by Henrik Ibsen 2005-2006 Season – Spring ProductionApril 13, 14, 15, andApril 21, 22, 23Photo Gallery Play Description One of Ibsen’s finest plays, HEDDA GABLER takes us to a 19th century Norwegian town, where one’s ideas are championed and not only define the social order of the day, but for some, cause driving ambitions which are not always kept under control. A feminist ahead of his time, Ibsen is duly called the “father of modern drama.” Cast and Crew Many thanks to all…

by Sophocles 2005-2006 Season – Fall ProductionNovember 4, 5, 6 andNovember 11, 12, 13Photo Gallery Play Description Long considered one of the theatre’s great plays, this timeless story of murder, incest and a person’s preoccupation with one’s place in the universe begins UIS Theatre’s 2005-2006 World Tour of Drama season. Written over two thousand years ago in ancient Greece, Sophocles’ masterpiece continues to pack a punch of relevancy for our contemporary world and the world of…

by Lanford Wilson 2004-2005 Season – Spring ProductionApril 1, 2, 3 andApril 8, 9, 10Photo Gallery Play Description As worded in the 2003-2004 Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Catalogue of Plays: Comedy/Drama. Presented by New York’s famed Circle Repertory Company, this brilliant, enthralling play has been hailed as a major work by one of our theatre’s most important and celebrated writers. Alternately funny and moving, it deals with a group of former student activists and the changes…

by Theresa Rebeck 2004-2005 Season – Fall ProductionNovember 5, 6, 7 andNovember 12, 13, 14Photo Gallery Play Description As worded in of the 2003 Samuel French, Inc. Basic Catalogue of Plays and Musicals: This humor-filled tale of political corruption, ingratitude and revenge concerns an idealistic young Washington attorney who persuades her former law professor, a man of lofty rhetoric, to run for Congress. Ideals shrivel in the Washington air as the professor is swept into an…

by Noel Coward 2003-2004 Season – Spring ProductionApril 9, 10 andApril 15 – 18, 2004Photo Gallery Read our Press Coverage: Preview Articles: Hayfever (pdf) Reviews: General Review (pdf)A Collection of Abbreviated Reviews (pdf) Play Description First produced in 1925, Hay Fever is technically a masterpiece. A comedy of bad manners which starts with the arrival of four guests, Hay Fever largely concerns the way that they are alternately ignored, embraced, embarrassed,…

by David Auburn Download 2003-2004 Season – Fall ProductionNovember 14 – 16 andNovember 21 – 23, 2003Photo Gallery Read our Press Coverage: /sites/default/files/inline-images/ProofReview.pdfDownload Proof Preview Article (pdf)Proof Review Article (pdf) Play Description On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with…