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Kiss Me, Kate

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter, Book by Sam and Bella Spewack
October 19, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. | October 20, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. | October 21, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. | October 22, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre
Battle lines are drawn as a bickering divorced couple find themselves working on the same musical. Kiss Me, Kate is essentially two plays in one: the plot that we recognize from Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew is deftly woven into a larger story examining love, marriage, gender politics, and the joyful world of theatre people. This beloved multiple Tony-winning musical comedy features an explosive Cole Porter score with some of the composer’s wittiest lyrics and catchiest melodies, including the favorite songs “Another Op’nin’, Another Show,” “Brush up your Shakespeare,” and “Too Darn Hot.”
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Fall Dance Concert

November 10, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. | November 11, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. | November 11, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre
University Dance Company’s annual Fall Dance Concert focuses on work by current WCU dance faculty and professional guest artists with selected student work.
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Me, War and Toy Grenade

A US premiere by Ukranian playwright Nina Zakhozhenko
Presented in collaboration with the “My Urkraine” design exhibit in the John H. Baker Gallery
November 16, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. | November 17, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. | November 18, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. | November 19, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
J.P. Adler Studio Theatre, E.O. Bull Center for the Arts
Since the Russian invasion of February 24, 2022, the lives of the Ukranian people have changed fundamentally. Me, War and Toy Grenade is a series of vignettes about people who are looking for ways to adapt to a new reality. Each of them faces a choice: go or stay, fight or hide, save yourself or help your neighbor. These are stories from "the rear": from the depths of the Kharkiv metro, from roadblocks in the capital's sleeping areas, from the occupied suburbs, from telegram chats and conversations with the dead. These are stories about love and jealousy, about care and helplessness, about confusion and hope that "in this new world in which we find ourselves, we can also play football, eat peaches and smile."
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Three Sisters

By Anton Chekhov
February 29, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | March 1, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | March 2, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | March 3, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.
J.P. Adler Studio Theatre, E.O. Bull Center for the Arts
Anton Chekhov’s masterful drama Three Sisters redefined the form of theatre, bringing ‘theatrical realism’ to the modern stage. The Prozorov sisters long to leave their country estate and return to Moscow, but they find themselves trapped by financial hardships, tumultuous affairs, and their own inner demons. Chekhov navigates the sisters’ beautiful suffering with gentle humor, warmth, and compassion.
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Student Written One Acts

By the Students of THA313

March 22, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | March 23, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | March 24, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.

J. P. Adler Studio Theatre, E.O. Bull Center for the Arts

The Student Written One Acts is an evening of short plays penned by the Theatre 313 Playwrighting Class. Experience the plays reflecting issues and themes that resonate with West Chester University students. We are pleased to have our talented students serve as directors, designers, technicians, stage managers and, of course, actors to present this night of original student work.
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Silent Sky

By Lauren Gunderson

April 4, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | April 5, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | April 6, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | April 7, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.

MainStage Theatre, E.O. Bull Center for the Arts

When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she is not allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. As Henrietta, in her free time, attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure of her life on Earth, trying to balance her dedication to science with family obligations and the possibility of love. Silent Sky, the true story of this 19th-century female astronomer, explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them.
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Spring Dance Concert

April 25, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | April 26, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | April 27, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. | April 27, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre

University Dance Company’s annual Spring Dance Concert celebrates the creative choreography of WCU students in a variety of dance styles.
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Subscription & Tickets

Department of Theatre and Dance productions are held in J. Peter Adler Studio Theatre (E.O. Bull Center for the Arts), MainStage Theatre (E.O. Bull Center for the Arts), and Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre (Swope Music Building). Both Buildings are located on High Street, near the intersection of Rosedale Ave. For GPS, use 817 South High Street, West Chester, PA 19383. Free parking is available behind both buildings.

Both buildings are located on High Street, near the intersection of Rosedale Ave. (For GPS, use 817 South High Street, West Chester, PA 19383)

Free parking is available behind both the E.O. Bull Center for the Arts and Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre. Enter from South Matlack Street, South High Street or the drive on E. Rosedale Ave.

Ticket Prices

Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre

Mainstage Theatre

J. Peter Adler Studio Theatre

Individual Tickets

Single tickets will go on sale in September and can be purchased two ways:

Online at wcupatix.com/theatreanddance
In person at the Theatre and Dance Box Office, ground floor, E.O. Bull Center for the Arts, 2 E. Rosedale Ave.; M-F 1-3p. For more info, call 610-436-2533. Tickets can be purchased one hour before curtain (if not already sold out) at the E.O. Bull Center Box Office.

Subscriptions

Subscriptions are available for our 55th Season! The following roles for subscribers are now being cast:

Walk On | $64.50 | 1 season pass
Supporting | $126.00 | 2 season pass
Leading | $184.50 | 3 season pass
Star | $240.00 | 4 season pass

Each season pass provides six tickets to our season at the lowest price. All subscribers enjoy priority seating, program listing, free ticket exchange, and ticket insurance if tickets are lost or misplaced.

Interested in purchasing a subscription? Call Carolyn Chalmers at (610) 436-3463 to make your purchase.