Theatre and Dance Announces Performance Slate
“Unmasked!” features year of in-person, student-centered productions open to the public
Posted in: Department of Theatre and Dance News, Student Success
The Department of Theatre and Dance at Montclair State University has announced “Unmasked!” the department’s slate of 11 student productions for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Returning to the stage for productions that will welcome an in-person audience for the first time in nearly two years, students will be performing works covering the broad spectrum of dramatic and choreographic literature, including timeless classics and contemporary genres.
Each project is directed and/or choreographed by resident or guest artist directors and choreographers and performed by the department’s Theatre and Dance majors. Students from the John J. Cali School of Music will join several performances throughout the year, creating professional-caliber opportunities for students in Montclair’s College of the Arts.
“The Department of Theatre and Dance offers performance opportunities for hundreds of students each year,” says Randy Mugleston, chairperson of the Department of Theatre and Dance. “We offer a wide variety of productions to immerse our students in the practical and artistic work of acting, musical theatre and dance. By having patrons join us for live productions, it gives our students the real-world experience needed to be prevailing in the industry.”
The fall semester will feature five performances, beginning with a three-night run of As You Like It, and including The Last Days of Judas Iscariot; Fall Dance; a three-night production honoring the 25th anniversary of the critically acclaimed Rent; and a New Works Initiative titled, The Names We Gave Him. The spring semester schedule will include six productions and will begin with Dance Makers, Head Over Heels, and will include week-long productions of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Spring Dance, The Big Meal and Stephen Sondheims’ Into The Woods.
All productions will be held on the campus of Montclair State University.
2021-2022 “Unmasked!” Series at Montclair State University
As You Like It
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Avery Glymph
Wednesday, October 27 @ 7:30 p.m. | Thursday, October 28 @ 7:30 p.m. | Friday, October 29 @ 7:30 p.m. | Saturday, October 30 @ 2 p.m.
Memorial Auditorium | $20.00
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
By Stephen Adly Guirgis | Directed by Tommy Schrider
Thursday, November 4 @ 7:30 p.m. | Friday, November 5 @ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 6 @ 7:30 p.m. | Wednesday, November 10 @ 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 11 @ 7:30 p.m. | Friday, November 12 @ 7:30 p.m.
Life Hall Studio Theatre | $15.00
Fall Dance 2021
Directed by Kathleen Kelley | Choreographed by Stefanie Batten Bland, Jessica DiMauro Marks, Larry Keigwin, and Maxine Steinman
Wednesday, November 17 @ 7:30 p.m. | Thursday, November 18 @ 7:30 pm
Friday, November 19 @ 7:30 p.m.
Alexander Kasser Theater | $20.00
John J. Cali School of Music & Department of Theatre and Dance Present
RENT
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Todd Underwood
Sunday Nov. 21, 2021 @ 7:30 p.m. | Monday Nov. 22 @ 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 23, 2021 @ 7:30 p.m.
Alexander Kasser Theater | $20.00
New Works Initiative
The Names We Gave Him
Text by Ellen McLaughlin | Music by Peter Foley
Directed by Lisa Rothe
Wednesday, December 8 @ 7:30 p.m. | Thursday, December 9 @ 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 10 @ 7:30 p.m. | Saturday December 11 @ 2 p.m.
Memorial Auditorium | $20.00
Dance Makers
Directed by Maxine Steinman
Friday, February 18 @ 7:30 p.m. | Saturday, February 19 @ 2 p.m.
Saturday, February 19 @ 7:30 p.m.
Alexander Kasser Theater | $20.00
John J. Cali School of Music & Department of Theatre and Dance Present
Head Over Heels
Directed and Choreographed by Kenney M Green
The Go-Go’s Songs by The Go-Go’s | Based on The Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty | Adapted by James Magruder.
Thursday, February 24 @ 7:30 p.m. | Friday, February 25 @ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 26 @ 2 p.m.
Alexander Kasser Theater | $20.00
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Based on a novel by Mark Haddon | Adapted by Simon Stephens
Directed by Heather Benton
Friday, March 18 @ 7:30 p.m. | Saturday, March 19 @ 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 23 @ 5:00 p.m. | Thursday, March 24 @ 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 25 @ 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Auditorium | $20.00
Spring Dance 2022
Directed by Christian von Howard
Friday, April 1 @ 7:30 p.m. | Saturday, April 2 @ 7:30 p.m. | Wednesday, April 6 @ 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7 @ 7:30 p.m. | Friday, April 8 @ 7:30 p.m.
Alexander Kasser Theater | $20.00
The Big Meal
By Dan LaFranc | Directed by Susan Kerner
Wednesday April 13 @ 7:30 p.m. | Wednesday April 20 @ 7:30 pm
Thursday April 14 @ 7:30 p.m. | Thursday April 21 @ 7:30 p.m.
Friday April 22 @ 7:30 p.m.
Life Hall Studio Theatre | $15.00
John J. Cali School of Music & Department of Theatre and Dance
Into the Woods
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Book by James Lapine
Directed by Peter Flynn
Wednesday, April 27 @ 7:30 p.m. | Thursday, April 28 @ 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 29 @ 7:30 p.m. | Saturday, April 30 @ 2 p.m.
Memorial Auditorium | $20.00