Department of Theatre & Dance

College of Visual & Performing Arts

Harvey Rovine, Chair
E.O. Bull 120
Phone: 610-436-3463
hrovine@wcupa.edu

Current Season

For more info or ticket reservations, call the Department of Theatre and Dance box office at 610-436-2533, email us at TheatreDance@wcupa.edu, or stop by the EO Bull Center (corner of High and Rosedale), Rm 020.

Student Written One-Acts

Supervised by Harvey Rovine
In Brandywine Hall, Room 031
Tickets $5 General Admission

Friday, September 30, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 2 p.m.
Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 2 p.m.

Cabaret

Book by Joe Masteroff Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Based on the play by John Van Druten and Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Directed by Emily Rogge
Choreography by Liz Staruch
In the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre, Swope Performing Arts Center
Tickets $12-$15 Reserved Seating

Friday, October 21, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 2 p.m.
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Friday, October 28, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 8 p.m.

In 1931 Berlin, Germany, an aspiring writer has traveled to Berlin in search of inspiration when he falls in love with Sally Bowles at the Kit Kat Klub. As the Nazis come to power, the troupe at the cabaret, the people of Berlin, and Sally and her writer must find answers every night onstage in the 1998 revival of Kander and Ebb's Cabaret. This show is for mature audiences.

University Dance Company Annual Fall Concert

Artistic Director: Gretchen Studlien-Webb
In the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre, Swope Performing Arts Center
Tickets $12-$15 General Admission

Friday, November 18, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 2 p.m.
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 8 p.m.

University Dance Company's fall concert, Cause and Effect, includes works by current WCU dance faculty,
guest artists from the Philadelphia metro area and beyond, and select student choreographers.

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

By William Inge
Directed by Leonard Kelly
In the J.Peter Adler Studio Theatre
Tickets: $10 General Admission

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 3, 2011 and 2 p.m.
Saturday, December 3, 2011 and 8 p.m.
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 2 p.m.

In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Ruben Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman, when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy, and his son is a mama's boy. He finally storms out of the house when Cora falsely accuses him of having an affair with Mavis Pruitt.

AIDS Benefit

Friday, February 3, 2012 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 7 p.m.
the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre, Swope Performing Arts Center
Donations accepted in lieu of tickets cost.

Make Me A Song

Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Directed by Larry Smiglewski
In the J.Peter Adler Studio Theatre
Tickets $10 General Admission

Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 2 p.m.
Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 2 p.m.

Make Me A Song: The Music Of William Finn is a tribute in the form of a revue, showcasing more than twenty songs from the repertoire of writer an composer William Finn. This compilation of Finn's finest, selected by Rob Ruggiero, includes selected Finn masterpieces from a career spanning more than 25 years of distinctive, often hilarious and emotional songs.

Macbeth

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Harvey Rovine
In the J.Peter Adler Studio Theatre
Tickets $10 General Admission

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Friday, March 30, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 2 p.m.

Macbeth, William Shakespeare's tragedy about power, ambition, deceit, and murder, captures the timeless nature of the human experience. There is greed for power, murderous evil scheming, and the nobility of the fight for good and evil. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth succumb to tortuous guilt. Without realizing it, they are both lost in the depth of the chasm into which they willingly stepped. The play itself tells the story of a man, urged by his wife and foretold by prophecy, who commits regicide in order to gain power.

University Dance Company Annual Spring Concert

Co-Artistic Directors: Liz Staruch and Gretchen Studlien-Webb
In the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre
Tickets $12-$15 General Admission

Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Friday, April 20, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 2 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 8 p.m.

Kaleidoscope

University Dance Company's spring concert celebrates the highly creative choreography and lighting design of WCU students in the styles ranging from modern to ballet to hip hop and everything in between. The concert also includes works by co-Artistic Directors and WCU dance faculty Liz Staruch and Gretchen Studlien-Webb.