THEATRE

October 18, 19, 23, 24, 25 26 at 7:30 pm
October 20, 27 at 2:30 pm

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS
DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE
By Sarah Ruhl
Studio Theatre
$15 general; $10 students/seniors

An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough and a dead man—with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man's Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by Sarah Ruhl, author of The Clean House and Eurydice. "Satire is her oxygen. . . . In her new oddball comedy, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl is forever vital in her lyrical and biting takes on how we behave." - The Washington Post. Dead Man’s Cell Phone is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

March 14, 15, 19, 20 21, 22 at 7:30 pm
March 16, 23 at 2:30 pm

FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS
By Alan Ball
Studio Theatre
$15 general; $10 students/seniors

During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings. Audiences will enjoy an irreverent and funny look at the intricacies of friendship and the power of similar dressing.

April 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 at 7:30 pm
April 6, 13 at 2:30

THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
Book by Larry L. King and Masterson
Music and lyrics by Carol Hall
McKinney Theatre
$15 general; $10 students/seniors

This happy go lucky view of small town vice and statewide political side-stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas. Governors, senators, mayors, and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona's cozy bordello until that puritan nemesis Watchdog focuses his television cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution. "Utterly charming, lively and genial."- New York Daily News

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

May 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 at 7:30 pm
May 4 at 2:30 pm                                          

ALL IN THE TIMING
By David Ives
Studio Theatre
$15 general; $10 students/seniors

This critically acclaimed, award-winning evening of comedies combines wit, intellect, satire and just plain fun. The writing is not only very funny, it has density of thought and precision of poetry…ALL IN THE TIMING is by a master of fun. David Ives spins hilarity out of words." —NY Times. "Theatre that aerobicizes the brain and tickles the heart. Ives is a mordant comic who has put the play back in playwright…A wondrous wordmaster." —Time Magazine.