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I help organize a group of Computer Science people interested in the theatre (specifically the Cornell Center for the Theatre Arts). We buy a block of season tickets, and I pass them out during the year. If someone can't make it on one of the days we've bought tickets for, then I help them sell their old ticket and buy a new one. We also have a few extra tickets this year, for friends. Each ticket costs $5 (the season subscription was $30). If you are known to me or the Cornell Computer Science department, and you are interested in the theatre, send me mail (jyh@cs.cornell.edu), and I'll include you in further mailings.
Seats are reserved in the main (Proscenium) theatre, and they're open in the Flexible theatre.
In this witty and satirical comedy, two young men seek the hands of two young ladies despite numerous obstaces--including the fact that the ladies can only love a man named Ernest. This 1895 masterpiece is one of the most delightful comedies of all time--complete with manufactured mistaken identity, fractured romances, and upended social conventions.
Plays Septermber 21-30; we have tickets for September 23 and 28.
A searing look at two cultures living in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in 1991. A young black child is killed when a Hasidic man's car jumps a curb. An Hasidic Rabbinical student is stabbed and killed in an act of retaliation. The ensuing riots wracked a community previously praised for its atmosphere of tolerance and diversity. Drawing from over 50 interviews with Crown Heights residents--politicans, activists, religious leaders, victims and perpetrators, Fires in the Mirror acheives a compelling and sophisticated view of racial and class conflict.
Plays October 19-29; we have tickets for October 21 and 26.
Shakespeare's most direct exploration of the uses and abuses of power. In bawdy Vienna, the young Isabella must plead for the life of her condemned brother, whose fate is in the hands of Angelo. Though he administers the law with utmost morality, Angelo finds he desires Isabella and offers her brother's life in echange for possesing her. Isabella must choose between her love for her brother and her own honor.
Plays November 16-December 2; we have tickets for November 18 and 30.
A male university professor and his female student meet to discuss her performancs in his class and soon become players in a fierce interrogation of political correctness, mechanisms of power, censorship, and abuse. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Glenngarry Glen Ross", "The Verdict", and "Speed-the-Plow", Oleanna is at once direct, provocative, and incendiary.
Plays January 31-February 10; we have tickets for February 3 and 8.
Adapted by Stephen Schwarts & Nina Faso + Songs by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers & Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz, James Taylor.
This musical look into the everyday lives of many different American workers will ring true for anyone who has ever faced the Monday morning blues or sighed "T.G.I.F." 26 workers from blue collar to executive tell their stories through music and monologues, expressing their goals, hopes and aspirations.
Plays February 15-24; we have tickets for February 22 and 24.
A provocative meditation on the seductiveness of power. A seagull is slaughtered. A young woman is seduced and then abandoned. The innocent and hopefull fall into a triangle of love and obsession, culminating in futile self--destruction.
Plays April 15-May 4; we have tickets for April 27 and May 2.
Exciting, original choreography performed by Cornell faculty and students. Featuring a diverse range of dance--from ballet, modern, and post-modern to dance theatre--this is a must-see event for dance lovers. Extravagant lighting, costumes, and live and original music set the stage for the hottest new dance in the region.
Plays March 7-10.
Artistic Director Mark Taylor and Dance Alloy have become the defining force in Pittsburgh's contemporary dance scene, with dance that is elegant, original, and daring. Brought to life by the strength and grace of the Alloy dancers who explore the limits of human movement, these dances are both physically charged and visually complex.