Dance, theatre arts tickets on sale soon

Season tickets for the 2003-04 dance and theatre arts productions will soon be on sale. From Sept. 8 to 22, new subscribers may purchase season ticket packages that include four shows for $30 for all faculty and staff members. UNT faculty and staff receive a 25 percent savings over the general public on individual productions, and season subscribers receive an additional 20 percent discount. Packages include tickets for The Love of the Nightingale, The Importance of Being Earnest, UNT's "Contemporary Dance Concert" and A Little Night Music. UNT's traditional holiday production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is not included in the packages.

The Love of the Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker will run Oct. 3-5. Directed by Lorenzo Garcia, associate professor of dance and theatre arts, the play begins at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Faculty and staff non-season tickets for Nightingale are $7.50. Performances will be in the Studio Theatre of the Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building.

Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest will open Nov. 14. Additional performances will be held Nov. 15-16 and Nov. 20-23. All shows begin at 8 p.m., except for the Sunday shows, which begin at 2:30 p.m. All faculty and staff non-season tickets for Earnest are $7.50. Performances will be held in the University Theatre of the RTFP Building.

The third annual presentation of A Christmas Carol is a collaboration involving UNT's Department of Dance and Theatre Arts, the UNT Fine Arts Series and Music Theatre Denton. It will be presented at 8 p.m. on Dec. 12 and 13, and at 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 14. Additional performances will be held at 8 p.m. Dec. 18-20. Faculty and staff tickets will cost $10 and can be bought in advance when patrons buy their season tickets. For faculty and staff members who do not have season ticket packages, tickets go on sale Dec. 1. All performances will be held in the University Theatre of the RTFP Building.

On Feb. 13-14 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 15 at 2:30 p.m., dance and theatre arts will present a "Contemporary Dance Concert." Performances will be held in the University Theatre of the RTFP Building.

The last theatre production for the 2003-04 season is the Hugh Wheeler and Stephen Sondheim production A Little Night Music. A co-production between the Department of Dance and Theatre Arts and the College of Music, it will be performed at 8 p.m. April 16, 17, 23 and 24 and at 2:30 p.m. April 18 and 25. For all faculty and staff who do not have season tickets, the cost is $15. All performances will be held in the University Theatre of the RTFP Building.

Opening Friday night receptions are another benefit for season ticket holders. The get-togethers begin every first Friday night of a production, an hour before the performance, and are exclusively for season subscribers.

To purchase production tickets, call the UNT box office at (940) 565-2428.

BY PETER HOFSTAD paiswri2@unt.edu

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