UAB Theatre presents "Rhinoceros"

Phone Number: 205-975-2787
Written by Eugene Ionesco, translated by Derek Prouse, directed by Will York.
7:30 p.m. April 22-25
2 p.m. April 26
General admission tickets are $12 and $15; UAB and BACHE students $6; UAB employees/senior citizens $10. Call 205-975-2787.

Rhinoceros belongs to the school of drama known as theater of the absurd, a designation for plays written by primarily European playwrights in the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s and for the style of theater which evolved from their work.

The UAB Department of Theatre has won the highest honors awarded to university theaters, including national honors and best in region from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. In 2008, UAB&39;s production of In the Blood was one of three shows chosen by KCACTF from 300 in consideration nationwide. It marked the first time in 22 years an Alabama university&39;s show went to the national theater festival. Faculty members in the department continue to work professionally in addition to teaching. UAB Theatre performances are presented at the Alys Stephens Center, UAB&39;s own world-class performing arts center. Next year the department will celebrate its 40th anniversary.


The cast of Rhinoceros is Muhammad Al-Kahlout of Birmingham; Brenton Bellomy of Scottsboro; Catheryn Cole of Demopolis; Julie Gafnea of McCalla; Benoit Johnson of Huntsville; Jereme Lewis of Enterprise; Daniel Martin of Trinity; Daniel Norwood of Athens; Jonathan Prensner of Colorado Springs, Co.; Elena Ray of Jasper; Matthew Sanford of Tupelo, Miss.; and Emilie Soffe of Enterprise, with stage management by Joey Kiker of Birmingham.