On Stage: Mainstage Productions
2012–2013 Season

Little Shop of Horrors
Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman; Music by Alan Menken
W.M. Turner Auditorium
In this hilarious hit pop musical, a timid florist named Seymour discovers an amazing plant that’s part Venus flytrap, part rock star. “Suddenly Seymour” is catapulted to fame and gets the girl of his dreams, until his big find turns into the plant that ate . . . everybody!
Press release: September 25, 2012
Press release: October 1, 2012
Press release: October 4, 2012
Produced by the SFA Schools of Theatre and Music. Recommended for mature audiences.

The Madwoman of Chaillot
Jean Giraudoux
W.M. Turner Auditorium
This charming tale about a ragtag group of eccentrics and their attempt to save the world from the corruption of corporate executives and politicians was written 70 years ago in Nazi-occupied France, yet the play is a stirring call to arms for us to confront the evils in our own world.
Press release: November 2, 2012
Press release: November 8, 2012
Press release: November 14, 2012

Stage Door
Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
W.M. Turner Auditorium
Before there was SMASH, there was the Footlights Club, a boarding house for the aspiring actresses who long for stardom in this effervescent comedy. Their romances, disappointments and breakdowns provide more laughs and drama than all the Broadway plays they dream of.
Press release: February 7, 2013
Press release: February 7, 2013
Press release: February 21, 2013
Produced by the SFA School of Theatre. Recommended for mature audiences.

bobrauschenbergamerica
Charles L. Mee
W.M. Turner Auditorium
Inspired by the work of Texas-born artist Robert Rauschenberg, this collage of scenes and characters, music, dance, drama, comedy and visual spectacle is a wild ride of confessions, collisions and connections that reflect the grand aspirations and mundane realities of the American imagination.
Press release: April 11, 2013
Press release: April 22, 2013
Recommended for mature audiences.
The Mainstage Series is sponsored in part by:
Tipton Ford-Lincoln