2019 - 2020

PRODUCTION SEASON:

IMPROV ALL-STARS NIGHT FOR BCT

STAINED GLASS

THE YEARNIN’ HEART LONGS

UNTOLD STORIES

CHICAGO

TICKETS:

GENERAL ADMISSION | $12

STUDENTS & FACULTY | $8*

*WITH UD ID UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.CALL THE BOX OFFICE AT 937-229-2545 OR VISIT UDAYTONTICKETS.COM.

IMPROV ALL-STARS NIGHT FOR BCT

The Theatre, Dance & Performance Technology program partners withBrighter Connections Theatre each summer to offer a theatre camp foryouth and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This night is afundraiser for this terrific non-profit, showcasing the best improv companiesin our region, as well as the talented Brighter Connections participants.Come laugh and support BCT!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 | 7:30 P.M.Boll Theatre, Kennedy Union

STAINED GLASS BY INGRID DESANCTISCo-produced by the Theatre, Dance & Performance Technology program and The Playground

Jewels returns to New Jersey after her father’s death and joins hermother and her sister, Tess, to prepare for the funeral. She returns homeat the same time a hurricane is heading towards the Jersey shores. Duringthese seven days, she also decides to visit four women: victims, loversand friends of her father, a Pentecostal pastor who lost his church andfamily in a sexual scandal twenty years earlier. As she breaks their code ofsilence, Jewels finds herself in a poetic and magical world of Bible versesand hurricanes and a collection of childhood characters from Moses andTinkerbell to Cinderella and the Little Mermaid. Together, Jewels and herfriends, search for the faith she lost and the father she thought she knew.Join us for the regional premiere of this new O’Neill National PlaywrightsContest semi-finalist play and engage in a residency for the playwright,Ingrid DeSantis, who will discuss this work of magical realism at selectperformances.

THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24-26 | 7:30 P.M.SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 | 1:30 P.M.Black Box Theatre, Fitz Hall

CHICAGO

THE YEARNIN’ HEART LONGSAn original dance theatre production featuring UD Dance Ensemble

The wild west is at the peak oflawlessness when a stranger rolls into anodd town at the edge of the territory.This is an ensemble driven tale of astranger’s longing for love in a townyearning for peace.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22-23 | 7:30 PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 1:30 P.M.Black Box Theatre, Fitz Hall

UNTOLD STORIES

Presented in collaboration between Dayton Contemporary DanceCompany’s pre-professional DCDC2 and the University of Dayton DanceEnsemble, Untold Stories translates diverse choreographers’ worksthrough real or imagined stories, personal adventures, kept secrets andspiritual journeys. This concert demonstrates the power of dance toexpress those areas of the human psyche where words and logic fail.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MARCH 12-13 | 8 P.M.Boll Theatre, Kennedy Union

Celebrity. Jazz. Murder. Chicago, a musical by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse,is a powerhouse with music that swings and a story that packs apunch. Join the Theatre, Dance & Performance Technology programand the Department of Music for an evening of crime, compassion andcollusion as we examine the criminal justice system and the impactthat celebrity and privilege hold in a culture influenced by money andmedia.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23 | 8 P.M.FRIDAY, APRIL 24 | 8 P.M.SATURDAY, APRIL 25 | 8 P.M.Boll Theatre, Kennedy Union

Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.

Book by Fred Ebb and Bob FosseMusic by John KanderLyrics by Fred EbbBased on the play by Maurine Dallas WatkinsScript adaption by David Thompson