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Tucson, Arizona – The University of Arizona’s Arizona Repertory Theatre has begun offering all student tickets in 2017 at $15 each for all reserved seats. Student tickets have been $19 for plays and $21 for musicals for several years.

There is also a bonus opportunity for University of Arizona students to take their chances and pay just $10 cash for a ticket, a half-hour before each and every performance, on a first-come, first-served basis. This is called Student Rush.

“UA Students won’t get to choose their seats if they elect to stand in a Student Rush line, but it’s a deep discount that won’t be offered to any other population,” said Lisa Pierce, Director of Marketing & Development for the UA School of Theatre, Film & Television. “Many of our patrons say our productions are just as ambitious and incredible as anything they’ve seen in the professional arena – some say even better than the Broadway versions they’ve seen. So for UA students to see the high-caliber production values that UA Theatre majors offer for either $15 or $10 is rather extraordinary.”

Pierce said that if students wish to take a break from their studies and electronic screens for a short time, theatre can be one of the most enriching experiences that can recharge and inspire them; make them even better members of their community and better humans, in general. “Theatre is meant to keep us in touch with our humanity; to empathize,” said Pierce. She said that attending live performances has been proven to help reduce the risks of depression and Alzheimer’s disease, and even promote critical thinking and problem-solving skills. “Don’t take my word for it,” said Pierce. “Please research it yourself.”

The Spring productions of 2017 – PROOF by David Auburn, TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare and EVITA by Tim Rice with lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber – are now on sale at the $15 rate for any students with a verifiable student I.D. For Student Rush, UA students only need to present their CatCard when they lay down either a Hamilton or two Lincolns at the UA Fine Arts Box Office. Since these student prices are so deeply discounted, there is no different price for a student group sale.

For more information about performance dates & times, show summary information, photos, videos and more, visit theatre.arizona.edu. You can also call the UA Fine Arts Box Office at (520) 621-1162 from 12pm to 4pm, Monday-Friday. The UA Fine Arts Box Office, located inside the Marroney Theatre in between the Fred Fox School of Music and UA Museum of Art, is also open one hour prior to each performance, but closed during most UA holidays.

Proof by David Auburn

February 5 – 26, 2017

Sponsors: Pat Engels & Richard Medland

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

March 5 – April 2, 2017

Sponsor: Tucson Marriott University Park

Evita book & lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

April 9 – 30, 2017

Sponsor: The Jacqueline Anne Morris Memorial Foundation

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A Broadway-triumph-turned-Academy Award-winning film, Born Yesterday is a delectably witty, screwball comedy about a corrupt junk dealer named Harry Brock, who tries to get ahead in Washington, D.C. Hoping to bribe a few senators to help him with a crooked business scheme, Harry decides his dim-witted girlfriend, Billie Dawn, needs some tutoring so he can achieve his goal. Harry hires a newspaper reporter to educate his showgirl mistress, but gets more than he bargained for when he discovers a little bit of learning can be a dangerous thing.

Dates & Times:

Previews: Nov 6 at 1:30pm, Nov 7 at 7:30pm

Evenings:

Nov 9-12, Nov 17-19, Dec 2 at 7:30pm

Matinees: Nov 13, Nov 19-20, Dec 4 at 1:30pm

Place: Marroney Theatre on the UA campus located near the SE corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard.

Cost/Admission: Regular $28, Senior/UA Employee/Military $26, Student $19, Preview $17, Alumni Discount 10% | Deeper discounts of $6 off qualifying rates above apply for groups numbering 10+

Ticket Information: UA Fine Arts Box Office, (520) 621-1162

12p-4p | M-F | theatre.arizona.edu or tickets.arizona.edu

Parking: Park Avenue Garage, located on Park Avenue just north of Speedway Blvd. Pre-paid parking is available for weekday evening performances. Saturday and Sunday there is no charge to park. If you have special needs for parking, please call UA Parking & Transportation Services at (520) 621-3550.

Media Contact: Lisa Pierce, (520) 626-2686, lisapierce@email.arizona.edu

Production Co-Sponsors: Jane Kivel with Campbell, Yost, Clare & Norell, P.C.

Season Sponsor: Chapman Automotive

This American Musical has an addictive score featuring country, rock, gospel and pop music, and its story was inspired by the true events of the acclaimed 1997 documentary of the same name by S.R. Bindler. Under a sizzling sun for days, armed with nothing but hope, determination and humor, 10 Texans fight to keep at least one hand on a brand new truck in order to win it. For these contestants of calamity, a new lease on life is so close that each can almost touch it, but in this hard-fought, hilarious contest, only one winner can drive away with the American Dream.

Dates & Times:

Previews: Oct 16 at 1:30pm, Oct 17 at 7:30pm

Evenings: Oct 19-22, Oct 27-29, Nov 4-5 at 7:30pm

Matinees: Oct 23, Oct 29-30, Nov 6 at 1:30pm

Place: Tornabene Theatre on the UA campus located near the SE corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard.

Cost/Admission: Regular $31, Senior/UA Employee/Military $29, Student $21, Preview $19, Alumni discount $6 off qualifying rate | Deeper discounts apply for groups numbering 10+

Ticket Information: UA Fine Arts Box Office, (520) 621-1162

12p-4p | M-F | theatre.arizona.edu or tickets.arizona.edu

Parking: Park Avenue Garage, located on Park Avenue just north of Speedway Blvd. Pre-paid parking is available for weekday evening performances. Saturday and Sunday there is no charge to park. If you have special needs for parking, please call UA Parking & Transportation Services at (520) 621-3550.

Media Contact: Lisa Pierce, (520) 626-2686, lisapierce@email.arizona.edu

Production Sponsor: Madden Media

Season Sponsor: Chapman Automotive

Tucson, Arizona – The UA School of Theatre, Film & Television is proud to announce its fourth, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Thursday, April 14, 2016 – Friday, April 15, 2016. This annual event presents original research by our Bachelor of Arts students in a panel format and invites scholars from outside The University of Arizona to share their own work and methods with the UA community in two, keynote speeches.

Students, faculty and the public are invited to this symposium for BA Film Producing/Studies & Theatre Studies from Thursday, April 14, 2016 – Friday, April 15, 2016. On April 14th, keynote guest speakers, Dr. Matthew Bernstein, a scholar at Emory University, & Dr. Erika Hughes, , a scholar at Arizona State University, will kick off the event at 4:00pm in Room #134 of the Chemistry Building. The speakers will present their current research & methods to TFTV students, faculty, the university and the community.

On April 15^th, Theatre, Film & Television juniors & seniors in our BA programs will present their own research to the public for the first time, with our guest speakers serving as respondents. The day-long event begins at 10:00am in the Silver & Sage Room inside Old Main.

Schedule of Events

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Chemistry Room #134

4:00-5:45pm Keynote Addresses

Friday, April 15, 2016

Old Main, Silver & Sage Room

10:00-11:15am Film Studies 1

11:15-12:30pm Theatre & Culture 1

12:30-1:30pm Lunch with panelists and speakers

1:30-2:45pm Theatre & Culture 2

2:45-4:00pm Film Studies 2

Parking: Second Street Garage, located West of Cherry Avenue, on the South side of Second Street.

If you have special needs for parking, please call UA Parking & Transportation Services at (520) 621-3550.

Media Contact: Lisa Pierce, (520) 626-2686, lisapierce@email.arizona.edu

TUCSON, AZ – Adapted from Puccini’s La Bohème, this iconic rock musical centers on a group of young artists in New York’s modern-day East Village. The group struggles to maintain their friendships and non-conformist ideals as their community is ripped apart by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer Prize for Drama, RENT is a powerful story of heroism in living, loving, fighting and surviving.

Dates & Times:

Previews: Apr 10 at 1:30pm, Apr 11 at 7:30pm

Evenings: Apr 13-16, Apr 21-23, Apr 29-30 at 7:30pm

Matinees: Apr 17, Apr 23-24, May 1 at 1:30pm

Place: Tornabene Theatre on the UA campus located near the SE corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard.

Cost/Admission:

Regular $31, Senior/UA Employee/Military $29, Student $21,

Preview $20, Alumni discount $6 off qualifying rate

Deeper discounts apply for groups numbering 10+

Ticket Information: UA Fine Arts Box Office, (520) 621-1162 | 12p-4p | M-F | theatre.arizona.edu 

Also open one hour before each performance

Parking: Park Avenue Garage, located on Park Avenue just north of Speedway Blvd. Pre-paid parking is available for weekday evening performances. Saturday and Sunday there is no charge to park. If you have special needs for parking, please call UA Parking & Transportation Services at (520) 621-3550.

Media Contact: Lisa Pierce, (520) 626-2686, lisapierce@email.arizona.edu

Production Sponsor: The Jacqueline Anne Morris Memorial Foundation

TUCSON, AZ – Arizona Repertory Theatre is proud to announce UA Night for all Wildcat fans! We’re looking for a sea of red and blue in our audience on the evening of March 30th, so show your Wildcats in Theatre some love and buy your tickets for the 7:30pm performance of The Tempest that night and BEAR DOWN! Wear your favorite UA apparel or simply deck yourself out in red & blue. BONUS: If you buy and wear our classic black & white UA School of Theatre, Film & Television T-shirt to that performance, you get a free snack item at the concession counter that evening, compliments of the School’s Director of Marketing & Development. T-shirts are $12 + tax at the UA Fine Arts Box Office during hours of operation: 12pm-4pm, M-F. Sizes S, M, L, XL and XXL available while supplies last.

Place: Tornabene Theatre on the UA campus located near the SE corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard.

Cost/Admission: Regular $28,

Senior/UA Employee/Military $26, Student $19,

Preview $17, Alumni discount $6 off qualifying rate

Deeper discounts apply for groups numbering 10+

Ticket Information: UA Fine Arts Box Office, (520) 621-1162 | 12p-4p | M-F | theatre.arizona.edu

Parking: Park Avenue Garage, located on Park Avenue just north of Speedway Blvd. Pre-paid parking is available for weekday evening performances. Saturday and Sunday there is no charge to park. If you have special needs for parking, please call UA Parking & Transportation Services at (520) 621-3550.

Media Contact: Lisa Pierce, (520) 626-2686, lisapierce@email.arizona.edu

Production Sponsor: Pat Engels & Richard Medland

TUCSON, AZ – One of Shakespeare’s last and greatest works, The Tempest is part fairy tale, part romance and nothing but pure magic. From
the crash of the opening storm, to the echo of the play’s famous closing lines, audiences will be spellbound by the beauty of Shakespeare’s language and enthralled by the brilliance of his invention. Prospero, the magician and exiled Duke; Miranda, his beautiful daughter; Caliban, his half-human slave; and Ariel, a spirit of the air; are all part of the story, but Shakespeare is the true star in this late, great masterpiece of reconciliation and forgiveness.

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the Folger Shakespeare Library is sending a First Folio to every state in the United States, and the University of Arizona was chosen through a competitive selection process to be the host site for Arizona! The touring exhibit will be installed at the Arizona State Museum. Join us as we celebrate the greatest playwright of the English language with First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare, and visit firstfolio.arizona.edu to participate in other Shakespeare-related events on and off campus, including our production of The Comedy of Errors, running in repertory with The Tempest!

Dates & Times:
Previews: Previews: Mar 6 at 1:30pm, Mar 7 at 7:30pm
Evenings: Mar 9-11, Mar 25, Mar 31, Apr 2 at 7:30pm
Matinees: Mar 12, Mar 26, Apr 3 at 1:30pm

Place: Tornabene Theatre on the UA campus located near the SE corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard.

Cost/Admission:
Regular $28, Senior/UA Employee/Military $26, Student $19, Preview $17, Alumni discount $6 off qualifying rate
Deeper discounts apply for groups numbering 10+

Ticket Information: UA Fine Arts Box Office, (520) 621-1162 | 12p-4p | M-F | theatre.arizona.edu
Also open one hour before each performance

Parking: Park Avenue Garage, located on Park Avenue just north of Speedway Blvd. Pre-paid parking is available for weekday evening performances. Saturday and Sunday there is no charge to park. If you have special needs for parking, please call UA Parking & Transportation Services at (520) 621-3550.

Media Contact: Lisa Pierce, (520) 626-2686, lisapierce@email.arizona.edu

Production Sponsors: Pat Engels & Richard Medland

TUCSON, AZ – One of Shakespeare’s first and most beloved works, The Comedy of Errors is a madcap adventure of mistaken identity and the chaos that ensues. Combining farce, slapstick humor and romance, Shakespeare’s tale takes two sets of twins separated at birth and throws them all into a town renowned for sorcery. The result is a comic masterpiece, showing audiences that even a young William Shakespeare knew how to weave a tale that still ensnares us all.

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the Folger Shakespeare Library is sending a First Folio to every state in the United States, and the University of Arizona was chosen through a competitive selection process to be the host site for Arizona! The touring exhibit will be installed at the Arizona State Museum. Join us as we celebrate the greatest playwright of the English language with First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare, and visit firstfolio.arizona.edu to participate in other Shakespeare-related events on and off campus, including our production of The Tempest, running in repertory with The Comedy of Errors!

Dates & Times:
Previews: Feb 28 at 1:30pm, Feb 29 at 7:30pm
Evenings: Mar 2-4, Mar 12, Mar 23-24, Mar 26, Apr 1 at 7:30pm
Matinees: Mar 5, Mar 27, Apr 2 at 1:30pm

Place: Tornabene Theatre on the UA campus located near the SE corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard.

Cost/Admission: Regular $28, Senior/UA Employee/Military $26, Student $19, Preview $17, Alumni discount $6 off qualifying rate
Deeper discounts apply for groups numbering 10+

Ticket Information: UA Fine Arts Box Office, (520) 621-1162 | 12p-4p | M-F | theatre.arizona.edu
Also open one hour before each performance

Parking: Park Avenue Garage, located on Park Avenue just north of Speedway Blvd. Pre-paid parking is available for weekday evening performances. Saturday and Sunday there is no charge to park. If you have special needs for parking, please call UA Parking & Transportation Services at (520) 621-3550.

Media Contact: Lisa Pierce, (520) 626-2686, lisapierce@email.arizona.edu

Production Sponsor: Tucson Marriott University Park

Tucson, Arizona – The University of Arizona’s Arizona Repertory Theatre will kick off its 2016-17 season on September 18, 2016, sponsored by Chapman Automotive Group. Single tickets go on sale August 1, 2016 through the Fine Arts Box Office at 520.621.1162, or online at theatre.arizona.edu, with new subscriptions available in June.

Lisa Pierce, Director of Marketing & Development for the UA School of Theatre, Film & Television, said she is thrilled that Chapman Automotive Group is sponsoring its 80^th Anniversary season in 2016-17, as well as helping the School celebrate such an auspicious occasion.

“This year, the School of Theatre, Film and Television will begin its 80th year as a freestanding drama program, making us one of the oldest in the nation,” said Artistic Director and Associate Professor, Brent Gibbs. “The Marroney Theatre will also mark a birthday as it turns 60 in 2016. What better way to start the celebration of both of these important milestones than with the announcement of our 2016-2017 season, because it is through the creation of exciting and vibrant theatre that we train our students, engage our audiences and add to our community. Please join us as we celebrate our illustrious past and begin our exciting future.”

Epic Proportions by Larry Coen & David Crane
September 18 – October 9, 2016

Hands on a Hard Body music by Trey Anastasio & Amanda Green,
lyrics by Amanda Green, book by Doug Wright
October 16 – November 6, 2016
Sponsor: Madden Media

Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin
November 6 – December 4, 2016
Co-Sponsors: Jane Kivel with Campbell, Yost, Clare & Norell, P.C.

Proof by David Auburn
February 5 – 26, 2017
Sponsors: Pat Engels & Richard Medland

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
March 5 – April 2, 2017

Evita book & lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
April 9 – 30, 2017
Sponsor: The Jacqueline Anne Morris Memorial Foundation

TUCSON, AZ – On a snowy Christmas Eve, Rachel discovers her husband has hired a hitman to kill her, sending her out the window and into an unusual series of misadventures that include multiple identities, murder and game shows. Joining forces along the way with a humanitarian and his paraplegic wife, Rachel must reconcile the balance between her inexhaustible optimism and the world’s unavoidable realities. Leaving no Christmas celebration unscathed, playwright Craig Lucas blurs the lines between fantasy and reality in a dark comedy that speaks to love, loss, and the indefatigable hope of the human heart.

“Working with the students of ART at the University of Arizona is once again a great pleasure,” said guest director, Hank Stratton. The deep talent in the BFA program is unmistakable, and my task as guest director is to maintain the company’s professional standards, providing the students with a first-rate production to showcase their extraordinary talents.” Stratton added that he is extremely fortunate to be working with brilliant lighting and scenic designers, since without them, he and the cast would not be able to present the professional quality that Tucson audiences have come to expect.

Dates & Times:

Previews: Nov 8 at 1:30pm, Nov 9 at 7:30pm

Evenings: Nov 11-14, Nov 19-21, Dec 4-5 at 7:30pm

Matinees: Nov 15, Nov 21-22, Dec 6 at 1:30pm

Place: Tornabene Theatre on the UA campus located near the SE corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard.

Cost/Admission: Regular $28,

Senior/UA Employee/Military $26, Student $19,

Preview $17, Alumni discount $6 off qualifying rate

Deeper discounts apply for groups numbering 10+

Ticket Information: UA Fine Arts Box Office, (520) 621-1162 | 12p-4p | M-F | theatre.arizona.edu

Also open one hour before each performance

Parking: Park Avenue Garage, located on Park Avenue just north of Speedway Blvd. Pre-paid parking is available for weekday evening performances. Saturday and Sunday there is no charge to park. If you have special needs for parking, please call UA Parking & Transportation Services at (520) 621-3550.

Media Contact: Lisa Pierce, (520) 626-2686, lisapierce@email.arizona.edu

Production Sponsor: Lyn Tornabene with Shawn Edgar & Associates-Keller Williams Southern Arizona