Produced by the UMW Drama Club
Featuring members of the UMW Drama Club

Showtimes:
Sundays: 7:00 PM

Synopsis:
Come celebrate the start of each Block with Improv Comedy featuring a select troupe from UMW’s Drama Club. We will play different games each week along with audience favorites like Scenes from a Hat, World’s Worst, and Whose Line!

Special Ticket Price: $10 per/person
Free Admission for all UMW Students

A Play by Moises Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theatre Project

Directed by Stephen Alan Seder, Beatrice Penn, Adeline Michels, and Kendel Puccinelli.
Produced by students from THTR 276: Play Production
Featuring members of the UMW Drama Club and students from THTR 120: Introduction to Acting

Showtime:
7:30 PM

Synopsis:
In October 1998, a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised, and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay. Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half, in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. Some people interviewed were directly connected to the case, while others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of the reactions to the crime is fascinating. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences in Laramie. The Laramie Project is a breathtaking collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.

A Play by Moises Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, and Stephen Belber

Directed by Stephen Alan Seder, Beatrice Penn, Adeline Michels, and Kendel Puccinelli.
Produced by students from THTR 276: Play Production
Featuring members of the UMW Drama Club and special cameos from UMW Faculty and Staff

Showtimes:
7:30 PM

Synopsis:
As a direct sequel to the Laramie Project, this production is a bold new work, which asks the question, “How does society write its own history?” On October 6, 1998, gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard left the Fireside Bar with Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. The following day he was discovered on a prairie at the edge of town, tied to a fence, brutally beaten, and close to death. Six days later Matthew Shepard died at Poudre Valley Hospital in Ft. Collins, Colorado. On November 14th, 1998, ten members of Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, and conducted interviews with the people of the town. Over the next year, the company returned to Laramie six times and conducted over 200 interviews. These texts became the basis for the play The Laramie Project. Ten years later on September 12th, 2008, five members of Tectonic returned to Laramie to try to understand the long-term effect of the murder. They found a town wrestling with its legacy and its place in history. In addition to revisiting the folks whose words riveted us in the original play, this time around, the company also spoke with the two murderers, McKinney and Henderson, as well as Matthew’s mother, Judy Shepard.

Written by William Wycherley
Adapted and Directed by Stephen Alan Seder
Produced by the UMW Drama Club

Showtime:
7:30 PM

Synopsis:
Experience a classic farce turned on its head! In this bold, gender-swapped adaptation of The Country Wife, the scandalous wit of Restoration comedy collides with fresh perspective. Follow the notorious Harry Horner—a sharp-tongued womanizer—as he tricks his way into the homes (and hearts) of unsuspecting wives. With the help of a complicit doctor, Horner spreads a rumor that he is no longer a threat to marital fidelity, clearing the way for a whirlwind of secret rendezvous and social chaos. As the lies pile up and the stakes rise, this raucous comedy races toward an outrageous climax.

Special Ticket Price: $10 per/person
Free Admission for all UMW Students

Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields
Directed by Stephen Alan Seder

Showtime:
7:30 PM

Synopsis:
After benefitting from a large and sudden inheritance, the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embark on producing an ambitious 1920s murder mystery. They are delighted that neither casting issues nor technical hitches currently stand in their way. However, hilarious disaster ensues and the cast start to crack under the pressure, but can they get the production back on track before the final curtain falls?

The Play That Goes Wrong is a farcical murder mystery, a play within a play, conceived and performed by award-winning company Theatre Mischief. It was first published as a one-act play and is published in this new edition as a two-act play.

Adapted by Michael McGill
Music and Lyrics by Michael McGill

Showtimes:
3:30 PM and 6:00 PM

Synopsis:
Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house she goes.  Red Riding Hood, not so little anymore, and her pre-teen pals try to stay on the straight and narrow in the latest adventure from the Missoula Children’s Theatre, RED RIDING HOOD.  The Big Bad Wolf, who is not so bad after all, and a friendly neighborhood Forest Ranger urge our heroes to stay true to the path, for in the Shadows lurk diversions and a sinister surprise or two.  A pack of woefully nasty young wolves and a handsome Woodsman, too good to be true, are a must for our story.  And we can’t have a wolf tale without Three Little Pigs and even a Boy Who Cries…you guessed it.  With help from her family and a loyal young Locksmith (he carries the key), Red finds her Grandma and a whole lot more.  Now if only she could retrieve her picnic basket from those rascally Raccoons. Life is no picnic when you stray from the trail!

A Play by JM Christiansen

Showtimes:
7:30 PM

Synopsis:
The Spruce Creek High School theatre club is putting on a play, an adaption of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice” stories. When AJ is cast as the fearsome Jabberwock, memorizing the famous poem awakens long-buried memories full of teeth, claws, and everything in between. As AJ prepares for opening night, an old hardship and an unlikely friendship collide — leaving AJ wondering if fear has been telling the wrong story.

With humor, heart, and a touch of Carrollian wonder, JabberDoggy explores how the stories we tell—on stage and in our minds—shape our fears, and how friendship can help us rewrite them.

*School Group and homeschool pricing is available. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Riley O’Toole

Showtimes:
9:30 AM and 12:30 PM

Free Workshops: 11:30 AM

Synopsis:
For its 33rd season, Shakespeare in the Schools (SIS) will presents Richard III to middle and high school students as it was meant to be staged – in an engaging live performance. Accompanied by a lively post-show talk back and related and active workshops, SIS reaches countless communities throughout Montana and Wyoming each fall with professional programming.

Richard III will be the first time that SIS presents one of Shakespeare’s Histories to middle and high school students. Associate Artistic Director Riley O’Toole makes his directorial debut with MSIP, and he hopes to engage students with a new perspective on this timeless classic.

*School Group and homeschool pricing is available. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

Workshops:

My Kingdom for a Horse! – Storytelling in Stage Combat

For every one minute of combat you see on stage there was an hour of rehearsal in which the actors built trust, safety, and specific storytelling. Stage combat requires extraordinary care, community, and collaboration. This workshop will invite students to experience and enact the care, specificity, and storytelling that goes into creating onstage violence. *This workshop enrolls a maximum of 30 students and requires a large open space (outside, gym, open cafeteria, etc.). If these safety requirements are not met, the teaching artists will provide an alternate workshop. 

To Save Her Life – Acting Fundamentals

Some of the characters in the play seem to make astonishingly cruel, shocking, or heartbreaking choices; why? Through a series of games, students will learn foundational acting techniques and then apply them as a method of textual analysis. This workshop culminates in the opportunity to share low-stakes performances of scenes from Richard III. 

Please email [email protected] to reserve a spot in either of these workshops.

Conceived and Written by Michael McGill
Music and Lyrics by Michael McGill

Showtimes:
3:30 PM and 6:00 PM

Synopsis:
Mistress Mary Quite Contrary embarks on a journey from India to her uncle’s home in England. Along the way she makes friends with the hilarious Canadian Geese and the colorful Giant Bugs that Rock! In time she learns to appreciate everything around her, including the Moor Animals and the helpful Fireflies. Add to that a good healthy dose of caring, and what happens? Colin, Martha, Archibald – well, the whole household – begin to enjoy the return of health and happiness in a garden carefully tended…until it blossoms once more.

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Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Adapted for the stage by Leslie Bricusse and Timothy Allen McDonald
Based on the Book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl

Directed by TBA
Music Directed by TBA
Choreographed by TBA

Showtimes:
1:00 PM and 7:00 PM

Synopsis:
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka follows enigmatic candy manufacturer, Willy Wonka, as he stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whomever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insufferable brats: the fifth is a likeable young lad named Charlie Bucket, who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather. The children must learn to follow Mr. Wonka’s rules in the factory… or suffer the consequences.

The delicious adventures experienced by Charlie Bucket on his visit to Willy Wonka’s mysterious chocolate factory light up the stage in this captivating adaptation of Roald Dahl’s fantastical tale. Featuring the enchanting songs from the 1971 film starring Gene Wilder and new songs by Leslie Bricusse (Jekyll & Hyde, Doctor Dolittle) and Anthony Newley, Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka is a scrumdidilyumptious musical guaranteed to delight everyone’s sweet tooth.

*This Community-Based production will feature local Dillon youth, and performers of all ages! We are also seeking backstage help! Contact[email protected] to learn more about how you can participate!