UNCG Theatre Box Office
Phone Number: 336.334.4392
Hours: Monday – Friday, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Address: 406 Tate St, Greensboro, NC 27412
* Tickets to CVPA and UCLS events are sold exclusively through our box office locations and ETix website, and nowhere else. Tickets purchased through third-party vendors can not be honored.
buy Taylor Theatre tickets onlineTaylor Theatre Productions: Spartan New Musicals, As You Like It, Flora & Ulysses, Peter and the Starcatcher, and The Spongebob Musical
buy Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre tickets onlinePam and David Sprinkle Theatre Productions: The Julies, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Wake Up, Brother Bear!, Sweat, and The School of Theatre Centennial Fringe Festival.
Bennett College’s Little Theatre: Amplify Black Voices Festival of Greater Greensboro
To purchase discounted group tickets, please call our group sales manager at 336-334-4015 or email them at grpsales@uncg.edu.
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Parking for Cars:
Complimentary parking is available in the A & C permit spaces in Lot 7 (near the intersection of Tate St. and Oakland Ave.) after 5:00 p.m. on weekdays and any time on weekends. Accessible parking is available behind the Graham Building in Lot 7, in front of the Nursing & Instructional Building in Lot 13, behind the Stone Building in Lot 15, and at 996 Spring Garden St. If you will need an accessible space during a weekday matinee performance (before 5:00 p.m.), please inform Theatre Manager, Joshua Ritter, at jsritter@uncg.edu in advance so he can provide you with a complimentary permit. Please do not park in the spaces reserved for the Weatherspoon Museum or the businesses (E.g., FedEx, Manhattan Pizza & Subs) across from the UNCG theaters. If possible, we recommend being dropped off at the theater for the easiest access.
Our most up-to-date parking lot map can be found at SOT Parking Map.
Parking for Buses:
Bus parking is available on Kenilworth St. To get to Kenilworth from Taylor Theatre, take a right on Spring Garden St. Then, take a right on Stirling St. (across from Yum Yum Better Ice Cream). From there, take a left on Theta St. After that, take a left on Kenilworth St. Parking is available on Kenilworth St. It says “No Parking,” but this is only for cars. The spaces on Kenilworth which are reserved for buses are between two red & white signs marked “Bus Parking Only”. When parking, please pull as far forward as possible to allow room for other buses.
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UNCG School of Theatre
Taylor Theatre, 406 Tate St.
Attn: Joshua Ritter, Room 210
Greensboro, NC 27412
The School of Theatre season is organized chronologically below. The production titles are marked by three different colors depending on their series. The purpose of communicating our season in this way is to help inform our community what to expect when they attend our productions. This system is not intended to convey any form of hierarchy. The following is a description of each series.
Spartan Center Stage
These are shows in the Taylor Theatre or virtual productions via on-demand streaming.
New Concepts Theatre Lab
These are intimate, possibly experimental shows in the Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre or virtual productions via on-demand streaming.
North Carolina Theatre for Young People
These are productions that are primarily designed for young people or for very young people in Taylor Theatre, Sprinkle Theatre, or they are virtual via on-demand streaming.
SPARTAN NEW MUSICALS: A WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL SHORT FILM
ONE WEEK AT WOOLWORTHS
Music and Lyrics by J. Quinton Johnson
Screenplay by Melvin Tunstall, III
Directed by Kemari Bryant
Dates: On-demand streaming September 2-4
Tickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online.
Age Rating: PG
Frame/Works Discussion via Zoom: 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 7
Run Time: 35 minutes
Location: On-demand streaming
Summary:
February 1, 1960. Inspired by the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, four Black students at North Carolina A&T University sit down at the lunch counter inside of the Greensboro H.W. Woolworths, ask to purchase coffee and are refused. Day by day their movement grows, as they are joined by more A&T students, then others from Dudley High School, Bennett College and three white women from the Woman’s College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). Based on the incredible events of the Civil Rights movement, this original musical short film by composer J. Quinton Johnson (Hamilton) and screenwriter Melvin Tunstall, III (Beautiful, the Carol King Musical) explores the legacy of the Greensboro Four, the importance of meaningful allyship, and the continued fight for social justice today.
This project was commissioned as part of Spartan New Musicals by the UNCG School of Theatre and Musical Theatre Program during the 2020-21 production season. Spartan New Musicals was conceived as a Covid-safe production alternative for musical theatre students, with the goal of centering writers whose voices have been marginalized in the American musical theatre. All musical numbers were safely audio pre-recorded and filmed during April of 2021. In order to maintain a Covid-safe environment, the group scenes were filmed as a staged reading in August of 2021.
This musical short film is just the beginning of a larger development process for this original musical work. Please reach out to musicaltheatre@uncg.edu if you are interested in partnering with us on the continued development of One Week at Woolworths.
AS YOU LIKE IT
A Musical Adaptation of William Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT
Adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery
Music and Lyrics by Shaina Taub
Directed by Karen Sabo
Dates:
September 24 – 25 at 7:30 pm
September 26 at 2:00 pm
September 29 and October 1-2 at 7:30 pm
On-demand streaming October 14-16
Tickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online.
Purchase TicketsAge Rating: G
Run Time: Approx. 1 hr. and 30 min.
Frame/Works Discussion via Zoom: 7:00 pm on Monday, October 18
Location: Taylor Theatre, 406 Tate St., Greensboro, NC 27412 and on-demand streaming
Summary:
A new musical adaptation of the Shakespeare classic!
“Named one of The New York Times’ best shows of 2017, As You Like It is an immersive dream-like tale of faithful friends, feuding families and lovers in disguise. Forced from their homes, Orlando, Duke Senior, his daughter Rosalind and niece Celia, escape to the Forest of Arden, a fantastical place of transformation, where all are welcomed and embraced. Lost amidst the trees, the refugees find community and acceptance under the stars. Featuring an original folk-pop score by Shaina Taub, with a flexible-sized cast and running 90 minutes long, As You Like It is appropriate for all audiences and groups. Fall under love’s spell with this magical story!”
—Concord Theatricals
“Taub and Woolery have transformed As You Like It into a celebration of community, difference, and diversity. Right now, that is very welcome.”
—The Daily Beast Review
“Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery’s adaptation of As You Like It, which played at the Seattle Rep this past week as part of the theater’s Public Works program, gives the Bard a modern spin. There are gender swapped roles (male characters played by women, and vice versa). There’s a range of sexual preferences. There’s a pesky vegetarian, lecturing the local villagers on why it’s not right to eat those pretty deer. And oh yes, it’s also a musical (lyric and music by Taub).”
—The Northwest Music Scene
“There may be no such thing as too much Shaina Taub.” —The New York Times
“Go and see this one.” The New York Times Review —NY Times Critic’s Pick and one of their best Shows of 2017!
“Taub and Woolery have transformed As You Like It into a celebration of community, difference, and diversity. Right now, that is very welcome.”
—The Daily Beast Review
As You Like It is presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
THE JULIES: A KINDA SORTA ADAPTATION OF STRINDBERG’S MISS JULIE
By Calley N. Anderson
Directed by Chris Gilly-Forrer and Iyanna Huffington
World Premiere!
Dates:
October 15 – 16 at 7:30 pm
October 17 at 2:00 pm
October 21 – 23 at 7:30 pm
October 24 at 2:00 pm
On-demand streaming November 4-6
Tickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online.
Purchase TicketsAge Rating: PG-13. This play includes discussions of self-harm and suicidal ideation.
Frame/Works Discussion via Zoom: 4:30 pm on Tuesday, Nov. 9
Run Time: Approx. 90 min.
Location: Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre (Brown Building), 402 Tate St, Greensboro, NC 27412 and on-demand streaming
Summary:
Six actors and one narrator take us through a meta-theatrical journey that asks an essential question of August Strindberg’s classic: who is Miss Julie? Set in multiple time periods and locations in the United States, The Julies is an attempt to push adaptation further and create more space for questions than interpretations or answers. —The Playwright’s Center
THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT
By Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by John Gulley
Dates:
November 4 – 6 at 7:30 pm
November 7 at 2:00 pm
November 11 – 13 at 7:30 pm
November 14 at 2:00 pm
On-demand streaming November 18-20
Tickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online.
Purchase TicketsAge Rating: PG-13
Run Time: 2 hrs. And 30 min.
Location: Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre (Brown Building), 402 Tate St, Greensboro, NC 27412 and on-demand streaming
Summary:
Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT reexamines the plight and fate of the New Testament’s most infamous and unexplained sinner.
—Dramatists Play Service
“An extraordinary play…not since Angels in America have I seen a play so unafraid to acknowledge the power of the spirit…”
—The Guardian (UK).
“Stephen Adly Guirgis has written a real jaw-dropper…expressionistic fantasy…raw language and flamboyantly street-savvy characters…his imagination is dazzling and his command of language downright thrilling.”
—Variety
THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
FLORA & ULYSSES
Based on the book by Kate DiCamillo
Adapted for the stage by John Glore
Directed by John Perine
A North Carolina Theatre for Young People production
Dates:
November 12 at 7:30 pm
November 13 – 14 at 2:00 pm
November 19 at 7:30 pm
November 20 – 21 at 2:00 pm
Tickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online.
Purchase TicketsAge Rating: G
Run Time: Approx. 1 hr. and 30 min.
Location: Taylor Theatre, 406 Tate St., Greensboro, NC 27412
Summary:
“Can a little squirrel change the human heart? After getting sucked up by a vacuum cleaner, a (now hairless) squirrel is rescued by Flora Belle Buckman, a 10-year-old self-proclaimed cynic. She names him Ulysses and discovers he has been reborn a superhero. Indeed, this once average squirrel can suddenly understand Flora, fly, and even write poetry. Together they embark on an adventure full of quirky characters and bursting with heart.”—Plays For New Audiences
“The best play I’ve seen all year.”–Stage and Cinema
Produced by special arrangement with Plays for New Audiences.
WAKE UP, BROTHER BEAR!
By Janet Stanford and Kathryn Chase Bryer
Music by Katie Chambers
Directed by Hayley Greenstreet
A North Carolina Theatre for Young People production
Dates (In Sprinkle Theatre):
February 5 at 10:00 am and 2:30 pm
February 12 at 10:00 am and 2:30 pm
February 19 at 10:00 am and 2:30 pm
February 26 at 10:00 am and 2:30 pm
Tickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online.
Purchase TicketsAge Rating: G (Theatre for the Very Young: Intended for children who are 2-5 years old and their grown-ups)
Frame/Works Discussion via Zoom: TBA
Run Time: 40 minutes
Location: Select dates in the Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre (Brown Building), 402 Tate St, Greensboro, NC 27412
Touring Performances: NCTYP will bring the magic of live theatre to your school. This production is touring every Tuesday and Thursday, March 1 to April 26, 2022.
For information about bringing your group to a student matinee performance or to bring the touring version of this show to your school, please contact Josh Ritter at jsritter@uncg.edu before Aug. 17. After Aug. 17, please contact Group Sales at (336) 334-4015 or grpsales@uncg.edu.
Summary:
Watch as Brother and Sister Bear experience a full year of glorious seasons. Together we see a waterfall melt, meet a butterfly, chase an elusive fish, and skate on an icy pond. Children are invited to join the action with a small bag of props that help create magical moments. —Plays for New Audiences
“There are many touching, enjoyable moments.” —Our Kids
“This show offers up some friendly fun that your own cub won’t soon forget!” —DC Metro Theater Arts
“Wake up, Brother Bear!” is presented by arrangement with Plays For New Audiences. https://playsfornewaudiences.org/pages/licensing
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
A Play by Rick Elice; Music by Wayne Barker
Based on the Novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Music by Wayne Barker
Directed by Chris Gilly-Forrer
Dates:
February 18–19 at 7:30 pm
February 20 at 2:00 pm
February 23–26 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online.
Purchase TicketsAge Rating: PG
Run Time: Approx. 2 hr.
Frame/Works Discussion via Zoom: 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 28
Location: Taylor Theatre, 406 Tate St., Greensboro, NC 27412
Summary:
“A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain’s cabin, which contains a precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure.” —MTI Shows
“Peter and the Starcatcher is all about storytelling as a lively (and live) art, and the energized complicity that s forged between the teller and the listener. …The story simultaneously being told and celebrated is as elaborate, simple, cozy and scary as the best bedtime stories are.” —The New York Times
“An absurdly funny fantastical journey!” —Entertainment Weekly
“Peter and the Starcatcher is a tiny show, but spectacle, wit, and joy spill out of it like treasure from a magic pocket. A cast of twelve, a couple of trunks, and a versatile length of rope yield more storytelling than most oversize spectaculars can manage. … A miniature classic.” —New York Magazine
‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
SWEAT
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Mya Brown
Dates:
April 1-2 at 7:30 pm
April 3 at 2:00 pm
April 6-9 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online.
Purchase TicketsAge Rating: PG-13
Frame/Works Discussion via Zoom: 7:00 pm on Monday, Apr. 11
Run Time: Approx. 2 hr. and 30 min.
Location: Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre (Brown Building), 402 Tate St, Greensboro, NC 27412
Summary:
“Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat.”—Dramatists Play Service
“Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. “Keenly observed and often surprisingly funny—but ultimately heartbreaking—the work traces the roots of a tragedy with both forensic psychological detail and embracing compassion. Ms. Nottage…is writing at the peak of her powers…” —NY Times
“…passionate and necessary…a masterful depiction of the forces that divide and conquer us…SWEAT communicates its points with minimal fuss and maximum grit. Along with the rage, despair and violence, there’s humor and abundant humanity…a cautionary tale of what happens when you don’t know how to resist.” —Time Out NY
“Sharp and threatening as a box cutter blade…ferociously engrossing…SWEAT never feels less than authentic—and crucial.” —Deadline.com.
SWEAT is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL
Nickelodeon™
Based on the series by Stephen Hillenburg
Book by Kyle Jarrow
Original Songs by:
Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara
Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe &
The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A,
Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White
T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I.
And Songs by
David Bowie, Tom Kenny & Andy Paley
Additional Lyrics by
Jonathan Coulton
Additional Music by
Tom Kitt
Musical Production Conceived by Tina Landau
Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants, and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.
Dates:
April 8-9 at 7:30 pm
April 10 at 2:00 pm
April 21-23 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online.
Purchase TicketsAge Rating: G
Run Time: Approx. 2 hr.
Frame/Works Discussion: 7:00 pm on Monday, April 25
Location: Taylor Theatre, 406 Tate St., Greensboro, NC 27412
Summary:
The stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical, as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage. The power of optimism really can save the world! —Concord Theatricals
“Effervescent candy for the spirit!” –—New York Magazine
“Brilliant” —The New York Times
“The music in the show is… spectacular” —The Daily Beast
“It wants you to have fun. Soak it in.” —Time Out New York
“Adults as well as children are likely to find SpongeBob absorbing.” —The Telegraph
“The Spongebob Musical” is presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
School of Theatre Centennial Fringe Festival
Tickets are complimentary, but a reservation is required to attend. Please click here or on the link below to reserve your tickets.
icarus x apollo a new play by John Perine
Featuring original music by Mason Snyder
Momo by Derya Agaoglu
Inspired by Michael Ende’s novel by the same name
The Gender Gallery: Growing into Our Expansiveness
Devised by River Hedgepeth, Bekah O’Reilly, H. Grissett, Amabel Prisk, Annabelle Kizer, and Brett Esther
Dates:
April 28 at 7:30 p.m. – The Gender Gallery & icarus x apollo
April 29 at 7:30 p.m. – Momo
April 30 at 2:00 p.m. – Momo
April 30 at 7:30 p.m. – The Gender Gallery & icarus x apollo
May 1 at 2:00 p.m. – The Gender Gallery & icarus x apollo
May 1 at 7:30 p.m. – Momo
Tickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to reserve complimentary tickets online.
Reserve Complimentary TicketsAge Ratings:
icarus x apollo – PG-13
Momo – G
The Gender Gallery – PG-13
Running Times:
There will be a 15 min. intermission between productions on dates when more than one is featured.
icarus x apollo – approx. 75 minutes
MOMO – approx. 75 minutes
The Gender Gallery – approx. 50 minutes
Location: Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre (Brown Building), 402 Tate St, Greensboro, NC 27412
Programs, bios, and more!Summary:
icarus x apollo: On New Year’s Eve, college seniors Icarus and Apollo stand at a crossroads: Icarus is ready to follow his boyfriend Apollo to the ends of the earth following their upcoming graduation, and Apollo is sensing that he and Icarus have the potential to destroy each other if they continue with their relationship. As the minutes count down toward midnight, Icarus and Apollo must confront their pasts as the cosmic arrangement of the order of the universe hangs in the balance. icarus x apollo reevaluates the Greek myth of Icarus, a fearless young man who flew too close to the sun wearing wings constructed by his father. Perhaps we were not told the whole story.
Momo: This is the enthralling tale of Momo, an orphan girl who has made her home in a ruined amphitheater on the outskirts of a bustling, nameless city. Momo has a unique gift — in her presence troubles become less burdensome, conflicts are resolved, and imaginations take flight. But Momo’s world is threatened when mysterious little gray men appear, promising wealth and success to people who hurry through life now, saving time and depositing it in a Timesaving Bank. Realizing that all that is precious — life itself — is at risk, Momo sets out on a perilous mission to defeat the men in gray. This is truly a story for our times, an imaginative fantasy and a tale of suspense with far-reaching implications about the quality of life today.
The Gender Gallery:Growing into Our Expansiveness: The Gender Gallery is an ongoing interdisciplinary theatre project exploring the expansiveness of gender. This project is led by River Hedgepeth with support from several UNCG undergraduate students across disciplines that have been working for the past seven months investigating the complexities of gender by conducting interviews and surveys, leading community workshops, devising theatrical work, and collaborating with artists. During this time the team also organized the interactive gallery experience that took place at the Greensboro Project Space on February 25th which had 150 people in attendance. That night participants experienced two devised projects, several creative submissions from artists across the country, and living exhibits where their participation was key. It was a night of questioning and pushing the boundaries of theatre, art, gender, and the use of space while creating a mosaic of lived experiences and celebrating the expansiveness of gender. The Gender Gallery Project Team: River Hedgepeth, H Grissett, Bekah O’Reilly, Milo Kiandost, Eden Maynard, Annabelle Kizer, Amabel Prisk, Brett Esther, Jonah Montgomery, Morgan Gaige Young
The Gender Gallery: Growing into Our Expansiveness is a devised play inspired by interviews, surveys, conversations, and workshops surrounding the exploration of the expansiveness of gender through language, movement, and community. In this celebration of gender expansiveness, we find themes of community, expression, love, joy, and hopes and dreams of the future.
Amplify Black Voices Festival of Greater Greensboro
Sponsored by Greater Greensboro Theater Consortium
Nick & the Prizefighter
by Kamilah Bush
Directed by Natalie Sowell (UNCG School of Theatre Director)
Dates:
April 22-7:30 p.m., Talkback with Playwright after the show
April 23-7:30 p.m.
April 24-3 p.m.
Purchase tickets button going to the following link.
https://gsotheaterconsortium.com
Age rating: PG 13
Location: – Bennett College’s Little Theatre
Summary:
Selah Thompson is the caregiver for her famous playwright father, Forest Thompson. Nick Beerman, a young writer and dramaturg is tasked with helping Forest complete his life’s work before the clock runs out. Selah must fight for control of her father’s work, his legacy and find her own rhythm as she prepares to face the world without him. Nick & the Prizefighter is a play that questions who owns the stories we tell and how we share experiences across cultures.
About the Amplify Black Voices Festival of Greater Greensboro:
Building on Greensboro’s rich legacy of social justice and engagement in the Civil Rights Movement, Amplify Black Voices Festival of Greater Greensboro unites seven local college theater departments to collaboratively produce four theater performances focusing on African-American lives and history. Staged at four different college theater venues in Spring 2022, the cast and crews for each will be blended from the seven departments. After each performance, the actors and director will return to the stage to reflect on the significance of black lives and stories and racial inequity. Our target audience includes university/college communities, the greater Greensboro community, and Guilford County Public Schools.