The theatre department: will be producing six performances this year at the Telfair Peet Theatre on Samford Avenue. Performance auditions are open to students, and student tickets are free. Lindsey Davidson / PHOTO EDITOR
“Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” a play exploring issues about art and science, will start the 2008-2009 Auburn theatre season, Sept. 24. This season promises to be one of the most exciting seasons yet, according to Daniel Larocque, chair of Auburn University Theatre.
This play will be followed by a wide variety of five more productions, including other plays, a musical and a dance concert.
“There really is something for everybody,” Larocque said. “If you don’t like one play, chances are you’ll like another one.”
The second production of the theatre will be a play titled “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” and it is set to appear on stage in November.
“That’s our style piece,” Larocque said, describing it. “It’s a wonderful Victorian piece.”
Larocque is directing the third production, which is not set to be performed until February. It is a musical called “Into the Woods.”
“It is a marvelous and inventive weaving together of Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales,” Larocque said. “It’s been a very popular musical ever since it was produced in the 1980s.”
The fairy tales in the production are used to explore broader ways about living life, according to Larocque. They also explore what happens after “happily ever after.”
“The America Play” and “King Henry V” are the following performances in this coming season’s lineup.
The season will close at the end of April with “dAUnce VII,” a professional dance concert featuring international artists, as well as Auburn students.
The theatre department has been preparing for this season since January, trying to decide on different things, like choosing the plays to be performed.
They receive input from the students on the types of plays they would like to see, according to Larocque.
Auditions for the plays are open to all students, not only theatre majors, and they will begin in August.
“We love seeing students in our building,” Larocque said.
Many students come to watch the performances.
Tiana Neal, a senior in communications, went to a production for a mandatory class and was pleasantly surprised.
“It actually was a lot better than I had expected,” Neal said. “The actors were extremely good.”
Rachel Wilson, a junior in zoology and Spanish, had positive things to say about the shows she saw, as well.
“I really enjoyed the productions,” Wilson said. “The actors really seem to love what they do.”
With tickets free for all students, watching a show is a great way to spend a few hours.
As Larocque put it, “We’re kind of known as the best cheap date in town.”
