Dramatic Presentations & John Quimby Theater Events
Theater activities at SUNY at Ulster are open to all students, regardless of their programs of study. Communications and Theater students present several full-scale theatrical productions during the year. They also present original programs of Reader's Theater in December and May. In addition, both student and professional touring groups are invited to the campus.
The 500 seat John Quimby Theater has been the venue for student and professional theatrical productions, concerts, dance presentations, poetry readings, guest lectures and other featured events.
The theater is located in Vanderlyn Hall, VAN 127, 845: 687-5086. Advance purchase of tickets can be arranged through the Box Office, 845: 687-7127.
SUNY Ulster Theater Program
FALL 2011
presents
PROOF
by David Auburn
All shows in Quimby Theater
Stone Ridge Campus
TWO WEEKENDS!
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
November 3, 4 & 5, 2011
8:00 p.m.
Sunday
November 6, 2011
3:00 p.m.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
November 10, 11 & 12, 2011
8:00 p.m.
Sunday
November 13, 2011
3:00 p.m.
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, the story of Catherine and her recently deceased mathematical genius father Robert, is a haunting struggle with mathematical genius and mental illness. When her father’s ex-graduate student discovers a paradigm-shifting proof about prime numbers, the play begins to concentrate on Catherine’s fear of following in her father’s footsteps, both mathematically and mentally and her desperate attempts to stay in control.
Directed by Stephen Balantzian.
Tickets at the door. Suggested donation: $10.
Call the box office at 845-688-1959 for more information.
PRESS RELEASES
SUNY Ulster Theater Presents Proof .. College Performers Stage Award-Winning Drama by David Auburn this November in Stone Ridge ... SUNY Ulster’s Theater program will present David Auburn’s Pulitzer- and Tony-winning drama Proof with eight live performances at the College’s Quimby Theater in Stone Ridge. Show dates are: Nov. 3-5 and Nov. 10-12 at 8 p.m., and Nov. 6 and 13, at 3 p.m.
Directed by SUNY Ulster’s Stephen Balantzian, the play tells the story of Catherine dealing with the death of her recently deceased mathematical genius father Robert. It deals with the main character’s fear of following in her father footsteps and desperately trying to stay in control.
Student performers are: Geneva Turner of Kingston in the role of Catherine; Elizabeth McGovern of Warwick playing Claire; Tim VanEtten of Napanoch as Hal; and Bill Russell of West Hurley as Robert.
Balantzian said the play will capture the “swift, fresh and poetic language of David Auburn, and bring to life the characters and their relationships with simple and organic movement honoring the playwright.” The production will feature several students currently enrolled in acting classes at SUNY Ulster, giving the actors the opportunity to exercise techniques learned in their coursework on stage.
Suggested donation is $10. For box office information, (845) 688-1959.
PHOTOS from the production of PROOF
(All photos by John Halpern)
For further information on the theater and dramatic presentations, contact:
Department Chair of Visual and Performing
Arts
800: 724-0833, extension 5093 or 845: 687-5093.
