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 Southern Miss Tickets

 Fall 2012

The Firebugs by Max Frisch, translated by Mordecai Gorelik  

Main Stage project, Tatum Theatre

Oct. 4, 5, 16, 17, 18, 19 at 7:30 pm

Oct. 7 and 21 at 2 pm

RESERVED SEATS: $14 public; $10 faculty, staff, seniors, military; $8 students

Written in 1953, this dark comedy visits a frightened town plagued by arsonists.  A highly theatrical metaphor for Nazism and fascism, this classic postwar drama exposes how normal citizens are taken in by evil, and is as shocking today as in it was when it first appeared as an example of European Expressionism. The Firebugs received an important revival at Britain’s National Theatre in 2007. 

Lysistrata by Aristophanes, translated by Kim Herzinger and Angela Ball

Studio Project, Hartwig Theatre

Oct. 26, 27, 31, Nov. 1, 2 at 7:30 pm

Oct. 28* at 2 pm

GENERAL ADMISSION: $8

Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, Lysistrata is a comic account of one woman’s extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian war by withholding sexual favors until the fighting stops.  This early exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society seems as relevant today as ever and will be produced in an experimental production. We are pleased to produce Lysistrata in a translation by Kim Herzinger and Angela Ball, Professor of poetry in the Southern Miss Department of English.

* PRE-SHOW TALK AT 1 P.M. / INCLUDES MATURE THEMES

The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Main Stage project, Tatum Theatre

Nov. 15, 16, 28, 29, 30, Dec. 1 at 7:30 pm

Nov. 18* and Dec. 2 at 2 pm

RESERVED SEATS: $14 public; $10 faculty, staff, seniors, military; $8 students

Called “the vintage champagne” of the English drama, The School for Scandal is artificial and sparkling, funny and buoyant.  Its brilliant wit and its pleasing entertainment are as delightful now as in its first performance in 1777, when it was considered an instant classic of the ‘long eighteenth century’. Scandal mongering today is as ridiculous and vicious as it was then, and the play’s central question still provokes our enthusiasm: Will true love win out? 

* PRE-SHOW TALK AT 1 P.M.

Spring 2013

Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel

Main Stage project, Tatum Theatre

Feb. 22, 23, 27, 28, March 1, 2 at 7:30 pm

Feb. 24 and March 3 at 2 pm

RESERVED SEATS: $14 public; $10 faculty, staff, seniors, military; $8 students

Set in Ireland’s County Donegal, 1936, this poignant memory play opens in the late summer at a family cottage, when love seems briefly possible for three sisters. Considered by many to be Irish dramatist Brian Friel’s masterwork, this piece garnered awards for best play at the Olivier Awards, the Tony Awards, and the NY Drama Critics Circle!  Dancing at Lughnasa resonates with melancholy, frustration, romantic longing, and repressed urges. It is a beautifully crafted drama which has moved audiences throughout the world.

Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

Studio project, Hartwig Theatre

March 27, 28, April 3*, 4, 5, 6 at 7:30 pm

GENERAL ADMISSION: $8

This riveting and contemporary piece recasts the Myth of Orpheus from the perspective of his wife Eurydice, resulting in a stunning theatrical achievement that pursues the true meaning of life today and thereafter. A fabulist who bridges magical realism and the postmodern, playwright Sarah Ruhl has been awarded a MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellowship and been shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize in drama.

* PRE-SHOW TALK AT 6:30 P.M. / INCLUDES MATURE THEMES

Assassins by Stephen Sondheim and Charles Weidman

Main Stage project, Tatum Theatre

April 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 at 7:30pm

April 21* and 28 at 2 pm

RESERVED SEATS: $14 public; $10 faculty, staff, seniors, military; $8 students

Assassins takes the form of a murderous carnival game to produce a revue style portrayal of men and women who attempted (successfully or otherwise) to assassinate Presidents of the United States. With popular music to reflect the eras depicted, Assassins offers a historical context on America. First produced in 1990, Assassins received a major Broadway revival in 2004 for which it won five Tony Awards and the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical Revival. 

* PRE-SHOW TALK AT 1PM