Selma '65

By Catherine Filloux

September 24, 25, and 26 at 7:30 p.m.
September 26 and 27 at 2 p.m.

In remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the Selma voting rights march, award-winning playwright Catherine Filloux brings to life the interconnected stories of Viola Liuzzo, white civil rights activist, and Tommy Rowe, FBI informant, undercover with the Ku Klux Klan. The show features CUAdrama faculty Marietta Hedges, head of the M.F.A. Acting Program, and Eleanor Holdridge, head of the M.F.A. Directing Program.

Post-show discussions follow each performance featuring civil rights activists, artists, and historians.

Big Love

By Charles L. Mee

November 19, 20, and 21 at 7:30 p.m.
November 21 and 22 at 2 p.m.

Fifty brides seek refuge from their 50 grooms, doing whatever it takes to stop the wedding. Seeking asylum in a beautiful Italian villa, they experience threats of suicide, pacts of murderous revenge, and maybe — accidentally — acts of love. Charles Mee’s explosive and poetic retelling of the world’s oldest play — Aeschylus’s The Suppliants — is equal parts comedy and tragedy, exploring themes of sex, revenge, and justice. And cake. Lots and lots of cake.

Legacy Street

By Lauren Jane Redmond, M.F.A. Playwriting Candidate

February 12, 18, and 20 at 7:30 p.m.
February 13 and 21 at 2 p.m.

Following the takedown of a local drug lord, the inhabitants of Legacy Street struggle to hold on to what little they have left. A play about the human desperation for permanence and the unsung stories of our cities.

Br’er Cotton

By Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, M.F.A. Playwriting Candidate

February 13, 17, and 19 at 7:30 p.m.
February 14 and 20 at 2 p.m.

Everyone in Ruffrino’s life is content to live in the shadows of paradise, but he is young, gifted, and militant and can no longer stand to have heaven’s gate just beyond his reach. He’s out to save the world, wake up the zombies, and prove by any means necessary that Black Lives Matter.

Pride and Prejudice

Adapted by Jon Jory from the novel by Jane Austen

April 21, 22, and 23 at 7:30 p.m.
April 23 and 24 at 2 p.m.

At more than 200 years old Pride and Prejudice couldn’t feel more modern in Jon Jory’s fast-paced and highly entertaining theatrical adaptation of Jane Austen’s famous tale of social class and moral virtue. Considered one of the most popular pieces of literature worldwide, the story of the Bennet sisters leaps off the stage and into the hearts of audiences with Jory’s keen and clever reworking of this romantic comedy of manners. Whether a newcomer to the work or a devoted Austen aficionado, you are sure to delight in this witty retelling of the classic novel.