New theater season includes musical
With over 100 years of theater production on campus, Stetson University announces four productions for the 2012-13 academic year, including a popular musical during the fall Homecoming.
Performances will be held at Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage,” located inside theMuseum of Florida Arts, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus.
The box office hours are 3-5 p.m. weekdays, starting Monday the week of each show. For tickets, call (386) 822-8700. Ticket prices vary, but there are always discounts for seniors, groups and students of other schools and universities. Show times will be announced at a later date.
The schedule for Stetson University’s 2012-13 theater season is as follows:
An Evening at the Improv, features fun and games with Stetson student improv-artists. Performances will run Sept. 27-29, at 8 p.m., with a matinee on Sept. 30 at 3 p.m.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the Tony Award-winning musical comedy by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn, tells the story of six adolescent outsiders competing for the spelling bee championship. Through their trials, the competitors learn that winning is not everything and that losing does not make you a loser. Performances are scheduled Nov. 1-3 and Nov. 8-10, at 8 p.m., and Nov. 4 and 11 at 3 p.m.
Stetson’s Homecoming 2012 is scheduled for Nov. 2-4, so these performances will be among the featured attractions of Stetson’s first fall Homecoming since the end of Hatter football more than 50 years ago. (In fall 2013, Stetson will play its first Hatter football game since 1956.)
Dracula, a melodramatic thriller adapted by Steven Dietz, from Bram Stoker’s novel is based on the legend of the Transylvanian vampire. The characters must discover Dracula’s identity and attempt to stop him from claiming new victims. Performances will run Feb. 13-16, 2013, at 8 p.m., with a matinee on Feb. 17 at 3 p.m.
Dancing at Lughnasa, a bittersweet Irish drama by Brian Friel, is about a man’s memory of the Festival of Lughnasa in 1936 when he was seven years old. Michael recalls a time when he lived with his struggling mother, her four sisters, and his uncle Jack, who had recently returned from Uganda with malaria. Performances will run April 18-20, 2013, at 8 p.m., with a matinee April 21 at 3 p.m.
