Upstate Theatre 2024-2025 Season
AUGUST 22, 2024 AT 7:30 P.M.
’24 London company presents: Trail of Tears
By Kathryn Schultz Miller
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August 22, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | Performances will be held in the Studio Theatre of the Performing Arts Center
“They made us promises, more than I can remember. But they never kept but one.”
This powerful and tragic show centers around Chosen One, a young Cherokee man who courageously tries to save his people alongside his wife, Snow Owl, and father, Walking Bear, from the impending danger that has begun to appear on the horizon.
This performance is FREE.
*Donations are always appreciated. Cash donations will be taken at the door or you can donate online at www.uscupstate.edu/theatrefund
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October 24-26, 2024 at 7:30 pm
October 27, 2024 at 3:00 pm
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
By Christopher Durang
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October 24-26, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | October 27, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
Performances will be held in the Main Stage Theatre of the Performing Arts Center
Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their movie-star sister, Masha, swoops in with her new boy toy, Spike. Old resentments flare up, eventually leading to threats to sell the house.
General Admission: $10
Faculty, Staff & Students: $5
January 30, 31 & February 1, 2025 at 7:30 pm
February 2, 2025 at 3:00 pm
John Proctor is the Villain
By Kimberly Belflower
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January 30, 31 & February 1, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. | February 2, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.
Performances will be held in the Main Stage Theatre of the Performing Arts Center
At a rural high school in Georgia, a group of lively teens are studying The Crucible while navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. Holding a contemporary lens to the American classic, they begin to question who the hero is really and what is the truth, discovering their own power in the process. Alternately touching and bitingly funny, this new comedy captures a generation in mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism, and fury, writing their own coming of age story.
General Admission: $10
Faculty, Staff & Students: $5
APRIL 10-12, 2025 AT 7:30 P.M. | APRIL 13, 2025 AT 3:00 P.M.
RENT
Book, Music and Lyrics By John Larson
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April 10-12, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. | April 13, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.
*Performance Note: The Saturday, 4/12 performance will be an Audience Sing-A-Long! Get those singing voices ready because there’s “no day but today!
Performances will be held in the Main Stage Theatre of the Performing Arts Center
Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side. Pennilessness, drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, social tension, and political unrest, among other hardships, challenge the group physically and emotionally. Facing the problems head on, these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves and conflicts and find what really matters most in life.
RENT celebrates the unconventional, the bold, and the unapologetically authentic. The electrifying blend of rock, pop, and soul will have you singing along and dancing in your seat.
Content Disclosure: RENT includes scenes with explicit language, adult themes, and references that may not be deemed appropriate for all audiences.
RENT is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
General Admission: $10
Faculty, Staff & Students: $5
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