University of Redlands
Homecoming Musical Appetizer: Spam and Ham.
Songs from Monty Python’s Spamalot and conversation with the cast and creative team of our fall show.
Frederick Loewe Theatre
October 28, 2017 at 1PM
Our fabulous celebrities—King Arthur of Britain; Sir Lancelot the Homicidally Brave; Sir Robin, the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir-Lancelot; and the Lady of the Lake—will be joined by Chris Beach (director), Mariana Cassia (scenic design) , Michaela Petrovich (costume design) and Amanda Speidel (lighting design) and the extraordinarily talented students of the University of Redlands.
Monty Python's Spamalot
Book and Lyrics by Eric Idle
Music by John Du Prez & Eric Idle
Directed by Chris Beach
Glenn Wallichs Theatre
November 3, 4, 10, 11 at 8PM & 5, 12 at 2PM
Adapted from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, the musical is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend. The original 2005 Broadway production, directed by Mike Nichols, won three Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2004–2005 season and received 14 Tony Award nominations.
Due to mature language and some staged "violence," parental discretion is advised.
Student New Works Festival 2017
Original short plays written by University of Redlands students.
Staged reading directed by Elizabeth Bell-Haynes
Death to the Pig King by Anala DeBelina
Firewall: A Guide to Falling in Love on the Internet by Anna Klein
Two Choices by Genevieve Garibaldi
Contains mature themes and language.
Frederick Loewe Theatre
December 1, 2 at 8PM
The Laramie Project
by Moises Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Projec
Directed by Noah Sylvester
Almost twenty years ago a group of theatre artists traveled to Laramie, Wyoming to uncover the story behind the brutal torture and murder of a twenty-one year old, gay student at the University of Wyoming—Matthew Shepard. Over the course of a year and a half they conducted over 200 interviews with people of the town. The Laramie Project is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable. What can the play tell us in 2018?
Frederick Loewe Theatre
February 16, 17 at 8PM, February 17, 18 at 2PM
*No late seating*
Top Girls
by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Glenn Wallichs Theatre
March 16, 17, 23, 24 at 8PM & 18, 25 at 2PM
We’re in a London restaurant in the modern day and Marlene is celebrating her promotion to Managing Director of the Top Girls Employment agency. Marlene is joined by the 11th century Pope Joan; the Victorian Traveler Isabella Bird; and the 13th century courtesan turned Buddhist nun, Lady Nijo. Considered by many one of the finest plays of post WWII Britain, this clever, deceptively light entertainment, explores what price women pay for success. Brilliantly theatrical, Top Girls, written during the Thatcher years in Britain, seems written for today.
