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University Theatre spices ’98-99 with variety

October 23, 1998

University Theater goers can anticipate a season ranging from a meditation on Newton’s theorems to a Nigerian version of Euripides.

  • Arcadia by Tom Stoppard involves dueling scholars in quest of the romance of mathematics. Oct. 22-24, 28-30, 7:30 p.m., Mitchell Theatre, $11 general/$8 UW- Madison students.
  • Fefu and Her Friends by Maria Irene Forries finds a group of women planning an Event in this exercise in audience participation. Oct. 30, Nov. 3, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 1, 8, 15 and 22 at 3 p.m. in the University Club, $11 general/$8 students.
  • The Water Station by Ota Shogo finds travelers contemplating divestiture, wandering, survival and other life issues. Nov. 13-15 and 19-21, 7:30 p.m., Hemsley Theatre, $11 general/$8 students.
  • Brecht One-Acts by Bertolt Brecht, presented in honor of the playwright’s centennial. Dec. 3-5 and 8-12, 7:30 p.m. Hemsley Theatre, $9 general/$6 students.
  • Mugnog from the UW–Madison Theatre for Young Audiences explores what happens one summer after the discovery of a wooden box. Feb. 19 and 26 at 7:30 p.m., and Feb. 20 and 27 at 3 p.m. in the Hemsley Theatre, $8 adults/$5 children 12 and under.
  • The Bacchae by Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka puts the classical Dionysian myth into an African context. This production will feature choreography by the playwright’s sister and stage direction by contemporary Nigerian theater artist Femi Osofisan. March 19-21 and 24-28, 7:30 p.m., Mitchell Theatre, $11 general/$8 students.
  • Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, “Impossible dream” and other lyrics by Joe Darion. Presented in collaboration with the University Opera April 16, 17, 23, 24, 7:30 p.m., Wisconsin Union Theater, $15/general/$12 students.
  • Middle-Aged White Guys by Jane Martin finds three such examples meeting in a garbage dump to recall the dearly departed but still-present “R.V.” April 23, 24, 28-30, 7:30 p.m., Hemsley Theatre, $9 general/$6 students.

Season or individual tickets are available at the Vilas Hall Box Office, (608) 262-1500.