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Sept. 29 & 30
A Studio Project:  VARIATIONS by Katie Hims
Directed by Dr. Thomas A. Oldham

Warren Theatre / Center for the Arts
Times:  Fri & Sat @ 7:30 p.m.
Tickets:  General Admission $12.00 / Students, Seniors, Military $10.00
Ticket Link:  www.tamucc.tix.com
Is it better to have what you want...or to want what you have?  Alice is a typical girl---she just wants everything about her life to be different. One day she gets her wish: everything around her has changed. New family; new friends; new life. She soon discovers, however, that no matter how hard you try to escape them, some things always seem to remain the same. Over the course of several variations of her life, Alice realizes that sometimes change has to come from within.

BONUS:  Friday Night Freebie Improv Show by The Breakers Improv Group after the Friday night performance.

 

Bailando 2024
October 3-5
The 25th Annual Bailando International Dance Festival
Produced by Jilissa Cotten
The Performing Arts Center at TAMUCC
Times:  Thurs-Sat @ 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Adjudication Concert General Admission:  $15.00 / Gala Concert General Admission $20.00 / Students $10.00
Bailando Website:  www.ccbailando.com
Ticket Link:  www.tamucc.tix.com
The Festival features two nights of adjudicated dance showcases and a final gala concert on Saturday featuring local, national and international guest artists.

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October 11-13 & 17-19
Margaret Atwood's THE PENELOPIAD
By Margaret Atwood
Directed by Meredith Melville
Wilson Theatre / Center for the Arts
Times:  Tues-Sat @ 7:30 p.m. / Sun @ 2:00 p.m.
Tickets:  General Admission $12.00 / Students, Seniors, Military $10.00 / All Sun. Tickets $8.00
Ticket Link:  www.tamucc.tix.com
Download the program here.

The most famous story in history...from a different perspective--as told by Margaret Atwood, author of THE HANDMAID'S TALE.  Homer’s THE ODYSSEY is literally the stuff of legends. Every mythic hero and all the great tragedies can trace their roots back to the epic journey of Odysseus. After ten years of fighting the Trojan War, he strives to get home to his beloved wife Penelope, but gods and monsters and the underworld itself get in his way. So Penelope waits. For another ten years. We know his struggles with the Cyclops and the Sirens, but what about her struggles? She is the faithful wife, but she has her own story to tell. Visionary writer Margaret Atwood gives us Penelope’s version, because sometimes waiting alone is far more difficult than fighting battles.

BONUS:  Friday Night Freebie Improv Show by The Breakers Improv Group after each Friday night performance.

Come See Show 24-25
October 26
The Breakers Improv Show:  All Hell Breaks Loose
Produced by Meredith Melville
Wilson Theatre / Center for the Arts
Times:  Sat. @ 7:30 p.m. 
Tickets:  General Admission $12.00 / Students, Seniors, Military $10.00
Ticket Link:  www.tamucc.tix.com
The Breakers Improv Group's annual (& hilarious) annual Halloween show is a must see.  Don't miss it!
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November 15-17 & 21-23
William Shakespeare's hilarious play: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Adapted & Directed by Alison Frost
Choreography by Alexandra Shaw
Fight Direction by Paige Woelke, SAFD
Music Direction by Dr. Matthew York

Warren Theatre / Center for the Arts
Times:  Thurs-Sat @ 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m. 
Tickets: General Admission $12.00 / Students, Seniors, Military $10.00 / All Sun. Tickets $8.00
Special High School performances available.  Contact meredith.melville@tamucc.edu 
Ticket Link:  www.tamucc.tix.com
Shakespeare’s uproarious comedy about twins, mistaken identity, and finding your true self set in the 1940s world of swing dance and jazz.

BONUS:  Friday Night Freebie Improv Show by The Breakers Improv Group after each Friday night performance.

 Come See Show 24-25

November 26
A Night of Senior Capstone productions:
SHE KILLS MONSTERS, DEER, and STUPID F*CKING BIRD
Wilson Theatre / Center for the Arts
Times:  Tuesday @ 6:00, 7:30 & 9:00 p.m.  / The Breaker's Uncensored @ 10:00 p.m.
Tickets: General Admission FREE
BONUS:  The Breakers Improv Group present their late-night uncensored Improv Show.  Attend at your own risk.

Come See Show 24-25

December 7 & 8
The Theatre & Dance Fall Arts Festival
Wilson & Warren Theatres / Center for the Arts
Dates:  December 7 & 8
Times:  TBA
Tickets: General Admission $12.00 / Students, Seniors, Military $10.00 
Ticket Link:  www.tamucc.tix.com
This festival celebrates the work of both theatre & dance majors and minors.
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Feb. 28-Mar 2 & Mar. 6-8
Sondheim's award-winning musical INTO THE WOODS
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Directed by Kelly Russell
Music Direction by Alex Mason
Choreography by Jilissa Cotten

Warren Theatre / Center for the Arts
Times:  Thurs-Sat @ 7:30 p.m. & Sun @ 2:00 p.m.
Tickets:  General Admission $12.00 / Students, Seniors, Military $10.00 / All Sun. Tickets $8.00
Ticket Link:  www.tamucc.tix.com
The award-winning musical about what happens after happily-ever-after.   Stephen Sondheim, the most celebrated composer in Broadway history, tells us the fairy tales that we only think we know. Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Rapunzel...they’re all here, their stories masterfully woven together in a tune-filled show of wonder, romance, humor, and heartbreak. Their stories come at a cost, though. Even when fantasy gives them the happy ending they think they want, the real world intrudes to remind us that wishes come true...not free.

BONUS:  Friday Night Freebie Improv Show by The Breakers Improv Group after each Friday night performance.

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April 18-20 & 24-26
OUR LADY OF 121st ST.
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Marco Muñoz

Warren Theatre / Center for the Arts
Times:  Thurs-Sat @ 7:30 p.m. & Sun @ 2:00 p.m.
Tickets:  General Admission $12.00 / Students, Seniors, Military $10.00
Ticket Link:  www.tamucc.tix.com
And you thought your school reunion was bad!!!  Stephen Adly Guirgis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, has created another masterpiece where the sacred meets the profane. For someone who grew up in the rough part of the city, the one thing that could make your life better is a good teacher. But now, Sister Rose is missing, and her former students reunite to try to make sense of things now that the one person who gave them hope is gone. Older, but not necessarily wiser, these lost souls swap stories of their lives, loves, and disappointments. For every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

BONUS:  Friday Night Freebie Improv Show by The Breakers Improv Group after each Friday night performance.

Spring Demo 2025
April 29
The Island Dance Demo: 
Love the Mouse
Produced by Sarah Gonzalez
The Warren / Center for the Arts
Collaborators:  Sarah Gonzalez, Jilissa Cotten, The TAMUCC Dance Company, and The Stage and other guest dancers.
Time:  7:30 p.m.
Tickets:  General Admission $12.00 / Students, Seniors, Military $10.00
Ticket Link:  www.tamucc.tix.com
Always a fan and student favorite--a joyful dance demo featuring footwork of TAMUCC dance students in their final production of the year.
Come See Show 24-25
May 7-10
The 40-Minute One-Act Play Festival
Produced by Kelly Russell, Meredith Melville, & Marco Muñoz
The Warren / Center for the Arts
Time:  May 1-3: 6-10 p.m. / May 4: 2-7 p.m.
Tickets:  General Admission $12.00 / Students, Seniors, Military $10.00
Ticket Link:  www.tamucc.tix.com
The Directing 2 students direct the Acting 2 students in short plays that are stage managed by the Production Management students and lit by the lighting design students.