Thursday, September 13, 2007

Tucson: UA's Arizona Repertory Theatre presents 'Bus Stop'

 

 

From: Anne Gardner [mailto:anneg@email.arizona.edu]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:31 AM
Subject: Press Release for ART's "Bus Stop"

 

 

UA’s Arizona Repertory Theatre performs the romantic comedy ‘Bus Stop.’

 

Dates & Times:

Previews: October 7 at 1:30 p.m. & October 8 at 7:30 p.m.

Evenings: October 10-13, 18-20, 25-27 at 7:30 p.m.

Matinees: October 14, 20, 21, 28 at 1:30 p.m.

 

Place: Marroney Theatre on the UA campus located near the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard.

 

Cost/Admission: General $26, Senior Citizen/UA Employee/Military $24, Student $19, Preview $17.

 

Ticket Information: UA Fine Arts Box Office, (520) 621-1162.

 

Parking: Theatregoers may park in the Park Avenue Garage, located on Park Ave. just north of Speedway Blvd.  For weekday evening performances, you can now pre-pay for parking.  Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. to midnight, take your parking ticket immediately to the garage cashier after parking.  Cashier is located on the east side of the main level.  Parking fee will be $3 (cash only).  After the performance, insert the parking ticket at the gate to exit.  Saturday and Sunday there is no charge to park.

 

Production Information: “Bus Stop,” by William Inge.  Presented by the UA School of Theatre Arts Arizona Repertory Theatre (ART) and directed by Brent Gibbs.

 

Season Producer Sponsor: The Harris

Season Media Sponsors: KUAT-FM & KUAZ-AM/FM

Production Sponsor: Royal Elizabeth Bed and Breakfast Inn

 

An American classic, this romantic comedy by award-winning playwright William Inge inspired a 1956 film starring Marilyn Monroe.  When a raging March snowstorm blows into a Kansas town, eight unlikely strangers become stranded overnight in a bus stop diner.  There’s the town sheriff who tries to help a young nightclub singer escape from a headstrong cowboy who, with the help of a ranch hand, wants to force her into marriage; the café owner and the bus driver who finally find time to develop their friendship into something more; and the middle-age former college professor who courts the naïve girl who works at the café.  Over the course of the night, they realize that each has something to learn about life, love and — most of all — themselves.  

 

“The issues dealt with in the play [regarding sexuality] and the manner in which they are expressed are surprisingly modern, but the setting in which they occur is an America that was, even then, standing on the brink of extinction,” says director Brent Gibbs.  He sees it as “a piece which one lovingly unwraps and examines to see where we have come from and who we were then.”  Mature themes.  

 

Audience Enrichment: Learn more about “Bus Stop” through exciting pre- and post-show discussions, which are free and open to the public.

 

Pre-show discussion: October 18 at 6:45 p.m.; check signage in the Tornabene Theatre lobby for discussion location.  Guest speakers will lead an exciting dialogue where you can get behind-the-scenes information about the production.

 

Post-show discussion: October 14, immediately after the performance in the Marroney Theatre.  Meet the actors during a Q&A segment facilitated by guest speakers.  

 

Media Contact: Paula Newsome,  (520) 626-2686, pnewsome@email.arizona.edu

 

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