UW Summer Theatre 2009 Season

Leigh Selting, Producing/Artistic Director

We’re proud of the long history and success of UW Summer Theatre, which at 56 years old is the second oldest program west of the Mississippi! Here's a first look at our upcoming 2009 season...TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!

Click on the 2009 Summer Festival Brochure.

I Am My Own Wife

by Doug Wright
Fine Arts Studio Theatre
June 9th through June 13th @ 7:30pm Directed by Dr. Rebecca Hilliker

The Underpants

Adapted by Steve Martin from Carl Sternheim’s farce DIE HOSE. Fine Arts Studio Theatre
June 23rd through June 27th  @ 7:30pm Directed by John O'Hagan

The Last Five Years

by Jason Robert Brown
Fine Arts Studio Theatre
  July 7th through July 11th  @ 7:30pm Directed by Leigh Selting

SPECIAL EVENT!! Hate Mail**

by Bill Corbett and Kira Obolensky
playing exclusively at

Hart's Alley

404 S. 1st Street, Laramie, WY 82070
(must be 21 years old or over to attend)

July 16th through July 18th @ 7:30pm

Doors open at 7:00 p.m.

featuring Leigh Selting & Jennifer Mendenhall

Show Descriptions

GETTING TICKETS

Individual admissions for all shows are:

$10.00 for general public
$8.00 for seniors
$5.00 for students and children over 5

• The Fine Arts Ticket Office is located in the Lobby of the University of Wyoming Fine Arts Center
  • HOURS: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.
• Tickets can be ordered starting in May 2009 over the phone with a VISA or MasterCard by calling the ticket office at 766-6666 or online at www.uwyo.edu/finearts.
• All summer seating is General Admission.
• PLEASE NOTE: ticketing for HATE MAIL will be handled exclusively through Hart's Alley and are $10 general/$8 seniors/$5 students (over 21). Tickets for this limited seating venue can be procured by calling or stopping by the following establishments beginning in May 2009:
  • Hart's Alley, 404 S. 1st St, 307 742-6189
  • 2 Bazaar Gallery, 404 S. 2nd St, 307 742-3864
  • Hart's, 111 Grand Ave., 307 742-9386

Box Office e-mail

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I Am My Own Wife

by Doug Wright

DRAMA.

Winner, 2004 Tony Award for Best Play and 2004 Pulitzer Prize

Thirty-six diverse characters in this one-man play create a vivid portrait of the cunning and outrageous Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, an openly gay German transvestite and collector of culture who survived and flourished within the harrowing eras of Hitler’s Gestapo and East Germany’s Stasi. Based on personal interviews with von Mahlsdorf, Doug Wright’s play tells a complex tale about tyranny, sexuality, morality, and survival.

Directed by Dr. Rebecca Hilliker
Fine Arts Studio Theatre
June 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 @ 7:30pm

"This show deserves every prize there is." --The Wall Street Journal

"Astonishing and extraordinary" -- Daily News

"Don't even think of missing it." -- The Washington Post

"Brilliant." -- The New Yorker

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The Underpants

by Steve Martin

COMEDY/FARCE.

Join us for funnyman Steven Martin’s hilarious adaptation of Carl Sternheim’s 1910 German farce DIE HOSE. A puritanical German bureaucrat is horrified when his lovely new wife accidentally drops her “unmentionables” to her ankles during a procession for the king, thereby creating a public scandal and earning her some very determined new admirers.

Directed by John O'Hagan
Fine Arts Studio Theatre
June 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 @ 7:30pm

"Well paced . . . Many flashes of winning Martinesque absurdity." --The Wall Street Journal

"Hilarious and bawdy." --Village Voice

"[Martin] sprinkles the dialogue with endearing throwaways and demented turns of mind that could only have come from his singular playwriting self. Please, we need more." --Newsday

"Loose, gleefully silly . . . Martin's language often has a funny, fanciful ring to it." --Variety

"An ambitious little comedy. A bawdy force. The intellectual aspirations embedded in Martin's wild and crazy humor have grown increasingly apparent." -- USA Today

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The Last Five Years

by Jason Robert Brown

MUSICAL.

2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics

THE LAST FIVE YEARS is a musical about love, backwards and forwards. An ingenious and intensely personal look at the relationship of an ambitious young writer, Jamie, and his struggling actress wife, Kathy, the story is told from both points of view. Written by Tony-winner Jason Robert Brown (PARADE, SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD), the show features beautiful music and lyrics both humorous and heartfelt. THE LAST FIVE YEARS is one of the most inventive musicals written in the last twenty-five years.

Directed by Leigh Selting
UW Fine Arts Studio Theatre
July 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 @ 7:30pm

"Unpredictably heartfelt insights, energized by a seductive, rhythmic drive" - Linda Winer, Newsday.

“Exciting, innovative and altogether inspiring”
- Chicago Tribune.

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SPECIAL EVENT!! Hate Mail**

by Bill Corbett and Kira Obolensky

COMEDY.

HATE MAIL is the Gen X antidote to LOVE LETTERS. It tells the story of Preston, a spoiled rich kid who meets his match in Dahlia, an angst-filled artist. Their worlds collide when Preston sends a complaint letter that gets Dahlia fired from her job, and then there's no turning back. The play follows their increasingly crazed correspondence as they move from hate to love, and then right back again. This comedy offers a unique commentary on the evolving communication styles of our age.

Directed by Leigh Selting
Hart's Alley, 404 S. 1st St., Laramie, WY
July 16, 17, and 18 @ 7:30pm
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.

**PLEASE NOTE that HATE MAIL is a SPECIAL EVENT occurring in addition to our regular summer theatre season productions. Ticketing for HATE MAIL will be handled exclusively through Hart's Alley. Tickets for this over-21, limited seating venue (64 total seats/night) can be procured by calling or stopping by the following establishments beginning in May 2009:

• Hart's Alley, 404 S. 1st St, 307 742-6189
• 2 Bazaar Gallery, 404 S. 2nd St, 307 742-3864
• Hart's Alley, 111 Grand Ave., 307 742-9386

SEE ALSO the 2009 Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival

July 15-26, 2009
July 22, 7:00 p.m., Student Showcase (FREE), A&S Auditorium
July 25, 7:30 p.m., Final Festival Concert featuring Cleo Parker Robinson, A&S Auditorium

Now in its 15th year, the Dance Festival has built a solid reputation of providing audiences and participants alike with wonderful exposure to professional-level dance.
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