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SUPPORT OUR DEPARTMENTYour gifts to the Department of Theatre & Dance help to support a wide variety of student scholarships, guest artist visits, student and faculty travel to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and the American College Dance conference. Please give as generously as you can by sending this form directly to:

University of Michigan-FlintUniversity Advancement

303 E. Kearsley Street1001 NBC

Flint, MI 48502

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To be processed for tax year 2017, credit card gifts by mail must reach the University by December 11. If you would like to make a credit card gift over the phone between December 12 and December 31, 2017, please call (888) 518-7888 (toll free). Gifts by check must be postmarked by December 31, 2017 to be deductible for 2017. Thank you!

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Please consider including UM-Flint and the Department of Theatre & Dance in your estate plans. A charitable bequest makes a powerful philanthropic legacy. Leaving a gift to the university in a will or trust is also one of the easiest ways to make a gift. For more information, please call Aimee Goodman at (810) 762-0884.

Gifts to endowment funds will be administered as a permanent endowment under MI law and University policies.

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Live performance has the ability to take us out of reality, to show us the world through the eyes of the characters on stage, and to build empathy through viewing the stories of others. As in the past, our department will present a variety of perspectives this season. In October, we will introduce you to a new revision of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It by Robert Kauziaric. Mr. Kauziaric will visit campus in October and share his work and process with our students. In the past few years, the department has prioritized bringing guest artists to campus in order to enrich and broaden the educational experience of our students. Through generous donor support and our annual ticket sales, we are able to bring talent from across the United States, and beyond, to our campus in Flint.

In the Winter semester, we will present the longest-running musical of all time, The Fantasticks, which will remind us all that love comes to us in many ways. In March, we hope to warm up our audiences with the farce, Lend Me A Tenor. This 1930s comedy is sure to delight audiences with mistaken identity, chaos, and suspense, as the characters wait for their lead singer to arrive. We will close the season with our Spring Dance Concert. It will feature work from our faculty choreographers and student dancers, who continue to surprise audiences with imaginative choreography and experimental integration of design. We will also feature choreography from a guest artist and look forward to the new challenge it will bring to our dancers.

We hope our audiences will be energized by the new work coming out of our guest artist visits, and join us for another season with new stories, new expressions of imagination, and continued work to build empathy for others through live performance. We are excited about our new partnership with The Whiting, who will serve as our ticketing service this season. This relationship, along with our Flint Youth Theatre alliance, will bring us closer to the vibrant Flint Cultural Center. We will also launch a new series, Dramatic Dialogues, where we will explore challenging issues and courageous characters in new work.

Join us for an active season in the theatre, come ready to be taken out of reality and into a new world filled with its own surprises and delights.

Shelby Newport, Department Chair & Resident Costume Designer

We are ImagInatIve, Courageous, CompassIonate, and InventIveUM-FLINT THEATRE & DANCE

DRAMATIC DIALOGUES SERIESWe are excited to announce a new initiative in the department. The Dramatic Dialogues Series will present one staged reading with a series of community conversations around a selected play that presents challenges and issues facing our world today. The series will be presented in collaboration with other departments and offices on campus and will include the community beyond the campus. Please contact the department if you would like to participate and need a script. Scripts are being provided free of charge to participants through generous donations and partnerships across campus.

The 2017 selection, Baltimore by Kirsten Greenidge, which won the Big Ten Theatre Consortium New Play Initiative in 2015, will be directed by Andrew Morton. Andrew remarks, “This is an excellent choice for the inaugural Dramatic Dialogues series at UM-Flint as it is a timely new play that explores issues around racism on college campuses. Greenidge has created a wonderful range of diverse and real characters to whom college students will be able to relate to, and has crafted an engaging play that explores social and political issues with candor and wit. I look forward to the important conversations that will occur as a result of this series.”

The Ticket Center at The Whiting will now

handle all of our Department of Theatre &

Dance tickets. This shift will allow you to

purchase our tickets online through The

Whiting’s website, call during business

hours to speak directly to a ticket center

representative, and purchase tickets at

the Flint Farmers’ Market. We hope that

this shift will make it more convenient for

you to purchase tickets for department

productions.

UM-Flint’s box office (303 E. Kearsey St.

Flint, MI) will be open on performance

days, two hours prior to curtain, and 30

minutes after curtain.

TickeT cenTeraT The WhiTing1241 E. Kearsley St.

Flint, MI 48503

Monday - Friday .............11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday .........................10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

(810) 237-7333

(888) 8-CENTERTickets@TheWhiting.com

tickets.thewhiting.com

FlinT Farmers’ markeT

300 E 1st St.Flint, MI 48502

Tuesday & Thursday .....9 a.m. - 6 p.m.Saturday ...........................8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Ticketing Policies – it’s good to know:

•UM-Flint’sDevelopmentOfficewillbeprocessingallgiftstothedepartment.Seeflap for information about making a gift to the Department of Theatre & Dance.

•No refunds.Pleasecheckyour ticket(s)beforeyou leave the ticketwindowtoensure the dates, times, and performances are correct.

•Exchanges/changestoyourticketorderaftertheinitialpurchase,ifpermitted,are subject to availability and additional fees may apply. All exchanges must be made at least 24 hours prior to performance time.

•Aconveniencefeeof$2.00willbeaddedtoeachorderofUM-Flinttickets.Thisfee ensures that you can purchase your UM-Flint tickets online, by phone at more convenient hours, and at The Whiting box office locations.

•Discountscannotbecombinedorappliedtopreviousticketpurchases.Pleaseinform your ticket center representative if you qualify for any discount prior to your purchase.

NEW FOR 2017-2018 TickeT Prices

SeaSon PaSSeSSeasonPassallowstheownertoattendasoftenashe/she likes,pendingseatavailability, tickets must be requested in advance. •Passprice:$50(includes all shows except Black Box productions) •Passprice:$30(students/seniors/alumni/veteran/UM-Flintfaculty/staffwithID)

IndIvIdual TIckeTS •$15(general admission for single ticket) •$10(seniors/alumni/veteran/faculty/staffwithID) •$8(students from all area colleges & universities)

Photos by Mark Baker and Dan Thompson

PerFormances

aS You lIke IT October27 7:30p.m. October28 2p.m.*. October28 7:30p.m. October29 2p.m. November3 7:30p.m. November4 7:30p.m. November 5 2 p.m.

The FanTaSTIckS January26 7:30p.m. January27 7:30p.m. January 28 2 p.m. February2 7:30p.m. February3 7:30p.m. February 4 2 p.m.

lend Me a Tenor March23 7:30p.m. March24 7:30p.m. March 25 2 p.m. March30 7:30p.m. March31 7:30p.m.

SPrIng dance concerT April13 7:30p.m. April14 7:30p.m. April 15 2 p.m.

*SpecialPre-ShowLunchEvent with Robert Kauzlaric

Parking/direcTions

Free Parking is available in the HarrisonStreetParkingRamp.Theentrance isonHarrisonStreet,beforetheKearsleyStreetintersection. No sticker, stamp, or parking validation is required. The University of Michigan-FlintTheatreislocatedat:

327 E. Kearsley StreetFlint, MI 48502

For more detailed driving directions, visit maps.umflint.edu.

spring danceconcert, 2017

as you like iTBy William ShakespeareA new revision by Robert KauzlaricDirectedbyJanetHaley

Rosalind flees to the Forest of Arden to find her father, but mustdisguiseherselfasaman.Herdisguiseissoconvincingthat it fools her beloved Orlando, who asks this “boy” tohelp him win the heart of the girl of his dreams —which is, of course, Rosalind herself. A romantic comedy that is fanciful, philosophical, witty, sometimes silly, and full of heart.

OcTObER27-29NOvEMbER3-5

“When I first arrived at the University of Michigan-Flint I had only

a vague idea of what I wanted to pursue as a career. I was pointed toward theatre upon arrival by Carolyn Gillespie, a theatre professor when I was a student. Because of the professors’ passion toward the craft, their love of storytelling, and the discipline with which they taught, I fell in love with theatre.

”

Joshua clarkMFA,2016fromUniversityofHoustonBFA, 2012

Actor, Musician, Touring Troupe member - 2017/18WickedFollyTourfortheAmericanShakespeare Center

In our BFA and BA Performance track, students learn the fundamentals of acting, and acquire deep understanding of a variety of performance styles including Shakespeare. Students can also take courses in stage combat, other period styles, acting for the camera, and improvisation.

The FanTasTicksBy Tom Jones &HarveySchmidtDirected by Stephanie Dean

The Fantasticks, the longest running musical of all time, is a funny and romantic musical about a boy, a girl, and their parents who try to keep them apart.

JANUARy 26-28 FEBRUARy 2-4

“UM-Flint’s Department of Theatre & Dance is an excellent

institution for learning and honing the fundamental techniques necessary for a successful career. UM-Flint’s small class sizes provided more performance opportunities than many other training programs, and facilitated personal relationships with my professors that I have maintained and utilized over the years.

”

naTalie rose sevick bFATheatrePerformancedance minor 2011

Actor, Musician

Together with UM-Flint’s Music Department we offer a Musical Theatre Minor for students who want to heighten their musical skills, while developing the acting and dancing technique specific to musical theatre. Course work includes musical theatre history, workshop courses, dance technique, choreography, applied voice work, and music theory.

lend me a TenorbyKenLudwigDirected by William Irwin

When a star opera singer becomes unexpectedly incapacitated prior to an important performance, a suitable replacement must be found. Who is cavalier enough to replace him? Mayhem, lunacy, and shear panic ensue, but in the end the show must always go on.

MARcH23-25,30-31

“UM-Flint exposed and uncovered a love of literature and the

written word, the benefits of research and discovery, it showed me how to work within a team towards a bigger, common goal, and it provided some wonderful friendships. Most importantly, it also gave me a real sense of empathy. Now, whether in my 9-to-5 job or with my fiction writing, there is a great deal to be said for trying to understand what it feels like to be in the other guy’s shoes, understanding his objective and, ultimately, his super objective.

”

david bonTumasiBA Theatre, 1986

Senior Account Manager at a small marketing agency in Chicago, writer

Students within the Bachelor of Science in Theatre Design & Technology program learn through hands on experiences of building the sets and costumes for each of the productions. The degree plan provides students with a wide variety of courses and skills including: properties design and construction, patterning and draping for the theatre, stage makeup, and stage lighting and audio.

sPring dance concerTChoreographedBy Dance Faculty

Each year, the dance faculty create a group of thought provoking dances that are artistic, experimental, and community driven. With a range of styles, students engage in inspirational work which furthers their growth as performers and art makers. This season the concert will also feature choreography by a guest artist.

APRIL13-15

“Having a degree from UM-Flint is not only a source of pride

but has become an important part of progressing my career. Both my degree and my experience with the dance program helped me reinforce the discipline needed to stay focused, keep learning, and continue to reach for new goals.

”

Jaclyn borroWbachelorofPsychology,2014dance minor

OfficeManager

Within the dance program, students can major or minor in dance. The program includes course work in choreography, dance history, dance pedagogy, improvisation, and technique courses in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, and hip hop.

FliNt yOuth thEatRE& um-FliNt deParTmenT oF TheaTre

& dance alliance

For all aspiring Theatre & Dance students, the opportunity to collaborate

with professional artists and master teachers is critical to their education,

their experience, and their resumes. UM-Flint and Flint youth Theatre (FyT)

are within walking distance of each other, providing unique opportunities not

available to students in many other parts of the state to explore their budding

artistry alongside nationally renowned artists. This creative  exchange

nurtures the next generation of theatre artists, while enriching FyT with the

energy and enthusiasm of these emerging professionals.

abouT FlinT youTh TheaTre

Nationally recognized for its provocative, intergenerational programming,

FyT presents award-winning professional theatrical productions and offers

year-round classes for area youth through its drama school. FyT productions

not only entertain, but also provide audiences of all ages uncompromising

explorations of compelling social issues.

a Wrinkle in TimeOctober7-22

The lion, The WiTch, and The WardrobeDecember 2 - 17

akeelah & The beeFebruary 10 - 25

The geranium on The WindoWsill JusTdied buT Teacher you WenT righT onApril 21 - May 6

2017 - 2018 season

dominique hindeBFA, 2017Actor/AspiringDirector

“Over a decade ago when I started

taking classes at Flint youth Theatre, I had no idea how much of an impact it would have on my life. During my time there, I learned a great deal about carrying confidence at auditions, about professionalism and time management, and about how far a person can get with acts of kindness and generosity to every single person on a show’s production team. All of these are lessons I took into studio classes at the University of Michigan-Flint and still take with me to every audition room I walk into.

”

inTroducingFlintYouthTheatre’snewProducingArtisticDirectorMichael Lluberes.Heisanaward-winning playwright anddirector.Hisplaysandmusicalsinclude The Boy in the Bathroom, Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers, and The Geranium on the Windowsill Just Died But Teacher You Went Right On.

the Jungle Book

roald dahl’s Willy Wonka

the Watsons go to Birmingham-1963