Nov 09 - 19 2022
Theatre UAB presents “Sense and Sensibility”

Theatre UAB presents “Sense and Sensibility”

Presented by Theatre UAB at Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center

Follow the fortunes — and misfortunes — of the Dashwood sisters in a new adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility,” presented by Theatre UAB from Nov. 9-12 and Nov. 16-19.

Jane Austen’s beloved novel tells the tale of sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne Dashwood, who are left financially destitute and socially vulnerable after their father’s sudden death. Theatre UAB’s playful new version of the classic novel is written by Kate Hamill. This is the first Theatre UAB production to be directed by Santiago Sosa, assistant professor of voice and movement at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Student George Barreto is assistant director.

Theatre UAB is the performance company of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Theatre at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. To purchase tickets, call the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center Box Office at 205-975-2787. Shows 7:30 p.m. nightly Nov. 9-12 and Nov. 16-18 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 19, in the Alys Stephens Center’s Odess Theatre.

 

“Sense and Sensibility” is easily his favorite Jane Austen novel, says Sosa, who loves “antithetical ideas that always seem to challenge our desire for restraint or unfiltered passion.”

When approaching this show, Sosa realized that, to tell this story as it lives in his mind’s eye, he would have to take an anachronistic approach that still maintains the novel’s heart and soul. It was not possible to transport the audience to a different time period and truly capture that regency era: The script has more than 40 scenes, and 10 actors playing more than 40 roles, on a mostly empty stage, all within a two-hour time frame for a modern audience.

What he came up with is something that still captures the enthusiasm, pageantry, excitement and emotional depth of Austen’s beloved characters, as well as our own in this present day.

“What you are about to experience is the story and the circumstances of these beloved characters as they exist in my disco ball brain, full of glittery movements, heightened language, glorious costumes, pop music and bright bursts of pastel, creamy colors, swirling around on the stage you see before you now,” Sosa said. “Please lean forward; laugh, cry and/or tap your feet to the beat of ‘Sense and Sensibility.’”

Admission Info

Tickets are $15; students $6; UAB employees and senior citizens $10. Tickets go on sale Sept. 15. To purchase tickets, call the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center Box Office at 205-975-2787.

Phone: 205-975-2787

Dates & Times

2022/11/09 - 2022/11/19

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The UAB Department of Theatre prepares students for careers in the performing arts, including acting, directing, musical theater and stagecraft. Academic options include the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theatre and Bachelor of Arts degree with concentrations in performancedesign/technology, or general theatre.

Learn more about theater degrees at UAB here. To apply, visit www.uab.edu/apply.

The department has produced hundreds of full-length shows in its 50-year history, plus short films, student showcases and more than 100 original 10-minute plays. Its touring groups perform throughout the state and the department’s alumni are working professionally all over the country. The plays are cast entirely, with very rare exceptions, from the student body, and in auditions, equal consideration is given to freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. Students who demonstrate exceptional ability are frequently allowed to design and even direct main-season productions.

Location Info

Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center

1200 Tenth Avenue South , Birmingham, AL 35294