UIS’ Twelfth Night Goes Live This Friday

A production originally slated for last year will premiere in just a few days.

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night has a plot so familiar, you probably don’t realize how much it has been adapted into other works, contemporary and classic.

University of Illinois Springfield Department of Theatre’s Production will blend both live and prerecorded elements. The show will be performed live (virtually) and that performance will be recorded and played back for the subsequent nights.

Director Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson discussed that and more on Let’s Talk Arts and Entertainment.

This story aired on WMAY on April 14, 2021.

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UIS Studio Theatre to present ‘Rogues’ Gallery’ via livestream

As the days settle into more darkness, a little dark humor might be enlightening. “Rogues’ Gallery,” livestreamed beginning this weekend from the UIS Studio Theatre in the University of Illinois Springfield Performing Arts Center, sheds light on the “allure of bad behavior and the absurdity of being human” with “darkly humorous stories,” according to the show description.

Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, the show’s director and chair of UIS’s art, music and theatre department, explained that “Rogues’ Gallery” is a lineup of 10 characters each with their own monologue. 

The characters “all feel like they have been wronged in some way and/or that their lives have been recently upended and consequently they’ve lost something or someone which/who they are trying to get back into their lives,” said Thibodeaux-Thompson. “Sound familiar? This is one of the reasons why we decided to produce this show.”

Thibodeaux-Thompson found twists and turns in planning and re-planning the production to keep cast and crew safe, and he and Tiller agree that cast and crew have worked hard to put together a fascinating show. He chose to direct the show for safety, as the production is a collection of monologues so there in some built-in social distancing and safety, but he adds “It is also a show that well reflects the diversity of struggles in today’s world.”

This story appeared in The State Journal-Register on November 5, 2020.

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The show will not go on

Friday would have marked the debut of the production of “Twelfth Night” at the University of Illinois Springfield. Instead, there will be a virtual cast party on Zoom, said UIS associate professor of theatre Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson, who is also the play’s director.

“I suspect there will be tears,” she said. Nearly 30 people, from actors to scene designers to costume designers, were involved in some facet of the play since January.

The cast had planned to gather March 15 for its first rehearsal after spring break, but that was also nixed, so it never had a chance to re-assemble before members went their separate ways. “I still really haven’t had a chance to process it,” Thibodeaux-Thompson said.

For Claire Starling, a senior from New Berlin who was cast as Olivia, it was the first time performing in a Shakespeare play and the first time working with Thibodeaux-Thompson. “I was definitely really disappointed because it got to the point where it was actually coming together,” said Starling, an English major at UIS. “It was abrupt.”

One of the saving graces, Thibodeaux-Thompson said, is that “Twelfth Night” is scheduled at UIS next spring. Some students, may be moving on while others, like Starling, who will be doing graduate work at UIS, haven’t committed to the project. “They were a wonderful group of people. To see everyone (on Zoom) is going to be like a reunion, but I miss being in the room where it happens,” said Thibodeaux-Thompson, summoning a line from “Hamilton.”

This story appeared in The State Journal-Register on April 16, 2020.

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Renovations set to begin at University of Illinois Springfield

University of Illinois Springfield will be making major structural improvements to its studio theater.

The theater received a $150,000 grant from the university to modernize its facility. The improvements will include new seating, a new curtain system and upgrades to lighting and sound.

Bryan Rives, the director of performance arts services, said the renovations will support UIS as well as the outside community. "These upgrades were definitely necessary and it's going to help us be more cost-effective in the daily operations of the building and by bringing the operating cost of the building down, we're also hoping that new community arts organizations will start popping up that will use this space as their performance home," Rives said.

The grant money will be combined with money from outside donors to pay for the total renovation cost of $200,000. Work is set to be complete by the end of the summer.

This story aired on Fox 55 Illinois on January 25, 2019.

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UIS Theatre Department launches degree program with production of ‘Machinal’

When she chose the 1920s drama “Machinal” as the University of Illinois Springfield’s fall theater production, director Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson felt a certain sense of deja vu.

The play, opening Friday for six performances at the UIS Studio Theatre, depicts a young woman “struggling to find her place in what (the playwright) perceived as an overly mechanized, automated, unfeeling society and culture,” said Thibodeaux-Thompson, associate professor of theater at UIS.

Its main character also experiences sexual discrimination and harassment, pressure to conform to society’s expectations of women, and a growing sense of alienation, with tragic results.

“It can be difficult to distinguish whether Treadwell was writing about the 1920s or the 2010s,” Thibodeaux-Thompson said, especially since adverse treatment of women in entertainment, politics and other fields continues to make news on a daily basis.

“Certainly times have changed, but how much, and how far?”

“Machinal,” written by Sophie Treadwell, depicts a young stenographer who marries her boss but finds him repulsive and controlling. Desperate to escape her loveless marriage, she has an affair with a younger man, kills her husband and is tried for his murder.

“She is a victim of her time,” said Sherri Mitchell, a newly enrolled theater major who plays the young woman’s mother.

Mitchell said her own character “represents the ugly side of what it meant to be a woman” with no financial security apart from a breadwinning man. “She represents the life most women had been living then,” focused only on the drudgery of daily survival, she said.

The show also marks another milestone for the UIS Theatre Department: the official launch of its bachelor’s degree program in theater, approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education last year.

“Having a BA in theatre is a great asset for the campus and makes it a robust liberal arts university,” added Thibodeaux-Thompson, whose husband Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, associate professor and director of theater, and assistant professor Dathan Powell round out the theater department faculty.

This article appeared in The State Journal-Register on October 25, 2017.

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UIS takes on ‘Macbeth'

The University of Illinois Springfield’s theater department is taking on one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays in its production of “Macbeth,” which wraps up its run this weekend at the university’s Studio Theatre.

The tragedy follows Macbeth and his wife from their climb to power through their struggle to keep their grasp on it.

After being told by three witches that he one day would be king of Scotland, an ambitious Macbeth murders the sitting king and claims the throne as his own. He doesn’t rule happily ever after. Instead, he is consumed by guilt and paranoia, even as he is forced to kill more people to protect himself and his throne.

It isn’t long before the civil war triggered by his tyrannical rule drive the power-hungry couple to madness and death.

Directed by Bill Kincaid, the UIS Theatre version features a cast of students and faculty members, including faculty members Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson and Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, respectively.

This story appeared in My Journal Courier on November 3, 2016.

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UIS Theatre celebrates Shakespeare with production of 'Macbeth'

For some married couples, acting side by side in one of William Shakespeare's iconic tragedies might spell "double, double toil and trouble." But for University of Illinois Springfield theater professors Eric and Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson, playing the lead roles in "Macbeth" is a chance to fulfill some of their own ambitions.

The play, directed by Bill Kincaid, opens Friday for seven performances in the UIS Studio Theatre. 

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth "are bucket list roles," said Missy, an associate professor of theater. 

First performed around 1606, "Macbeth" tells the story of a Scottish nobleman, spurred on by his wife and the prophecies of three witches, who murders King Duncan (Jim Hepworth) and becomes king himself, only to see his regime collapse in bloodshed, madness and rebellion. Despite — or more likely because of — violent and occult aspects that gave the play a reputation for being cursed,

In theatrical circles, it is sometimes dubbed "The Scottish Play" because mentioning its name outside of an actual performance was thought to bring bad luck. But that didn't discourage the Thibodeaux-Thompsons from slating "Macbeth" as UIS' fall production this year.

"It plays very well into the Halloween season with its ghosts, witches, and horror," said Christopher V. Marbaniang, a graduate student who appears as Malcolm, Duncan's son and rightful heir.

Since this year marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death and UIS had not staged a Shakespeare play since "As You Like It" in 2009, the Thibodeaux-Thompsons thought it would be an appropriate time to produce another. "We had done a comedy, so we thought, why not a tragedy," said Eric, associate professor and director of theater. "'Macbeth' has lots of good roles; it's also the shortest of Shakespeare's tragedies, and very action-packed."

The production is UIS' largest ever, with 22 actors in 34 roles, and features sets designed by assistant professor Dathan Powell.

This story appeared in The State Journal-Register on October 26, 2016.

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UIS opens theater season with 'Importance of Being Earnest'

The University of Illinois Springfield is experimenting with time travel in its first of two theater productions of the 2015-16 season. Its production of Oscar Wilde's 1895 comedy "The Importance of Being Earnest", which opens Friday, is set in contemporary London rather than in the Victorian era in which it was written.

Director Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, UIS associate professor and director of theatre, noted that Wilde did not intend "Earnest" to be a period piece, but a commentary on British society as his audience would have experienced it.

"The play takes place in 'the present,’" Thibodeaux-Thompson said. "We reset it to 2015, and we're pretty convinced it holds up" without much change in the script.

The plot turns on the real and assumed identities of two men: Jack Worthing (Alessandro Vazquez), who pretends to be his prodigal, city-dwelling "brother" Earnest, and Algernon Moncrieff (Christopher Vemagiri Marbaniang), who pretends to have a chronically-ill "friend" named Bunbury who lives in the country.

The tangled relationships between the men, their alter egos and the women who love them — or more precisely love the persons they believe them to be — gradually unravel with humorous results. "This was Wilde's masterpiece, written when he was peaking in his career," Thibodeaux-Thompson said. "He is extremely witty and arguably the most quotable (British) author with the exception of Shakespeare. His quotes are on refrigerators all over America."

Cast members say the main characters are surprisingly easy to envision as milliennials rather than Victorians. Algernon "is a cool dude with an air of knowing everything" and could be described as a "metrosexual" with refined tastes, said Marbaniang. "He's a young guy who loves extravagant living, and believes in the 'you only live once' thing." Jack, meanwhile, represents "old money" as opposed to Algernon's "new money," Vazquez said. "He's not really uppity, but kind of stuffy, and likes things to be in order."

Thiboudeaux-Thompson believes "Earnest" has remained popular for more than a century because it has larger-than-life characters and involves timeless situations such as the generation gap, winning the approval of potential in-laws and divisions between social classes. "It portrays life in a classist society, which America pretends not to be but is," he said. "And it's also genuinely funny."

This article appeared online in The State Journal-Register on October 28, 2015.

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'Earnest' and 'Distracted' headline new season at UIS Theatre

University of Illinois Springfield Theatre has announced its 2015-16 theater lineup.

This fall will see a production of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”; for the spring, “Distracted” by Lisa Loomer.

“Earnest” will be Oct. 30-Nov. 1 and Nov. 5-7 in the Studio Theatre, lower level of the Public Affairs Center on the UIS campus. Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, associate professor and director of theater, will direct with scenic design by Dathan Powell, assistant professor of theater.

“Distracted” will be performed April 22-24 and 28-30, also in the Studio Theatre. Directing will be Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson, associate professor of theatre, with scenic design by Powell.

Both shows will hold open auditions and crew interviews, open to students, faculty, staff, and community members.

This story appeared online in The State Journal-Register on August 19, 2015.

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Thibodeaux-Thompsons throw focus into UIS production of 'Streetcar'

Instead of teaching theater classes this semester, University of Illinois Springfield associate professor Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson focused on preparing for one of the most iconic roles in American theater.

"Yes, it is daunting," she said of her role as Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire," the UIS spring theater production opening Friday. "A friend of mine says Blanche is often seen as 'the woman's Hamlet.' "

To prepare for the production — directed by her husband, associate professor of theater Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson — she took a semester-long sabbatical.

Three years ago, the couple did the same in reverse, with Missy directing Eric in a production of Sam Sheppard's "True West."

Detailed word choice "Streetcar," the most famous work of playwright Tennessee Williams, premiered in 1947 and won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for drama. It is widely considered to be one of the best American plays of the 20th century and has inspired a number of stage and screen versions.

Set in the French Quarter of New Orleans, "A Streetcar Named Desire" depicts Blanche, a former schoolteacher, moving into a cramped apartment with her sister Stella (Ellyn Thorson) and Stella's husband, Stanley Kowalski (Thom Miller). As Blanche makes increasingly desperate attempts to maintain her romantic view of life and conceal the problems that forced her to leave home, tensions and resentment build among her, Stanley and Stella.

The play has left "some pretty indelible images in our culture", according to Eric, including the common conceptions of Stanley as a loud, obnoxious brute and Blanche as an emotional basket case.
But the Thiboudeaux-Thompsons agree that the characters and atmosphere Williams created are much more complex and deserve careful attention.

"There is a little bit of Blanche and Stanley in all of us."

The play also depicts a conflict between the higher ideals and aspirations of Blanche and the more immediate, down-to-earth desires of Stanley, Stella and their neighbors. "There are people who are more introspective and who like the finer things in life," Eric said. "And there are others who just want to have a beer and pizza."

A Streetcar Named Desire takes the stage at the UIS Studio Theatre in the Public Affairs Center, April 16-18.  Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.  Tickets are $6-$14.

This article appeared online in The State Journal-Register on April 8, 2015.

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UIS students performing Neil Simon's 'Brighton Beach Memoirs'

The first of Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical plays, “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” opens the University of Illinois Springfield theater season Friday.

While Simon is best known for comedies such as “The Odd Couple,” director Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson noted that “Brighton Beach,” which debuted on Broadway in 1983, marked one of the first times that critics recognized Simon’s ability to blend comedy and drama in a single work.

“This play has been on my list (of plays to direct) for years,” said Thibodeaux-Thompson, an associate professor of theater at UIS. “Simon’s work can be deceptive — it’s not simple but very, very challenging.”

“Brighton Beach Memoirs” takes place in 1937, with 15-year-old Eugene Jerome (Liam Schaver) — a shy Jewish youth preoccupied with baseball, writing and girls — living with his extended family in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn.

The play depicts the antagonism and affection between Eugene, his parents Jack and Kate (Wesley Skym and Liza Torrence), his brother Stanley (Christopher Romero), his aunt Blanche (Diamond Dixon), and his cousins Laurie and Nora (Emily Hartney and Courtney Kincaid), who all live under the same roof.

It is the first in Simon’s “Eugene trilogy” of plays loosely depicting his teenage years, his experiences as an Army recruit in World War II (“Biloxi Blues”) and his early career as a television comedy writer (“Broadway Bound”).

“He’s intelligent, but sort of naive at the same time,” Schaver said of Eugene. “His ambitions are to be either a sportswriter or a pitcher for the New York Yankees. He’s good hearted, but a little self-centered.”

Eugene’s mother, Kate, “is a busybody who worries about everything, takes on everyone else’s problems as her own, and needs to be in control,” Torrence said. In contrast, Blanche is quiet and reserved, and “has a hard time finding her voice,” said Dixon, because she is ashamed to be dependent upon her sister and her brother-in-law.

The play requires 1930s-era costumes and props and must be staged in a manner that allows the audience to see simultaneous actions in more than one room in the Jerome household. “All of these moving parts have been part of the challenge,” Thibodeaux-Thompson said. She and set designer Dathan Powell, UIS assistant professor of theater, began planning the set design over the summer, eventually creating a multi-level set combined with a non-standard seating arrangement for the audience.

“I’ve always loved this play,” which portrays the struggles of a working-class family in the years between the Depression and World War II, Thibodeaux-Thompson said. “I love the relationships it depicts, and that the characters are not one-dimensional. We see these people as flawed human beings, not caricatures.”

The article appeared in The State Journal-Register on November 5, 2014.

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'Clybourne Park' offers new twist on matters of race

UIS Theater’s fall production, “Clybourne Park”, explores how racial and social attitudes have changed — and not changed — over the course of the past 50 years.

Written by Bruce Norris, “Clybourne Park” expands and continues the story told by playwright Lorraine Hansberry in “A Raisin in the Sun,” her 1959 drama about an African-American family buying a home in an all-white Chicago neighborhood.

The play opens Friday at the Studio Theatre at the Public Affairs Center at the University of Illinois Springfield (see accompanying information for ticket details). Director and theater professor Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, said “Clybourne Park” is classified as a comedy but has “pendulum swings between serious and funny moments.” Following its premiere in 2010, it won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2011 and the Tony Award for best new play in 2012.

"It causes us to reexamine what we consider acceptable behavior with regard to race, sexual orientation and gender issues and other issues,” he added. “It shines a light on the things that unite and divide people."

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Nov. 14-16, 2 p.m. Sunday
Where: Studio Theatre, lower level of the Public Affairs Center, University of Illinois Springfield Tickets: $14 adults, $12 ages 65 or older with a picture ID, $10 university faculty and staff, $8 students with a valid college ID, $6 ages 17 and under, available at 206-6160, www.sangamonauditorium.org.

The performance was featured by The State Journal-Register on November 8, 2013.

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Susan Koch: Theatre, an important university experience at UIS

The following is a portion of a guest column written by UIS Chancellor Susan J. Koch. It was published in the October 13, 2013 edition of The State Journal-Register.

"The university experience comes with a great many important decisions: what major to choose, what courses to take, what activities to pursue, how to manage the financial burden of school, to name a few.

Like most, I made those choices, too. But perhaps the best decision I made as an undergraduate had nothing whatever to do with my major. I decided to try out for a play and became, at least for a few months, Bella Manningham, whose diabolical husband was trying to drive her insane in the classic Victorian thriller, “Angel Street.”

The performance won me the best actress award for that year; but being involved with theatre proved far more valuable than the little plastic trophy that still sits on my bookshelf.

I was reminded of that valuable experience and how lucky I had been to attend a university with a strong theatre program when I had a conversation recently with University of Illinois Springfield Theatre professors Eric and Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson. They, along with their colleague, Dathan Powell, are building an intellectually vibrant and engaging theatre program at the University of Illinois’ Springfield campus."

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'Awake and Sing' paved way for modern theater

“Awake and Sing,” the spring production by University of Illinois Springfield Theatre, could be thought of as the granddaddy of ensemble casting, Method acting and other aspects of film and theater that today’s audiences take for granted.

“One of the reasons we decided to do it, is due to its historical significance,” director Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson said of Clifford Odets’ 1933 play about a working-class Jewish family from the Bronx confronting the Great Depression.

The play opens Friday at the UIS Studio Theatre for six performances.

“It was the first play to be produced by the Group Theater, many of whose members became icons of theater,” Thibodeaux-Thompson said.

The play was featured by The State Journal-Register on April 4, 2013.

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The arts scene in Springfield finds vitality in niche markets

With the addition of new assistant professor Dathan Powell, the Theatre Department at University of Illinois Springfield is prepared to tackle new challenges in the coming year, starting with a production of Clifford Odets’s 1935 play Awake and Sing, dealing with timely issues of economic hardship.

For UIS Theatre Director Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, it’s all about education and community.

“Our students learn from the faculty, and the people from the community who work with us learn from the students, and I think we learn a lot from the community folks as well. So it’s a win-win,” he beams.

Auditions for Awake and Sing will be held Jan. 22 and 23. For details visit www.uis.edu/theatre/productions/auditions.html.

UIS Theatre was featured by the Illinois Times on December 20, 2012.

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'Tartuffe' opens UIS theatre season

A comedy by “France’s Shakespeare” this weekend kicks off the 2012-13 season of plays presented by the University of Illinois Springfield theatre program.

“Tartuffe,” a 17th-century farce by Moliere about the machinations of a religious fraud, will be presented in a contemporary setting in an English translation that preserves the poetic nature of the 350-year-old French script, said director Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson.

“The text is translated from French into English rhyming couplets,” said Thibodeaux-Thompson, associate professor of theatre at UIS. “It’s a blend of modern colloquial language with poetry.”

“Tartuffe” (comedy)

• When: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Nov. 1-3; 2 p.m. Sunday. Preview/dress rehearsal 7:30 p.m. today. 
• Where: UIS Studio Theatre, lower level, Public Affairs Center, University of Illinois Springfield 
•  Tickets: $6 (age 17 and under), $8 (college/university students with ID), $10 (UIS faculty/staff), $12 (age 65 and older), and $14 (adults), available 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the Sangamon Auditorium box office or by calling 206-6160.

The play was featured by the State Journal-Register on October 25, 2012.

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UIS stages a classic, "True West"

Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, the head of the UIS theatre department these last 10 years, is taking a sabbatical this semester, but he is staying home in Springfield. As head of an academic program, he does not normally have the time to act in productions. But his sabbatical has given him time to perform in what is now an American stage classic,

"True West," by Sam Shepard, in the Studio Theatre at UIS Feb. 24-26 and March 1-3 (7:30 p.m. except for a 2 p.m. matinee on Sun., Feb. 26). The production is directed by UIS theatre professor Milissa Thibodeaux-Thompson, Eric’s wife.

The play is about two estranged brothers who have not seen each other in many years. Austin (Craig Rauch), the younger brother, is a successful screenwriter. Lee (Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson), the older, is a drifter of sorts. They do not get along and the plot revolves around the reappearance of Lee to his brother and what ensues. Without giving too much away, this play about sibling rivalry also becomes a play about role reversals. The UIS production also features Tom Hutchinson and Susan Jeffers.

The play was featured in an February 23, 2012, article in the Illinois Times.

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Sibling rivalry: Brothers battle in "True West"

There’s little truth in “True West.”

With a desert-dwelling drifter who can’t stand the sound of chirping crickets, and his studious screenwriter brother who doesn’t mind, irony introduces the plot of the Sam Shepard play that opens Friday at UIS’ Studio Theatre.

“True West” is the story is of two estranged brothers, Lee and Austin, who both end up back in their mother’s California home as adults, while she vacations in Alaska. The two are presumed to have a father, only referred to as “Old Man,” locked up somewhere nearby.

It’s clear from the first line that the relationship is strained, as well as distant.

“So, mom took off for Alaska, huh?” accuses Lee, played by Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, UIS associate professor of theater and director of UIS Theatre. The brothers’ mother, played by Susan Jeffers, asked Austin to housesit — but not Lee.

The play was featured in an February 23, 2012, article in The State Journal-Register.

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UIS Theatre to present evening of short scenes

UIS Theatre will present an evening of student-directed scenes at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in the Studio Theatre, on the campus of the University of Illinois Springfield.

The event provides an opportunity to sample a variety of playwrights and styles rather than commiting to one show for an entire evening. This year's selections are by American playwrights, some of whom are still working today. Each scene lasts 10 to 15 minutes, with an intermission in the middle.

The scenes are part of the final project for students in THE 476, Directing for the Theatre, taught by associate professor and UIS Theatre director Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson. The evening of student-directed scenes in 2009 eventually led to a full-scale production of one of the shorts.

The scenes were featured in an December 6, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.

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Review: 'I Hate Hamlet' gives humorous glimpse into acting profession

The notion that playing the Melancholy Dane is to acting what rocket science and brain surgery are to other professions -- or as the main character describes it, "algebra on stage" -- is humorously deflated in UIS Theatre's fall production, "I Hate Hamlet."

Written by Paul Rudnick and directed for the University of Illinois Springfield by Eric Thiboudeaux-Thompson, "I Hate Hamlet" takes place in the New York City apartment once occupied by legendary actor John Barrymore (and, in real life, by Rudnick when he wrote the script in 1991).

"I Hate Hamlet" runs 2 hours with a 15-minute intermission, and contains some adult language and themes. The show will be presented at 7:30 p.m. today and Nov. 3-5, and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors age 65 and older, $8 for UIS faculty and staff, and $6 for UIS students. An additional charge of $2 applies to tickets purchased at the door. For tickets purchased online or by phone, additional charges of $5 apply.

Tickets may be purchased during regular business hours or up to 90 minutes before each show at the Sangamon Auditorium Ticket Office, located on level two of the UIS Public Affairs Center. Tickets can also be purchased by phone at 206-6160 or (800) 207-6960 or at www.uis.edu/theatre.

The review was published in an October 30, 2011, edition of The State Journal-Register.

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