FOTAD Members ... Watch the Stars Come Out
During the SIUE 2012-13 Mainstage Season
in SIUE’s Katherine Dunham Hall Theater

7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, Oct. 9-13; 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012
Fame
• Music and Lyrics by
• Directed by Peter Cocuzza

From the hit motion pictures, television series, and international stage success, Fame – the Musical, is set during the last years of New York City's celebrated High School for the Performing Arts on 46th Street (1980-1984), Fame – the Musicalis bittersweet, but ultimately an inspiring story of a diverse group of students as they commit to four years of grueling artistic and academic work. With candor, humor and insight, the show explores the issues that confront many young people today: issues of prejudice, identity, self-worth, literacy, sexuality, substance abuse and perseverance

7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 7-10; 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012
What The Butler Saw
• By Joe Orton
• Directed by Chuck Harper

The late Joe Orton’s hilarious and irreverent farce, which premiered posthumously at Queen’s Theatre in 1969 London. A master of the genre, Orton weaves a story revolving around Dr. Prentice, a psychiatrist who is busily attempting to seduce his attractive secretary, while his wife, Geraldine, is also being seduced and blackmailed by the vile Nicholas Beckett. To complicate matters, Dr. Prentice’s clinic is subject to a government inspection led by Dr. Rance, which reveals the insanity and chaos within the clinic.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 20-23; 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013
Distracted
• By Lisa Loomer
• Directed by Peter Cocuzza

In her new play, Lisa Loomer raises several issues surrounding the way attention deficit disorder is diagnosed in children. She questions the subjective methodolgy used in determing whether a child has the disorder. Her premise is explored through characters in the play, including a mother of a child who may or may not have the disorder. The playwright’s intent is for the audience to leave the theater contemplating these issues.

7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 12-13, 2013
Carmina Burana—Special Performances
By SIUE Dance Faculty and Guest Artists from Cuba
• J. Calvin Jarrell, Artistic Director
• Michael Mishra & Joel Knapp, music directors

German composer Carl Orff, who also founded the Orff musical education movement, set 24 poems of a 13th Century text (O Fortuna) to music and created a memorable work that deals with a wide range of topics, as familiar as they were in the 13th century: the fickleness of fortune and wealth, the ephemeral nature of life, the joy of the return of spring, and the pleasures and perils of drinking, gluttony, gambling and lust, all brought together in “Theatrum Mundi,” in which music, movement and speech are inseparable.

7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 18-20, 2013; 2 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 2013
Dance In Concert
By SIUE Dance Faculty, Alumni and Selected Students
• J. Calvin Jarrell, Artistic Director

There has always been something mesmerizing about dancers moving rhythmically to music…..skipping, leaping, twirling……add in colorful lighting effects, sets and props, and you won't want to miss an evening filled with powerful and delicate, beautiful and inspiring, humorous and solemn sights and sounds topped off with an excerpt from the well-known Carmina Burana ballet. Truly an evening of visual delight brought to you from the dance department for your enjoyment.