2009-2010 Theatre Season
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Ian Fenwick
Theatre Dept. Head
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Our 2009/10 Season of Theatre Features: Three Great Productions, plus The Directors' Theatre Festival and more.
It began with a play called Canadian Gothic 30 years ago. To celebrate the three decades of FVC/UCFV/UFV Theatre, we are presenting a season that begins with a wonderful new Canadian play. In producing Schoolhouse, we are also celebrating the 30th year of the United Nations International Year of the Child. This production will be followed by the re-mounting of one of the most beloved and successful plays in the department’s history featuring members of the original cast. Our annual Shakespeare is everyone’s favourite comedy; a play that will bring out the child in us all. The season will close with the creative chaos of the 15th annual Directors’ Theatre Festival. This is a special year. Please join us in celebrating 30 years of exciting University theatre here in the Fraser Valley.
Call 604-795-2814 for more information or Email Theatre@ufv.ca
Check out our season video
SCHOOLHOUSE
By Leanna Brodie
The time: 1938. The place: S.S. #1 Jericho School, a one room schoolhouse just outside the fictional village of Baker’s Creek. There, a delightful but unmanageable group of children meets its match; Melita Linton, an 18 year-old- teacher fresh out of Normal School. Full of warmth and poignant humour, the play chronicles Miss Linton’s struggle to connect with a boy who has cut himself off from everyone, including himself – and to persuade the cautious and close- knit community to open its arms to this stranger in its midst.
Schoolhouse video
(Nov. 11 to 29 )
M T W T F S (7:30pm)
(Previews 11 12)13 14
19 20 21
26 27 28
Matinees: Sun, Nov 22 & 29, 2pm
& Tues, Nov 17 at 12 Noon
PAPER WHEAT
By 25th St House Theatre Saskatchewan
This phenomenally successful musical production returns to the UFV stage. First presented here by The Chilliwack Theatre Festival in 1982, Paper Wheat played to packed houses before transferring to Vancouver and The Harrison Festival of the Arts with equal success. A cooperative creation by the 25th Street House theatre of Saskatchewan, Paper Wheat follows the struggles of early homesteaders in Western Canada and their gradual realization that isolation and economic helplessness could best be overcome by cooperation in institutions such as the Wheat Pool and the CCF.
(Jan. 20 to Feb. 7 )
Paper Wheat background video
M T W T F S ( 7.30 pm.)
( Previews 20 21) 22 23
28 29 30
4 5 6
Matinees: Sun, Jan 31& Feb 7 at 2pm
& Tues, Jan 26 at 12 noon
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
By William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare's magical and best loved romantic comedy makes a welcome return to our repetoire. Previously seen by sold out audiences during November of 1982 and March of 1995, A Midsummer Night's Dream is a fragrant potpourri of love, laughter and enchantment that explores the ridiculous and arbitrary nature of romantic infatuation. It is a true comic classic, in which fairy and mortal worlds collide with hilarious consequenses. Don't miss it!
Please note: The Friday, March 19 evening performance is a special UFV Alumni event, sponsored by the Alumni Association. For more details contact : alumni@ufv.ca or call 604-557-4008
March 10 to 28
M T W T F S 7.30 pm.
( Previews 10 11)12 13
18 19 20
25 26 27
Matinees: Sun. Mar. 21 and 28 at 2 pm.
Tues Mar 16, Mon Mar 22, & Wed. March 24 at 12 noon |
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Visiting UFV Theatre:
Fri., Sept. 25. 2009 at 8 pm.
One of our most consistently popular events. The professional improv artists from Vancouver are back in town once again to tickle your funnybone.
Call 604-795-2814 for tickets
Additional Free Events:
Play Reading: Come to the theatre on The Chilliwack campus Friday, October 2 at 7.30 pm. for live reading of A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, one of the great classics of world theatre.
Poetry Slam 2: Last year’s inaugural Poetry Slam was such great success with standing room only attendance, we thought we’d bring back local poets for another evening of competition and fun. Get there early to be sure of getting a seat on Friday, February 12 at 7 pm., in the Chilliwack campus theatre Rotary lobby.
Talkback Sessions:
This year, for the first time, we will be offering talk back sessions to our audience members after Thursday evening and Sunday matinee performances. We invite you to take this chance to ask cast members, directors designers and backstage crew any questions you might have regarding our productions and program.
The Directors' Theatre Festival April 28 to May 2, 2010
Lessons in Engineering 2009
Our annual Directors' Theatre Festival features some of the best young theatre talent in BC. Take your time and see individual shows for only $5 each or purchase a Festival pass and see them all for only $40.
Call 604-795-2814 for details. Or Email: theatre@ufv.ca
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2008/10 SEASON PRODUCTION SPONSORS: |
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STANDER & Co.
Barristers
Litigation and Mediation Solutions
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Mr. Paul Wright Hord |
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Phone: 604-795-2814 Email: theatre@ufv.ca
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