Lineup of regional theatre action for February 2008 based upon info from the 2007-2008 theatre schedule article.
- Master Class - By Terrence McNally, Featuring current Artistic Director, Gloria Moulopoulos, Feb 9, 2008 - Special Benefit Performance, One Night Only! : Toledo Repertoire Theatre
- Necessary Targets - By Eve Ensler - (EdgyRepReadings Around Town) - February 23, 2008 at Society Gallery, 425 Jefferson (Old Historic Secor Hotel) The performance will be on the first floor : Toledo Repertoire Theatre
- Let's Murder Marcia - (comedy), Feb. 29 - Mar 15, 2008 : The Village Players Theatre
- True West - by Sam Shepard, Feb 14 - 24, 2008 : Harvest Theatre
- A Night Of One Acts - Three shows spanning birth to death and everything between, Feb 8-17, 2008 : Oregon Community Theatre
- Deliver Us Not! (or Birth, Where is Thy Sting) - Comedy by Lee Howard and Greg Gamble
- Soon to be In-Laws - Comedy by Courtney Imbery
- When God Comes for Breakfast You Don't Burn the Toast - Comedy by Gary Apple
- Ubu Rex (Ubu Roi) – Alfred Jarry, Feb 15-24 : University of Toledo
- Our Town - by Thornton Wilder, February 14, 15, 16 at 8 p.m. and February 16 & 17 at 2 p.m. : Bowling Green State University
- The Many Adventures of Snow White - Feb 3 : Owens Community College
- Master Class - A Play by Terrence McNally - Feb 9 : Owens Community College
- Disney's The Lion King - Feb 21 - Mar 30 : Stranahan Theater
- The Last Great Romantic - Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theater, February 9 : Toledo Opera
- The Male Intellect - An Oxymoron? - Feb 8 : Valentine Theatre
- Little Women - Feb 9 : Valentine Theatre
- Vino Veritas - A World Premiere by David MacGregor, Jan 17 - Mar 8 : Purple Rose Theatre
- Mamma Mia! - Feb 12 - 24 : Fisher Theatre
- Drum Me a Story - Grades PreK - 3, Feb 7-9 : Wild Swan
- Along the Tracks - Grades 3 - 12, Feb 13-16 : Wild Swan
- Dr. Dolittle - a musical for children, Feb 15 : Monroe County Community College
- Before It Hits Home - February 8-16 : Ann Arbor Civic Theatre
- All Night Strut! - Conceived and originally directed and choreographed by Fran Charnas - Feb 8-10, 14-16 : Eastern Michigan University
- Souvenir - by Stephen Temperley - Jan. 10 - Feb 10 : Performance Network Theatre
- Doubt - by John Patrick Shanley - February 21 - April 6 : Performance Network Theatre
- As You Like It - Feb. 14-17 : University of Michigan
As listed above, the play Ubu Rex (Ubu Roi) by Alfred Jarry will be peformed at the University of Toledo, Feb 15-24, 2008.
Ubu is a nobody. He is fat, stupid, greedy, cowardly, and evil. The play also offers parodic adaptations of situations and plot-lines from Shakespearean drama, including Macbeth, Hamlet and Richard III. Like Macbeth, Ubu murders the king who has helped him on the urging of his wife, usurps the throne and is in turn defeated and killed by the dead man's sons;
At the premiere, Jarry opened with a long speech, much to the boredom of the audience, and after the first word of the play ("merdre" - the French word for 'shit', with an extra R; some English translations use the spelling "shittr" or other variations), a riot broke loose. The performance of this play was forbidden after the first night. To avoid this problem, Jarry moved the production to a puppet theatre.The University of Toledo Center for Performing Arts is offering the following (pdf) :
posted by jr on Feb 07, 2008 at 03:28:53 pm #