tom Isbell and Valerie Buel, Denise Dawson, Jamison Haase, Kourtney Kaas, Julie MacIver, Andrew Nelson & Julie Unulock
Directed by Tom Isbell
October 11-13 & 17-20, 2018 | 7:30 pm
October 14, 2018 | 2 pm
Marshall Performing Arts Center - Mainstage Theatre
A new imagining of the award-winning documentary play first performed twenty years ago, Dear Finder 2018 examines how we continue to struggle with the lessons and legacies of the Holocaust.
Significant Other
By Joshua Harmon
Directed by Ann Bergeron
November 8-10 & 13-17, 2018 | 7:30 pm
November 11 | 2:00 pm
Marshall Performing Arts Center - Dudley Experimental Theatre
Jordan is single, and finding Mr. Right is much easier said than done. The only thing harder than looking for love is supporting your besties, when love finds them first.
DanceWorks
Rebecca Katz Harwood, Artistic Director
November 29-December 1, 2018 | 7:30 pm
December 2, 2018 | 2 pm
Marshall Performing Arts Center - Mainstage Theatre
DanceWorks returns welcoming a range of dances in a variety of styles. We celebrate dance creativity from first time dance-makers, experienced students and faculty, and guest groups from across campus.
Love’s Labor’s Lost
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Kate Ufema
February 7–9 & 13-16, 2019 | 7:30 pm
February 10, 2019 | 2 pm
Marshall Performing Arts Center - Mainstage Theatre
Promises declared amongst young friends with the best of intentions, until hormones take over and attraction rules. It’s a battle of the sexes -- ‘boys meet girls = love’, but always with the Shakespearean twist.
Time’s Up
An Adaptation of the Conversion of The Harlot Thaïs
by Hrotsvit of Gandersheim
Directed by Jenna Soleo-Shanks
March 7-9 & 19-23, 2019 | 7:30 pm
March 24, 2019 | 2 pm
Marshall Performing Arts Center - Dudley Experimental Theatre
#MeToo. Musical theatre. Medieval drama. What do these things have in common? This original piece, based on a 10th century play and created by UMD students and faculty artists, puts a spin on pop culture, sex, and politics.
Sister Act
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Glenn Slater
Book by Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner
Based on the Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture “Sister Act” written by Joseph Howard
Directed by William Payne
April 18-20 & 24-27, 2019 | 7:30 pm
April 28, 2019 | 2 pm
Marshall Performing Arts Center - Mainstage Theatre
Based on the 1992 movie, this glorious disco musical follows Deloris on her madcap escape from the clutches of corruption, as gritty Philadelphia meets the sanctuary of the church.