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Welcome to a new semester of Theatre at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh! Our theme this year, Beyond the Horizon, looks to what the future may bring!
We encourage purchasing your tickets online. The Box Office hours will be open the week of the show. Hours of operation will be posted here on the website when available. The preseason, subscriber discount was not an option this year.
Our fall semester main stage production is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; a play by Simon Stephens and based on the novel by Mark Haddon. A description of the show can be found at the bottom of this page. It has attracted the attention of audiences across the country and especially in higher education settings and high schools. It is a troubling story that celebrates one special individual who is finding his way in a complicated world. There will be post show discussions following the Friday night and Saturday night performances. We will be joined by experts in special education regarding issues that neurodivergent people and their families work through on a day to day basis.
Our second stage season in the Experimental Theatre will include a student Improvisation Show in November and early spring we are producing a Student Showcase weekend that includes a student written, acted and directed one-act play. The spring main stage production scheduled for May is in the planning stages. Information will be posted to the website as we know it!
We hope you will include a donation with your ticket purchase. It is a wonderful way to show your support for the UWO Theatre Department.
Finally, I look forward to our shared journey through another academic year of Theatre with our fabulous Oshkosh audiences!
ALL THE BEST!
Professor Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft, Theatre Department Chair
Director, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Faculty Coordinator and Student Mentor for student performance projects
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Based on the novel by Mark Haddon; Adapted by Simon Stephens
Directed by Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft
October 24, 25, and 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Matinee on October 27 at 2:00 p.m.
Theatre Arts Center
A 15-year-old has an extraordinary brain, is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret and interact with appropriate social skills in everyday life. This person has never ventured alone beyond the end of the neighborhood road, is extremely uncomfortable being touched, and distrusts strangers. It is 7 minutes after midnight, and our teen stands beside a neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork! Our main character is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and carefully records each fact of the crime in a journal. This detective work takes this challenged teen and the audience on a thrilling journey that turns the world upside down. The play leaves audiences asking, what is a “normal” person and how are people treated if they are perceived as NOT being “normal?”
Winner of the 2013 Olivier Award for Best New Play.
“This adaptation by the acclaimed playwright Simon Stephens is intensely, innately theatrical; it is also funny and extremely moving…resonates with quality.” —The Telegraph (UK).
“…just terrific…a profoundly moving play about adolescence, fractured families, mathematics, colors and lights…dazzling.” —Independent (UK).