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Nickel and Dimed
Written by Joan Holden
Adapted from Barbara Ehrenreich's book Nickel and Dimed: on (not) getting by in America
Directed by Dr. Karen S. Mitchell
October 18, 19, 20, and 21
7:30 PM Curtain
Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. But how does anyone survive, let alone prosper, on six to seven dollars an hour? To find out, upper middle-class journalist Barbara leaves her home, takes the cheapest lodgings she can find, and accepts whatever jobs she is offered as a woefully inexperienced homemaker returning to the workforce. So begins a grueling and darkly funny journey through the underside of working America.
Admission is free, and seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Audience Assemble!!! Looking at comic books in new ways
Guest Artists: Timothy Uren and Dr. Harry Brod
November 2, 3, and 4
7:30 PM Curtain
Supported in part by the UNI Gallery of Art
Comic books have been a part of American culture and life since the 1930’s. Often dismissed as juvenile and for children only, comic books are now recognized by many as a legitimate, sophisticated art form, appreciated by adults worldwide. Minneapolis Performance Artist Timothy Uren and UNI Professor of Philosophy Dr. Harry Brod share their unique perspectives on the impact of comic books on their personal lives and on society and culture in general.
Admission is free, and seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Half-Masted 3.2 presents: A Wonderful Evening of Improvisational Whimsy for Ladies and Gentlemene
Directed by Wayland McQueen and AJ Platt, with Professor Doug Shaw on Drums
November 16 and 17
7:30 PM Curtain
November 17
2:00 PM Curtain
Holy Improv!!! Half-Masted 3.2 are back for another hilarious slam-bang hokey smoky show chock-a-block with shenanigans and monkeyshines that we make up as we go along. If you like to have fun and love to laugh, please show up and be prepared for a rollicking good time!
Admission is free, and seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Telling My Way Home
Written and Directed by Danielle McGeough
March 2 and 3
7:30 PM Curtain
Have you every wondered how you have become who you are? Did you create your identity on your own? Or, are you pieces of those around you? Danielle McGeough, who wrote and directs this production, has collected a three generation family oral history in an attempt to understand how one passes identity from one generation to the next. Telling My Way Home is an extraordinary history of an ordinary family’s journey to becoming.
Admission is free, and seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Half-Masted 3.2 presents: Gorilla Theatre
Directed by AJ Platt, with Professor Doug Shaw on Tambourine
March 30 and 31
7:30 PM Curtain
March 31
2:00 PM Curtain
Half-Masted 3.2 return with their favorite show/structure, Gorilla Theater. The stakes are as high as they are meaningless when two members meet provvo a provvo to compete in this, the ultimate improv challenge. Who will win a glorious weekend with the Half-Masted Gorilla? Who will go home crying? And whose improv cuisine reigns supreme? Be prepared for a hilarious spontaneous madcap made-up-as-we-go comedy experience!
Admission is free, and seating is on a first come, first served basis.
2006-2007 UNI Speech and Debate Team Showcase
Tuesday March 20, 2007
7:00 PM Curtain
Discover more about UNI's nationally recognized, award winning Speech and Debate Teams. Members of both teams will perform various events prior to attending their national championship tournaments. Speech Team members will perform a persuasive speech and an act of rhetorical criticism. They will also perform several interpretation events, including interpretation of poetry, interpretation of prose, and interpretation of drama. The Debate Team will present an abbreviated debate on presidential powers as they relate to the detention of "unlawful combatants" in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Admission is free, and seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Doin' Time: Through the Visiting Glass
Written and performed by guest artist Ashley Lucas
April 12
7:30 PM Curtain
Doin' Time: Through the Visiting Glass chronicles the lives of prisoners' family members in a one-woman play. Ashley Lucas who wrote and performs the work draws on interviews with prisoners' family members, letters from prisoners, and her own experiences as a prisoner's child to create a memorable performance followed by a post-show discussion with the audience.
Admission is free, and seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Good Eats!
Written and performed by guest artist Christopher Collins
April 13
7:30 PM Curtain
Inspired by Amiri Baraka’s revolutionary theatre techniques, Good Eats! negotiates the passage between food, prison, and the death penalty. Audience members are served performance art along with side dishes of poetry, prose, and an embodiment of prisoner discourses in an attempt to swallow the inequalities (re)produced by the prison industrial complex and the capital punishment system. This performance gives insight into how systems of control negatively impact prisoner’s daily performance while digesting performative implications of our current penal system.
Admission is free, and seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Northern Plains Performance Festival
Arrested Voices: Performance in Prisons
April 13-14
7:30 PM Curtain
This year's festival provides a unique space for exploring new ideas about the role performance can take in the lives of the incarcerated and their families. This year's featured artists are Ashley Lucas, Christopher Collins, and Michael Keck. As part of the festival, they will lead workshops that facilitate discussion on the effects of incarceration on individuals and communities. Through theatre games, improvisations, facilitated discussions, and story circles, participants will explore personal and social issues related to this year's theme. Festival attendees also enjoy a variety of group and individual performances presented by guest performers and participants from various universities.
Registration for festival is $50.
For further information on this year's festival, contact Karen Mitchell at Karen.Mitchell@uni.edu
