{"id":133560,"date":"2021-07-02T10:15:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T16:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=133560"},"modified":"2022-04-21T15:34:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T21:34:12","slug":"theatreworks-announces-long-awaited-2021-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=133560","title":{"rendered":"Theatreworks Announces Long-Awaited 2021 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. <\/strong>\u2014Theatreworks has announced its schedule for the 2021-22 season, highlighted by the return of in-person performances at the Ent Center for the Arts and led by Artistic Director Caitlin Lowans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For its 46th season, Theatreworks will present five plays, beginning in September with Jen Silverman\u2019s \u201cWitch\u201d and ending in the summer of 2022 with Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cTwelfth Night.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArtists have missed our audiences, and each of these plays builds on the special relationship audiences and artists have with each other,\u201d Lowans said. \u201cEach story explores resilience in the face of difficulty, seasoned with the joy, laughter, and music that carries us through. We\u2019re excited to safely welcome back a live, in-person audience while building upon our commitment to the Colorado Springs community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This season\u2019s directorial slate includes Lowans, who will direct \u201cWitch;\u201d Marisa H\u00e9bert, an active member of the Colorado Springs theatre community, who will direct \u201cEvery Brilliant Thing;\u201d Julio Agustin, a multi-faceted and highly sought-after director\/choreographer, who will direct \u201cElliot: A Soldier\u2019s Fugue;\u201d and Kathryn Walsh, a Chicago-based director who specializes in Shakespeare, who returns to Theatreworks to direct \u201cTwelfth Night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subscriptions\/passes for the season are on sale at entcenterforthearts.org or through the UCCS box office at (719) 255-3232. Season tickets purchased now through Aug. 1 include an early-bird discount. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the upcoming season, \u201cLady Day at Emerson\u2019s Bar and Grill,\u201d begins July 15 and runs three weekends in the Shockley-Zalabak Theater. Featuring Colorado Springs actor and singer Cheerish Martin as Billie Holiday, the play explores her turbulent life, this country\u2019s racial strife and the power of a singular artistic voice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021-22 season is made possible through the generosity of season sponsors including: Bloom Foundation, Shubert Foundation, Bob Johnson Memorial Fund, Ed and Mary Osborne and the Kraemer Family Endowment at the Kraemer Family Library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theatreworks 2021-22 Season Schedule<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the most up-to-date information, including information on purchase of season subscriptions, please visit https:\/\/entcenterforthearts.org\/theatreworks\/tickets-subscriptions<\/a><\/u>. Theatreworks expects to put single tickets on sale and publish the full list of performance times and dates in September.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWitch\u201d by Jen Silverman<\/strong>
Directed by Caitlin Lowans<\/strong>
Sept. 16-Oct. 10, 2021 <\/em> 
A woman who may be a witch needs to think fast when a man who\u2019s definitely the devil comes knocking in this dark comedy based on a Jacobean classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery Brilliant Thing\u201d by Duncan MacMillan with Jonny Donahue <\/strong>
Directed by Marisa H\u00e9bert<\/strong>
Nov. 26-Dec. 19, 2021 <\/em>
Over a lifetime, our hero makes a list to cheer up their mother, only to discover this key: Joy can spring from life\u2019s littlest things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cElliot: A Soldier\u2019s Fugue\u201d by Quiara Alegr\u00eda Hudes<\/strong>
Directed by Julio Agustin<\/strong>
Jan. 27-Feb.13, 2022  <\/em>
Three generations of family men who share a love of music and the scars of military service are held together by their mother, herself a former nurse in the Vietnam War in this Puerto-Rican American story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Bluest Eye\u201d by Toni Morrison adapted by Lydia Diamond<\/strong>
April 21-May 15, 2022  <\/em>
A longing to be loved dwells in all of us and this story examines the standards of physical beauty, a Black girl\u2019s coming of age, and the devastating events she endures in this adaptation of the novel by Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTwelfth Night\u201d by William Shakespeare<\/strong>
Directed by Kathryn Walsh<\/strong>
July 7-31, 2022 <\/em> 
When a case of mistaken identity turns to destiny in this classic tale of love, longing, and the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Theatreworks<\/strong>
Theatreworks is a professional, regional theater company dedicated to creating challenging and innovative productions of classic and contemporary theater for the enjoyment, education and stimulation of UCCS students, faculty, staff and Pikes Peak region community members. Theatreworks was founded in 1975 as an outreach program of UCCS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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