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UC Presents Two One-Act Plays

"Chamber Music" and "The Actor's Nightmare" Feb. 26 through March 1

Written By Victoria Lamanna '15, PR Intern

Contact - cleogrande@utica.edu

Utica, NY (02/18/2015) - Utica College’s Department of Performing Arts is taking a new approach to its spring production this year with two, one-act plays, “Chamber Music” and “The Actor’s Nightmare,” which will be performed in a single show.

“Chamber Music,” by Arthur Kopit, is set in 1938 at a psychiatric hospital. The play follows the perplexing discussions at a meeting of eight famous women who have gathered together to conspire their defense tactics against a perceived threat. As the dark comedy unfolds, the women decide to take drastic action to save themselves.

In second play, “The Actor’s Nightmare” by Christopher Durang, an accountant named George Spelvin is mistaken for the understudy of the production’s lead actor while wandering onstage. Spelvin quickly learns that the lead has been in an auto accident and he is expected to replace him immediately even though he does not know any of the lines or what play it is. The comedy is inspired by dreams that actors frequently have where they forget their lines or cues.

“Each one-act has a very different take on reality,” said Marijean Levering, director of the production, chair of Performing and Fine Arts and associate professor of theatre at Utica College. “They have moments that they are incredibly funny, but then moments that really make you think about what is going on and what that really means.”

“Chamber Music” will be performed by Rose Zaloom, Azure Garrett, Melissa Landstrom, Taneill Davis, Audrey Pechardo, Lynsie Ferguson, Rachel Hasenauer, Kara Butermore, Jesse Haggerty, Paul Boehlert and Jon Kealy.

Kealy, Garrett, Ferguson, Zaloom, Davis and Boehlert will also perform in “The Actor’s Nightmare.”

“Everyone in the second act is in the first, so they are creating very different characters,” said Levering. “But these challenges become those moments that are the most fun. They give us the opportunities to be creative.”

The production will take place in the Strebel Student Center Auditorium from Feb. 26 to 28 at 8 p.m., and March 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $4 and can be purchased at the door.

For more information, visit www.utica.edu/culture or call (315) 792-3057.
About Utica College – Utica College, founded in 1946, is a comprehensive private institution offering bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees. The College, located in upstate central New York, approximately 90 miles west of Albany and 50 miles east of Syracuse, currently enrolls over 4,000 students in 36 undergraduate majors, 27 minors, 21 graduate programs and a number of pre-professional and special programs.