UA School of Theatre Arts Present One-Act Plays
The UA School of Theater Arts is presenting a series of one-act plays beginning this month, featuring works that explore issues related to love, hope, happiness, frustration and opposition, among other human experiences and emotions.
UA students will perform a series of one-act plays during a public festival that gets kicked off this month.
Blocks of one-act plays will be performed at The University of Arizona during a festival that begins on Tuesday.
The UA School of Theater Arts hosts a festival every spring to showcase one-act plays. The festival, featuring UA student performers, will be held April 28 through May 2.
All performances will be held at the Directing Studio in Room 116 of the UA Drama Building, which is located near the southeast corner of North Park Avenue and East Speedway Boulevard.
General admissions is $5 for each block of performances and each block consists of different one-act plays.
The blocks are:
Block One: April 28 and May 1 at 8 p.m.
"The Unwanted" by Walter Wykes: A sensual dessert layered upon the reality of guilt and consequence.
"The Problem" by A.R. Gurney: A play about the ability to truly and openly share yourself with your partner, with no fear of being misunderstood or rejected.
"The Chocolate Affair" by Stephanie Alison Walker: A woman faces self-esteem issues.
"The Other Five Percent" by Bryan Goluboff: It is Halloween night and a young girl is alone on the streets of New York. She meets two men, one who plans to hurt her, the other keep her safe, but appearances are deceiving.
Block Two: April 29 at 8 p.m.; May 2 at 2 p.m.
"Seascape with Sharks & Dancer" by Don Nigro: A complicated mix of love, hate deceit and hope – an aspiring writer is unsure where he is going in life until a woman enters his life unconventionally and changes his world view.
"I'm Not Stupid" by David E. Rodriguez: The story of a mother and her son should be one of love and happiness, but when you put them into an environment that is dirty, decrepit and falling apart, they become like the world around them.
"Ashes to Ashes" by Harold Pinter: A play best described in the words of the 2005 Nobel Committee's announcement of Pinter's prize in literature: "His plays uncover the precipice under everyday prattle and force entry into oppression's closed rooms."
"The Worker" by Walter Wykes: Two characters are faced with difficult choices that could alter life as they know it.
Block Three: April 30 and May 2 at 8 p.m.
"Thirst" by Eugene O'Neill: Three strangers are lost at sea.
"Blackbird" by David Harrower: Two lovers reunite after fifteen years.
"Shady Meadows" by Lisa Dillman: A young couple moves into a starter home built over swamp land only to find major problems that interrupt their American Dream.
"Black Light" by Alvaro Menen Desleal: Two men have just been killed for going against their society's political views and are trying to find their place in the living world.
"Jonathan Loves David" by John Nauman: A musical tale about love and redemption between two gay men, set in New York City.
et cetera
- Extra Info | School of Theater Arts
Seating is limited and there is no late seating for any of the shows. Some shows contain adult language and themes.
Parking:
Parking is available in the Park Avenue Garage, located on North Park Avenue just north of East Speedway Boulevard.Parking is free Saturday and Sunday.
Pre-pay parking is available for weekday and evening performances. Theater goers attending Monday through Friday from 5 p.m. to midnight can take parking tickets immediately to the garage cashier after parking. The parking fee is $3 (cash only). After the performance, insert the parking ticket at the gate to exit.
- Contact Info
Ticket Information:UA Fine Arts Box Office
520-621-1162
Open Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. and one hour prior to evening and weekend show times.
Media Contact:Paula Newsome
School of Theater Arts
520-626-2686
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