fall-spring 2023-2024

Resistance Is Futile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resistance is Futile. Exploring the idea of fighting back, UWG Theatre Company will examine classic and modern characters as they come against forces, both real and imagined, that seem greater and stronger than their own. Will they be victorious in their fight, or will they find that RESISTANCE is FUTILE?

Auditions


Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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  • 7:30 p.m. / October 10 /  Community Preview
  • 7:30 p.m. / October 11-14
  • 2:30 p.m. / October 15
  • 10:30 a.m. / Thursday, October 12 and/or Friday, October 13 / High School Matinees

Townsend Center Mainstage

UWG Theatre Company will tackle Shakespeare’s most famous play about revenge and family dysfunction. Come see this edgy production as we explore the depths of Shakespeare’s most complicated anti-hero.

Tickets

Questions? Contact us at (678) 839-4700  or theatre@westga.edu.


Animal Farm by George orwell

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Adapted for the stage by Ian Wooldridge

  • 7:30 p.m. / November 7 / Community Preview
  • 7:30 p.m. / November 8-11, 15-17
  • 2:30 p.m. / November 12
  • 10:30 a.m. / November 9-10, 16-17 / High School Matinees

Townsend Center Dangle Theater

In this complicated time, what better play to produce than this allegory about how power can corrupt? Come see UWG Theatre Company’s take on this famous satirical fable in which “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

Tickets

Questions? Contact us at (678) 839-4700 or theatre@westga.edu.


Fuddy Meers

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  • 7:30 p.m. / February 20 / Community Preview
  • 7:30 p.m. / February 21-24
  • 2:30 / February 25

Townsend Center Dangle Theater

If you’ve seen the Drew Barrymore/Adam Sandler film, 50 First Dates, you’ll be excited to see our production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Fuddy Meers, a wild and crazy comedy! Fuddy Meers focuses on Claire, who suffers from amnesia and wakes up each morning with no memories. Every day, her son and husband try to remind her of the facts of her life so that they stay in her memory. When Claire is abducted by a mysterious limping, lisping man, hilarity ensues!

Tickets

Questions? Contact us at (678) 839-4700 or theatre@westga.edu.


Episodes: A Cabaret, the Sequel

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A UWG Theatre Company and UWG Opera Workshop Collaboration

  • 7:30 p.m. / March 6-9
  • 2:30 p.m. / March 10

Townsend Center Dangle Theater

Continuing our work to bring more light, love, and lunacy to the Dangle stage, UWG Theatre and Music bring you this second annual musical theatre extravaganza! Small and intimate, this evening of entertainment is sure to alleviate stress and put a smile on your face!

Tickets

Questions? Contact us at (678) 839-4700 or theatre@westga.edu.


The Toxic Avenger

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Book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro, music and lyrics by David Bryan

  • 7:30 p.m. April 16 / Community Preview
  • 7:30 p.m. / April 17-20
  • 2:30 p.m. / April 21

Townsend Center Mainstage

Based on the cult 1984 comedy film of the same name, The Toxic Avenger is a rock musical about a group of young people trying to clean up a major toxic waste problem in their city. When our hero, Melvin Ferd the Third, goes to check out the town dump, he transforms into the hero the city has been yearning for! The Toxic Avenger isn’t from Marvel or DC. It’s better than that. It’s a UWG Wolves superhero production!

Tickets

Questions? Contact us at (678) 839-4700 or theatre@westga.edu.