New Talent, New Plays: The Class of 2008

New Talent, New Plays: The Class of 2008
April 11 - April 27, 2008
Dowling Studio

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BFA Class of 2008

The University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program class of 2008 will perform three new productions in the Dowling Studio in April. The future of theater starts right here with passions and ideas from a new generation of American actors and playwrights, who combine their talents in the world premieres of three ambitious and daring plays. The new plays play in repertory from April 11 - 27.

Be Here Now

by Carson Kreitzer
directed by Benjamin McGovern

cast: Alia Attallah, Duncan Frost, Hugh Kennedy, Kate Durand, Joseph Newton, Allison Snow

To Moscow! Or New Zealand, a new romance, a home that feels like home. Get away, or find a way to fix what we've got. Catch the wave, or the right moment. Breathe it in. A modern-day riff on Chekhov's Three Sisters.

When I Was a Ghost

by Deborah Stein
directed by Lear deBessonet

cast: Sam Bardwell, Grant Heuke, Whitney Hudson, Daniel Jimenez, Kelsey Olson, Courtney Roche, Christine Weber

When a famous singer mysteriously disappears, six strangers are left haunted by her music — and stranded at the airport. In a series of vignettes ranging from the poetic to the absurd, we meet each of these travelers and are reminded that everyone, no matter how quiet, has a story to tell.

The End

by Sheri Wilner
directed by Jackson Gay

cast: Grant Chapman, Rolando Martinez, Christopher Peltier, Ashley Marie Peterson, Nicole Rodenburg, Elizabeth Stahlmann

On the eve of their college graduation, six friends gather at a lakeside cabin to read the final installment of a hugely popular book series about fledging superheroes. As they try to predict the fates of their favorite characters, their hopes and fears about post-college life emerge. Before trading in their superhero costumes for caps and gowns, they spend one last weekend avoiding the real world by inventing their own.

REPERTORY SEQUENCES

Rep 1: Be Here Now / When I Was a Ghost
Rep 2: The End / Be Here Now
Rep 3: When I Was a Ghost / The End
Rep 4: Be Here Now / When I Was a Ghost / The End

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Friday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. – Rep 1 (opening)
Saturday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. – Rep 2
Sunday, April 13 at 1 p.m. – Rep 3

Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. - Rep 1
Thursday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. - Rep 2
Friday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. - Rep 3
Saturday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. - Rep 1
Sunday, April 20 at 7 p.m. - Rep 2

Wednesday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. - Rep 3
Thursday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. - Rep 1
Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. - Rep 2
Saturday, April 26 at 1 p.m. - Rep 3
Sunday, April 27 at 1 p.m. - Rep 4 (closing)

Photo by George Byron Griffiths.
Programming in the Dowling Studio
is sponsored by and TRAVELERS.

Ticket Prices

General Admission
Tickets$10
Students$7