August 27, 2019
K-State Theatre announces 2019-2020 season and season ticket discount
Make the performing arts a part of your 2019-2020 activities. The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance produces plays, musicals, dance concerts, an opera, and multiple music recitals and concerts performed by students and faculty. There's something to please everyone.
Performance venues include the Mark A. Chapman Theatre in Nichols Hall, the Purple Masque Theatre in West Stadium, and McCain Auditorium. Order your tickets today. Visit the website or call the box office at 785-236-8638. Season subscribers receive 20% off when purchasing one or more tickets to five or more events. Simply apply the discount code "SEASON19" upon online checkout or mention it on the phone.
The following are part of the fall 2019 K-State Theatre season:
• "Gloria" by Branden Jacob-Jenkins, a stage reading directed by Ian Boyd Duncan, senior in theatre, will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, in the Purple Masque Theatre in West Stadium. This powerful play follows an ambitious group of editorial assistants at a notorious Manhattan magazine. When an ordinary workday becomes anything but, the stakes for who will get to tell their own story elevate to disastrous heights.
• "Taking Steps" by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Jennifer Vellenga, will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19, and 2:30 p.m. Oct. 20 in the Mark A. Chapman Theatre in Nichols Hall. A suspicious haunting. Eccentric lovers. A mysterious motorcyclist. This fast-paced, hilarious farce is set in a Victorian mansion in which all the rooms, passages and stairways are portrayed on a single level.
• "Stop Kiss" by Diana Son, directed by Teva Spencer, senior in theatre, will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24, 25 and 26, and 2:30 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Purple Masque Theatre in West Stadium. After Callie meets Sara, the two unexpectedly kiss, provoking a violent attack that transforms their lives in ways they could never anticipate.
• "A Christmas Carol, The Musical," directed by Jerry Jay Cranford will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, 8 and 9, and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at McCain Auditorium. Every four years, K-State Theatre brings Charles Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge to life in the Menken/Ahrens musical at McCain Auditorium. Don’t miss this holiday tradition. Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, book by Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens and based on the story by Charles Dickens. Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International.
• "WinterDance '19" will be at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 6 and 7, and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 7 in the Mark A. Chapman Theatre in Nichols Hall. Join us this holiday season as we present a showcase of exciting dance styles, including jazz, tap, modern, and African dance. Talented K-State students will perform original pieces choreographed by faculty.
The following are part of the spring 2020 K-State Theatre season:
• "The Flick" by Annie Baker, a stage reading directed by Cole Rockhold, senior in theatre, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, in the Purple Masque Theatre in West Stadium. In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and tend to one of the last 35mm film projectors in the state. A hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.
• "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play" by Jocelyn Bioh, a stage reading presented by Ebony Theatre will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, in the Purple Masque Theatre in West Stadium. Which girl will be chosen to represent Ghana in the Miss Global Universe pageant? This biting comedy explores the universal similarities and glaring differences facing teenage girls across the globe.
• "Bright Ideas" by Eric Coble, directed by Trace Campbell, senior in theatre, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20, 21 and 22, and 2:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Purple Masque Theatre in West Stadium. Josh and Gen are one fatal dinner party away from the ultimate success as parents: getting their three-year-old son into the right school. You may never look at preschool or pesto the same way again.
• Floyd's "Susannah" directed by Reginald Pittman will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27, 28 and 29, and 2:30 p.m. March 1 in the Mark A. Chapman Theatre in Nichols Hall. Carlisle Floyd's best-known opera is based loosely on the apocryphal tale of Susannah and the Elders set in rural Tennessee and written in response to McCarthyism and the Red Scare. Reduced version presented by arrangement with Boosey and Hawkes Inc. publisher and copyright owner.
• "Theatre Shorts: One Acts" directed by students in the advanced directing class will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, in the Purple Masque Theatre in West Stadium. Advanced students in directing, acting and design classes team up to present one-act plays.
• "Spring Dance '20" will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4, at McCain Auditorium. Celebrate the arrival of spring with K-State Dance! Original choreography highlights modern, tap, jazz and African styles of dance.
• "Starting Here, Starting Now" lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr., music by David Shire and directed by Jerry Jay Cranford, will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 5, in the Purple Masque Theatre in West Stadium. The advanced musical theatre class presents this fast-paced musical revue as a touching reminder that love can go right, wrong, or nowhere! Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International.
• "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, directed by David Mackay, will be at 7:30 p.m. April 23, 24, 25 and 30, and May 1 and 2, and at 2:30 p.m. May 3 in the Mark A. Chapman Theatre in Nichols Hall. A brave Scottish general returns home from battle and receives a prophecy from a trio of witches. Consumed by ambition, Macbeth sets out on a path of murder that wracks him with guilt and paranoia.
• Barrier Free Theatre, with the graduate drama therapy program, will be at 7:30 p.m. May 1 and 2, and 2:30 p.m. May 3 in the Purple Masque Theatre in West Stadium. Under the direction of Sally Bailey, Barrier Free Theatre — composed of performers with and without disabilities — has created and presented original one-act plays for more than two decades. Come see what they create this year.
The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is a part of the College of Arts and Sciences. Visit k-state.edu/mtd to learn more about music, theatre and dance at K-State.