125 Past Events at University Theatre, Ball State University

Ball State's University Theatre will transform into the heart of England with its rendition of the classic "My Fair Lady." Eliza Doolittle and Professor Henry Higgins will light up the stage with song and laughter in the musical made famous by Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. The musical opens March 25 at 7:30 p.m. Additional shows are scheduled for March 26-27 and March 30-April 3 at 7:30 p.m. Patrons can catch a matinee showing April 3 at 2:30 p.m.  

"My Fair Lady" is the transformation of Eliza Doolittle from a poor flower maid with a cockney accent to a "proper" English lady. Her journey is guided by the very strict and grumpy Professor Henry Higgins. The more Eliza learns how to be an English lady, the more independence she gains from Higgins, which forces the uptight professor to change as well in this witty and entertaining musical.  

Director Michael O'Hara said, "My Fair Lady is one of the greatest musicals from a Golden Age of Broadway; it was adapted from one of the greatest comedies of the English stage, George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion; and here it will be performed by some of the most talented people that I have ever worked alongside."

Harold Mortimer, associate professor of musical theatre, is playing the part of Professor Henry Higgins while Ball State students are playing the other roles. The musical includes the well-known numbers "I Could Have Danced All Night" and "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face."

O'Hara added, "The best part is the joy in sharing the happy but hard work of collaborating with such great students and colleagues to create a complex work of art that says something significant about our human experience."

Audiences of all ages will be entertained and delighted by the brave Eliza Doolittle and the irritable Professor Higgins in the this rendition of "My Fair Lady."

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance present:

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

By Tony Kushner
Directed by Jennifer Blackmer
Featuring faculty actors Drew Vidal, Wendy Mortimer and Rodger Smith

University Theatre

September 23-25, September 29-October 2 at 7:30pm
September 26 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$12.50
Faculty/Staff-$11.50
Senior Citizens-$9.50
Students-$6.50

Tony Kushner's tour-de-force epic Angels in America is a journey through the lives of two couples as they discover their complex identities amid the political volatility of 1980's America. Canonized for its brilliance and ability to place the national spotlight on the AIDS crisis in a way that garnered Kushner both the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize, Millennium Approaches is the first part of the saga that changed the scope of the American theatre. Join us for this moving, challenging and controversial play.

Angels in America is intended for MATURE AUDIENCES.

For more information, please contact the University Theatre Box office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance present:

Company

Book by George Furth
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Codirected by Beth Turcotte and Michael Worcel
Musical direction by Jodi Cotton White
Choreography by Michael Worcel

University Theatre

October 28-30, November 3-6 at 7:30pm
October 31 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$15.50
Faculty/Staff-$13.50
Senior Citizens-$11.50
Students-$10.50

A musical as much about New York as it is about the people who inhabit it, Company follows five married, once-married, or soon-to-be married couples connected by Bobby, their mutual friend who searches for love. As seen through Bobby's eyes, these relationships in their different stages reveal a number of unique ideas of commitment and its struggles and triumphs. Bobby learns that while relationships aren't perfect, they are certainly essential to "Being Alive".

For more information, please contact the University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

The College of Fine Arts and The Department of Theatre and Dance present:

The Nutcracker

Artistic Direction by Audra Sokol

University Theatre

December 8-11 at 7:30pm
December 12 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$15.50
Faculty/Staff-$13.50
Senior Citizens-$11.50
Students-$6.50

The age-old story of Tchaikovsky's classic The Nutcracker is given a new twist by the talented dancers and choreographers of Ball State Dance Theatre. Ballet, jazz, tap, modern, and ethnic dance combine in a retelling of the story of Clara, the Mouse King, and the Nutcracker Prince. Join us for this unique and unforgettable kickoff to the holiday season.

For more information, please contact the University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance present:

Picnic

By William Inge
Directed by Michael O'Hara

University Theatre

February 10-12, 16-19 at 7:30pm
February 13 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$12.50
Faculty/Staff-$11.50
Senior Citizens-$9.50
Students-$6.50

In a small town in Kansas, window Flo Owens ahs everything planned for her two daughters: Madge, the elder, is engaged to a rich you man, and Millie, the younger, prepares to attend college on a scholarship. When rough and handsome Hal arrives to work for the next-door neighbor, Flo's plans fall apart as the charismatic young man vies for the attention of both women. At once gentle and forceful, real and expressionistic, Picnic paints a moving portrait of young women and men coming of age in a society at work against them.

For more information, please contact the University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance present:

Little Shop of Horrors

Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Music by Alan Menken
Directed by Michael Daehn
Musical direction by Jodi Cotton White
Choreography by Christie Zimmerman

University Theatre

March 31-April 2, April 6-9 at 7:30pm
April 3 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$15.50
Faculty/Staff-$13.50
Senior Citizens-$11.50
Students-$10.50

The Department of Theatre and Dance heads down to Skid Row for an "out of this world" musical experience! Little Shop of Horrors follow Seymour, a lowly employee at a flower shop, and his discovery of a strange plant that brings him instant fame and overnight success. But the cost of fame proves too expensive when Seymour realizes that his botanical meal ticket craves something other than water. Full of memorable songs such as "Somewhere That's Green" and "Suddenly Seymour", Little Shop of Horrors presents a comic romp through the darker side of greed, lust, botany, and dentistry.

For more information, please contact the University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance presents:

Once Upon a Dance

Artistic direction by Audra Sokol

University Theatre

April 27-30 at 7:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$12.50
Faculty/Staff-$11.50
Senior Citizens-$9.50
Students-$6.50

Ball State Dance Theatre combines its artistry with some of the world's favorite stories in this new twist on timeless fables and fairy tales. Jazz, modern, tap, ethnic, ballet, and more illuminate the tales of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and other in a production certain to delight audiences of all ages.

For more information, please contact the University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

Once Upon a Dance

Artistic Direction by Audra Sokol

University Theatre

April 27-30 at 7:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$12.50
Faculty/Staff-$11.50
Senior Citizens-$9.50
Students-$6.50

Ball State Dance Theatre combines its artistry with some of the world's favorite stories in this new twist on timeless fables and fairy tales. Jazz, modern, tap, ethnic, ballet, and more illuminate the tales of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and others in a production certain to delight audiences of all ages.

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu

Box Office Hours:
Monday-Friday/12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

Once Upon a Dance

Artistic Direction by Audra Sokol

University Theatre

April 27-30 at 7:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$12.50
Faculty/Staff-$11.50
Senior Citizens-$9.50
Students-$6.50

Ball State Dance Theatre combines its artistry with some of the world's favorite stories in this new twist on timeless fables and fairy tales. Jazz, modern, tap, ethnic, ballet, and more illuminate the tales of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and others in a production certain to delight audiences of all ages.

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu

Box Office Hours:
Monday-Friday/12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

Once Upon a Dance

Artistic Direction by Audra Sokol

University Theatre

April 27-30 at 7:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$12.50
Faculty/Staff-$11.50
Senior Citizens-$9.50
Students-$6.50

Ball State Dance Theatre combines its artistry with some of the world's favorite stories in this new twist on timeless fables and fairy tales. Jazz, modern, tap, ethnic, ballet, and more illuminate the tales of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and others in a production certain to delight audiences of all ages.

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu

Box Office Hours:
Monday-Friday/12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

Once Upon a Dance

Artistic Direction by Audra Sokol

University Theatre

April 27-30 at 7:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$12.50
Faculty/Staff-$11.50
Senior Citizens-$9.50
Students-$6.50

Ball State Dance Theatre combines its artistry with some of the world's favorite stories in this new twist on timeless fables and fairy tales. Jazz, modern, tap, ethnic, ballet, and more illuminate the tales of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and others in a production certain to delight audiences of all ages.

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu

Box Office Hours:
Monday-Friday/12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

By Beth Turcotte and students of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry
Based on the novel by Cathy Day
Directed by Beth Turcotte
Musical Direction by Alex Kocoshis
Choreography by Erin Spahr

Based on the novel by Cathy Day and adapted for th stage by Beth Turcotte and students from the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, The Circus in Winter is the story of the passion beneath the big top. Join Wallace Porter, a stable owner from Indiana, as he falls in love and searches for his life's work, a journey that culminates in the purchase of his own circus. Filled with fantastic characters, heart-wrenching moments of love an loss, and extraordinary new music. The Circus in Winter is a feast for the eyes, ears and heart.

General Public-$16
Faculty/Staff-$14
Senior Citizens-$12
Students-$11

By Beth Turcotte and students of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry
Based on the novel by Cathy Day
Directed by Beth Turcotte
Musical Direction by Alex Kocoshis
Choreography by Erin Spahr

Based on the novel by Cathy Day and adapted for th stage by Beth Turcotte and students from the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, The Circus in Winter is the story of the passion beneath the big top. Join Wallace Porter, a stable owner from Indiana, as he falls in love and searches for his life's work, a journey that culminates in the purchase of his own circus. Filled with fantastic characters, heart-wrenching moments of love an loss, and extraordinary new music. The Circus in Winter is a feast for the eyes, ears and heart.

General Public-$16
Faculty/Staff-$14
Senior Citizens-$12
Students-$11

By Beth Turcotte and students of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry
Based on the novel by Cathy Day
Directed by Beth Turcotte
Musical Direction by Alex Kocoshis
Choreography by Erin Spahr

Based on the novel by Cathy Day and adapted for th stage by Beth Turcotte and students from the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, The Circus in Winter is the story of the passion beneath the big top. Join Wallace Porter, a stable owner from Indiana, as he falls in love and searches for his life's work, a journey that culminates in the purchase of his own circus. Filled with fantastic characters, heart-wrenching moments of love an loss, and extraordinary new music. The Circus in Winter is a feast for the eyes, ears and heart.

General Public-$16
Faculty/Staff-$14
Senior Citizens-$12
Students-$11

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

Icons in Motion

Artistic Director: Audra Sokol

University Theatre

December 8-10 at 7:30pm
December 11 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$13
Faculty/Staff-$12
Senior Citizens-$10
Students-$7

Icons in Motion brings the spirit of Ball State Dance Theatre together with the passion behind some of the most influential and historical musical artists of all time. The dance theatre will celebrate musical legacies, such as Prince and Billie Holiday, and dance through the art of ballet, modern, and jazz.

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu

Box Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

Icons in Motion

Artistic Director: Audra Sokol

University Theatre

December 8-10 at 7:30pm
December 11 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$13
Faculty/Staff-$12
Senior Citizens-$10
Students-$7

Icons in Motion brings the spirit of Ball State Dance Theatre together with the passion behind some of the most influential and historical musical artists of all time. The dance theatre will celebrate musical legacies, such as Prince and Billie Holiday, and dance through the art of ballet, modern, and jazz.

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu

Box Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

Icons in Motion

Artistic Director: Audra Sokol

University Theatre

December 8-10 at 7:30pm
December 11 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$13
Faculty/Staff-$12
Senior Citizens-$10
Students-$7

Icons in Motion brings the spirit of Ball State Dance Theatre together with the passion behind some of the most influential and historical musical artists of all time. The dance theatre will celebrate musical legacies, such as Prince and Billie Holiday, and dance through the art of ballet, modern, and jazz.

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu

Box Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

Icons in Motion

Artistic Director: Audra Sokol

University Theatre

December 8-10 at 7:30pm
December 11 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$13
Faculty/Staff-$12
Senior Citizens-$10
Students-$7

Icons in Motion brings the spirit of Ball State Dance Theatre together with the passion behind some of the most influential and historical musical artists of all time. The dance theatre will celebrate musical legacies, such as Prince and Billie Holiday, and dance through the art of ballet, modern, and jazz.

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu

Box Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

The Circus in Winter will be going to the American College Theatre Festival in January!

Come see our Benefit Performance on January 2nd in University Theatre! If you missed it this fall, here is your chance to see it now!

The Circus in Winter

By the students of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry
Inspired by the novel by Cathy Day
Directed by Beth Turcotte
Musical Direction by Ben Clark and Alex Kocoshis
Choreography by Erin Spahr

University Theatre

January 2 at 7:00pm

Tickets: $10-all proceeds will go toward the students traveling to the American College Theatre Festival

Based on the novel by Cathy Day and adapted for the stage by Beth Turcotte and students from the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, The Circus in Winter is the story of the passion beneath the big top. Join Wallace Porter, a stable owner from Indiana, as he falls in love and searches for his life's work, a journey that culminates in the purchase of his own circus. Filled with fantastic characters, heart-rending moments of love an loss, and extraordinary new music, The Circus in Winter is a feast for the eyes, ears, and heart.

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

Tickets will go on sale on December 12th! Box Office Hours are as follows:

• December 12-16 from 1-5pm,
• December 19-22 from 1pm-5pm,
• December 23 from 9am-Noon,
• December 28-29 from 1-5pm,
• December 30 from 9am-Noon, and
• January 2 from 5-7pm.