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SCHAPIRO CLASSROOM SERIES The Schapiro Classroom Series presents Columbia MFA Theatre students' work. Performances are downstairs in Schapiro Hall, 605 West 115th Street. There are two venues: Schapiro Theatre and Schapiro Studio. There is no admission charge to Schapiro Series projects. They are open to invited friends, family and fellow students. Click the "reserve now" link next to each project listing below to place a reservation for that production via e-mail. Include your last name, performance date & time, and the number in your party. Consider your reservation confirmed unless you receive a reply. 2nd YEAR PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECTS THE WOULD-BE ROOM Written by Jennifer Lane March 5-7, Schapiro Theatre 8pm Friday & Saturday, 3pm Sunday As far as we know, death is the end of all possible futures. But for Claire and Jonah, it might be the second chance they never gave each other. The Would-Be Room is about what could have been, what is, and what's still possible. Reserve Now. POLIS Written by Camila Le Bert March 12-14, Schapiro Theatre 9pm Friday & Saturday, 4pm Saturday & Sunday polis is a play about the city. Inspired by the writings of the Argentine literary critic Beatriz Sarlo, "The Americans" by Robert Frank and the streets of New York City, this play explores the spaces and the characters of the city. Reserve Now. 2nd YEAR DIRECTORS PROJECTS MISS JULIE Written by August Strindberg Translated by Helen Cooper Directed by Carin Jean White April 9-11, Schapiro Theatre 8pm Friday & Saturday, 3pm Sunday August Strindberg's modern classic. Directed by MFA Director Carin Jean White. Reservation information TBA. TBA / IN FOUR PARTS THE WORLD GOES ROUND ... Directed by Anna Brenner April 16-18, Schapiro Theatre 8pm Friday & Saturday, 3pm Saturday & Sunday Anna Brenner and ensemble create a new work for the theater. It could be anything. It will probably change and then get worse and then better and then be over. Reservation information TBA. DISTANCE Written & Directed by Jonathan Vandenberg April 23-25, Schapiro Theatre 8pm Friday & Saturday, 3pm Saturday & Sunday An exploration of distance - physical, emotional, spiritual. A new work utilizing gesture, movement, spoken word, sound, and myth. Can one know another? Can one know the self? Reserve Now. FAUST Written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Part 1 translated by Howard Brenton Part 2 adapted and devised by the company Directed by James Rutherford April 29-May 2, Horace Mann Theatre 8pm Thursday April 29 (Part 1) 8pm Friday April 30 (Part 2) 3pm Saturday May 1 (Part 1) & 8pm (Part 2) 3pm Sunday May 2 (Part 1) & 8pm (Part 2) Boy meets girl; boy gets girl; boy leaves girl. He destroys her (she destroys herself) and curses the day he was born. The same old story: What is the price of a human soul? Reservation information TBA. BLOOD WEDDING Written by Federico Garcia Lorca Translated by Ted Hughs Directed by Kon Yi April 30-May 2, Schapiro Theatre 8pm Friday & Saturday, 3pm Saturday & Sunday Lorca's modern classic. Directed by MFA Director Kon Yi. Reservation information TBA. deCOMPOSITION Conceived & Directed by Jess K. Smith April 30-May 2, Schapiro Studio 8pm Friday & Saturday, 4pm Saturday & Sunday An original piece exploring the scientific, linguistic, and behavioral ways in which objects and relationships decompose and transform. At the core of the exploration is the question of what happens when we lose our language, our memory, and our love. Reservation information TBA. Columbia Univ. School of the Arts Theatre Program • 601 Dodge Hall MC 1807, 2960 Broadway, NY, NY 10027 • (212) 854-3408 • info@columbiastages.org