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Home › News & Events › News › University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television announces 2022/23 Theatre Season

University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television announces 2022/23 Theatre Season

June 30, 2022

TUCSON, Ariz. – A mythologically inspired play, two award-winning musicals, a world-premiere production of visual theatre, and the ultimate love story all feature in the 2022/23 theatre season presented by the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television (TFTV). Starting in October 2022, TFTV will invite audiences to campus to be among the first to discover the next generation of outstanding theatre makers.

Hailed by Broadway World as “a stellar program to rival some of the nation’s most reputable institutions,” the Arizona Repertory Theatre, led by Artistic Director Hank Stratton and comprising students in the BFA Acting and Musical Theatre program, presents Legally Blonde, Polaroid Stories, Head Over Heels and Romeo & Juliet. The Next Performance Collective, a program of the School’s BA Theatre Studies division, will present the balance of the season with two original productions: Vaud and the second annual New Directions Festival. All productions are supported by students in the BFA Design and Technical Production program.

“I am excited to welcome audiences to campus for a season that blends exciting new devised work with beloved classics of love and longing, contemporary stories of resilience and triumph, and buoyant musicals that will inspire joy at a time when our community needs it the most,” said Dr. Brant Pope, the School’s new Interim Director.

Subscription packages for TFTV’s new theatre season are now on sale. Individual tickets will be available from August 23.

Talent nurtured at the nationally ranked School of Theatre, Film & Television go on to carve out notable careers in every facet of the entertainment industry. The School’s recently published Impact Report features news and achievements of dozens of alumni including Ben Crawford (playing the title role in Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera), Tamika Lawrence (Drama Desk-nominated for her role in Black No More), Vinessa Vidotto (CBS’s FBI: International), Zackry Colston (cast member at The Groundlings Theatre), and stage manager Fatimah Amill (The Devil Wears Prada, world-premiering in Chicago in July).

TFTV 2022/23 Theatre Season

Legally Blonde
OCTOBER 2 —16, 2022 in the MARRONEY THEATRE
Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin • Book by Heather Hach, Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture • LEGALLY BLONDE is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
A light-hearted and award-winning musical based on the much-adored movie of the same name, Legally Blonde the Musical follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Hilarious, heartwarming, and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances.

Polaroid Stories
OCTOBER 23 – NOVEMBER 6, 2022 in the TORNABENE THEATRE
By Naomi Iizuka
Inspired in part by Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Iizuka’s Polaroid Stories takes place on an abandoned pier on the outermost edge of a city, a way-stop for dreamers, dealers and desperadoes, a no-man’s land where runaways seek camaraderie, refuge and escape. Serpentine routes from the street to the heart characterize the interactions in this spellbinding tale of young people pushed to society’s fringe. Informed, as well, by interviews with young prostitutes and street kids, Polaroid Stories conveys a whirlwind of psychic disturbance, confusion and longing. Like their mythic counterparts, these modem-day mortals are engulfed by needs that burn and consume.

Vaud
DECEMBER 1 – 4, 2022 in the TORNABENE THEATRE
Created by Wolfe Bowart
An original work of visual theatre created by Theatre Studies students in collaboration with physical theatre creator Wolfe Bowart, Vaud is inspired by the colorful world of the American Vaudeville circuit of the turn of the twentieth century and the culture that grew up around it – the costumes, the boarding houses, the travel, the stages and the rich and complex cultural diversity. Researched and developed using the University of Arizona’s American Vaudeville special collection, Vaud gives life to modern stories inspired by one of the most popular eras of American entertainment.

Romeo + Juliet
FEBRUARY 26 – MARCH 19, 2023 in the TORNABENE THEATRE
By William Shakespeare
Perhaps the most famous love story ever written, Shakespeare’s play about the romance of two teenagers from feuding families has inspired opera, ballet, and the musical theatre masterpiece West Side Story. This production will include matinee performances for high-school groups.

Head Over Heels
APRIL 9 – 23, 2023 in the TORNABENE THEATRE
Songs by The Go-Gos. Based on ‘The Arcadia’ by Sir Philip Sidney. Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty. Adapted by James Magruder. Produced by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing. (www.broadwaylicensing.com)
Head Over Heels is the bold new musical comedy from the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, Head Over Heels follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction—only to discover the key to their realm’s survival lies within each of their own hearts.

New Directions Festival
APRIL 21 – 30, 2023 in the HAROLD DIXON STUDIO THEATRE
Join us in the Spring for the second annual New Directions Festival. The Festival showcases 100% student-created, student-designed, and student-performed content, allowing BA students to tell their stories through voices that are uniquely their own.

About the School of Theatre, Film & Television
The School of Theatre, Film & Television, a member of the Arizona Arts division at the University of Arizona, nurtures and develops outstanding artists and scholars via rigorous training and mentoring by internationally recognized faculty, high-level internship opportunities, industry-standard resources, and hands-on production experience. TFTV offers comprehensive training programs that aim to prepare students to succeed in a wide range of careers – in the industry, the arts, and higher education. Each year through Arizona Repertory Theatre productions, Next Performance Collective productions, and Film & Television screenings, students of TFTV are able to showcase their talents, tell compelling stories, and provide clear results of what happens in their classrooms and studios. TFTV’s Film & Television program regularly ranks in The Wrap’s “Top 50 Film Schools,” and the School’s Theatre programs regularly rank in Onstage’s “Top 30 College Musical Theatre Programs” and “Top 30 College Theatre Design & Tech Programs” making UA one of the country’s top institutions to study theatre, film and television.

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Kerryn Negus
Director, Advancement and External Relations
School of Theatre, Film & Television
knegus@arizona.edu

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We're proud to share that TFTV Assoc. Professors Yuri Makino and Michael Mulcahy have been selected for the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy Fellows Program to support their films on healthcare and climate change respectively. The program, which supports around four projects annually, offers Fellows a semester off from teaching to allow for scholarship and the pursuit of additional funding for research projects potentially impactful to public policy.

Makino’s feature-length documentary, AMERICA’S HEALTH: WELCOME TO THE GAME, spotlights a number of communities that are restoring healthcare to its original mission by taking control away from entities designed to profit from sickness. She is co-producing and co-directing alongside local filmmaker Christine Harland.

Mulcahy’s documentary series, MAKING ARIZONA, consists of video portraits of a range of Arizonans who are demonstrating a resilient response to the effects of global climate change, particularly drought, fire, and extreme heat.

Read more about their films and their goals here:
tftv.arizona.edu/news/tftv-faculty-selected-for-udall-center-fellows-program-to-support-films-on-...
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Were proud to share that TFTV Assoc. Professors Yuri Makino and Michael Mulcahy have been selected for the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy Fellows Program to support their films on healthcare and climate change respectively. The program, which supports around four projects annually, offers Fellows a semester off from teaching to allow for scholarship and the pursuit of additional funding for research projects potentially impactful to public policy.

Makino’s feature-length documentary, AMERICA’S HEALTH: WELCOME TO THE GAME, spotlights a number of communities that are restoring healthcare to its original mission by taking control away from entities designed to profit from sickness. She is co-producing and co-directing alongside local filmmaker Christine Harland.

Mulcahy’s documentary series, MAKING ARIZONA, consists of video portraits of a range of Arizonans who are demonstrating a resilient response to the effects of global climate change, particularly drought, fire, and extreme heat. 

Read more about their films and their goals here:
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Big round of applause for Robbie Voigt (BA Theatre Studies, '22) who has been accepted into the Musical Theatre Master of Fine Arts program at LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art). Among the first to be selected for the program, Voigt will move to London to commence his studies in September. 👏👏

"'Are you ready for this?' That was the first thing I asked myself when applying for LAMDA, and the last thing the audition panel asked before I left my callback. The answer is a resounding yes. I am thrilled to be furthering my studies at one of the most recognized drama schools in the world." says Voigt. "I would like to acknowledge my mentors Philip Bennett, Eric Ashley, and the incredible faculty I encountered while at TFTV: Greg Pierotti, Claire Mannle, Brent Gibbs, and of course, Wolfe Bowart. All of them saw something in me, and each one of them had a hand in getting me where I am today."

While studying at TFTV, Voigt appeared in multiple Next Performance Collective and Studio Series productions, including the first annual New Directions Festival, 'From the Fishbowl' and 'Sinkers'. On screen, Robbie starred in several films including 'Punchline', a dark comedy directed by James Valacich (BFA Film & Television, ’22) that premiered at I Dream in Widescreen. Also active in the Tucson theatre scene, Voigt most recently appeared in 'One Twig at a Time', the magical physical theatre production by Wolfe Bowart, at The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre .

Congratulations, Robbie! Bear down!
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Big round of applause for Robbie Voigt (BA Theatre Studies, 22) who has been accepted into the Musical Theatre Master of Fine Arts program at LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art). Among the first to be selected for the program, Voigt will move to London to commence his studies in September. 👏👏

Are you ready for this? That was the first thing I asked myself when applying for LAMDA, and the last thing the audition panel asked before I left my callback. The answer is a resounding yes. I am thrilled to be furthering my studies at one of the most recognized drama schools in the world. says Voigt. I would like to acknowledge my mentors Philip Bennett, Eric Ashley, and the incredible faculty I encountered while at TFTV: Greg Pierotti, Claire Mannle, Brent Gibbs, and of course, Wolfe Bowart. All of them saw something in me, and each one of them had a hand in getting me where I am today.

While studying at TFTV, Voigt appeared in multiple Next Performance Collective and Studio Series productions, including the first annual New Directions Festival, From the Fishbowl and Sinkers. On screen, Robbie starred in several films including Punchline, a dark comedy directed by James Valacich (BFA Film & Television, ’22) that premiered at I Dream in Widescreen. Also active in the Tucson theatre scene, Voigt most recently appeared in One Twig at a Time, the magical physical theatre production by Wolfe Bowart, at  The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre .

Congratulations, Robbie! Bear down!
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Congratulations Robbie!

Now that is damn good news!! Robbie has been a joy to teach.

Congratulations

Congrats!

YOU GOT THIS ,KIDO!

Love to see a fellow BA doing big things!

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Four TFTV films have been selected to screen at the Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF), taking place June 18-25. This year the festival attracted 13,000 submissions from 120 countries. The festival lineup was chosen by a team of fellow film students located across the country from NYU to Chapman.

The officially selected films are:

• THE SUN ROOM, directed by Chloe Shafer
• DESIRE TO FLY, directed by Oral McKinley Sledge and Olivia P Hocker
• GREEK ALPHABET MAFIA, directed by Preston Kersting and Fiona Paskoff
• AT 7, directed by Tatum Sailors

Congratulations, TFTV filmmakers!
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Four TFTV films have been selected to screen at the Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF), taking place June 18-25. This year the festival attracted 13,000 submissions from 120 countries. The festival lineup was chosen by a team of fellow film students located across the country from NYU to Chapman. 

The officially selected films are:

• THE SUN ROOM, directed by Chloe Shafer
• DESIRE TO FLY, directed by Oral McKinley Sledge and Olivia P Hocker
• GREEK ALPHABET MAFIA, directed by Preston Kersting and Fiona Paskoff
• AT 7, directed by Tatum Sailors

Congratulations, TFTV filmmakers!
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Last weekend, Tatum Sailors' documentary AT 7 screened at the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival (LAICFF). AT 7 follows Harrison, a 7-year-old boy grappling with everyday life as a Type One diabetic. The film premiered at What's Up, Docs? in December 2022. Missed it? Watch the film on our YouTube page: youtu.be/PyYTTrJJo04!

Sailors was present for the screening of her film at LAICFF and participated in a Q&A afterwards, where she took questions about her filming and editing process and had the opportunity to talk about her fiction film MAYBE SOMEDAY, which premiered earlier this month at Magic Hour. It's A Worm's World, the short doc by Kaleigh Brown and Jason Lee, was also selected to screen at LAICFF.

Congratulations, Tatum, Kaleigh and Jason! We look forward to seeing what you all do next!
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Last weekend, Tatum Sailors documentary AT 7 screened at the Los Angeles International Childrens Film Festival (LAICFF). AT 7 follows Harrison, a 7-year-old boy grappling with everyday life as a Type One diabetic. The film premiered at Whats Up, Docs? in December 2022. Missed it? Watch the film on our YouTube page: https://youtu.be/PyYTTrJJo04! 

Sailors was present for the screening of her film at LAICFF and participated in a Q&A afterwards, where she took questions about her filming and editing process and had the opportunity to talk about her fiction film MAYBE SOMEDAY, which premiered earlier this month at Magic Hour. Its A Worms World, the short doc by Kaleigh Brown and Jason Lee, was also selected to screen at LAICFF.

Congratulations, Tatum, Kaleigh and Jason! We look forward to seeing what you all do next!
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Great stuff.

🌟 We are so proud to share the BFA Acting & Musical Theatre Showcase of 2023.

The Showcase comprises a curated set of songs, scenes, and monologues performed by our graduating class of BFA Acting/Musical Theatre majors.

On April 25th the filmed edition of Showcase 2023 was made available via an exclusive platform for viewing by thousands of agents, casting directors, and other industry professionals across the U.S. and Canada – an invaluable opportunity for our emerging artists.

Watch the full Showcase online now at showcase.tftv.arizona.edu!

Congratulations seniors! We look forward to seeing what you do next. Bear down!

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So fantastic!

Brilliant!!

Tomorrow night! Show your support for the next generation of theatre and film & television creators at the Stories Travel screening at the CCP.

Stories Travel is TFTV’s high school outreach program supported by the Provost’s Investment Fund. Over the course of this semester, UA Instructors have been mentoring Flowing Wells High School students, empowering them to develop their artistic voices via a variety of storytelling methods.

Join us for this final presentation, where we’ll see examples of the work the students have created around the themes of time, place, and change.

FREE | Thursday May 11 at 6pm | Creative Photography Auditorium

This photo is from a recent campus visit by the Flowing Wells students.
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Tomorrow night! Show your support for the next generation of theatre and film & television creators at the Stories Travel screening at the CCP.

Stories Travel is TFTV’s high school outreach program supported by the Provost’s Investment Fund. Over the course of this semester, UA Instructors have been mentoring Flowing Wells High School students, empowering them to develop their artistic voices via a variety of storytelling methods.

Join us for this final presentation, where we’ll see examples of the work the students have created around the themes of time, place, and change.

FREE | Thursday May 11 at 6pm | Creative Photography Auditorium

This photo is from a recent campus visit by the Flowing Wells students.
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