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2011-2012 SEASON OF PLAYS
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September 14 – 24, 2011
NIGHT TRAIN TO BOLINA
Written and directed by Nilo Cruz
Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright and Miami native Nilo Cruz (Anna in the Tropics) spins this intriguing and haunting tale set in an unidentified, war-torn Latin American country where two peasant youths, Mateo and Clara, create an imaginary world to cope with the starvation and oppression of their daily lives. Bonded by an emotional link that is both innocent and erotic, the couple decide to run away to the Bolina, a mythical city where lost kites “go to die.” With its imaginative use of poetic realism, Night Train to Bolina is an adventure in fantasy, mysticism, and love.
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October 13 – 30, 2011
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA
By Federico Garcia Lorca
New translation by Karin Coonrod and Nilo Cruz
A co-production with the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts; all performances in the Arsht’s Carnival Studio Theater
Written by Spain’s most acclaimed modern playwright, The House of Bernarda Alba is the devastatingly powerful story of a domineering woman obsessed with maintaining the honor of her family’s name against the forces of a brutal society. Bernarda Alba’s iron-fisted oppression of her five daughters transforms their rural home into a powder keg of tension, jealousy and fear. In this stunning world- premiere-translation by Karin Coonrod and Nilo Cruz and featuring two professional actresses along with our student cast, the Ring Theatre co-production with the Adrienne Arsht Center promises to be a compelling and not-to-be-missed theatrical experience. Although it is tragic in tone and story, The House of Bernarda Alba ultimately celebrates the enduring human struggle for freedom and happiness in the darkest of times.
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November 9-19, 2011
FOREVER 54
Conceived and Directed by
TOMMY TUNE
Written by
MARK SALTZMAN
Associate Director
and Choreographer:
DAVID WARREN GIBSON
Once upon a time in New York City, there was a magical disco that everyone clamored to get into. Passing through Studio 54’s velvet ropes were the world’s most famous stars, politicians, and athletes — the glitterati of the 1980s. The Jerry Herman Ring Theatre will be presenting the first production of Tommy Tune’s exciting and glamorous musical portrait of the world’s most famous nightclub. South Florida theatre audiences will be the first to experience this exciting new musical. |
February 15- 25, 2012
STAGE DOOR
By Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
This 1937 screwball comedy centers around a group of young actresses crammed into a theatrical boarding house in New York while waiting for their big break on The Great White Way. Stage Door showcases love affairs, despair, betrayals, wise-cracks, rejections, tragedy and plenty of delicious comedy. The central plot focuses on Terry Randall (Katherine Hepburn in the 1937 film), a stage-struck actress totally driven by her talent and ambition. What the other young women bring to the play is a veritable carnival of memorable characters. Stage Door is a genuine valentine to the legitimate stage as well as a comic send-up of the Hollywood film industry.
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April 11 – 28, 2012
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED
ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart;
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
"Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight!" begins one of Broadway's greatest farces. Forum is light, fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musicals ever written! It takes comedy back to its roots, combining situations from Roman farces with the slapstick energy of classic vaudeville. The result is a non-stop laugh-fest in which a crafty slave, seeking to earn his freedom, struggles to win the hand of a beautiful courtesan for his young master. What a great way to close out our exciting season!
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Can You Hear the Buzz?
There’s a buzz of excitement surrounding every production at the University of Miami’s historic Jerry Herman Ring Theatre….word is spreading fast that great theatre performed by talented, attractive young performers in stunning scenery and costumes can also be amazingly affordable. Performance after performance finds enthusiastic theatre lovers leaving our charmingly intimate theatre to spread the word to family, friends, co-workers and neighbors that another hit has been staged at our beautiful Coral Gables campus.
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