Every day until June 28, 2015, 12:00AM - 11:59PM
Cost:
N/A
Moss Performing Arts Center Experimental Theatre
1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction , CO 81501 United States
Contact:
Phone
970.248.1604

Additional Information

  • WHAT:                    MESA REPERTORY THEATRE 2015 SEASON
  • WHERE:                Moss Performing Arts Center, Mesa Experimental Theatre
  • WHEN:                  June 11–28, 2015
  • TICKETS:              Box Office 970.248.1604
  • coloradomesa.edu/moss/theatretickets.html

Colorado Mesa University's Department of Theatre Arts proudly announces the 2015 Mesa Repertory Theatre summer season. This will be MRT's fourth season of theatre. This year, MRT will present the musical The Last Five Years along with regional premieres Time Flies, a series of one-act plays by David Ives, and for young audiences, The Stonecutter.

Artistic Director Jeremy Franklin will direct The Last Five Years a contemporary musical by Jason Robert Brown. The musical features just two actors and tells the story of the failed marriage of the characters, Jamie and Cathy. Cathy's story is told in reverse, Jamie's is told conventionally, moving forward. They meet in the middle at the point of their wedding.

Theatre Professor Jeanine Howe will direct Time Flies, an amusing collection of one-act plays by David Ives. Two mayflies realize their lifespan in the middle of a first date, a washing-machine repairman falls in love with a perfect washer, an out-of-work shmo decides to spend his day being painter Edgar Degas, two Babylonian blue-collar workers have to build the Tower of Babel, and more.

For young audiences, MRT will present The Stonecutter, written by Ruth Cantrell and directed by dance professor Megan Glynn. The script received "Best Children's Play" from the Southwest Theatre Association in 1998. The story follows the life of an Aztec stonecutter who doesn't feel his job is important, so his guardian angel changes him into various characters including the sun, the rain, and the wind. Written for children ages 6-12, this play teaches that we all have something important to contribute to the world.

The MRT season will open on June 11th and will run for three weekends, closing on June 28th. Specific dates and information, along with ticket sales, will be available online at coloradomesa.edu/theatre/mesarepertorytheatre.html beginning in April.

Auditions are on Tuesday, March 31 from 5:30-7:00 pm and are open to community members as well as university students. Auditioners should prepare a one-minute contemporary monologue for The Stonecutter and/or Time Flies or a monologue and 16 bars of music from a Jason Robert Brown musical for The Last Five Years. An accompanist will be provided but please bring sheet music. To sign up for an audition time, email Jeremy Franklin at jefrankl@coloradomesa.edu.

The focus of MRT is on semi-professional theatre producing small, professional-quality performances with a cast of actors who are interested in perfecting the craft of live theatre performance.