The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Directed by Andrew Gaupp

Shakespeare meets the Big Easy! Set in the New Orleans’ French Quarter, post Katrina, THE TEMPEST explores political intrigue, romance, and redemption. Conjure-man Prospero seeks to exact revenge on his backstabbing brother with the aid of the supernatural. But will the spirit of the Vieux Carr first work its own magic?

Mainstage Theatre
The University of Texas at Arlington-Department of Theatre Arts
Box 19103, Fine Arts Building, Room 144
502 S. Cooper Street, Arlington, TX 76019-0103
(817) 272-2650
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February 27 – 29, March 1 at 8 pm, March 1, 2 at 2:30 pm, 2008
Auditions: January 16, 17, callbacks January 18, 2008

Important Dates:

The Tempest Crew Watch
Friday, Feb 22nd 6:00pm

The Tempest Opening Night
Wednesday, Feb 27th 8:00pm

Opening Night Reception
Wednesday, Feb 27th 10:00pm

The Tempest Strike
Sunday, Mar 2nd 4:00pm

About UTA Theatre

For over seventy years, UTA Theatre has produced quality entertainment with the finest young talents. UTA Theatre Arts presents four plays that offer the finest drama and comedy, from classic favorites to fresh, contemporary styles. Below is ticket information and directions to our theatre.

Ticket Information

Adults: $8.00
Students: $5.00
Season Tickets: $25.00

Group rates are available for parties of 10 or more.

*Please note: Reserve Tickets will be released if not picked up 15 minutes prior to the start of the performance.

For dates, showtimes, tickets, season tickets and reservations, call our Box Office at 817.272.2669, M-F 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm. Or email us at theatrearts@uta.edu

Directions

From Dallas (I-30):
Take I-30 West. After passing the Six Flags Exit, start watching the signs, looking for the Cooper Street exit. Make a left turn on Cooper (South). You will pass Division St., Abram St., and the next street is UTA Blvd. Continue South for 1/2 a block and turn right into the Fine Arts parking lot. Open parking begins after 5:00pm.

From Dallas (I-20):
Take I-20 West. After passing Highway 360, it’s 3 more exits. Exit Cooper Street, take a right at the light, and continue going North about 5 miles. These are the major streets you will pass: Arbrook, Mayfield, Arkansas, Pioneer Pkwy, Park Row, Mitchell. The street after Mitchell is Nedderman Drive. Take a left on Nedderman, winding around to a 4-way stop. Pass the stop sign, down 1/2 a block and turn right. It will be your first right. This goes between 2 buildings and ends in our parking lot. We are the building facing the parking lot on the south.

From Fort Worth (I-30 or I-20):
Go East to Cooper Street Exit. Once you find Cooper Street follow the above directions for I-30 or I-20, depending on which way you travel.

Once you have found our building and parking lot, there is a sign above the sidewalk that says, “Fine Arts”. Enter through the door by the sign and take a right at the hallway. It comes out into a large hallway. Immediately to your left will be the Theatre Arts Office, Rm #144. On the right is the Studio Theatre, Rm #137, where our Studio productions are performed. To get to our Mainstage productions, take a left and go through the doors to the outside hallway. When you are outside, take a right and you will pass 2 sets of double doors that open up to the Mainstage box office and theatre.

For more personalized directions, please see Google Maps.

Dixie’s Tupperware Party
Watertower Theatre
15650 Addison Rd
Addison, TX 75001
(972) 450-6232
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Dixie Longate, the fast-talking Tupperware Lady, has packed up her catalogues and left her children in an Alabama trailer park to journey to Big D. Join Dixie as she throws a good ol’ fashioned Tupperware Party filled with outrageous tales, free giveaways, and the most fabulous assortment of Tupperware ever sold on a Texas stage. See for yourself how Ms. Longate became the number one Tupperware seller in the world as she educates her guests on the many alternative uses she has discovered for her plastic products!

PS – Bring your pocketbook! You can enjoy a great show and buy tupperware at this one!

To see a profile of Dixie from NBC’s Today Show, click here.

Reviews & Special Features

“A potty-mouthed, whisky-swilling saleswoman conducts a Tupperware party for the audience.”
- Daily News Entertainment

“Dixie is the rare Tupperware Lady eager to tell you how to use Tupperware products in the kitchen and the bedroom.”
- Orange County Register

“belching bowls of laughter with every burp of her lids.”
- pogueGo

Click here to visit Dixie Longate online.

Dixie’s Tupperware Party will have performances Thursday March 6 at 7:30 PM, Friday March 7 at 8:00 PM, Saturday March 8 at 5:00 PM, and Sunday March 9 at 5:00 PM on the Festival Main Stage. Tickets are $15 each and will go on sale February 19. Festival passes are available for $50 each and include one admission to each performance. For more information or to purchase a festival pass, call the WTT Box Office at 972.450.6232.

Barefoot In the Park
Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre
830 Parker Square
Flower Mound, TX 75028
972-724-2147

2008 Box Office Hours

Wed. – Fri.
2:30pm – 4:30pm
Saturday
9:00am – 12:00pm

There are only 4 performances left to this audience favorite! The laughter is infectious, and the feeling is contagious with Barefoot in the Park. Be sure to join us for this romantic comedy soon before it’s gone. There are only 4 performances left in this limited run! Make your reservations soon – you won’t want to miss it!

Bring your sweetie or sweetie-to-be and catch the feeling. You won’t want to be cured!

Performances run through February 24, Thursday through Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees.

Congratulations to Column Award Nominees!

Included in this year’s Column Award nominations were Paul Taylor for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Little Shop of Horrors; Delynd Johnson Moravec for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for HONK!; and Beth Albright for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for Adventures in Love. The winners will be annouced Monday March 3 at the 9th Annual Column Theatre Awards Gala in Plano.

Congratulations to FMPAT’s Column Award Nominees!

Barefoot in the Park

Jane Willingham, Michael Corolla, Lisa Schreiner and Matt Moore find love in FMPAT’s production of Barefoot in the Park.

After a six day honeymoon, a spanking new lawyer, who has just won his first case, and his young bride, who is pretty and full of life, move into their first apartment that she has chosen for them. But the difficulty is, in order to enjoy the charming character of this apartment, one has to climb six wheezing flights. And the apartment is absolutely bare of furniture, the paint job came out all wrong, the skylight leaks, there isn’t room for a double bed, and an outlandish gourmet who lives in a loft on the roof uses it and the window ledge as the only access to his padlocked premises. The situation is enough to break the heart and burst the lungs of any stylish young lawyer; and indeed it does, on the night he flatly refuses to join his wife in a barefoot walk through the snow in the park. She kicks him out, but he comes back not for reconciliation, but because he figures that since he’s paying the rent she should be the one to go. And, yet, Simon provides a happy ending for the couple.

How? Find out now through February 24, 2008.

For ticket reservations call (972) 724-2147.

Click here to purchase tickets on-line.

Click here for more information at FMPAT website.

Tickets for Monty Python’s Spamalot are on sale Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 at 10:00 AM in-person-only at the box office at Casa Mañana Theatre (3101 West Lancaster Avenue, in the heart of the Fort Worth Cultural District). The first 100 ticket buyers receive a FREE Spamalot* hat or t-shirt. Join KVIL 103.7 FM for music, fun and games to win fabulous prizes!

Online ticket sales begin Sunday, February 24th, 2008 at 10:00 AM. Click here to order tickets online.

Ticket sales by phone commence on Monday, February 25 at 10:00am. Call 817-212-4280 or 817-332-2272.

*Free Spamalot merchandise offer is subject to availability on Saturday, February 23 only. Limit 1 item for each ticket buying patron.

Lawson Taitte, one of the preeminent theatre critics in Dallas, has written a new review of Theatre 3’s Crimes of the Heart for the Dallas Morning News. Here’s an excerpt:

How appropriate that Theatre Three, which gave Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley her professional start while she was still a student at Southern Methodist University, should give her best play, Crimes of the Heart, a perfect production.

Read the entire review at the Dallas Morning News.

Crimes Of the Heart by runs at Theatre 3 from Feb 14, 2008 to Mar 16, 2008.

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The 2007 Award winner for OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY bt the Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum.

Award-winning hit Heaven Forbid(s), a brand new comedy, returns by for its final four performances in the DFW area at Watertower’s Out Of The Loop Festival, March 7th, 9th, 12th, and March 14th at the Stone Cottage Theater in Addison. This is the last chance to catch the show in the DFW area!

The Dead Can Speak! Are You Listening?

Purgatory is defined in the dictionary as: A place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven. Imagine going through life shunned by society, enduring drug addiction, homelessness, or prostitution, just hoping the afterlife turns out better than this one. In life, many saints were forgiving of and welcomed with open arms, street people and even tax collectors! Even Jesus told a crucified thief he’d go to heaven, so surely heaven will accept you right? Then you die and find you’re a reject in purgatory as well. Heaven Forbid (s)! is an award winning series of comic monologues and sketches examining multiculturalism, identity, and the similarities between outcasts and those who try to ignore them. It’s comedy from beyond!

Heaven Forbid(s)! is written by and performed by Marco Rodriguez and Rhianna Mack. Heaven Forbid(s)! will perform its final four performances in the DFW area Friday March 7 at 8:00 PM, Sunday March 9 at 5:00 PM, Wednesday March 12 at 7:30 PM and Friday March 14 at 8:00 PM in the Stone Cottage Theater in Addison. Tickets are $15 each. They will go on-sale February 19. Festival passes are available for $50 each and include one admission to each performance. For more information or to purchase a festival pass, call the WTT Box Office at 972.450.6232 or visit www.watertowertheatre.org/outoftheloop.asp.

For more information, you can also visit Martice Comedy’s MySpace page or the Martice Enterprises website.

NOTE: THIS SHOW CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS!

The Collin Theatre Center in Plano, TX continues their 2007-2008 season with Li’’l Abner, a musical cartoon by Gene DePaul and Johnny Mercer with Norman Panama and Melvin Frank based on the comic strip characters created by Al Capp. When residents of Dogpatch, USA are notified by the government that they must evacuate, they try to persuade the government that their town is worth saving. Meanwhile, Earthquake McGoon wants to marry Daisy Mae; Daisy Mae wants to marry and Li’l Abner just wants to go fishing. A classic musical comedy that is appropriate for the all ages. Directed by Brad Baker and Mark Mullino with choreography by Paula Morelan.

Li’l Abner will be presented by the Collin Theatre Center at Collin College, in the John Anthony Theatre, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano 75074. Performances are February 28-29, March 1, 5-8 at 8 p.m., with matinees on March 2, 8-9 at 2:15 p.m. Tickets are $15 for General Admission, $10 for Students and Senior Citizens (55+). Group rates are available. For tickets and other information call the Collin Theatre Hotline at 972.881.5100 or visit us on the web at www.collintheatrecenter.com.

NOTE: A TTY information line for deaf patrons is available at 972.881.5117. Performances on Sunday, March 2 at 2:15 p.m. and Friday, March 7 at 8 p.m. will be sign-interpreted for patrons who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing.