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THE MOVING PICTURES PROJECT
Featuring the premiere of BEE, by Stephen Bittrich
September 28 @ 7:30 PM
September 29 @ 2:30 PM
The Studio Theatre, Weston Center for the Performing Arts
TLU Dramatic Media has been promoting and producing independent film and media content for nearly twenty years. The event will feature films from TLU alumni, current students, and the premiere of BEE, by Stephen Bittrich—professional scriptwriter and son of Dr. Louis Bittrich, TLU Professor Emeritus. BEE was developed and produced as part of our annual Moving Pictures Project initiative to create a film/media project. It continues our commitment to film production and collaboration between students, faculty members, and regional professional artists.
Viewer discretion advised: contains mature subject matter.
Viewer discretion advised: contains mature subject matter.
DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE
by Sarah Ruhl
A TheatreXpress Student Production
October 4 & 6 @ 7:30 PM
October 5 @ 2:30 PM
The Studio Theatre, Weston Center for the Performing Arts
Two strangers sit in a quiet café. When a cellphone begins to ring incessantly, their eternities become intertwined forever. So begins Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl. A work about how we memorialize the dead – including complete strangers – Dead Man’s Cell Phone explores morality, redemption, and the need to connect in the isolation of a tech-centric world.
"The beguiling new comedy [...] blends the mundane and the metaphysical, the blunt and the obscure, the patently bizarre and the bizarrely moving [...] [Ruhl] writes surrealist fantasies that happen to be populated by eccentrically real people, comedies in which the surface illogic of dreams is made meaningful – made truthful – by the deeper logic of human feeling." - The New York Times
Viewer discretion advised: contains mature subject matter.
"The beguiling new comedy [...] blends the mundane and the metaphysical, the blunt and the obscure, the patently bizarre and the bizarrely moving [...] [Ruhl] writes surrealist fantasies that happen to be populated by eccentrically real people, comedies in which the surface illogic of dreams is made meaningful – made truthful – by the deeper logic of human feeling." - The New York Times
Viewer discretion advised: contains mature subject matter.
MACHINAL
by Sophie Treadwell
November 2, 3, 9, & 10 @ 7:30 PM
November 4 & 9 @ 2:30 PM
The Studio Theatre, Weston Center for the Performing Arts
First produced in the 1920s, and inspired by the sensational murder trial of Ruth Snyder, Machinal explores the compelling downfall of a character simply entitled “Young Woman.” Intentionally penned as an archetype, she faces the oppression and lack of personal freedoms that were representative of a patriarchal and industrialized society. When pressured to marry against her will, she suffers through a loveless marriage—despite having achieved a degree of financial security. After discovering liberation through a secret affair, her quest for freedom and identity takes a tragic turn.
Despite some early critical acclaim, Machinal struggled to compete in an industry dominated by male writers. This irony was not lost on the author, who gradually became disenchanted with the theatre of her time. Machinal stands as her most powerful and successful work. Recent scholarship and a wave of revivals are codifying the piece as a classic example of Expressionism, and an early exploration of feminist themes. Now, nearly a century later, the play is fulfilling the predictions of the New York Times, which asserted that the play “in a hundred years…should still be vital and vivid.”
Viewer discretion advised: contains mature subject matter.
Despite some early critical acclaim, Machinal struggled to compete in an industry dominated by male writers. This irony was not lost on the author, who gradually became disenchanted with the theatre of her time. Machinal stands as her most powerful and successful work. Recent scholarship and a wave of revivals are codifying the piece as a classic example of Expressionism, and an early exploration of feminist themes. Now, nearly a century later, the play is fulfilling the predictions of the New York Times, which asserted that the play “in a hundred years…should still be vital and vivid.”
Viewer discretion advised: contains mature subject matter.
THE CRUCIBLE
by Arthur Miller
February 15, 16, 22, & 23 @ 7:30 PM
February 17 & 22 @ 2:30 PM
The Studio Theatre, Weston Center for the Performing Arts
Set in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, an enclave of settlers fight to survive and coexist on the edge of the wilderness. Unified by the grip of a shared Puritanical faith, the residents live with rigid piety and fear of God’s judgment. But in Miller's masterpiece, those beliefs lead to poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft. As paranoia spreads, the accusations multiply, consuming the entire village and beyond.
Winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play, and produced at a time when America was gripped by the new epidemic of McCarthyism, The Crucible brilliantly explores the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria, personal spite and collective evil. With contemporary cries and accusations of political witch hunts echoing through our own times, The Crucible provides an apt and haunting examination of groupthink and mob mentality
Viewer discretion advised: contains mature subject matter.
Winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play, and produced at a time when America was gripped by the new epidemic of McCarthyism, The Crucible brilliantly explores the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria, personal spite and collective evil. With contemporary cries and accusations of political witch hunts echoing through our own times, The Crucible provides an apt and haunting examination of groupthink and mob mentality
Viewer discretion advised: contains mature subject matter.
I AND YOU
by Lauren Gunderson
A TheatreXpress Student Production
April 5 & 6 @ 7:30 PM
April 7 @ 2:30 PM
The Studio Theatre, Weston Center for the Performing Arts
A TheatreXpress Student Production
One afternoon, Anthony arrives unexpectedly at classmate Caroline's door bearing a beat-up copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, an urgent assignment from their English teacher. Homebound due to illness, Caroline hasn't been to school in months, but she is as quick and sardonic as Anthony is athletic, sensitive, and popular. As these two let down their guards and share their secrets, this seemingly mundane poetry project unlocks a much deeper mystery that has brought them together. I and You is an ode to youth, life, love, and the strange beauty of human connection.
“Critics Choice! A stunning exploration of cosmic interconnectedness… a testimonial to the power of intimate theatre.”
—Los Angeles Time
Viewer discretion advised: contains mature subject matter.
One afternoon, Anthony arrives unexpectedly at classmate Caroline's door bearing a beat-up copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, an urgent assignment from their English teacher. Homebound due to illness, Caroline hasn't been to school in months, but she is as quick and sardonic as Anthony is athletic, sensitive, and popular. As these two let down their guards and share their secrets, this seemingly mundane poetry project unlocks a much deeper mystery that has brought them together. I and You is an ode to youth, life, love, and the strange beauty of human connection.
“Critics Choice! A stunning exploration of cosmic interconnectedness… a testimonial to the power of intimate theatre.”
—Los Angeles Time
Viewer discretion advised: contains mature subject matter.
XPRESSFEST.19
A TheatreXpress Student Production
Short Films and Plays • April 12 & 13, Times TBA
The Studio Theatre, Weston Center for the Performing Arts
The CAST (Court Annex Studio Theatre)
One-Act Plays • April 25-27, Times TBA
The Studio Theatre, Weston Center for the Performing Arts
The CAST (Court Annex Studio Theatre)
The 19th annual XpressFest showcases original student plays, movies, and class projects. Join the student artists of TheatreXpress for this culmination of their annual work, including senior capstone projects.
Viewer discretion advised: contains mature subject matter.
Viewer discretion advised: contains mature subject matter.
All dates, times, and content are subject to change.
