2005/2006 Season (college performance schedule)

College Majors Musical Theater Major
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<p>I just got really excited because CMU is doing Urinetown as part of their season next year. For those of you who will be visiting the campus this coming school year take a look below at the main stage shows, (the plays in the smaller theater have yet to be announced):</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon School of Drama 2005-2006 Season </p>

<p>"Lysistrata" by Aristophanes
director, Jed Allen Harris
Preview October 6, 2005
Opening October 8, 2005
Closing October 16, 2005 </p>

<p>"Urinetown" by Greg Kotis
director, John Carrafa
Preview December 1, 2005
Opening December 2, 2005
Closing December 10, 2005 </p>

<p>"Nathan the Wise" by G.E. Lessing
director, Mladen Kiselov
Preview February 23, 2006
Opening February 24, 2006
Closing March 4, 2006 </p>

<p>"As You Like It" by William Shakespeare
director, a guest
Preview April 27, 2006
Opening April 28, 2006
Closing May 6, 2006 </p>

<p>The press release can be read by going to:
<a href="http://www.cmu.edu/PR/releases05/050427_drama.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cmu.edu/PR/releases05/050427_drama.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>What a great season! I'm so excited!</p>

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<p>Bat Boy
Benefactors
Translations
Snakebit
Afghan Women
Cabaret ( directing project )
The Wild Party - Lippa ( directing project )
Cinders
The Boyfriend
The Rivals
Shakespeare piece ( as yet to be determined )</p>

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<p>Syracuse University's 2005-2006 season: </p>

<p>The Wild Party
Italian-American Reconciliation
The Sound of Music (in conjunction with Syracuse Stage, the equity theatre they work with)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Little Night Music</p>

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<p>Webster University's 2005-2006 season:</p>

<p>Our Country's Good
Bye Bye Birdie
The Memory of Water
A New Brain
String of Pearls
Once in a Lifetime</p>

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<p>i have no connection to this school, but i was on their website and saw here is what University of Miami is doing next year: </p>

<p>Styne after Styne
Bat Boy
The Exonerated
How I Learned to Drive
Electra
The Music Man</p>

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<p>OCU</p>

<p>Guys and Dolls
La Sonnambula
Pirates of Penzance
Lucky Stiff
La Boheme
Parade</p>

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<p>wct-</p>

<p>When arranging auditions, I would have loved to have dates of shows in a convenient place to quick reference! This is a great idea! You current Juniors don't know how good you have it if you have found this site!!!</p>

<p>Millikin University</p>

<p>Stop Kiss by Diana Son Oct. 5, 6, 7, and 8 (directing project)
The Baker's Wife By Stephen Schwartz/Joseph Stein Nov. 11, 12, 13
Solstice (Dance Concert) Dec. 9, 10, 11
Opera Feb 9, 10, 11, and 12
The Great God Brown by Eugene O'Neill Mar. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing (directing project) Apr. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Sugar by Jule Stein/Bob Merrill May 5, 6, and 7</p>

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<p>Arizona</p>

<p>"Brighton Beach Memoirs," by Neil Simon, June 12-26 and Aug. 31 – Sep. 11
"Side Show," music by Henry Krieger, lyrics and book by Bill Russell, Oct. 21- Nov. 13
"Henry IV," Parts I & II by William Shakespeare, Nov. 3 – Dec. 4
"Scenes from an Execution by Howard Barker," Feb. 5-26
"The Philadelphia Story," by Philip Barry, Feb. 26 – March 26
"She Loves Me," music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joe Masteroff, April 7-30</p>

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<p>To All and mama02,</p>

<p>We sure know how good we have it and this kind of thing is very much appreciated!</p>

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<p>And CCM announced their season today.</p>

<p>"Noises Off," Oct. 27-30
"Crazy for You," Nov. 17-20
"Albert Herring," Feb. 9-12
"The Pirates of Penzance," Feb. 23-March 5
"The Elephant Man," April 20-23
"Don Giovanni," May 11-14</p>

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<p>All My Sons by Arthur Miller
September 29, 30 & October 1, 2, 2005
The production will also be our entry in the 2005 ACTF Festival.</p>

<p>Dogbrain by Michael Weller
Theater for Young Audiences
October 28 & 29, 2005</p>

<p>Kids Say the Darndest Things by Robert Johanson
based on Art Linkletter's bestselling book and TV show
December 1-4, 2005 </p>

<p>The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
February 2-5, 2006</p>

<p>William's Window: An Introduction to Shakespeare's Plays by Marina Stockdale
Theater for Young Audiences
February 24 & 25, 2006</p>

<p>Noises Off by Michael Frayn
April 6-9, 2006</p>

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<p>Does anybody have any information on the Florida schools, FSU, Florida, UCF, and Miami?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Hartt School Planned 2005-2006 Season (the rest of the season to be announced later)</p>

<p>Fall
Cabaret
Smile
Crazy for You
The Grapes of Wrath
The Merchant of Venice</p>

<p>Spring
Sweeney Todd
King John
2 new plays
2 new musicals</p>

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<p>Starmom--If you research the old threads you'll find a lot of info about FSu and some info about Miami. I don't think we have too much info here about the other schools you mentioned. You should probably start a new thread and ask this question.</p>

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<p>Florida State University 2005 - 2006 Season</p>

<p>Oct 7-16: Fifth of July
Oct 21 - 30: Sweet Charity
Nov 4 - 13 Marat/Sade
Nov 17 - 20 Charlotte's Web<br>
Feb 3-12: Amadeus
Feb 17-26 Mystery of Edwin Drood<br>
Mar 30 - April 2 Shakespeare Shortcuts
April 14-23 Come Back to the Five and Dime</p>

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<p>UM School of Music Performance Schedule:</p>

<p>Oct 6 - 16: 1918 (Horton Foote), Dept of Theatre and Drama</p>

<p>Oct 13 - 16: The Boys From Syracuse (Rodgers, Hart & Abbott), Musical Theater Dept</p>

<p>Nov 10 - 13: The Coronation of Poppea (Monteverdi), School of Music Opera Theater</p>

<p>Nov 17 - 20: The Laramie Project (Kaufman & Techtonic Theater), Dept of Theatre and Drama</p>

<p>Dec 8 - 11: Company (Sondheim), Musical Theater Dept</p>

<p>Dec 8 - 11: A Flea in Her Ear (Feydeau), Dept of Theatre and Drama</p>

<p>Feb 2 - 5: Dance to the Music: A Celebration of UM Composers (UM faculty w choreography by special guest Doug Varone), University Dance Company</p>

<p>Feb 9 - 12: The Gold Diggers (Avery Hopwood), Dept of Theatre and Drama</p>

<p>March 23 - 26: Jackie O (Michael Dougherty), School of Music Opera Theater</p>

<p>Mar 30 - April 9: The Burial at Thebes (Seamus Heaney), Dept of Theatre and Drama</p>

<p>April 13 - 16: Seussical the Musical (Flaherty and Ahrens), Musical Theater Dept</p>

<p>The MT department also does a straight play sometime in February, TBA and the student Musical Theater Group, called MUSKET, has also announced that they will be staging Urinetown and Pippin, dates TBA.</p>

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<p>Burn This </p>

<p>by Lanford Wilson
Preview: September 27, 2005
Play: September 29-30, October 1-2 and 4-8, 2005 </p>

<p>Grease </p>

<p>Book, Music and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Preview: November 1, 2005
Play: November 3-6, 9 and 11-12, 2005 </p>

<p>Dancing at Lughnasa </p>

<p>by Brian Friel
Preview: November 29, 2005
Play: December 1-4, 2005 </p>

<p>The Merry Widow </p>

<p>by Franz Lehar
Preview: February 14, 2006
Play: February 16, 18-19, 22 and 24, 2006 </p>

<p>Violet </p>

<p>Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book and Lyrics by Brian Crawley
Preview: March 21, 2006
Play: March 23-26 and 28-31, April 1, 2006 </p>

<p>Twelfth Night </p>

<p>by William Shakespeare
Preview: April 18, 2006
Play: April 20-23, 2006</p>

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<p>The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
directed by John Stefano
October 13-22, Cowan Hall</p>

<p>You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Book, Music & Lyrics by Clark Gesner (1999 Version)
directed by guest artist Valerie Thalassinos
November 9-13, Cowan Hall</p>

<p>Prelude to a Kiss
by Craig Lucas
directed by Dennis Romer
January 26- February 5, Cowan Hall</p>

<p>Dance Concert
artistic direction by Stella Kane
March 2-5, Cowan Hall</p>

<p>**Leaving Iowa<a href="pending%20rights%20availability">/b</a>
by Tim Clue & Spike Manton
directed by guest Tony Caselli
April 27-May 6, Campus Center Theatre</p>

<p>42nd Street
Book by Michael Steward & Mark Bramble, Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
directed and choreographed (pending availability) by guest Randy Skinner
May 18-27, Cowan Hall</p>

<p>(Randy has choreographed for us before: Ginger, an original musical about the life of Ginger Rogers in 2000, and the second half of last year's dance concert, Passions: Why We Dance, but we are very excited by the possibility of his coming to stage the musical for which he received a Tony Award nomination.)</p>

<p>Offerings will also include a Classroom Project (faculty-directed workshop), November 17-19, and (likely) a New Play (also faculty-directed) May 31-June 1. These would be open to the public for no charge.</p>

<p>Dates are not yet set for the Music Department's opera in the winter term.</p>

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<p>Baldwin-Wallace Season</p>

<p>Waiting for Lefty
By Clifford Odets
Directed by Fabio Polanco
September 28 - October 1
October 6 - 9</p>

<p>Fall Musical
To be announced - Either Company or Sunday in the Park with George
November 10 - 12
November 17 -19</p>

<p>Dance Concert 2005/2006
Directed by Suzanne Strew
November 17 - 18</p>

<p>Two One-Act Operas
Mozart's The Impresario
Menotti's Amahl &the Night Visitors
February 8 - 12</p>

<p>The Laramie Project
By Mois</p>