University Theatre

2009-2010

Follow the links for details of each of the performances listed below.

Box Office Telephone: (757) 683-5305

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, Cambridge American Stage Tour 2009
Witten by William Shakespeare, Directed by TOM ATTENBOROUGH
Sept. 18, 2009, Old Dominion University Theatre

I HATE HAMLET, Written by Paul Rudnick, Directed by ELWOOD ROBINSON
Oct. 15 - 24, 2009, Old Dominion University Theatre

DRACULA, Originally dramatized by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston
From Bram Stoker's world famous novel, Dracula as adapted by William McNulty
Directed by KATHERINE HAMMOND
Oct. 29 - Nov. 7, 2009, Old Dominion University Theatre

A BRAVE NEW WORLD, Directed by the CORE THEATRE ENSEMBLE
From the novel by Aldous Huxley
Jan. 21 - 30, 2010, Old Dominion University Theatre

FRAGMENTS, Texts from Sophocles, Euripides, Homer, Logue and Mee, adapted by Jenifer Alonzo, Directed by Jenifer Alonzo
Feb. 17 - 26, 2010, Old Dominion University Theatre

FRUIT MACHINE, Created and Performed by Hilary Harp & Suzie Silver
In Collaboration with the Department of Art
March 4 & 5, 2010, Old Dominion University Theatre

aDreamPlay, By August Strindberg, in a new adaptation by Lee Smith, Directed by Lee Smith, With the creative team of Katherine Hammond, Konrad Winters, Elwood Robinson & Angela Winters.
April 17 - 24, 2010

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Cambridge American Stage Tour 2009
Witten by William Shakespeare
Directed by TOM ATTENBOROUGH
Old Dominion University Theatre
   
Direct from England, the Cambridge American Stage Tour brings Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona to Hampton Roads as they embark on the journey of their lives!  As their director, Tom Attenborough says that Two Gentlemen of Verona "is a play about a deeply intimate friendship, about falling in love for the first time, about life-changing choices, and about learning from your mistakes. It is about all the things that every single young person still experiences in their lives today… the perfect play for a group of young students to be performing."  Join us for this ONE DAY ONLY adventure!

Sept. 18, 2009  ONE DAY ONLY  10 a.m. & 8 p.m.
Tickets:  Students $10, General $15
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I HATE HAMLET     
Written by Paul Rudnick
Directed by ELWOOD ROBINSON
Old Dominion University Theatre

You are a famous star.  Good.
But you're a TV star, so no one takes you seriously.  Bad.
You get an offer to prove yourself in a play New York City.  Good.
But the play is Hamlet, the most criticized role in theatre.  Bad.
You get the best actor to ever perform the role to help you. Good.
But the actor is dead AND he's a ghost.  Bad.
You realize, I HATE HAMLET!!  Great, comedy that is!

Oct. 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 & 24 at 8 p.m.; Oct. 17at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets:  Students $10, General $15
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DRACULA      
Originally dramatized by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston
From Bram Stoker's world famous novel, Dracula as adapted by William McNulty
Directed by KATHERINE HAMMOND
Old Dominion University Theatre

Out of the darkness, HE comes…
Blood-thirsty vampires fill this chilling tale about a young Englishman's confrontation with Count Dracula.  A horror romance as deathless as any vampire, the blood-curdling tale still continues to hold viewers spellbound.  Experience Dracula, full of thrills and chills that will keep you on the edge of your seat. 

A BRAVE NEW WORLD    
Directed by the CORE THEATRE ENSEMBLE
From the novel by Aldous Huxley
Old Dominion University Theatre

A startling vision of the future that sheds a harsh light on the present, Brave New World is paradise-engineering gone wrong.
In a predestined, predetermined society what is left of humanity?
CORE Theatre Ensemble brings to the stage a new adaptation of this timeless novel by Aldous Huxley.

Jan. 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 at 8 p.m.; Jan. 23 at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets:  Students $10, General $15
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FRAGMENTS     
Texts from Sophocles, Euripides, Homer, Logue and Mee, adapted by Jenifer Alonzo
Directed by Jenifer Alonzo
Old Dominion University Theatre

Five warriors return from combat.
Their five most-beloved welcome them.
All ten unearth truths that compel them to question what it means to return home.
A journey of discovery, pain & understanding awaits.

Each performance will be followed by a community discussion.

Feb 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 at 8 p.m.; Feb.19 at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets:  Students $10, General $15
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FRUIT MACHINE     
Created and Performed by Hilary Harp & Suzie Silver
In Collaboration with the Department of Art
Old Dominion University Theatre

Fruit Machine is a campy hour-long media performance that uses a dynamic interplay between live and screen-based events to probe the relationship between bodies and fantasies.  Using microcontrollers, Bluetooth and Max/MSP/Jitter, Harp & Silver create physical props and costumes that actively influence screen-based and sonic events. More mutant musical or concert than play, the show is intimate, improvisatory and thoroughly unique. 

For mature audiences only.

March 4 & 5 at 8 p.m.
Tickets:  Students $10, General $15
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aDreamPlay     
By August Strindberg, in a new adaptation by Lee Smith
Directed by Lee Smith
With the creative team of Katherine Hammond, Konrad Winters, Elwood Robinson & Angela Winters.
Location:  TBA

Who are you when you dream?  You wander, alone and frightened, into threatening lands where the surreal is logical and logic is madness. But are they alien landscapes or darkly distorted mirrors reflecting what is deep within? 

aDreamPlay shatters the comforts of reality, tossing the waking mind into an engulfing ocean of sound, image and sensation.  Visually stunning, emotionally compelling, this thrilling new physical-theater spectacle will haunt your dreams.

April 17-24 at 8 p.m.
Tickets:  Students $10, General $15
Call 683-5305 for tickets