Ole Miss Theatre
Ole Miss Theatre is the production arm of the Department of Theatre Arts. Ole Miss Theatre produces 4-5 shows a year, ranging from musicals to one acts and full-length plays and musical revues. Join our mailing list.
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Ole Miss Theatre auditions are open to the university and local community. There are two auditions, one for the Fall Semester shows and one for the Spring Semester shows. Both are usually held the Saturday before the semester starts.
Ole Miss Theatre 2012-2013 Season
The Power of Politics
The Department of Theatre Arts is pleased to announce its 2012-2013 season which focuses upon the power of politics. In this election year, we felt it was appropriate to explore the ways in which politics, and political aims influence not just nations, but individuals. While each production approaches this issue from a different perspective, whether it be a comedy (The Complete History of America (abridged)), or an intense exploration of what happens when the national consciousness is taken over by fear (The Cruicible), there is something here for everyone and we hope that you will come away from each show with a new perspective on politics and how it shapes our lives.
The Complete History of America (abridged)
Adam Long, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor
Directed by Joe Turner Cantú
September 20 – September 22; September 25 – September 29 at 7:30pm
Septermber 22 – September 23; September 29 – September 30 at 2:00pm
Ford Center for the Performing Arts
From Washington to Watergate, yea verily from the Bering Straits to Baghdad, from New World to New World Order – The Complete History of America (abridged) is a ninety minute rollercoaster ride through the glorious quagmire that is American History, reminding us that it’s not the length of your history that matters – it’s what you’ve done with it!
...THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA interprets the past as a breathlessly paced sequence of silly vaudeville sketches, word-association games, puns and crude parodies of movie and television genres. Nothing is sacred, and many of the facts have been skewed to suggest the paranoid ravings of a particularly loony tabloid.... — New York Times
The Crucible
Arthur Miller
Directed by Rory Ledbetter
November 2 – November 3 at 7:30pm
November 3 – November 4 at 2:00pm
Ford Center for the Perfoming Arts
The Crucible, winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play, is an exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem and is both a gripping historical play and a timely parable of our contemporary society.
A powerful drama.
— New York Times
Home-Grown
Created by Jennifer Mizenko
November 28 – December 1 at 7:30pm
December 1 at 2:00pm
Ford Center for the Performing Arts
Home Grown is the latest original work presented by Mississippi: the Dance Company. Artistic Director Jennifer Mizenko presents original dance pieces choreographed by herself, guest artists and students at The University of Mississippi.
Urinetown
Music & Lyrics: Mark Hollmann
Book & Lyrics: Greg Kotis
Directed by Rene Pulliam
February 28 – March 2 at 7:30pm
March 3 at 2:00pm
Fulton Chapel
Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the “comedic romp” into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit, and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter. Adult content.
When every individual spirit as well as the national one can use all the bolstering it can get, ''Urinetown'' is not just a recommended tonic. — New York Times
An Evening of Cinema
April4 – April 7 at 7:00pm
April 6 – April 7 at 2:00pm
Meek Hall Auditorium
The department is pleased to present student-written and student-produced short films and the winning entries of the third annual UM Cinema Competition.
Time Stands Still
Donald Margulies
Directed by Amanda Wansa
April 16 – April 20; April 23 – April 26 at 7:30pm
April 20 – April 21; April 28 at 2:00pm
Meek Hall Auditorium
Time Stands Still focuses on Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent trying to find happiness in a world that seems to have gone crazy. Theirs is a partnership based on telling the toughest stories, and together, making a difference. But when their own story takes a sudden turn, the adventurous couple confronts the prospect of a more conventional life.
Mr. Margulies is gifted at creating complex characters through wholly natural interaction, allowing the emotional layers, the long histories, the hidden kernels of conflict to emerge organically. Throughout, his dialogue crackles with bright wit and intelligence. Although TIME STANDS STILL is deceptively modest, consisting of a handful of conversations among just four characters, the range of feeling it explores is wide and deep.
— New York Times