2013-2014 Augsburg College Theater Season

The House of Bernarda Alba
By Federico Garcia Lorca
Translation by Michael Kidd
Directed by Dario Tangelson

November 1-10, 2013
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater
A highly physical take on Lorca's last play,The House of Bernarda Albadepicts the life of an affluent family in 1930's Spain. Forced by Bernarda, the tyrannical matriarch, into a eight-year mourning period after the death of her husband, the Alba sisters see all of their dreams and deepest desires smothered by their despotic mother's rule. Forced to never leave the house and cut off from the outside world the asphyxiating atmosphere drives the sisters against each other in an inevitable path to tragedy.

Antigonick
A new translation of Sophocles' Antigone
by Anne Carson
Directed by Martha Johnson

January 31-February 9, 2014
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater
In her highly innovative translations of ancient plays, acclaimed poet Anne Carson "combines contemporary language with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy, opening up [ancient tales] . . .to a modern audience. . "In Antigonick, Carson emphasizes the importance of time and timing in tragedy, by introducing a silent character, Nick, who is always on stage measuring things while the events of the play unfold. Antigone is "here given an entirely fresh language and presentation."

Peer Gynt
By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Darcey Engen and Luverne Seifert

April 9-13, 2014
Performed at the U of M Arboretum in Chaska Minnesota
The Peer Gynt Project is a collaboration between the Theater Department at Augsburg College and the BA Theater Program in the Department of Theater Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota. This re-vision of Ibsen's classic Peer Gynt is a site-specific performance at the University of Minnesota Arboretum in Chaska, Minnesota. The production is an exploration of this epic Norwegian play and how it reflects culture, history and mythology. Students from each department will work closely to create a highly innovative, condensed, site-specific production that explores the universal themes in the play.

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A Performance Workshop Series
Performance Discoveries: Workshop Series with Professional Artists

You are the Weapon!
Facilitated by Annie Enneking
October 15, 2013 8:30pm
Foss Scene Shop
Come see students perform short choreographed fights using basic stage combat techniques safely and with commitment, creating the illusion of violence. Stage combat is a great way to physically embody theatrical conceits such as motivation and conflict, and makes very pertinent the notion of action and reaction. And: it's just really fun.

Def Poetics
Facilitated by Sha Cage and E.G. Bailey
November 14 and 15, 2013 7:00pm
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater
A Spoken Word of History/Writing/ and Performance.
Performers will present their own pieces which they have created during a series of lecture, dialogue, writing and performance exercises. Their writing will reflect the studies of different practitioners of the spoken word.

TICKETS FOR WORKSHOPS ARE FREE AND ARE ON A FIRST COME BASIS