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School of Theatre Arts and Dance

The Drowsy Chaperone

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. Hailed by New York Magazine as "The Perfect Broadway Musical," The Drowsy Chaperone is a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre. [READ FULL POST]

UNC Stage Combat

An article in the Greeley Tribune "Stage Fight: UNC thespians learn how to fight on stage" highlights the work and training currently being put into the stage combat element in the upcoming show "She Kills Monsters." [READ FULL POST]

Catch Me If You Can

Based on the hit film and the incredible true story, Catch Me If You Can is the high-flying musical comedy about chasing your dreams and not getting caught. This is the delightfully entertaining story of precocious teenager, Frank Abignale, Jr., who runs away from home on an unforgettable adventure, using nothing more than his boyish charm, a big imagination, and millions of dollars in forged checks. [READ FULL POST]

I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti

This delightful comedy gives new meaning to the term "dinner theater," as audiences enjoy a comical, heartfelt, one-woman show while a few lucky patrons are served a three-course Italian spread made right in front of them by the star, Kerri Jill Garbis, who simultaneously assumes the persona of Giulia Melucci, on whose memoir I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti is based. [READ FULL POST]