Production History
For over 25 years, the UAA Department of Theatre and Dance has been producing quality productions featuring UAA students and community members alike. With over 100 productions in our repertoire, including everything from Shakespearean tragedies to contemporary comedies, there is something for everyone.
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- 2020 - 2021
- Fuddy Meers
- 2019 - 2020
- Romeo and Juliet
- That Long Damn Dark
- Multicultural Dance Showcase
- Machinal
- 2018 - 2019
- 2017 - 2018
- 2016 - 2017
- 2016 - 2015
- 2014 - 2015
- The Fantasticks
- Dance Ensemble
- Twelfth Night, or What you Will
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
- New Dances 2015
- Shakespeare's Land of the Dead
- 2013 - 2014
- Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Director: Tom Skore // Music & Lyrics: Roger Miller // Book: William Hauptman - Dance Ensemble in Concert 2013: Sleying the Reed
Director: Katherine Kramer // Performed By: UAA Dance Ensemble - The Night of the Iguana
Director: Steven Hunt // Tennesee Williams - M. Butterfly
Director: Jessica L. Jacob // Writer: David Henry Hwang - New Dances 2014
Director: Brian Jeffery
- Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- 2012 - 2013
- Hot 'N' Throbbing
Director: Daniel J. Anteau // Writer: Paula Vogel - Dance Ensemble in Concert 2012
Director: Brian Jeffery // Performed By: UAA Dance Ensemble - Monty Python's Spamalot
Director: Tom Skore // Books & Lyrics: Eric Idle // Music: John DuPrez & Eric Idle - Sense and Sensibility
Director: Elizabeth Ware // Writer: Jon Jory - New Dances 2013
Director: Brian Jeffery - When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Mark Medoff
- Hot 'N' Throbbing
- 2011 - 2012
- The Language of Trees
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Steven Levenson - Dance Ensemble in Concert
Director: Brian Jeffery // Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble - The Taming of the Shrew
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: William Shakespeare - Bring Back the Sunshine
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writers: Fran Lautenberger & Jon Minton - The Playboy of the Western World
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: J.M. Synge - New Dances 2012
Director: Brian Jeffery
- The Language of Trees
- 2010 - 2011
- Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll and Hyde Play
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Lauren Wilson - Dance Ensemble in Concert
Director: Brian Jeffery // Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble - Singin' in the Rain
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Screenplay by: Betty Comden & Adolph Green - Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Director: Steven Hunt // Writer: Dario Fo - 12 Angry Jurors
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Reginald Rose // Adapted by: Sherman Sergel - New Dances 2011
Director: Brian Jeffery
- Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll and Hyde Play
- 2009 - 2010
- Terra Nova
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Ted Tally - Dance Ensemble in Concert
Director: Brian Jeffery // Performed By: UAA Dance Ensemble - Christmas Belles
Director: Jessica Jacob // Writers: Jessica Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten - Wonder of the World
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: David Lindsay-Abaire - A Doll's House
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Henrik Ibsen // Adapted by: Frank McGuinness - New Dances 2010
Director: Brian Jeffery
- Terra Nova
- 2008 - 2009
- As You Like It
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: William Shakespeare - Dance Ensemble in Concert
Director: Brian Jeffery // Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble - Godspell
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: John-Michael Tebelak - The Women Of...
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: David Edgecombe - Fallen
Director: A. Williams/Z. Weaver // Writer: The Cast/Aerial Angels - New Dances 2009
Director: Brian Jeffery
- As You Like It
- 2007 - 2008
- The Diviners
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: James Leonard, Jr. - Dance Ensemble in Concert
Director: Brian Jeffery // Performed By: UAA Dance Ensemble - We Bombed in New Haven
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Joseph Heller - She Stoops to Conquer
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Oliver Goldsmith - New Dances 2008
Director: Brian Jeffery
- The Diviners
- 2006 - 2007
- The Women of Lockerbie
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Deborah Brevoort - Dance Ensemble in Concert
Director: Brian Jeffery // Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble - Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Christopher Durang - He Who Gets Slapped
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Leonid Andreyev - New Dances 2007
Director: Brian Jeffery
- The Women of Lockerbie
- 2005 - 2006
- Landscape of the Body
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: John Guare - Dance Ensemble in Concert
Director: Brian Jeffery // Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble - A Little Night Music
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Wheeler/Sondheim - Just Sisters
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Fran Lautenberger - A Man for All Seasons
Director: Brent Glenn // Writer: Robert Bolt - New Dances 2006
Director: Brian Jeffery
- Landscape of the Body
- 2004 - 2005
- 1776!
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Edwards/Stone - Dance Ensemble in Concert
Director: Brian Jeffery // Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble - Top Girls
Director: Paul Schweigert // Writer: Caryl Churchill - Polaroid Stories
Director: Brent Glenn // Writer: Naomi Iizuka - The Tempest
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: William Shakespeare - New Dances 2005
Director: Brian Jeffery
- 1776!
- 2003 - 2004
- The Elephant Man
Director: Brandon Lawrence // Writer: Bernard Pomerance - Dance Ensemble in Concert
Director: Brian Jeffery // Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble - Sherlock's Last Case
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Charles Marowetz - The Scarecrow
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Percey MaKaye - The Angelina Project
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Frank Canino - The Image After: Expanding the Stage
Director: Brian Jeffery - Boston Marriage
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: David Mamet
- The Elephant Man
- 2002 - 2003
- Dr. Faustus
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Christopher Marlowe - Fall
Director: Brian Jeffery // Writer: Brian Jeffery - Somewhere In Between
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Aoise Stratford - The Misanthrope
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Moliere - Into the Woods
Director: Erin Dagon // Writer: Stephen Sondheim - Voices 2003
Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble
- Dr. Faustus
- 2001 - 2002
- Tango
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Slawomir Mrozek - Julius Caesar
Director: Frank Bebey // Writer: William Shakespeare - Blithe Spirit
Director: Erin Dagon // Writer: Noel Coward - Tiger at the Gates
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Jean Giraudoux - Voices 2002
Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble
- Tango
- 2000 - 2001
- The Grapes of Wrath
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Frank Galati - The Inheritance
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Amy Williams-Bridges - The Distance from Here to There
Director: Brian Jeffery - A Man With A Load of Mischief
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: John Clifton/Ben Tarver - Voices 2001
Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble - K2
Director: Daniel Anteau // Writer: Patrick Meyers
- The Grapes of Wrath
- 1999 - 2000
- Pride's Crossing
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Tina Howe - King Lear
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: William Shakespeare - Antigone
Director: Elizabeth Ware // Writer: Jean Anouilh - The Hostage
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Brendan Behan - Voices 1999
Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble
- Pride's Crossing
- 1998 - 1999
- Broadway Bound
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Neil Simon - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Amy Williams-Bridges - Arcadia
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Tom Stoppard - The Inspector General
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Nikolai Gogal - Voices 1998
Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble
- Broadway Bound
- 1997 - 1998
- Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Anne-Marie MacDonald - Fortinbras
Director: Michael Hood // Writer: Lee Blessing - Lettice and Lovage
Director: Jerry Harper // Writer: Peter Shaffer - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: William Shakespeare
- Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
- 1996 - 1997
- A Piece of My Heart
Director: Michael Hood // Writer: Shirley Lauro - City of Angels
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Larry Gelbart - Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Alan Ball - An Enemy of the People
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Henrick Ibsen - Three Points Not In A Straight Line
Director: Leroy Clark // Writer: Leroy Clark - Voices 1997
Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble
- A Piece of My Heart
- 1995 - 1996
- I Hate Hamlet
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Paul Rudnick - Sarcophagus
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Mikhail Gubaryev - The Adventures of Baba Yaga
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Fran Lautenberger - The Heidi Chronicles
Director: Elizabeth Ware // Writer: Wendy Wasserstein - Love's Labors Lost
Director: Michael Hood // Writer: William Shakespeare
- I Hate Hamlet
- 1994 -1995
- Museum
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Tina Howe - The Cherry Orchard
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Anton Chekhov - The Lady's Not for Burning
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Christopher Fry - Shotridge
Director: Michael Hood // Writer: Anne Hanley
- Expanding the Stage
Performed by: UAA Dance Ensemble, UAA Faculty, 熊猫在线视频 Dance Theatre & Yin Mei
- Museum
- 1993 - 1994
- Blood Relations
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Sharon Pollock - The Death of Von Richtofen as Witnessed from Earth
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Des McAnuff - Lend Me a Tenor
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Ken Ludwig - Richard III
Director: Michael Hood // Writer: William Shakespeare - Amahl and the Night Visitors
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Gian-Carlo Menotti
- Blood Relations
- 1992 - 1993
- Arms and the Man
Director: Michael Hood // Writer: George Bernard Shaw - Les Belles Soeurs
Director: Fran Lautenberger // Writer: Michael Tremblay - Burn This
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: Lanford Wilson - The Dragon
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Yevgeny Schwartz (Adaptation by Tom Skore)
- Arms and the Man
- 1990 - 1991
- Lysistrata
Director: Michael Hood // Writer: Aristophanes - A Shayna Maidel
Director: Tom Skore // Writer: Barbara Lebow - The Crackwalker
Director: Michael Hood // Writer: Judith Thompson - The Merry Wives of Windsor
Director: David Edgecombe // Writer: William Shakespeare
- Lysistrata