The 2008-2009 season of the University of Houston’s School of Theatre continues into the spring semester with a broad range of productions. The first play of the semester, At Home at the Zoo, written by Tony award-winning playwright Edward Albee and directed by Sidney Berger, features a combination of Albee’s first well-known play, A Zoo Story, with its prequel, Homelife. It will run at 8 p.m. from Feb. 13-14 and Feb. 18-21 and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 15 and Feb. 22 at the Quintero Theatre.
Amy Lanasa’s play Buy One Get Five Free, directed by Steven W. Wallace, tells the comedic story of a sister convicted of a crime, a Bingo-addicted mother and a husband who is still missing from a honeymoon sky-diving trip. Lanasa is a newcomer to theater and has also written Drive-in America, which was performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2001. The Quintero Theatre performance of Buy One Get Five Free will run April 3-19. Wednesday and Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m. and Sunday’s are at 2 p.m., excluding a performance on Easter Sunday, April 12.
The Graduate Studio of the School of Theatre will consist of entertainment directed by a line of graduate directors who are training for their MFAs in directing. These directors-in-training will host a stream of projects in Studio 208, the school’s laboratory space, with second year students directing classic Shakespeare plays for the spring semester. First year students will begin the semester with Sprint Scenes, an annual event in which they direct scenes ranging from comedy to drama. All admissions to the Graduate Studio are free to the public.
As the UH School of Theatre develops its talent and prestige for the spring semester, be sure to get more information on theater wants throughout the semester by checking out its Web site at www.theatredance.uh.edu/. To purchase tickets for any of these events, call the box office at (713) 743-2929.
