2019-20 Theatre Season | Department of Theatre Arts

	Fun Home Music by Jeanine Tesori, Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron, Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel October 17-19 and 23-26 \| 7:30pm \| Walsh Studio Theatre LGBTQ Night \| Thursday, Oct. 24 Young Alison grew up playing with her siblings in their family’s funeral home. Now, adult Alison relives her past in hopes of unlocking the truth about her father’s unexpected death. Fun Home, a Tony Award-winning musical, is a unique, intimate exploration of sexuality, identity, and family.
	A Dream Play By August Strindberg, Adapted by Caryl Churchill December 5-7\| 7:30 PM \| Askanase Auditorium December 11-14 \| 7:30pm A young woman named Agnes embarks on a journey to find the meaning of life—but this world is different. Everything can happen, everything is possible and probable. Time and place do not exist; the imagination spins, weaving new patterns on a flimsy basis of reality. Written in 1901, Strindberg’s A Dream Play weaves seamlessly through the dreamer’s imagination.
	A musical collaboration with NDSU Challey School of Music Into the Woods Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine, Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick February 27-29 \| 7:30 pm \| Festival Concert Hall March 1 \| 2:00 pm When the Baker and the Baker’s Wife learn they cannot have a child because of a witch’s curse, they set out on a journey to break the spell. Along the way they meet Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack, and Rapunzel. James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical reimagines classic fairytales, and reveals a moral for all eras.
	Velveteen Rabbit By Philip Grecian, From the book by Margery Williams Askanase Auditorium ~~April 24 \| 7:00pm~~ CANCELED* April 25 \| 7:00 pm CANCELED* April 30 \| 10 am (student matinee) May 1 \| 7:00pm May 2 \| 10 am and 2:00 pm May 3 \| 2:00 pm The Velveteen Rabbit has one wish—to be real. But how? One night the toy fairy visits to give the Velveteen Rabbit her wish. The Velveteen Rabbit should be overjoyed, but she can’t. The boy who loves her is sick with scarlet fever and may die if she leaves with the toy fairy. What will she do? Margery Williams’ beloved tale is brought to life in this stage version for the whole family. Explore what it means to love and live without bounds. *Due to the restrictions for on campus instruction our theatre rehearsals will be cancelled for the two weeks following spring break. To accommodate this condensed schedule for rehearsals, our first weekend of performances for the Velveteen Rabbit have been cancelled. Our box office manager will be in contact with patrons who have already purchased tickets for the April 24 and 25th shows to make additional arrangements.

	Fun Home Music by Jeanine Tesori, Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron, Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel October 17-19 and 23-26 \| 7:30pm \| Walsh Studio Theatre LGBTQ Night \| Thursday, Oct. 24 Young Alison grew up playing with her siblings in their family’s funeral home. Now, adult Alison relives her past in hopes of unlocking the truth about her father’s unexpected death. Fun Home, a Tony Award-winning musical, is a unique, intimate exploration of sexuality, identity, and family.
	A Dream Play By August Strindberg, Adapted by Caryl Churchill December 5-7\| 7:30 PM \| Askanase Auditorium December 11-14 \| 7:30pm A young woman named Agnes embarks on a journey to find the meaning of life—but this world is different. Everything can happen, everything is possible and probable. Time and place do not exist; the imagination spins, weaving new patterns on a flimsy basis of reality. Written in 1901, Strindberg’s A Dream Play weaves seamlessly through the dreamer’s imagination.
	A musical collaboration with NDSU Challey School of Music Into the Woods Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine, Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick February 27-29 \| 7:30 pm \| Festival Concert Hall March 1 \| 2:00 pm When the Baker and the Baker’s Wife learn they cannot have a child because of a witch’s curse, they set out on a journey to break the spell. Along the way they meet Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack, and Rapunzel. James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical reimagines classic fairytales, and reveals a moral for all eras.
	Velveteen Rabbit By Philip Grecian, From the book by Margery Williams Askanase Auditorium ~~April 24 \| 7:00pm~~ CANCELED* April 25 \| 7:00 pm CANCELED* April 30 \| 10 am (student matinee) May 1 \| 7:00pm May 2 \| 10 am and 2:00 pm May 3 \| 2:00 pm The Velveteen Rabbit has one wish—to be real. But how? One night the toy fairy visits to give the Velveteen Rabbit her wish. The Velveteen Rabbit should be overjoyed, but she can’t. The boy who loves her is sick with scarlet fever and may die if she leaves with the toy fairy. What will she do? Margery Williams’ beloved tale is brought to life in this stage version for the whole family. Explore what it means to love and live without bounds. *Due to the restrictions for on campus instruction our theatre rehearsals will be cancelled for the two weeks following spring break. To accommodate this condensed schedule for rehearsals, our first weekend of performances for the Velveteen Rabbit have been cancelled. Our box office manager will be in contact with patrons who have already purchased tickets for the April 24 and 25th shows to make additional arrangements.