The UW–Madison Department of Theatre and Drama, housed in the School of Education, has announced University Theatre’s 2022-2023 performance season.
First Date
Book by Austin Winsberg
Music and Lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
Dates: July 28 – Aug. 7, 2022; Sept. 15-25, 2022
Location: Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre
Director: Guest Artist Ross Shenker
When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner. As the date unfolds in real time, their inner critics take on a life of their own as supportive best friends, manipulative exes, and protective parents sing and dance them through ice-breakers, appetizers, and potential conversational land mines. Can this couple turn what could be a dating disaster into something special before the check arrives?
Content Warning: This play contains mature language and content.
Peter and the Starcatcher
A Play by Rick Elice, Music by Wayne Barker
Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Dates: Nov. 17-20, 2022; Dec. 1-4, 2022
Location: Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre
Director: Jessica Lanius, UW–Madison lecturer
This Tony-winning magical play upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). It is a wildly theatrical work of storytelling, full of magic, invention, and hilarity. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, “Peter and the Starcatcher” playfully explores the depths of greed and despair… and the bonds of friendship, duty, and love.
Content Warning: This play contains mild rude humor.
The Wolves
by Sarah DeLappe
Dates: Feb. 16-26, 2023
Location: Gilbert V. Hemsley Theatre
Director: Audrey Standish, UW Lecturer
A Pulitzer Prize finalist. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, a girl’s indoor soccer team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of young warriors. A funny and moving portrait of female athletes and their victories and defeats on and off the field.
Content Warning This play contains mature language and content.
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Dates: March 2-8, 2023
Location: Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre
Director: Guest Artist C. Julian White
Shakespeare’s haunting tale of ambition and madness is brought to thrilling life in a vigorous production that lays bare the dark soul of the tragedy. Inspired by mysteriously prophetic witches, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth murderously ascend to the heights of power only for their bloody deeds to cause their fall into chaos and ruin.
Content Warning: This play contains mature content and physical violence.
The season will also feature a special project led by UW–Madison’s Baron Kelly, professor of Theatre and Drama. More to be announced!
Note: Dates subject to change. All performances will be subject to UW–Madison guidelines for campus events regarding safety measures, seating capacity, and eligible audiences.