2024-2025 Season
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Emory Student Free Ticket Policy
- Schwartz Center Box Office: Emory students may receive two free tickets to any production by visiting the Schwartz Center Box Office in person between 12 pm and 6 pm Monday through Friday. Must show Emory student ID.
- By Phone: Emory students may receive two free tickets to any production by calling the Schwartz Center Box Office at 404.727.5050 between 12 pm and 6 pm Monday through Friday. Must present Emory student I.D. when picking up tickets.
- Online: You are able to book up to two free tickets for each Theater Emory production. To do so:
- Choose the date of the show you wish to attend and click that link.
- Indicate the number of tickets you wish to reserve. Please note: if you choose more than 2 tickets as an Emory student, you will not be able to proceed. Ticket max is two.
- When you reach the check out page, press check out to reserve. You will register your Emory email to proceed.
- You MUST provide your Emory email in the check-out process or your tickets will not be FREE. All Emory students must present their Emory student ID to pick up their tickets at the performance.
- In Person: Emory students may also receive two free tickets to any production by visiting the box office the night of the show. Must show student ID.
THEATER EMORY 2024-25 SEASON
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Mud by Maria Irene Fornes
Directed by Mary Lynn Owen
October 3-12, 2024
Mary Gray Munroe Theater
Mae is a spirited young woman living in extreme poverty with Lloyd, her simple-minded counterpart. Mae seeks to escape the brutality of her life – the mud – by going to school. When she invites Henry, an older, quasi-educated man, to join their household, we discover that Henry is a threat to Lloyd and one more tether to Mae, leaving her desperate for escape.
"The play is a powerful statement about a young woman’s doomed attempt to make a better life for herself, to forge something out of nothing."
-L.A. Times
Content Warning: Performances of Mud contain adult language; description and depiction of sexual situations; verbal and physical violence, including gun violence; and adult humor. For mature audiences only.
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Fornés in Pieces
Saturday, October 5, 2024
4PM
Schwartz Center Theater Lab
A staged reading of the one-act play The Successful Life of 3 and song selections from the musical Promenade, both by Cuban-American playwright María Irene Fornés. A reception will follow. Fornés is a highly revered but surprisingly rarely-produced playwright. This event is free and open to the public.
Post-show panel discussion following the October 5 at 7:30 pm., performance of MUD at the Mary Gray Munroe Theater.
Reserve Free Tickets Fornés in Pieces
MUD is produced by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC www.broadwayplaypublishing.com
The Successful Life of 3 is produced with permission granted by Paladin Artists, Inc., P.O.B. 5237, New York, NY10185. All inquiries concerning rights to the Play shall be addressed to the above or to katiegamelli@paladinartists.com
The Other Shore by Gao Xingjian
Directed by Annalee Traylor
November 21-24, 2024
Mary Gray Munroe Theater
The Other Shore, an experimental and improvisation-based minimalist production, follows the journey of one central character, known simply as The Man, who is continually harassed and pressured by the masses to conform.
Please Note: This production includes non-graphic depictions of death, references to sexual violence and domestic abuse, scenes of physical restraint (including gagging), and strong language.
In addition to traditional seating, audience members have the option to choose floor seating on ground cushions for a more immersive and intimate experience. This option is available when purchasing tickets, as well as when you arrive at the theater. Those who choose traditional seating will be guaranteed a chair.
The play is performed through arrangement with Georges Borchardt, Inc., for Gao Xingjian. All rights reserved.
Static Head by Ryan Stevens
A Workshop Presentation
Directed by Ibi Owolabi
Feb 20-23, 2025
Schwartz Center, Theater Lab
Sensor-E is the miracle social media app that can make you feel, touch, and taste anything you see on your screen. But when three students at a prestigious engineering college start seeing strange things - videos of dead students and impossible creatures stalking the halls - they find themselves in the middle of a strange conspiracy and malevolent forces preying on their young minds. This paranoid sci-fi tale is about technology and how it changes us in our very DNA.
Please Note: Static Head contains mentions and/or incidences of body horror, gun violence, psychosis, and suicide. Viewer discretion is advised.
Please Note: This show contains strobe light, flashing light, and water-based haze.
Lysistrata or Lucy’s Strategy: Atlanta’s Stolen Erection
An Ancient Comedy in Southern Drag
Adapted from a new translation of Aristophanes' Greek
by David van Schoor
Directed by Park Krausen
with original music by Eugene H. Russell IV
April 10-19, 2025
Mary Gray Munroe Theater
Aristophanes’ classic comedy is an account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War between Greek city-states by denying all the men of the land any sex. Theater Emory’s production of Lysistrata or Lucy’s Strategy: Atlanta’s Stolen Erection (a new translation of an ancient Greek comedy) is an “R-Rated” comedy about women’s mission to bring an end to the years of conflict and war among imagined Southern American city-states. The character Lucy convinces the women of the warring city-states to join her sex strike to force the men to negotiate peace.
Content Advisory for Lysistrata, Or Lucy’s Strategy: Atlanta’s Stolen Erection
This production of Lysistrata, or Lucy’s Strategy: Atlanta’s Stolen Erection (a new translation of an ancient Greek comedy) contains mature themes and content that may be sensitive for some audiences, including Sexual Themes & Innuendo, an exploration of Gender Stereotypes & Power Dynamics, Mature Language & Explicit Humor, Physical Comedy, and Theatrical Representations of War and Violence. Additionally, this production features a variety of playful phallic representations, some exaggerated, some absurd, and none of them the real thing. Think props, not parts. All in a playful path to peace. Audience discretion is advised—unless you appreciate a good, cheeky comedy. In that case, discretion is entirely optional.