On Stage: Mainstage Productions

2012–2013 Season

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Little Shop of Horrors

Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman; Music by Alan Menken

Tue., Oct. 9–Sat., Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m.
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

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Produced by the SFA Schools of Theatre and Music. Recommended for mature audiences.

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The Madwoman of Chaillot

Jean Giraudoux

Tue., Nov. 13–Sat., Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m.
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

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Stage Door

Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman

Tue., Feb. 26–Sat., Mar. 2, 7:30 p.m.
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.

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bobrauschenbergamerica

Charles L. Mee

Tue., Apr. 23–Sat., Apr. 27, 7:30 p.m.
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

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Recommended for mature audiences.

The Mainstage Series is sponsored in part by:

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Accredited by NAST: National Association of Schools of Theatre