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                                                                                            The Thanksgiving Play
                                                                                         November 9, 2023  | 
                                         The play unfolds around four white individuals who embark on the ambitious task of crafting a culturally sensitive First Thanksgiving performance for Native American Heritage Month in schools.                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            Working! A Musical
                                                                                         April 21, 2022  | 
                                         In 1974, Studs Terkel brought interviews of common U.S. working-class people to the national forefront for the first time in history.                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            Facing Our Truth
                                                                                         February 14, 2019  | 
                                         Facing our Truth allows audiences a glimpse into the visceral fear and trauma of growing up Black in America and affords the opportunity to engage audience members into one of the most serious humanitarian and political issues facing our nation today.                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            Cabaret
                                                                                         April 26, 2018  | 
                                         Cabaret emerges as a powerful, thought-provoking musical that stretches the boundaries of the art form while offering a stark reflection of the era's harsh realities.                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            The New Originals!
                                                                                         January 27, 2018  | 
                                         A show case of work by students in Performance Art and Experimental Theatre.                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            Tartuffe by Molière
                                                                                         July 25, 2017  | 
                                         Tartuffe by Molière Tartuffe is Molière’s beloved classic tale of a clever con artist, who pretends to be a pious man in order to take advantage of a wealthy but gullible gentleman and his family. Young lovers’ plans are torn asunder, the family is thrown into discord, the lady of the house must defend her […]                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            Tres Actos
                                                                                         January 3, 2017  | 
                                         Tres Actos by Luis Valdez – Directed by Alma Martinez The “actos”, or short plays, were first performed by Valdez’s theatre company, El Teatro Campesino that he founded in 1965 in the heat of the United Farmworkers union’s struggle to secure basic labor and human rights for the most vulnerable of the U.S. labor force. […]                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            Citizen: a Staged Reading
                                                                                         January 1, 2017  | 
                                         Citizen: a Staged Reading by Claudia Rankine, adaptation by Steven Sachs Claudia Rankine has called the book an endeavor to “pull the lyric back into its realities” and the work unmasks racism at its edges, utilizing an astute and successful blend of second person viewpoints with the speaker’s inward monolog. Rankine skillfully melds different verse […]                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            Listen Up! a show case of work by students in Theatre and Community
                                                                                         December 7, 2016  | 
                                         Listen Up! a show case of work by students in Theatre and Community The course emphasizes the use of theatre as a tool for social change and community activism. Involves development of theatrical works reflecting community issues; includes research, story collection, script writing, rehearsal, and performance.                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            Changing Seasons: avant garde fashion of Delany Poe
                                                                                         January 1, 2016  | 
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                                                                                            Putnam County Spelling Bee
                                                                                         August 5, 2015  | 
                                         Putname County Spelling Bee Book By: Rachel Sheinkin Music & Lyrics: William Finn Conceived by: Rebecca Feldman Music Director: Carol Stephenson Director and Choreographer: Zach Johnson Lighting Designer: Bo Powell Technical Director: Alan Tollefson Stage Manager: Michaela Bulkley Designer and Producer: Dr. David Flaten Costume Design: Laney Poe Sound Designer: Sara Haddadin CAST: Jessie Bias […]                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            Mission Selvaggio
                                                                                         July 15, 2015  | 
                                         Mission Selvaggio by Cole Wagner Senior Thesis of Cole Wagner. Directed by Cody Goss May 8th and 9th at 7:30pm Jane Dibbell Cabaret Theatre Free Admission   A visual artist wants to create a world of his own, but he can’t find the inspiration for it…until he digs out an old portrait of a character […]                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            The Dog’s Will
                                                                                         April 23-May 3, 2015  | 
                                        The Dog’s Will by Ariano Suassuna The Crimes of John Cricket and Other Rogues; Their Trial, and the Intersession of Mary, Our Lady of Mercy. A satire on Human Frailties in the Form of a Miracle Play Based on Ballads and Folk Tales of Northeastern Brazil. Guest Director: Dr. Alma Martinez Dailey Theatre Main Stage […] | 
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                                                                                            Baal
                                                                                         March 26-28, 2015  | 
                                         Baal   Baal was the first full-length play written by Bertolt Brecht in 1918, when he was a 20-year-old student. The story charts the decline of a drunken and dissolute poet, Baal, an anti-hero who rejects the conventions and trappings of bourgeois society Senior Directing Thesis of Bo Powell, And Senior Acting Thesis of Daniel […]                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            The Flower Society
                                                                                         March 5-7, 2015  | 
                                         The Flower Society Homeless Women: How to Stay Alive on the Streets Workshop written & directed by ULV senior Maryanne Householder Jane Dibbell Cabaret Theatre March 5th, 6th & 7th at 7:30pm                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            The Chalk Boy
                                                                                         January 1, 2015  | 
                                         The Chalk boy The Chalk Boy, written by Joshua Conkel is an enticing portrayal of the difficulty and angst that comes with being a teenage girl in a small town. Jeff Chalk, an attractive and dimwitted teenage boy, disappears from Clear Creek leaving the entire town in chaos. The play follows the lives of four […]                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            Dramatis Personae
                                                                                         October 16-18, 2014  | 
                                         Dramatis Personae Written and directed by Sean Dillon Featuring ULV alum, Kris Bicknell Originally Presented at the L.A. Fringe Festival, 2014 Jane Dibbell Cabaret Theatre                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            The Laramie Project
                                                                                         September 3-7, 2014  | 
                                         The Laramie Project Directed by Jordan Randall Set and Light Design by Alan Tollefson Costume Design by Laney Poe Stage Manager/Assistant Director: Maryanne Householder Master Carpenter: Adrien Estrada Master Electrician: Mona Lutfi Production Managers: Maryanner Householder and Destiny Gulliory CAST: Cameron Randall Steven Forms Cole Wagner Wayne Keller Alvaro Renteria Raymond Del Rio Sonora Hernandez […]                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            The Marriage of Bette & Boo
                                                                                         January 1, 2014  | 
                                         The Marriage of Bette & Boo Director: Steve Kent Designer: Alan Tollefson Music: Richard Peaslee Stage Manager: Bo Powell CAST: Bette Brennan……………………………Sarah Rae Jackson Margaret Brennan, her mother…………Taunya MacLean Paul Brennan, her father…………………Frankie De Bord Joan Brennan, her sister…………………Mona Lufti Emily Brennan, her sister………………Arianna Harris Boo Hudlocke……………………………Jake Title Karl Hudlocke, his father……………… Alex Frietas Soot […]                                         | 
                                    
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                                                                                            Urinetown
                                                                                         November 8-17, 2013  | 
                                         Urinetown Music & Lyrics by Mark Hollman Book & Lyrics by Greg Kotis November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 at 7:30 p.m. November 18th at 2:00 p.m. Dailey Theatre Directed by Steven Kent Choreography by Zach Johnson Musical Direction by Carol Stephenson Senior Performance Thesis of Zachary Green and Sarah Rae Jackson Cast: Officer […]                                         | 
                                    
The play unfolds around four white individuals who embark on the ambitious task of crafting a culturally sensitive First Thanksgiving performance for Native American Heritage Month in schools.                                        
In 1974, Studs Terkel brought interviews of common U.S. working-class people to the national forefront for the first time in history.                                        
Facing our Truth allows audiences a glimpse into the visceral fear and trauma of growing up Black in America and affords the opportunity to engage audience members into one of the most serious humanitarian and political issues facing our nation today.                                        
Cabaret emerges as a powerful, thought-provoking musical that stretches the boundaries of the art form while offering a stark reflection of the era's harsh realities.                                        
A show case of work by students in Performance Art and Experimental Theatre.                                        
Tartuffe by Molière Tartuffe is Molière’s beloved classic tale of a clever con artist, who pretends to be a pious man in order to take advantage of a wealthy but gullible gentleman and his family. Young lovers’ plans are torn asunder, the family is thrown into discord, the lady of the house must defend her […]                                        
Tres Actos by Luis Valdez – Directed by Alma Martinez The “actos”, or short plays, were first performed by Valdez’s theatre company, El Teatro Campesino that he founded in 1965 in the heat of the United Farmworkers union’s struggle to secure basic labor and human rights for the most vulnerable of the U.S. labor force. […]                                        
Citizen: a Staged Reading by Claudia Rankine, adaptation by Steven Sachs Claudia Rankine has called the book an endeavor to “pull the lyric back into its realities” and the work unmasks racism at its edges, utilizing an astute and successful blend of second person viewpoints with the speaker’s inward monolog. Rankine skillfully melds different verse […]                                        
Listen Up! a show case of work by students in Theatre and Community The course emphasizes the use of theatre as a tool for social change and community activism. Involves development of theatrical works reflecting community issues; includes research, story collection, script writing, rehearsal, and performance.                                        
Putname County Spelling Bee Book By: Rachel Sheinkin Music & Lyrics: William Finn Conceived by: Rebecca Feldman Music Director: Carol Stephenson Director and Choreographer: Zach Johnson Lighting Designer: Bo Powell Technical Director: Alan Tollefson Stage Manager: Michaela Bulkley Designer and Producer: Dr. David Flaten Costume Design: Laney Poe Sound Designer: Sara Haddadin CAST: Jessie Bias […]                                        
Mission Selvaggio by Cole Wagner Senior Thesis of Cole Wagner. Directed by Cody Goss May 8th and 9th at 7:30pm Jane Dibbell Cabaret Theatre Free Admission   A visual artist wants to create a world of his own, but he can’t find the inspiration for it…until he digs out an old portrait of a character […]                                        
Baal   Baal was the first full-length play written by Bertolt Brecht in 1918, when he was a 20-year-old student. The story charts the decline of a drunken and dissolute poet, Baal, an anti-hero who rejects the conventions and trappings of bourgeois society Senior Directing Thesis of Bo Powell, And Senior Acting Thesis of Daniel […]                                        
The Flower Society Homeless Women: How to Stay Alive on the Streets Workshop written & directed by ULV senior Maryanne Householder Jane Dibbell Cabaret Theatre March 5th, 6th & 7th at 7:30pm                                        
The Chalk boy The Chalk Boy, written by Joshua Conkel is an enticing portrayal of the difficulty and angst that comes with being a teenage girl in a small town. Jeff Chalk, an attractive and dimwitted teenage boy, disappears from Clear Creek leaving the entire town in chaos. The play follows the lives of four […]                                        
Dramatis Personae Written and directed by Sean Dillon Featuring ULV alum, Kris Bicknell Originally Presented at the L.A. Fringe Festival, 2014 Jane Dibbell Cabaret Theatre                                        
The Laramie Project Directed by Jordan Randall Set and Light Design by Alan Tollefson Costume Design by Laney Poe Stage Manager/Assistant Director: Maryanne Householder Master Carpenter: Adrien Estrada Master Electrician: Mona Lutfi Production Managers: Maryanner Householder and Destiny Gulliory CAST: Cameron Randall Steven Forms Cole Wagner Wayne Keller Alvaro Renteria Raymond Del Rio Sonora Hernandez […]                                        
The Marriage of Bette & Boo Director: Steve Kent Designer: Alan Tollefson Music: Richard Peaslee Stage Manager: Bo Powell CAST: Bette Brennan……………………………Sarah Rae Jackson Margaret Brennan, her mother…………Taunya MacLean Paul Brennan, her father…………………Frankie De Bord Joan Brennan, her sister…………………Mona Lufti Emily Brennan, her sister………………Arianna Harris Boo Hudlocke……………………………Jake Title Karl Hudlocke, his father……………… Alex Frietas Soot […]                                        
Urinetown Music & Lyrics by Mark Hollman Book & Lyrics by Greg Kotis November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 at 7:30 p.m. November 18th at 2:00 p.m. Dailey Theatre Directed by Steven Kent Choreography by Zach Johnson Musical Direction by Carol Stephenson Senior Performance Thesis of Zachary Green and Sarah Rae Jackson Cast: Officer […]