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Community News: CSN Announces 2014-15 “Behind the Curtain” Theatre Season
The BackStage Theatre at the College of Southern Nevada will be home to all four theatre productions being staged by the Department of Fine Arts Theatre Program.
Calling the season “Behind the Curtain,” new theatre faculty member Aaron Tuttle has announced the play selections, all chosen with the black box setting of the BackStage Theatre in mind, and he says, “Each of theses plays were chosen because they show some aspect ‘behind the curtain’ of the theatre. The theme of these productions plays perfectly in the fittingly named BackStage Theatre. We will encourage as many students as possible to be involved, either onstage or behind the scenes.”
Annie Baker’s “Circle Mirror Transformation” opens the season Oct. 10-19. This comedy/drama, which won the 2009 Obie Award for Best New American Play, traces the lives of a handful of small-town New Englanders who enroll in a 6-week drama class at a local community center.
“The Sea Gull,” by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, will run Nov. 14-23. Written in 1895, this classic play of the modern theatre is considered an ensemble piece that explores love, missed connections, and what it means to be an artist in the theatre. “Every theatre student should know Chekhov and The Sea Gull,” says Tuttle.
The weekend of Feb. 26 to Mar. 1 will be Spring Shorts, a collection of short plays that will bring something for everyone.
The season closes with Tom Stoppard’s hilarious “The Real Inspector Hound,” which runs April 10-19. Theatre critics Moon and Birdboot are swept into this Agatha Christie-style murder-mystery in this absurd play-within-a-play. Tuttle says, “This comedy was specifically chosen so that student actors can fine-tune their comedic acting skills.”
Also onstage at CSN will be “Macbeth,” Feb. 6 and 7, in the Nicholas J. Horn Theatre, as the Utah Shakespeare Festival touring ensemble returns to CSN as part of the Performing Arts Center’s annual SchoolFest.
Admission for all the plays is $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors. Call the Ticket Office at 651-LIVE (5483) for additional information or to request a season brochure, or visit www.csn.edu/pac.
In its 20th season of providing quality artistic, cultural, educational and entertainment opportunities for the college and the community, the CSN Performing Arts Center is located at 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., one mile east of I-15 North.
