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SHE KILLS MONSTERS SEP 20-30, 2018 • Black Box By Qui Nguyen • Directed by David Reed A comedic romp into fantasy role-playing games and ’90s pop culture, Agnes Evans leaves her childhood home following the death of her teenage sister Tilly. Finding Tilly’s notebook, Agnes stumbles into a journey of discovery and adventure in the imaginary world that was Tilly’s refuge. HOT MIKADO OCT 11-21, 2018 • Main Stage Book and lyrics adapted by David H. Bell Music adapted and arranged by Rob Bowman Based on “The Mikado” by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan Directed by Earl D. Weaver A hilarious update of Gilbert and Sullivan’s perennial classic, Hot Mikado combines Japanese design with popular American song and dance. In a land where laws sentence people to death for almost any indiscretion, jazz, blues and gospel are spoken fluently. OF MICE AND MEN NOV 8-18, 2018 • Black Box By John Steinbeck • Directed by Mark Brotherton Drifters George and Lennie arrive at a ranch hoping to earn enough to buy their own place. When a woman is found dead, it’s obvious the man-child Lennie has accidentally killed her. George faces a moral dilemma: should he deal with Lennie before the ranchers find him? OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD JAN 24 - FEB 3, 2019 • Main Stage By Timberlake Wertenbaker Based on Thomas Keneally’s novel “The Playmaker” Directed by Kate Ingram In 1789, a young lieutenant directs the first play ever staged in Australia. With only two copies of the text, a cast of convicts and a leading lady who may be hanged, conditions are hardly ideal. Winner of the 1988 Laurence Olivier Play of the Year Award. THE STREET OF CROCODILES FEB 21 - MAR 3, 2019 • Black Box Based on stories by Bruno Schulz Adapted by Simon McBurney and Mark Wheatley Devised by the Company • Directed by Julia Listengarten A feather falls from a book and consumes Joseph with childhood memories of woodworking, family dinners, an attic aviary and an upholstery shop. Inspired by the life and work of Polish writer Bruno Schulz, The Street of Crocodiles is a shifting mirage where people become birds, books fly and Death collects train tickets. THEATRE.UCF.EDU 407-823-1500 SUBSCRIBE! Box office: 407-823-1500 Buy tickets online at theatre.ucf.edu

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SHE KILLS MONSTERSSEP 20-30, 2018 • Black BoxBy Qui Nguyen • Directed by David Reed

A comedic romp into fantasy role-playing games and ’90s pop culture, Agnes Evans leaves her childhood home following the death of her teenage sister Tilly. Finding Tilly’s notebook, Agnes stumbles into a journey of discovery and adventure in the imaginary world that was Tilly’s refuge.

HOT MIKADOOCT 11-21, 2018 • Main StageBook and lyrics adapted by David H. Bell

Music adapted and arranged by Rob Bowman

Based on “The Mikado” by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

Directed by Earl D. Weaver

A hilarious update of Gilbert and Sullivan’s perennial classic, Hot Mikado combines Japanese design with popular American song and dance. In a land where laws sentence people to death for almost any indiscretion, jazz, blues and gospel are spoken fluently.

OF MICE AND MEN NOV 8-18, 2018 • Black BoxBy John Steinbeck • Directed by Mark Brotherton

Drifters George and Lennie arrive at a ranch hoping to earn enough to buy their own place. When a woman is found dead, it’s obvious the man-child Lennie has accidentally killed her. George faces a moral dilemma: should he deal with Lennie before the ranchers find him?

OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD JAN 24 - FEB 3, 2019 • Main Stage By Timberlake Wertenbaker

Based on Thomas Keneally’s novel “The Playmaker”

Directed by Kate Ingram

In 1789, a young lieutenant directs the first play ever staged in Australia. With only two copies of the text, a cast of convicts and a leading lady who may be hanged, conditions are hardly ideal. Winner of the 1988 Laurence Olivier Play of the Year Award.

THE STREET OF CROCODILES FEB 21 - MAR 3, 2019 • Black BoxBased on stories by Bruno Schulz

Adapted by Simon McBurney and Mark Wheatley

Devised by the Company • Directed by Julia Listengarten

A feather falls from a book and consumes Joseph with childhood memories of woodworking, family dinners, an attic aviary and an upholstery shop. Inspired by the life and work of Polish writer Bruno Schulz, The Street of Crocodiles is a shifting mirage where people become birds, books fly and Death collects train tickets.

THEATRE.UCF.EDU 407-823-1500

SUBSCRIBE!Box office: 407-823-1500 Buy tickets online at theatre.ucf.edu

Also coming to UCF in 2018-2019

TITANIC THE MUSICAL at UCF Celebrates the ArtsAPR 5-6, 2019 • Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Story and Book by Peter Stone • Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston

Directed by Michael Wainstein

Yeston and Stone’s Tony-winning musical examines the lives of passengers— first class, middle class and steerage—aboard the doomed luxury liner.

UCF DANCE CONCERTMAR 22-23, 2019 • Trinity Preparatory SchoolDirected by Judi Siegfried

A perennial favorite! UCF dancers, choreographers and designers showcase their talents.

THE LAST PAVING STONEMAR 23-24, 2019 • Black BoxBy Y York • Theatre for Young Audiences Tour Show

A modem comic fable about being different and sustaining the environment

NEW! PEGASUS PLAYLABPegasus PlayLab is a new summer festival dedicated to developing plays by emerging playwrights. Subscriptions are available for purchase now!

HUMAN ERRORJUNE 14-24 & AUG 23-26, 2018 • Main StageBy Eric Pfeffinger • Directed by Be Boyd

When a fertility clinic mistakenly implants Madelyn and Keenan’s embryo in someone else, an unlikely relationship is forged between couples with wildly different backgrounds.

WORKSHOP READINGS

Intuitive Men JUNE 2-3, 2018 • Black BoxBy Sofya Levitsky-Weitz • Directed by Cynthia White

Two men communicate through thoughts in an intuitive yoga class, questioning their shame, self-worth and pride.

He Did It JUNE 9-10, 2018 • Black Box By Rachel Lynett • Directed by Michael Wainstein

Ada and Lex know that Jefferson raped their friend, but they need him to advance their careers. Will they excuse a horrendous crime committed by an artistic genius?

Bathsheba’s Psalms JUNE 16-17, 2018 • Black Box By April Ranger • Directed by Cynthia White

A wild retelling of the biblical myth with Bathsheba’s voice front and center. Both hilarious and sensual, the play is an explosive journey through time immemorial, upending several genres and tropes on female beauty, power and desire.

THEATRE.UCF.EDU 407-823-1500

Standard Student/Faculty/Staff Total

FIVE SHOW FIXED $85 $50

PICK FOUR $72 $40

PICK THREE $57 $30

PEGASUS PLAYLAB $40 $40

SINGLE TICKET $20 $10

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SEASON TICKET PACKAGESFIVE SHOW FIXEDDon’t miss a single moment! All fives shows in the 2018-19 academic season (September 2018-March 2019) This includes She Kills Monsters, Hot Mikado, Of Mice and Men, Our Country’s Good and The Street of Crocodiles.

PICK FOUR / PICK THREEBuild your own season subscription! Select a Pick Four or Pick Three package to choose which shows you want to see this season.

PEGASUS PLAYLABDon’t miss a single moment of our inaugural Pegasus PlayLab! Enjoy all three workshop readings (Intuitive Men, He Did It, Bathsheba’s Psalms) and the full production of Human Error.

All seating subject to availability. No refunds. Ticket exchanges within a production may be made for a $2 fee (fee waived for subscribers).

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