5-PLAY SUBSCRIPTION
• For the 24/25 Season: the Syracuse University Department of Drama is offering a 5-Play Subscription which includes: Pippin, Twelfth Night, A Walrus in the Body of a Crocodile, What the Moon Saw or “I Only Appear to be Dead”, and Little Women.
• Please Note: This package does not include the holiday co-production, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. However, discounts are available to Department of Drama Subscribers.
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ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
The Department of Drama in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts (SU:VPA) offers conservatory-style training combined with a level of integration with a professional theatre company that is unparalleled among undergraduate programs. Each season Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama co-produce a show, and during that process students have the opportunity to work with professional actors, directors and designers, and earn points toward membership in Actors' Equity Association, the union for professional actors and stage managers.
PIPPIN
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Book by Roger O. Hirson | Directed by Torya Beard | Choreography and Associate Direction by Kevin Boseman | Music Direction by Brian Cimmet | In the Storch Theatre
Oct. 11 - 20 | Opening Night: Oct. 12
The first son of King Charlamagne embarks on a delightful theatrical journey to find his own “corner in the sky” in Stephen Schwartz’s Tony Award-winning musical that celebrates the power of stories to create magic in our everyday lives.
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TWELFTH NIGHT
Written by William Shakespeare | Adapted and Directed by Will Pomerantz | In the Storch Theatre
Nov. 15 - 23 | Opening Night: Nov. 16
Orsino loves Olivia, but Olivia wants Cesario. Or is it Sebastian? Or Viola, perhaps? “Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness,” except when it leads to riotous laughter in Shakespeare’s delicious and exuberant comedy of love, music, and mistaken identities.
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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA*
Music by Richard Rodgers | Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Adapted for the stage by Tom Briggs from the Teleplay by Robert L. Freedman | Directed by Melissa Rain Anderson | Music Direction by Brian Cimmet | Choreographed by Jessica Chen | Co-Produced with Syracuse Stage | In the Archbold Theatre
Nov. 22 – Jan. 5 | Opening Night: Nov. 29
Based on the 1957 television film starring Julie Andrews, this "enchanted" production of the enduring fairytale proves that dreams do come true—if only we dare to wish—featuring additional music from the celebrated 1997 version starring Brandy and Whitney Houston.
* Please Note: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella is not included in the Department of Drama subscription package. However, discounts are available to Department of Drama subscribers.
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A WALRUS IN THE BODY OF A CROCODILE
Written by MJ Kaufman | Directed by Daniella Caggiano | In the Storch Theatre
Feb. 21 - Mar. 2 | Opening Night: Feb. 22
A lonely subway car, a crowded support group, a stifling writers workshop, and a raucous frat house are the ever-changing backdrops for this poetic and absurdly funny examination of identity, desire, and the limits of language to capture the human experience.
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WHAT THE MOON SAW OR “I ONLY APPEAR TO BE DEAD”
Written by Stephanie Fleischmann | Directed by Danyon Davis | Music Direction by Greg Giovanini | Choreographed by Maya June Dwyer | Original Music Composed by Paulo K Tiról | In the Storch Theatre
Mar. 28 - Apr. 6 | Opening Night: Mar. 29
Fairytales offer a way to understand the unthinkable as Hans Christian Andersen wades through the surreal aftermath of 9/11 in search of meaning, haunted by his own stories The Little Mermaid, The Little Matchgirl, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, and The Snow Queen.
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LITTLE WOMEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL
Book by Allan Knee | Music by Jason Howland | Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein | Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott | Directed by David Lowenstein | Music Direction by Melissa Yanchak | Choreographed by Emily Hobbs | In the Storch Theatre
May 2 - 10 | Opening Night: May 3
The March sisters—Amy, Meg, Beth, and Jo—find happiness, navigate loss, and come of age during the American Civil War in this musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, loosely based on her own upbringing in Concord, Massachusetts.
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