Past Seasons

We Make the Big Plays

Kansas Summer Theatre 2007

Pageant Directed by Bill Russell

June 29 -30 & July 1, 5 - 8, 2007

Starting Here, Starting Now Directed by John Staniunas

July 13 -15, 20 -22 & 27 - 28, 2007

Kansas Mystery Theatre '06

And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians)

July 7, 8, 9* 18, 20, 22, 2006

Something’s Afoot

Book, Music and Lyrics by James McDonald, David Vos and Robert Gerlach with additional music by Ed Linderman

July 14, 15, 16*, 19, 21, 23*, 2006

2006-07 Season

Season Kick-Off: Pastiche

September 15 - 16, 2006

 

Homer's The Odyssey A dramatization by Gregory A. Falls and Kurt Beattie

KU-TYP for Grades 4-6

September 25 – 29, September 30, October 1**, 2006

The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder

October 27, 28, 29**, & November 2, 3, 4, 2006

Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You by Christopher Durang & SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris

November 10, 11*, 12**, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18*, 2006

Hay Fever by Noel Coward

December 1, 2, 3**, 6, 7, 9, 2006
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival entry

Lily Plants a Garden by Jose Cruz Gonzalez

KU-TYP for Grades 1 - 3

February 5 – 9 (1:00 p.m.), February 10 (10:00 a.m.), 11**, 2007

The Maids by Jean Genet

March 2, 3, 4**, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 2007

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival associate entry

Keely and Du by Jane Martin

April 4, 5, 6, 7*, 9, 10, 11, 12, 2007

 

Guys and Dolls based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon

Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser, Book by Jo Swerling &Abe Burrows

 

April 27, 28, 29**, May 3, 4, 5, 2007

Your Ticket to the World

Kansas Summer Theatre '05

The Fantasticks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt

July 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10*, 2005

Talley’s Folly by Lanford Wilson

July 15, 16, 17*, 21, 22, 23, 2005

2005-06 Season

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris by Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman and Eric Blau

September 16, 17, 18*, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25*, 2005

Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov

October 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8**, 9*, 10, 11, 2005

Popcorn by Ben Elton

October 28, 29, 30*, & November 3, 4, 5, 2005

An Army of One An original script by Zacory Boatright (KU '05)

co-produced with English Alternative Theatre

November 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19**, 20*, 2005

Special Benefit: January 20, 2006

The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

School Performances: December 2, 5, 6, 2005 (1:00 p.m.)

December 3 (10:00 a.m.), 4*, 2005

The Short Tree and the Bird That Could Not Sing by Dennis Foon

School Performances: January 30, 31, & February 1, 2, 3, 2006 (1:00 p.m.)

February 4 (10:00 a.m.), 5*, 2006

February 6, 7, 8, 2006 (9:45 a.m.)

A Congress of Women by Aristophanes

March 9, 10, 11**, 12*, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18**, 19*, 2006

Anthony Rapp in a One-Man Show

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Student Play Festival

April 6, 7, 8, 9 (2:30 and 7:30), 13, 14, 15, 16 (2:30 and 7:30), 2006

The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

co-produced with the Department of Music & Dance

April 28, 30*, & May 4, 6, 2006

Your University Theatre, A CLAS Act!

The University Theatre 2004-2005 Season

Mainstage Series (81st Season)

Celebrating 50 Years of Quality Theatre for Young People

Amber Waves by James Still (Playwright in Residence)

October 1, 2, 3*, 7, 8, 9, 2004

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

November 12, 13, 14*, 18, 19, 20, 2004

You Can't Take It With You by Moss Hart and George Kaufman

March 4, 5, 6*, 10, 11, 12, 2005

Candide by Leonard Bernstein

April 29, 30, May 1*, 5, 6, 7, 2005

KU Theatre for Young People Series

Still Life With Iris by Steven Dietz

School Performances: October 1, 4, 5, 2004

Public Performance: October 2*, 2004

Noodle Doodle Box by Paul Maar

School Performances: February 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 2005

Public Performance: February 12 , 2005 (10 a.m.)

Inge Theatre Series

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

October 22, 23**, 24*, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30**, 2004

Two One-Act Plays

• Wonderful Time by Jonathan Marc Sherman
  Directed by Samara Naeymi
• The Brides by Harry Kondoleon
  Directed by Blake Bolan

April 8, 9**, 10*, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16***, 2005

Special Events

Eumenides by Aeschylus

August 27 - 28, 2004

FRiends Of the THeatre Benefit
A Conversation with Mandy Patinkin

8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2005

Crafton-Preyer Theatre

"Musicals and More!"

The University Theatre 2003-2004 Season

Main Stage Series (80th Season)

Picnic by William Inge

September 5, 7, 2003

As You Like It by William Shakespeare

October 10 - 12, 16 - 18, 2003

October 15 (school matinees)

Cabaret by Kander, Ebb, & Masteroff

November 14-16, 19 - 23, 2003

Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker

March 12 - 14, 16 - 18, 2004

A Little Night Music by Sondheim and Wheeler

April 16 - 18, 22 - 24, 2004

Theatre for Young People Series

Really Rosie by Maurice Sendak and Carole King

February 21-22, 2004

Inge Theatre Series

This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan

September 26 -27& October 1, 3, 2003

Fefu and Her Friends by Maria Irene Fornes

September 29 - 30, & October 2, 4, 2003

Lulu by Frank Wedekind

December 2 - 7, 2003

Thirst by Kevin Mayer

March 2 - 6, 2004

George Dandin by Moliere

April 30 - May 2, May 4 - 8, 2004

Special Event

Reverend Billy: The Church of Stop Shopping

Residency: September 15-18, 2003

Performances: September 19 - 20, 2003

2002-2003 Theatre Season

Mainstage Series

The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare

Directed by John Gronbeck-Tedesco

You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw

Directed by John Staniunas

The Royal Family by George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber

Directed by Jack Wright

The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Directed by Del Unruh

Theatre for Young People Series

Where to, Turelu? by Henri Dégoutin, Jeanine Védienne, and Yves Hugues

Translated by Miriam and Lewis Morton

Directed by Jeanne Klein

Jungalbook adapted by Edward Mast

Based on Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories

Directed by Dennis Christilles

Inge Theatre Series

Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides, translated by Elaine Terranova

Directed by Sara Armstrong

The Dying Gaul by Craig Lucas

Directed by Jennifer Fletcher

The 10-Minute Play Festival

Selections to be announced>

Event

Alums Come Home IV

View Photos from the 2001-2002 Theatre Season