On the Mainstage

New Voices / New Visions, Part 2

Nov. 29 - Dec. 3, 2017

Conform
by Joseph McNaney '17
directed by Irene Martinko '18

The Bald Soprano
by Eugene Ionesco
directed by Brydon Geisler '18

The New Voices / New Visions series continues with two innovative pieces of theatre led by talented young directors — a world-premiere comedy and an avant-garde masterpiece.

CONFORM is a coming-of-age comedy with a twist! Sam, a teenager with Tourette’s Syndrome, battles his way through high school with the help of his imagined superhero persona. This fast-paced, incisive play examines the nature of masculinity and ponders whether disabilities may sometimes be superpowers in disguise.

In THE BALD SOPRANO, what begins as a thoroughly mundane conversation between two couples devolves into a struggle to stay sane. Ionesco’s iconic 1950 masterpiece depicts a shifting reality, in which secrets are revealed and time is ultimately an illusion.

for mature audiences

Wednesday, Nov. 29, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 1, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 2, 2 & 8 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 3, 2 p.m.

Studio Theatre, Trexler Pavilion for Theatre & Dance

Tickets

484.664.3333
or online.