Ubu Roi
By his green candle, he will be the king.
Alfred Jarry’s infamous 1896 comedy Ubu Roi follows the ridiculous rise and fall of Père Ubu in his greedy struggle to conquer other nations by use of violence and sheer dumb luck. The play is a zany warning against the powers of an ever-hungry despot, a warning which seems ever more pressing in our modern world.
Content Warning: This production contains material of a sexual nature, depictions of violence, depictions of drug use, loud noises, flashing lights, atmospherics and latex.
Ubu Roi
by Alfred Jarry
Translated by Barbara Wright
Timms Centre for the Arts
December 1-10, 2022
Preview: December 1, 2022
Opening: December 2, 2022
Matinee: December 8, 2022
No performance: Sunday December 4, 2022
Evening performances start at 7:30pm
Matinee performance starts at 12:30pm
Ticket Prices:
Preview: Adult/Senior $10, Student $5
*Opening Night: Adult $28, Senior $25, Student $15
*Enjoy a post show reception with your Opening Night ticket
Evenings: Adult $27, Senior $24, Student $14
Thursday Matinee: Adult $23, Senior $20, Student $14
1/2 Price Mondays: Adult $13.50, Senior $12, Student $7
In Person Box Office Hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am - 2pm AND 1 hour before performances.
Panel Discussion:
"The Art of Everything: Saturation and Metamodernism in Ubu Roi"
Dec 6 after the performance
Please join us for a panel discussion with production dramaturgs Brandon Shalansky and Zhuohao Li, director David Woroner and designer T. Erin Gruber.
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Playbill
CREATIVE TEAM
Director — David Woroner
Playwright — Alfred Jarry
Translated by — Barbara Wright
Set, Costume, Lighting & Projected Media Designer — T. Erin Gruber
Sound Designer — Emma Nokes
Associate Designers — Kristen Fernandes, Brock Keeler
Stage Manager — Patton Wei
Assistant Stage Manager (Props) — Kade Mazury
Assistant Stage Manager (Costumes) — Curtis Gauthier
Intimacy Coordinator & Fight Director — Janine Waddell*
Intimacy & Dance Captain — Kristin Unruh
Vocal Coach — Joshua Meredith
Movement Coach — Minggao Zhang
Dramaturgs — Zhuohao Li, Brandon Shalansky
THE CAST
Mère Ubu — Lora Brovold*
Cotice, Queen Rosemonde, The Shade — Karen Gomez
The Bear — Daniel Halpern
Père Ubu — Dave Horak*
King Venceslas, People, Noble, Magistrate, Financier, The Emperor Alexis — Christian Krushel
Partisan, Conspirator/Soldier, The Whole Polish Army, People, Noble, Magistrate, Financier, Phynancial Adviser — Larissah Lashley
Bougrelas, Stanislas Leczinski — Emily Lizotte
Messenger, Boleslas, Laquey, Noble, Peasant, Councillor, The Phynancial Horse, A Voice, General Lascy, The Captain of the Ship — Aaron Refugio
Partisan, Ladislas, Giron, Michel Fédérovitch, Nicolas Rensky, Jean Sobieski — Kristin Unruh
Pile, People — Alice Wordsworth
Captain Bordure — Katie Yoner
PRODUCTION TEAM
Technical Director — Larry Clark
Assistant Technical Director — Derek Miiller
Head of Wardrobe — Joanna Johnston
Cutter — Julie Davie
Wardrobe Crew — Aspen Mendoza
Head of Carpentry — Darrell Cooksey
Assistant Scenic Carpenter — Garrett DeRede
Properties Master — Jane Kline
Properties Assistants — Tiffany Martineau, Lieke den Bakker, Dree Beaudry
Head of Sound — Kai Yakichuk
Head of Lighting — Dylan MacKay
Head of Paint — Taylor Howell
Head Stage Carpenter — Derek Miiller
Lighting Supervisor — Jeff Osterlin, Laura Koyata, Kevin Humphrey, Anthony Hunchak
Sound Supervisor — Matt Skopyk
FACULTY and ADVISORS
Studio Theatre Artistic Coordinator — David Kennedy
Interim Drama Department Chair — Natalie Loveless
Stage Management Advisors — John Raymond, Oliver Armstrong
Directing Advisor— Beau Coleman