Fifth of July

by Lanford Wilson

  • 2004-2005 Season – Spring Production
  • April 1, 2, 3 and
  • April 8, 9, 10

Play Description

As worded in the 2003-2004 Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Catalogue of Plays:

Oedipus the King

by Sophocles

  • 2005-2006 Season – Fall Production
  • November 4, 5, 6 and
  • November 11, 12, 13

Play Description

Long considered one of the theatre’s great plays, this timeless story of murder, incest and a person’s preoccupation with one’s place in the universe begins UIS Theatre’s 2005-2006 World Tour of Drama season.

Hedda Gabler

by Henrik Ibsen

  • 2005-2006 Season – Spring Production
  • April 13, 14, 15, and
  • April 21, 22, 23

Play Description

One of Ibsen’s finest plays, HEDDA GABLER takes us to a 19th century Norwegian town, where one’s ideas are championed and not only define the social order of the day, but for some, cause driving ambitions which are not always kept under control.

Anton in Show Business

by Jane Martin

  • 2006-2007 Season – Fall Production
  • November 3, 4, 5, and
  • November 9, 10, 11

Play Description

The fall production, Anton in Show Business, by Jane Martin, will be directed by newly-hired Assistant Professor of Theatre, Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson.

As Bees in Honey Drown

by Douglas Carter Beane

  • 2006-2007 Season – Spring Production
  • March 2, 3, 4, and
  • March 8, 9, 10

Play Description

The spring production, As Bees In Honey Drown by Douglas Carter Beane, will be directed by UIS Director of Theatre, Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson.

Two Rooms

by Lee Blessing

Play Description

(The following description is as appears on the back cover of the Dramatists Play Service, Inc. edition of the play)

Picnic

by William Inge

Directed by Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson

  • October 26, 27, 28, and November 1, 2, 3, 2007
  • 8PM, except Sunday October 28 at 2PM

Auditions

  • Sunday, September 9 & Monday, September 10, 7PM-10PM
  • The Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus

Callbacks

  • Tuesday, September 11, 7PM-10PM
  • T

Student-Directed Scenes (2007)

from Various Plays

Directed by UIS Students in COM 476 Directing for the Theatre

  • December 5 & 6 2007, 8PM
  • The Studio Theatre, Public Affairs Center (PAC) Level 1, UIS Campus

Auditions

Auditions will be sometime during the week of November 5-9, 2007 in a location TBA, with rehearsals occurring in locations TBA. The final rehearsals and performances will be in the studio theatre.