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by Anton Chekhov | Translated by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Amanda McRaven
Culbreth Theatre | 8pm | Feb 18-20, 24-27, 2010
Love, happiness, hopes and dreams lie somewhere beyond the reach of each character in Anton Chekhov’s remarkable masterpiece.  Deftly mixing the comedy of everyday events with the desperate sadness of life’s greater longings, Chekhov’s complex tale is the ultimate window into the writer’s soul from one of the greatest and most celebrated playwrights the world has ever known.
Single tickets go on sale online Monday, January 18.

AXIS Dance Residency
U.Va. Dance is proud to welcome the physically integrated AXIS Dance Company to Charlottesville March 23-26, 2010.  AXIS Dance’s focus is on creating and presenting contemporary dance by artists with and without disabilities. During their weeklong residency, AXIS will work with students and community members through workshops, master classes, lectures, demonstrations and live performance. For more information, visit www.virginia.edu/drama/axisdance/.

by Sarah Ruhl | Directed by Betsy Tucker
Helms Theatre | 8pm | March 25-27, 30-31, April 1-3, 2010
Are we dead when our hearts stop or when our cell phones stop ringing?  This is just one of the questions posed in Sarah Ruhl’s smart and quirky comedy.   When a woman chooses to answer a dead man’s cell phone at a restaurant, she begins an odyssey that soon has her at the epicenter of the bizarre life he left behind and fully ensnarled in a tangled web of lies of her own making.  Her intricate ruse delivers plenty of laughs along with fascinating observations about mortality and our obsessive need to connect in this digital age.
Single tickets go on sale online Monday, January 18.

Spring Dance Concert
Helms Theatre | April 15, 2010 at 8pm, April 16, 2010 at 8pm, April 17, 2010 at 2pm & 8pm
Featuring work choreographed and performed by U.Va. faculty members and visiting guest artists.
Single tickets go on sale online Monday, January 18.

by Stephen Schwartz & Roger Hirson | Directed by Robert Chapel
Culbreth Theatre | 8pm | April 22-24, 28-30, May 1, 2010
Your dad’s the king.   You’ve got all you’ll ever need at your fingertips, including power, pleasures of the flesh and more.  But none of this is enough to satisfy you on your eternal search for happily ever after.  Such is the plight of Pippin, the young prince at the heart of this all-time favorite musical theatre fairytale that debuted in the early 1970’s and has been delighting audiences around the world ever since.  With a show-within-a-show-stopping score by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked) and a timeless story of passion, power politics and true love, Pippin is a show that reaches across generations to snare new fans every year.
Single tickets go on sale online Monday, January 18.

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