Productions
Theater Performance Studies and University Theater collaborate to produce a professionally directed and designed Mainstage production each winter quarter, extending our links with the Chicago theatre scene deep into our production process.
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Winter 2010 we are thrilled to stage Charles Mee's BIG LOVE complete with live DJ and general mayhem.
Past TAPS/UT collaborations include
Winter 2009: URINETOWN (created by alums: Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis who joined us during the run).
Winter 2008: Top Girls, directed by Sean Graney, an adjunct lecturer with TAPS and the Artistic Director of The Hypocrites.
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University Theater produces over thirty-five shows a year, ranging from staged-readings to full mainstage productions, reaching over ten thousand patrons a year. As one of the oldest student-run theaters in the country, UT provides students with the unique experience of having artistic control over every aspect of their work. We believe the best way to find your voice is to try it out. To this end, productions are designed, written, and directed by students, with the exception of the TAPS collaborative mainstage. From student-written performance art to canonical texts to contemporary classics, productions represent an opportunity for students to try out ideas from classes, collaborate with other artists, and contribute to the cultural life of the University.
TAPS/UT Mainstage
In addition, each year TAPS/UT produces a professionally directed and designed mainstage using some of Chicago's best talent, beginning with the 2007 mainstage production of Churchill's Top Girls, directed by Sean Graney, Artistic Director of Chicago-based theatre company, The Hypocrites.
This year's 2008 TAPS/UT mainstage production of, Urinetown, included a visit with creators, Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann. It's not just luck that alums wrote and composed the piece. Chronicle article. Blog. The production, directed by Chicago's own Johnathan Berry, included work with Viewpoints and rigorous hours with musical director, Alison Kane.
Connecting the UofC stage to Broadway, the annual spring “New Work Week” workshops and showcases student written work, creating collaborations between writers and directors to stage as much work as possible in six days.
To see the Current Quarter's Season, get tickets, or to see what shows UT has produced in its history, please use the links to the left.
