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UVA Drama Season returns for its Spring Season

The University of Virginia Drama Department’s Spring Season will kick off February 14 with Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown’s Songs For a New World. Songs For a New World features a collection of genre-hopping and soul-stirring tunes that encourage a whole new generation to discover the power of musical theater.  Each character comes together at “that moment,” that undeniable turning point where one must hit a wall or make a stand.  The scenarios range from the whimsical (Mrs. Santa Claus contemplating finally breaking the bonds of her marriage) to the powerful (a Columbus crewmate standing on the bow and looking toward the new world).  The unique combination of stories and characters makes us think about our own forks in the road and appeals to the explorer in us all.

Songs For a New World will be directed by Doug Schneider and presented at Culbreth Theatre on February 14-16 and 20-23, 2008.  Individual ticket sales will begin Monday, January 28.

Our season continues in the Helms with Drama associate professor Doug Grissom’s tale of a fractured family tree, So Careless. Family ties are frayed, stretched and obliterated in a tale of three women wounded in different ways by their individual and collective pasts.  Hester, in her late twenties, seems to have given up in her battle to control her life and is a literal prisoner in her own house and world.  Rebellious and rudderless teen sister Berkeley has reappeared from another in a series of escapist jaunts, ratcheting up the tension level as only she can do.  Meanwhile, their mother, Meg, tries valiantly to keep a peace that has long since been shattered.  When a childhood friend reappears in an alleged attempt to pull Hester out of her darkness, she unleashes memories and long-held truths that reveal the most vulnerable roots of a fractured and fascinating family tree.

So Careless, directed by Marianne Kubik, will be presented at the Helms Theatre from March 20-22 and 25-29, 2008.  Individual ticket sales will begin Monday, January 28.

Returning to the Culbreth, we end our season with David Mamet’s adaptation of Harley Granville-Barker’s The Voysey Inheritance. The Voysey Inheritance tells the story of Edward Voysey, who finds his world turned upside down by his father’s criminal mismanagement of the family business and misappropriation of client funds.  He discovers that a sort of situational morality has taken over the family and finds his core beliefs and principles challenged like never before.  Especially set against the backdrop of today’s corporate scandal-scarred world, this is a timeless glimpse into our most basic, and troubling human instincts.

The Voysey Inheritance will be directed by Robert Chapel and presented at Culbreth Theatre from April 17-19 and 23-26, 2008.  Individual ticket sales will begin Monday, February 25.

All performances will begin at 8pm. For more information on the 2007-2008 U.Va. Drama Department season, visit us online at www.virginia.edu/drama.

The new Arts Parking Garage is scheduled for completion in February 2008, and will feature parking conveniently located next to the theatres.  Until that time, construction has closed the lots flanking Culbreth Road and Culbreth Road itself. Free parking is available in the Mad Bowl lot adjacent to the Peyton House and the Madison Hall lot. Free spaces may also be found on University Way, University Avenue or McCormick Road. Parking for an hourly rate is available at the Central Grounds Garage.  You may purchase a short-term parking pass for the Emmet/Ivy Garage by contacting U.Va. Parking and Transportation at 434-924-7231.  Please allow extra time to park and walk to the theatre.

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