<p>In this unique adaptation of "The Adding Machine," the unremarkable Mr. Zero, an accountant, is unexpectedly replaced by an adding machine. What follows is a series of remarkable events during and after his life that are outside of his control--or are they? In this devised adaptation, Director Ryan Purcell and student artists will examine the present-day emergence of artificial intelligence in the context of Rice’s prescient expressionistic classic of the 1920s.</p>

<p><strong><em><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW80454149 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW80454149 BCX0">THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE</span></span></em></strong><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW80454149 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW80454149 BCX0"> is a parable inspired by the Chinese play CHALK CIRCLE.

<p><em><strong><span class="TrackedChange SCXW68220959 BCX0"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW68220959 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW68220959 BCX0">The Winter's Tale</span></span></span></strong></em><span class="TrackedChange SCXW68220959 BCX0"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW68220959 BCX0"><span class="Norm

<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Written by Jessica Huang / </strong><strong>Directed By Ren Langer and Sebastián Bravo Montenegro</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">April 22- 26, 2025<br> Preview April 18, at 7:30 pm</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>PART OF THE PRODUCING ARTISTS LABORATORY SERIES </strong></p>

<p><em><span class="TrackedChange SCXW159673289 BCX0 TextRun NormalTextRun" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US"><strong>THRIVE, OR WHAT YOU WILL</strong></span></em><span class="TrackedChange SCXW159673289 BCX0 TextRun NormalTextRun" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US"> tells the story of Jeanne Baret, a gender-nonconforming 18th-century herb woman, who embarks on an 11-year voyage around the world disguised as a </span><span class=&q

<p><span>Someone sneezes. Someone can’t get a signal. Someone won’t answer the door. Someone put an elephant on the stairs. Someone’s not ready to talk. Someone is her brother’s mother. Someone hates irrational numbers. Someone told the police. Someone got a message from the traffic light.

<p><strong>Written by Sarah Ruhl / Directed by Nick O’Leary </strong></p>
<p><strong>PART OF THE PRODUCING ARTISTS LABORATORY SERIES </strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">Audience members may see more vigorous artistic risk-taking in these Lab productions. From their first year to graduation, the Lab is a space for our student-artists to practice their craft.</span></p>
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<p>The Center for Performance Studies invites you to a conversation with the Iranian playwright and theatre scholar <strong>Naghmeh Samini</strong> on Friday, January 31, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, at Hutchinson Hall 154.</p>

<p>All UW undergraduates are invited to an informal Q&A about our summer 2020 study abroad opportunity in Edinburgh, Scotland. </p>
<h3>About the Drama program in Edinburgh: </h3>
<h4>Dates: August 1-31</h4>

<p>The Center for Performance Studies at the School of Drama is happy to announce that La Donna L Forsgren, a performance scholar from the University of Notre Dame, will share her new research about blackness and the musical stage on April 30, from 2 to 4 pm. Her talk is titled: "'Outrageous American Home Truths': Blackgirl Wit, Imagination, and Folklore in Contemporary Musical Theatre."</p>