2006–2007 WSU Theatre Performance Season

Wednesday–Saturday, October 4–7

STAGE One
8:00 p.m. nightly
2:00 p.m. matinee October 7
Wadleigh Theatre
This production is rated R for mature audiences.

A set of one-act plays, written, acted, and directed by WSU students: Signing Beaunus, by Justin Hansen; My Interview with God, by Quinn Hatch; Real Society, by Lynsi Burton; and The Play Can't Go On, by Han Quek.

Thursday–Saturday, October 12–14 and October 19–21

A Lie of the Mind
8:00 p.m. | Jones Theatre
This production is rated R for mature audiences.

By Sam Shepard. According to The New Yorker, "Sam Shepard is surely the only dramatist alive who could tell a story as sad and frightening as this one and make such a funny play of it without ever skimping on its emotional depth."

Directed by Terry Converse.

Friday–Saturday, December 1–2

Metamorphoses: A Dance Recital
8:00 p.m. | Jones Theatre

All tickets $5.00. No GPSA discount for this show.

Thursday–Saturday, February 8–10 and February 15–17

The Golden Age
8:00 p.m. | Jones Theatre
This production is rated R for mature audiences.

By Louis Nowra. This play of diversity, based on real events, explores what happens to a group of people “discovered” in the wilds of 1939 Borneo. It is a story of how obsessions, war, and cultural misunderstandings lead to a strange and tragic confrontation.

Co-directed by Terry Converse and Phyllis Gooden-Young.

• A panel discussion will follow the February 8 opening performance in Jones Theatre.
• VPLAC will host a pre-performance lecture by playwright Louis Nowra on Thursday, February 15, at 6:30 p.m. in Jones Theatre, Daggy Hall.
• VPLAC will host a Q&A with Mr. Nowra on Friday, February 16, at 12:10 p.m. in the Bundy Reading Room, Avery Hall.
• The Student Entertainment Board will host a screening of Così and dialogue with Mr. Nowra from 2:00–5:00 p.m. in Todd Hall 216.
• More information about Louis Nowra's visit.

Thursday–Saturday, April 5–7 and April 12–14

The Miss Firecracker Contest
8:00 p.m. nightly
2:00 p.m. matinee April 14
Jones Theatre

By Beth Henley, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Crimes of the Heart. The Miss Firecracker Contest is an explosively funny Southern Gothic about a small town beauty contest full of suspense, conflict, and hope.

Directed by Stan Brown.

Wednesday–Sunday, April 11–15

STAGE's Mom's Weekend Show
And Then There Were None
8:00 p.m. shows Wednesday through Saturday
2:00 p.m. matinees Saturday and Sunday
Wadleigh Theatre

STAGE, WSU's student theatre organization, presents Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.

No GPSA discount for this show.

Friday–Saturday, April 20–21

DANCĒMOTION: A Dance Recital
8:00 p.m. | Jones Theatre

All tickets $5.00. No GPSA discount for this show.