OCTOBER 13-17, 2021

Studio Theatre - 137

Maverick Theatre Company presents

SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE

Words and music by Michael John LaChiusa.  Based on short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, as translated by Takashi Kojima.

Directed by Anne Healy

Music Direction by Vicky Nooe

Movement/Choreography by Donald C. Shorter, Jr.

Michael John LaChiusa’s three-part musical explores the nature of truth and lies, as well as lust, greed, murder, and redemption through the stories of a 1950s murder noir, a priest’s crisis of faith, and the final tryst of two lovers. A lush musical score, combining jazz, pop, classical, and Asian influences, drives the storytelling in this virtuosic piece named by New York magazine as one of the Best Musicals of 2005. “Seductively stylish, sharp thinking person’s musical…as smart and entertaining as it is artistic and serious.” 

Contains adult language and subject matter, violence, sexual assault and murder.

General - $12; Fac/Staff/Students/Seniors - $10

OCTOBER 18, 20, 23*, 2021

*Two performances on the 23^rd 

Studio 143 (45 seats, general admission)

Theatre Arts Teaching Lab

ANTIGONE NOW

By Melissa Cooper

In the midst of a bombed-out city still feeling the aftershocks of war, the rebellious and intense Antigone defies her uncle to bury her disgraced brother. This contemporary response to the myth of Antigone brings powerful, modern prose to an ancient and universal story.

All tickets are $5.

OCTOBER 21, 2021 at 7:30 pm

One Performance Only

ARCH 204

THEATRE FOR CHANGE PROJECT: Crossroads

The Theatre for Change Project presents new works by students that create awareness, cultivate discussion, and cast a vision for the future. Emily Truelove, De'Aveyon Murphy, Andrew Denton and Analisa Salinas serve as both playwrights and directors or actors for four dynamically different 10 minute plays featuring the theme Crossroads.

Mature language, themes and content.

NOVEMBER 10-14, 2021

Mainstage – FA 174

Maverick Theatre Company presents

LOVE AND INFORMATION

By Caryl Churchill

Directed by Felicia Bertch

Someone sneezes. Someone can’t get a signal. Someone shares a secret. Someone won’t answer the door. Someone put an elephant on the stairs. Someone’s not ready to talk. Someone is her brother’s mother. Someone hates irrational numbers. Someone told the police. Someone got a message from the traffic light. Someone’s never felt like this before. In this fast-moving kaleidoscope more than a hundred characters try to connect and make sense of what they know. Contains adult language, themes and situations, as well as potentially triggering content about mental and emotional health.

General - $10; Fac/Staff/Students/Seniors - $8

DECEMBER 3-5, 2021

Mainstage – FA 174

Maverick Dance Company presents

DANCE IN FLUX 

Artistic Director, Amanda Jackson 

Associate Artistic Directors, Meredith Knight Treminio and Whitney Coleman Talbot 

Maverick Dance Company presents DANCE IN FLUX, a collection of new, entertaining, and progressive dance works by faculty, guest, and student choreographers. DANCE IN FLUX centers on an awareness of the present moment and a perspective that dance is in a continuous state of change. 

General - $10; Fac/Staff/Students/Seniors - $8

SPRING 2022 SEMESTER

March 2-6, 2022

Mainstage – FA 174

Maverick Theatre Company presents

9 to 5 THE MUSICAL

Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton, Book by Patricia Resnick

Directed and Choreographed by J. Austin Eyer

9 to 5 The Musical, based on the groundbreaking 1980 hit movie, is set in the late 1970s. This story about friendship and revenge is often outrageous and thought-provoking while depicting the systemic power structures of the workplace. Pushed to the boiling point, three women concoct a plan to get even with Franklin Hart Jr., the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy, and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy—giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains “otherwise engaged,” the women transform their workplace, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Contains firearms, adult themes, and mild language.

General - $12; Fac/Staff/Students/Seniors - $10

March 26-27, 2022

Mainstage FA – 174

Maverick Theatre Company presents

GOOD KIDS, A Staged Reading

by Naomi Iizuka

Directed by Julienne Greer

Something happened to Chloe after that party last Saturday night. Something she says she can't remember. Something everybody is talking about. Set at a Midwestern high school, in a world of Facebook and Twitter, smartphones and YouTube, Good Kids explores a sexual encounter gone wrong and its very public aftermath. Who's telling the truth? Whose version of the story do you believe? And what does that say about you? This production explores adult themes and content including sexual assault. 

General - $10; Fac/Staff/Students/Seniors - $8

April 6-10, 2022

Studio Theatre – FA 137

Maverick Theatre Company presents

LYDIA

by Octavio Solis

Directed by Andrew Christopher Gaupp

Fight Choreography, Intimacy Direction, and Cultural Consultancy by Joe Chapa

Set in the 1970s on the Texas border separating the United States and Mexico, Lydia is an intense, lyrical, and magical play. The Flores family welcomes Lydia, an undocumented maid, into their El Paso home to care for their daughter Ceci, who was tragically disabled in a car accident on the eve of her quinceañera. Lydia’s immediate and seemingly miraculous bond with the girl sets the entire family on a mysterious and shocking journey of discovery. Lydia is an unflinching and deeply emotional portrait of a Mexican immigrant family caught in a web of dark secrets.  Winner, 2008 Henry Award, Outstanding New Play; Nominee, 2010 GLAAD Award for Outstanding Los Angeles Theater. Recommended for adult audiences only: Contains violence, profanity, sexual situations, and brief nudity.

General - $10; Fac/Staff/Students/Seniors - $8

April 29-May 1, 2022

Mainstage – FA 174

Maverick Dance Company presents

DANCE IN FLUX 

Artistic Director, Amanda Jackson 

Associate Artistic Directors, Meredith Knight Treminio and Whitney Coleman Talbot 

Maverick Dance Company presents DANCE IN FLUX, a collection of new, entertaining, and progressive dance works by faculty, guest, and student choreographers. DANCE IN FLUX centers on an awareness of the present moment and a perspective that dance is in a continuous state of change. 

General - $10; Fac/Staff/Students/Seniors - $8

*Information regarding Covid Safety.