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Announcing the 2018-19 Miami Theatre season

Reconstructing stories that inspire, provoke and challenge

Miami University Theatre announces their 2018-19 season themed, #historyremix. All performances are in the Center for Performing Arts located on Patterson Ave. on Miami's Oxford campus. Evening performances are at 7:30 p.m. and weekend matinee's at 2:00 p.m.

"History is a narrative that is constantly re-made and re-made and re-made" says Julia Guichard, chair of theatre. Each new 'historian' re-constructs that narrative to make new meaning. From the myths, ghost stories and legends of the very ground on which Miami University stands ....to the French Revolution....to a cave in West Virginia....to horrific events played out in real time on social media—our diverse season is a thrilling ride through our past."


Performances

Echoes of Miami

A devised new work by various playwrights
By Anthony Thompson, Olivia Gorom, Meryl Juergens,
Tanner McCormick, Katelyn Nevin & Melissa Rowan
Conceived by Saffron Henke

October 18-21
7:30 pm, Studio 88 and other locations 

The myths, legends, and history of Miami itself echo through time in this collection of ten-minute plays written entirely by Miami University students and alumni. Miami's most mischievous specter, Helen Peabody, will lead audiences to multiple locations to witness performances that will transcend genre and time periods, highlighting the musicality, comedy, poetry, horror, and memories that have been woven into Miami's own rich story. 

Good Kids

By Naomi IIzuka
Directed by Torie Wiggins

November 14-17, 7:30pm
November 18, 2:00pm
Gates-Abegglen Theatre

How do we uncover truth in our history in the age of social media? Based loosely on an actual event that happened in Steubenville, Ohio, Good Kids is a chilling portrayal of the gravity of sexual assault and the permanence of social media. After a big high school party, a sixteen year-old girl wakes up, undressed, in a strange boy's house with little memory of what happened. As multiple sides play out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, we must come to terms with the realities of sexual assault, privilege, and victim blaming. 

The Revolutionists

By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Stormi Bledsoe

March 6-9, 7:30pm
March 10, 2:00pm
Studio 88 Theatre

Olympe De Gouges. Badass activist playwright and feminist. That is how Lauren Gunderson describes her protagonist in this sparkling all-female comedy set during the French Revolution. Olympe wants to write the great play, the one that will define her time and place in history.  With the help of three other actual historical "badasses" — a spy, an assassin, and a certain soon-to-be-beheaded Queen — we come to learn how feminism, extremism, and art have the ability to shape society and change the world.

Bat Boy: The Musical

By Keythe Farley & Brian Flemming, and Laurence O’Keefe
Directed by Suann Pollock

April 25-27, 7:30pm
May 2-4, 7:30pm
May 5, 2:00pm
Gates-Abegglen Theatre

Bat Child Found In Cave! The story of a half-boy, half-bat creature was but one of the fantastic stories created by the tabloid the Weekly World News. This musical comedy gives Bat Boy the origin story he deserves. What happens after Bat Boy is discovered and brought to the home of the town veterinarian where he is taught to act like a human? When this outsider is blamed for mysterious deaths in town, we are reminded of the difficulties of being different, fitting in, and doing what’s right.

Tickets are $12 adult, $9 senior, and $8 students. A curricular discount price of $6 per ticket is available to students, with faculty entitled to 2 free tickets per show if students receive credit for attending. To participate, contact the box office and provide your course #. Group discounts are also available for groups 10 or larger. Offer not available online.

Tickets can be purchased online or by contacting the Miami Box Office 513-529-3200. The Miami Box Office, located in the Campus Avenue Building, is open Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for walk-up purchases.

The Box Office in the Center for Performing Arts lobby is open one hour before curtain for door sales and will-call.

For additional information about the productions please contact the Department of Theatre at 513-529-3053.