{"id":63313,"date":"2018-10-15T10:23:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T14:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?p=63313"},"modified":"2022-08-02T14:05:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T18:05:10","slug":"cfa-school-of-theatre-announces-2018-2019-performance-season-in-new-booth-theatre","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2018\/cfa-school-of-theatre-announces-2018-2019-performance-season-in-new-booth-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"CFA School of Theatre announces 2018-2019 performance season in new Booth Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tony Kushner\u2019s ANGELS IN AMERICA opens the season at Boston University Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n

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Boston University College of Fine Arts<\/a><\/span> (CFA) School of Theatre is thrilled to announce the inaugural season of mainstage productions at the new Boston University Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre<\/a><\/span>. With performances featuring undergraduate and graduate students of the College\u2019s School of Theatre and School of Music, the season showcases BU\u2019s studies in acting, singing, design, and production.<\/p>\n

\u201cBooth Theatre is our beacon,\u201d explains Harvey Young<\/a>, Dean of Boston University College of Fine Arts. \u201cIt illuminates the night sky and serves as a warm, welcoming, and guiding presence that helps members of our extended BU, Boston, and Brookline communities (and the world beyond) to find their way to the compelling, inspiring and socially relevant artistry produced by the College of Fine Arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

All productions are open to the public and give visitors an opportunity to experience firsthand the state-of-the-art new facility designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects located at 820 Commonwealth Avenue.<\/p>\n

Fall 2018 opens with Tony Kushner\u2019s ANGELS IN AMERICA <\/em>coming to the innovative Booth stage. ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES <\/em>will run from October 17 \u2013 21, and PART TWO: PERESTROIKA <\/em>will run from October 26 – 28.<\/p>\n

Director of the School of Theatre Jim Petosa<\/a> says the fall productions will be an all-student effort.\u00a0\u201cHelmed by graduate student directors, a mix of grad and undergrad designers and technicians, and cast with an all student ensemble of actors, ANGELS IN AMERICA<\/em> will provide them with the opportunity to explore one of the defining American plays of the late twentieth century.\u00a0Kushner\u2019s epic tale of America is sweeping in scope, excoriating in its social criticism, and ultimately breathtakingly redemptive in its conclusion,\u201d says Petosa.<\/p>\n

Young adds, \u201cANGELS IN AMERICA <\/em>launched the current renaissance in American theatre. It introduced audiences to perspectives and experiences rarely seen onstage. It employed the stage to address important social issues. It was gorgeously theatrical while also serving as a mirror to the real world. I can think of no better play to launch the inaugural season of the Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre and represent my ambitions for its future than ANGELS<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

RUNAWAYS<\/em>, this year\u2019s Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley Musical, brings Elizabeth Swados\u2019 musical to the flexible Booth space in December.<\/p>\n

A collaboration between CFA School of Music: Opera Institute<\/a> and School of Theatre presents Tobias Picker\u2019s fraught psychological thriller DOLORES CLAIBORNE<\/em>, February 21 \u2013 March 1, 2019. The opera will be conducted by William Lumpkin<\/a>, Artistic Director of the Opera Institute (OI), with stage direction by Jim Petosa, Director of the School of Theatre. The Opera Institute has staged productions of Picker\u2019s operas\u00a0<\/span>Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Raquin<\/em>\u00a0(2009) and Emmeline<\/em>\u00a0(2017), and Mr. Picker and his publisher Schott Music Corp has invited OI to be a co-commissioner with New York City Opera for a chamber version of DOLORES CLAIBORNE<\/em>, his newest opera, which premiered in its original version at San Francisco Opera in 2013, and in its chamber version by NYCO in 2017.<\/p>\n

The 2018-19 season at Booth closes with THE LATHE OF HEAVEN<\/em> by Ursula Le Guin, and adapted by Natsu Onoda Power, April 26 \u2013 May 5, 2019.<\/p>\n

According Petosa, the 2018 \u2013 2019 season at Booth Theatre \u201creveals an eclectic and stirring exploration of powerful stories, told with intense theatricality inspired by the creative possibilities of our new artistic home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES<\/em><\/h3>\n

October 17 \u2013 21, 2018
\n<\/strong>By Tony Kushner
\nDirected by Jillian Robertson<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Oct. 17 \u2013 7:30pm
\nThursday, Oct 18 \u2013 7:30pm
\nFriday, Oct 19 \u2013 8pm
\nSaturday, Oct 20 \u2013 8pm
\nSunday, Oct 21 \u2013 2pm<\/p>\n

Tickets
\n<\/strong>$15 General Admission | $10 BU Alumni | Free with BU ID, at the door, day of performance, subject to availability
\nbu.edu\/cfa\/season<\/a><\/span> or 617.353.3380<\/p>\n

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ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART TWO: PERESTROIKA<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

October 26 \u2013 28, 2018
\n<\/strong>By Tony Kushner
\nDirected by Jeremy Ohringer<\/p>\n

Friday, Oct 26, 8pm
\nSaturday, Oct 27, 2pm and 8pm
\nSunday, Oct 28, 2pm<\/p>\n

Tickets
\n<\/strong>$15 General Admission | $10 BU Alumni | Free with BU ID, at the door, day of performance, subject to availability
\nbu.edu\/cfa\/season<\/a><\/span> or 617.353.3380<\/p>\n

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STEWART F. LANE AND BONNIE COMLEY MUSICAL: RUNAWAYS<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

December 7 \u2013 16, 2018z
\n<\/strong>Book, Lyrics, and Music by Elizabeth Swados
\nDirected by Elaine Vaan Hogue
\nMusic Direction by Matthew Stern<\/p>\n

Friday, Dec 7, 8pm (Preview)
\nSaturday, Dec 8, 8pm (Opening Night)
\nSunday, Dec 9, 2pm
\nTuesday, Dec 11, 7:30pm
\nWednesday, Dec 12, 7:30pm
\nThursday, Dec 13, 7:30pm
\nFriday, Dec 14, 8pm
\nSaturday, Dec 15, 2pm and 8pm
\nSunday, Dec 16, 2pm<\/p>\n

Sponsored in part by the Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley Musical Theatre Fund.<\/p>\n

Tickets
\n<\/strong>$15 General Admission | $10 BU Alumni | Free with BU ID, at the door, day of performance, subject to availability
\nbu.edu\/cfa\/season<\/a><\/span> or 617.353.3380<\/p>\n

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DOLORES CLAIBORNE<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

February 21 \u2013\u00a024, 2019
\n<\/strong>By Tobias Picker
\nConducted by William Lumpkin
\nStage Direction by Jim Petosa<\/p>\n

Thursday, Feb 21, 7:30pm
\nFriday, Feb 22, 7:30pm
\nSaturday, Feb 23, 7:30pm
\nSunday, Feb 24, 2pm
\nWednesday, Feb 27, 7:30pm
\nFriday, Mar 1, 7:30pm<\/p>\n

Presented by BU College of Fine Arts School of Music: Opera Institute and School of Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n

Tickets
\n<\/strong>$20 General Public | $15 BU Alumni, WGBH and WBUR members, and senior citizens | $5 Students with valid ID | Free with BU ID, two tickets, at the door, day of performance, subject to availability
\nbu.edu\/cfa\/season<\/a><\/span> or 617.353.3380<\/p>\n

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THE LATHE OF HEAVEN<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

April 26 \u2013 May 5, 2019
\n<\/strong>By Ursula Le Guin
\nAdapted by Natsu Onoda Power
\nDirected by Sara Katzoff<\/p>\n

Friday, Apr 26 \u2013 8pm (Preview)
\nSaturday, Apr 27 \u2013 8pm (Opening Night)
\nSunday, Apr 28 \u2013 2pm
\nTuesday, Apr 30 \u2013 7:30pm
\nWednesday, May 1 \u2013 7:30pm
\nThursday, May 2 \u2013 7:30pm
\nFriday, May 3 \u2013 8pm
\nSaturday, May 4 \u2013 2pm and 8pm
\nSunday, May 5 \u2013 2pm<\/p>\n

Tickets
\n<\/strong>$15 General Admission | $10 BU Alumni | Free with BU ID, at the door, day of performance, subject to availability
\nbu.edu\/cfa\/season<\/a><\/span> or 617.353.3380<\/p>\n

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Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and College of Fine Arts Production Center
\n<\/strong>820 Commonwealth Avenue
\nBoston, MA 02215
\nbu.edu\/booth<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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