Best 2014 College Productions In DFW
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If you want to see original or newly adapted plays, unique choreographed dance performances or hear great music, you only need to look at the local colleges and universities. In a previous article, "Best College Productions To See This Year In The DFW Area," some of the area's budding writers, actors and directors were featured. Here is a list of the best and brightest in the current DFW college theater scene.
Southern Methodist University
Margo Jones Theatre – Owen Arts Center
6101 Bishop Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75205
(214) 768-2787
www.mcs.smu.edu
Dates: Oct. 22 – 26, 2014
"Top Girls" by Caryl Churchill and directed by Professor of Theatre Rhonda Blair explores the lives of famous women at a London dinner party. As the newly promoted managing director of the employment agency Top Girls, Marlene's famous dinner guests from history and mythology include a 13th century Japanese courtesan turned Buddhist nun to armor-clad Dull Gret who is depicted in Bruegel's painting running through hell. Unique, funny and moving is what one could say about "Top Girls."
Southern Methodist University
Greer Garson Theatre – Owen Arts Center
6101 Bishop Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75205
(214) 768-2787
www.mcs.smu.edu
Dates: Dec. 3-7, 2014
Ketti Frings' play, directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre, Bernard Cummings, is based on the autobiographical novel of Thomas Wolfe. Set at a boarding house in Altmont, North Carolina, it is a drama story about the coming of age of Eugene Gant.
University of North Texas
University Theatre, RTFP Building
1179 Union Circle
Denton, TX 76203
(940) 565-2428
www.danceandtheatre.unt.edu
Dates: Oct. 30 – Nov. 2 and Nov. 6 – 9, 2014
Professor of Dance and Theatre, Timothy Wilson, directs "Bent" by Martin Sherman. "Bent" is set in a concentration camp where two homosexuals attempt to escape the persecution in Nazi Germany. This is an adult production and not suitable for children as it contains provocative language and graphic images.
University of North Texas
University Theatre, RTFP Building
1179 Union Circle
Denton, TX 76203
(940) 565-2428
www.danceandtheatre.unt.edu
Dates: Nov. 21 – 23, 2014
Shelly Cushman, professor of dance and artistic director, presents advanced choreography students that will perform their original works in New Choreographers Concert. Spirited, interpretive and colorful is an accurate description of the New Choreographers Concert.
University of Texas at Arlington
UTA MainStage Theatre
Fine Arts Building, North Section, Room 174
502 S. Cooper St.
Arlington, TX 76019
(817) 272-2669
www.uta.edu/theatre
Dates: Dec. 5-7, 2014
The UTA Dance Ensemble will present works from faculty and staff members Danielle Georgiou and Martin Godoy along with student choreographers in this winter concert. Brighten up the chillier months with this uptempo show.
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