The University of Redlands Theatre Arts Department presents
Native Gardens
By Karen Zacarías
Directed by Gabriel Rodriguez
October 15th & 16th @ 7:30pm
October 17th @ 2:00pm
Upcoming Productions
2021-2022
The Legend of Georgia McBride
by Matthew Lopez
Directed by Gregory Ramos
November 18th-20th @ 7:30pm
November 21st @ 2:00pm
Frederick Loewe Theatre
Casey is an Elvis impersonator with everything going for him, but his act just doesn’t make it at Cleo’s bar. When Eddie, the bar’s owner, decides to boot Casey and bring in a drag act to resurrect the club, Casey’s future looks bleak. His wife Jo is growing weary of trying to make ends meet and as their finances hit rock bottom, Jo discovers she’s pregnant. Their future is up in the air until one fateful night at Cleo’s when Casey has a break that changes everything. As drag sensation, Georgia McBride, can Casey turn his fate around? Join the road to self-discovery in this hilarious comedy. Lights! Sequins! Drag!.
We Are the Kingdom of Lear
Created & Directed by
Chris Beach
May 20th & 21st, 2022
Frederick Loewe Theatre
*This production is slated to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 2022.
An experimental re-imagining of Shakespeare’s great play. Blinded by his mad lust for power and his belief that he can possess the earth and all its inhabitants, King Lear divides his kingdom and pits his children against each other, putting the very existence of the world at risk. But his wise daughter, Cordella, unites the creatures of the kingdom to save beauty and all natural life in this musical adventure of puppetry, masks, and magic. Is redemption possible for rulers like Lear? With an ensemble of multi-talented musicians, actors, and dancers, storytelling takes on wild expression and profound meaning.
The Thanksgiving Play
by Larissa FastHorse
Directed by James Johnston & Thomas Johnston
February 17th-19th @ 7:30pm
February 20th @ 2:00pm
Frederick Loewe Theatre
Ah, Thanksgiving, that most American of holidays: when families gather to celebrate the warmth of home, the bounty of the harvest — and a legacy of genocide and violent colonial expansion. Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.
