Make your reservations now for a spectacular meal before the performance at

533 N. 4th Avenue
Two blocks from The Rogue Theatre

On Opening Night, Friday, February 25,
Delectables will feature a special “Rogue menu.”
Plus, Rogue Season Ticket Holders receive 20% off their meal
before any performance of Old Times!

To make a reservation, call 520-884-9289
For more information, visit www.delectables.com or Delectables’ Facebook page, Delectables On Fourth

Please join us for

Who is Harold Pinter?

Lecture/Discussion with Patrick Baliani, Playwright and UA English Faculty Member

Free; reservations not required
Wednesday, February 16, 6:00 P.M.
The Rogue Theatre

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The Rogue Theatre
in partnership with
Borderlands Theater
presents a staged reading of

Oedipus Rex

by Sophocles

Directed by Laura Lippman

Sunday, February 13th, 2:00 P.M. at The Rogue Theatre

Tickets $10 at the door
$5 for students with student ID, Borderlands Flex/Pass holders and Rogue season ticket subscribers
No advance reservations

Discussion to follow the reading,
led by U of A Classics Professor Mike Lippman

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2010 Arizona Daily Star Mac Awards

The Rogue Theatre and Rogue After Curfew/The Now Theatre received
numerous nominations and one award in the Arizona Daily Star’s 2010 Mac Awards!
Read all about it here.

Nominations
Best Actor, Drama: Nathan Crocker in Othello
Best Actress, Drama: Cynthia Meier in Ghosts
Best Director, Drama: Cynthia Meier for Naga Mandala
Best Director, Drama: David Morden for Ghosts
Best Drama: Naga Mandala
Best Drama: Ghosts
Best Actor, Comedy: Nic Adams and Lucas Gonzales in Overruled
Best Actor, Comedy: Matt Bowdren and John Shartzer in The Four of Us
Best Actress, Comedy: Jennifer Rose Hijazi in Overruled
Best Director, Comedy: Daniel Thomson for Overruled
Best Director, Comedy: Cynthia Meier for The Four of Us
Best Comedy: Overruled
Best Comedy: The Four of Us

Winner
Best Actress, Comedy: Danielle Hecht in Overruled

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Make your reservations now for a spectacular meal before the performance at

533 N. 4th Avenue
Two blocks from The Rogue Theatre

On Opening Night, Friday, January 7,
Delectables will feature a special “Rogue menu.”
Plus, Rogue Season Ticket Holders receive 20% off their meal
before any performance of The Tempest!

To make a reservation, call 520-884-9289
For more information, visit www.delectables.com or Delectables’ Facebook page, Delectables On Fourth

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January, 2011:

Stepping Up Shakespeare: The Rogue Theatre adds dance elements to The Tempest

Preview of The Tempest by Margaret Regan in the January 6 Tucson Weekly

December, 2010:

Tempest is a force of nature, to actor's joy

Preview of The Tempest by Kathleen Allen in the December 31 Arizona Daily Star

 

Shakespeare’s The Tempest:
Romance & Drama

An Open Talk featuring
Peter E. Medine, UA Professor of English

Free and open to the public
Wednesday, December 29, 5:30-7:00 P.M.
The Rogue Theatre
300 E. University Blvd.

Shakespeare scholar Peter E. Medine will give us some insight
into this brilliant masterwork of Shakespeare.

Peter E. Medine received his B.A from Northwestern University, his M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In 1969, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he is currently Professor of English. He has held research fellowships at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, and at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Mr. Medine has directed six summer institutes on Shakespeare and Milton which were funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities; total funding from NEH for the institutes is over a million dollars. He has also been an active participant in the College of Humanities Seminars for which he has received several awards for Outstanding Teaching. Mr. Medine has authored, edited, or co-edited seven books. While Mr. Medine’s teaching interests have concentrated on such authors as Shakespeare, Spenser, and Milton, he has recently taught seminars in a concurrent reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and James Joyce’s Ulysses.

 

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Unlocking the Secrets of Shakespeare Free; reservations not required Sunday, December 12, 1:00-2:00 P.M. The Rogue Theatre 300 E. University Blvd. In this hour-long workshop, David Morden will use the text of The Tempest to illustrate the beauty of Shakespeare’s writing by analyzing his verse and prose and showing how The Bard left clues about how to perform his plays within the words themselves. This exploration of Shakespeare’s skill will give participants a greater appreciation of why he is considered the greatest English language playwright. For The Rogue’s audience members, the workshop offers a rare insight into the inner workings of Shakespearean verse. For actors and theatre artists, this workshop will introduce participants to a new way of analyzing Shakespeare’s verse and will offer a greater facility with his words.

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November, 2010:

Ibsen’s Ghosts alive, well and quite relevant at Rogue
Shaw comedy lifts spirits after Ghosts

Reviews of Ghosts and Overruled by Kathleen Allen in the November 12 Arizona Daily Star

Ibsen vs. Shaw
Rogue’s Ghosts and Now’s Overruled take on hypocrisy in extremely different ways

Reviews of Ghosts and Overruled by Nathan Christensen in the November 11 Tucson Weekly

Fine performance invigorates Ibsen’s Ghosts
In our Jerry Springer-desensitized era, it’s hard to appreciate how truly outrageous this play was

Review of Ghosts by Dave Irwin posted November 9 on TucsonSentinel.com

October, 2010:

The future is now in Rogue’s Ghosts

Preview of Ghosts by Kathleen Allen in the October 29 Arizona Daily Star

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From The Rogue’s new YouTube channel:
In preparation for The Rogue Theatre’s Ghosts, we interviewed Dawn Sellers, pianist and assistant director for the play, about her choice of music by Grieg for the preshow, the relationship between Grieg and Ibsen, and the musicality of Ibsen’s writing.

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Make your reservations now for a spectacular meal before the performance at

533 N. 4th Avenue
Two blocks from The Rogue Theatre

On Opening Night, Friday, November 5,
Delectables will feature a special “Rogue menu” of Scandinavian specialties.
Rogue Season Ticket Holders receive 20% off their meal
before any performance of Ghosts!

To make a reservation, call 520-884-9289
For more information, visit www.delectables.com or Delectables’ Facebook page, Delectables On Fourth

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Please join us for an

Open Talk about Ghosts

Meet the cast, discuss the play and its themes
and spend some time with the company of The Rogue before seeing the production.

Free; reservations not required
Saturday October 30, 10:30 A.M.
The Rogue Theatre

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SHOP and SUPPORT THE ROGUE THEATRE!

FRONT PATIO YARD SALE

Saturday October 23, 2010
8 A.M. to 12 P.M.
The Rogue Theatre

The front patio of The Rogue Theatre will be the site of a grand yard sale!

The items for sale are too numerous to list, but the prices will be very low
and a great variety of things will be available.

Come early for a good selection!

All receipts go to The Rogue Theatre.

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September, 2010:

Actors, costumes strong in production
Company takes risk; India play succeeds

Review of Nāga Mandala by Kathleen Allen in the September 17 Arizona Daily Star

Rogue Theatre’s snaking narrative meditates on reality
Don’t look for character arcs as story weaves its threads

Review of Nāga Mandala by Dave Irwin posted September 16 on TucsonSentinel.com

Rogue uncovers cobra tale from India to start season

Preview of Nāga Mandala by Kathleen Allen in the September 3 Arizona Daily Star

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From The Rogue’s new YouTube channel:
In preparation for The Rogue Theatre’s Nāga Mandala, we interviewed actress Patty Gallagher to get some insight into the world of masked performance.

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Enjoy a spectacular meal before the Opening Night performance of Nāga Mandala at

533 N. 4th Avenue
Two blocks from The Rogue Theatre

On Friday, September 10, 2010,
Delectables will feature a special “Rogue menu” of Indian specialties.
Rogue Season Ticket Holders receive 20% off their meal!

To make a reservation, call 520-884-9289

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In Rehearsal at the Rogue

This season, The Rogue Theatre is launching a new publication, In Rehearsal at the Rogue, as part of our continuing commitment to foster a dialogue with our audience about the challenging, provocative and complex ideas behind quality dramatic language and literature. In Rehearsal at the Rogue is written and edited by Dr. Carrie J. Cole. The first issue discusses Nāga Mandala and can be downloaded here.
The file is viewable in Adobe Reader, downloadable here.

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Free Open Talk

Mythical Structure in Nāga Mandala
with Dr. Carrie J. Cole

Wednesday, September 1, 7:00 P,M,
The Rogue Theatre

Dr. Cole and director Cynthia Meier will present information about the play and production of Nāga Mandala including the background of the playwright, the primary symbols in the play, and notes about the upcoming production.

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Long-Form Improvisation

Sunday June 6, 2:00 P.M.
Saturday July 3, 7:30 P.M.
Saturday July 24, 7:30 P.M.
Saturday August 28, 7:30 P.M.

We’re presenting a show, but we have no idea what it’s going to be about! We had so much fun with our Evening of Long-Form Improvisation in April, that we’re doing it again. In addition to theatre games and short-form improvisation, we will create a one-act play, made up completely on the spot. Please join us for a fascinating and fun two hours of spontaneity and creativity.

Admission to this summer’s Long-Form Improvisation is “pay-what-you-will.” All proceeds will go towards The Rogue Theatre’s newly-installed air-conditioning system.

Ticket purchase begins at the box office one hour before curtain. There are no advance reservations.

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In Memoriam
Norma Lewis
1925–2010

Anyone who has come to the Rogue Theatre in the last year will remember a beautiful bronze sculpture at the entrance to the theatre. This statue was made by sculptor Norma Lewis and given to the Rogue Theatre. It is called "Eos"—Goddess of the Dawn. Norma Lewis has been a great friend to the Rogue, serving briefly on the Board of Directors and donating generously, along with her husband Dave, to many of the Rogue plays and projects, including the renovation of the theatre and as Production Sponsor for Happy Days, Krapp’s Last Tape, and this season’s Old Times.

We will miss her presence tremendously. She will live on in our hearts as well as in the theatre through her artwork and ours.

We happened to read a poem to Norma at a recent event. She loved the poem and asked to have it read again. In memory of Norma, we offer the poem once again:

The Summer Day

Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean—
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down—
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is is you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?

—Mary Oliver

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presents

The Rogue Theatre at The Historic Y
300 E. University Blvd.

Thursday August 12, 7:30 P.M.
One Performance only

Started by veteran Rogue actor Matt Bowdren, The Now Theatre has co-produced late night theatre with The Rogue since 2008. The Now begins its third season with A Night Of Three Short Plays, with all profits being donated to their mentor theatre, The Rogue.

The Retreating World and One Short Sleepe
by Naomi Wallace

The Retreating World focuses on Ali, an Iraqi bird keeper from Baghdad and his address before the International Pigeon Convention.

One Short Sleepe portrays Bashir, a Lebanese spider-enthusiast who spends his time in limbo talking about Intelligent Design, family, and the bombing of Lebanon.

PREMIERE
a reading of Guajero by Nic Adams

The story of the Guatemalan democratic revolution of 1944 told through the eyes of a trash-picker from the Capital City Dump.

The evening will feature Javan Nelson, Matt Bowdren, Lucas Gonzales, Laura Lippman, Lauren Orlowski, Samantha Bowdren, Ryan DeLuca, Dan Thomson, Brian Johnson, and others.

The goal of the evening is to share stories that poignantly balance international viewpoints and universal insights.

A critical response discussion will follow the performance.

Admission: $10 or Pay-What-You-Will
Ticket purchase begins at the box office one hour before curtain.

Free Off-Street Parking
See Map and Parking Information

For more information, call 949-547-6067

Poster Art by Dylan Page

The Now Theatre will produce two plays during the upcoming season, as part of The Rogue Theatre’s “Rogue After Curfew” series. Performances of Overruled by George Bernard Shaw will follow all performances of The Rogue Theatre’s Ghosts, November 4–28, 2010, and performances of The Bald Soprano by Eugéne Ionesco will follow all performances of The Rogue’s Old Times, February 24–March 13, 2011.

Check out The Now Theatre on Facebook
complete with a video preview of A Night of Three Short Plays

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A Concert of Medieval Music

Pay-What-You-Will, Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 7:30 P.M.

In anticipation of next season’s production of Boccaccio’s “Decameron”, the Rogue Theatre will present a light-hearted evening of 14th century Italian and French vocal and instrumental music. Internationally renowned lutenist Crawford Young joins Rogue musician and singer Harlan Hokin for the Rogue’s first concert. Both Harlan and Crawford are well-known and seasoned practitioners of medieval and renaissance music. Our program will consist of pieces that would have been familiar to the characters in the Decameron. Rogue friend and collaborator Patrick Baliani is in the midst of creating a new translation and dramatization of Boccaccio’s “Decameron” that will be the Rogue’s fifth production of the 2010-11 season.

Crawford Young graduated from New England Conservatory and studied medieval music with Thomas Binkley prior to joining the medieval quartet Sequentia in Cologne. Young is director and founder of two prominent medieval ensembles, Boston-based Project Ars Nova and the Ferrara Ensemble of Basel, which won a Diapason d’Or de l’Annee and was a finalist for Gramophone’s Early Music Recording of the Year. Since 1982 Young has taught lute and Interpretation and Performance Practice at the Schola Cantorum in Basel.

Harlan Hokin is well known to Rogue audiences. He has performed extensively as a solo singer and director with many international early music ensembles including Sequentia and P.A.N., and did a stint with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival somewhere in the mists of history. He earned a doctorate in historical performance practice from Stanford, and has taught at Stanford and UC Santa Cruz. Harlan is an active workshop teacher and writer on topics of interest to singers and early music performers, and teaches music theory and literature at Pima Community College. He has served the Rogue as music director since its inception, and acted as vocal director for Arizona Onstage’s production of Assassins. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Early Music Society, and is the father of two nearly perfect former children. Harlan was a student at the Schola Cantorum (where Crawford now teaches) many long moons ago.

Carolyn Hokin, singer, as well as various Rogue actors, will join Crawford and Harlan for this concert.

Free Off-Street Parking
See Map and Parking Information

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June, 2010:

Two Characters Times Two: Rogue’s The Four of Us plays with the lives of two real-life literary figures

Review of The Four of Us by Nathan Christensen in the June 24 Tucson Weekly

The Four of Us comes straight from today’s generation

Review of The Four of Us by Chuck Graham on June 21 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com

Two actors add up to lovely Four

Review of The Four of Us by Kathleen Allen in the June 18 Arizona Daily Star

New AC lets Rogue raise audience’s temperature

Preview of The Four of Us by Kathleen Allen in the June 11 Arizona Daily Star

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From The Rogue’s new YouTube channel:
We sat down with John Shartzer and Matt Bowdren to get their thoughts on performing Itamar Moses’ The Four Of Us.

MegaCläp—the keyboard duo comprised of Young Musicians’ Camp graduates David and Benjamin—coming to The Rogue!

April, 2010:

Passion, rage flow in Othello
Rogue Theatre’s staging moves quickly, with grace

Review of Othello by Kathleen Allen in the May 7 Arizona Daily Star

Wickedly Good: The Rogue’s enjoyable Othello is perfect for Shakespeare-phobes

Review of Othello by Nathan Christensen in the May 6 Tucson Weekly

Shakespeare is the master psychologist in Rogue’s Othello

Review of Othello by Chuck Graham on May 2 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com

The villain Bard’s fans love to hate
Rogue Theatre’s Othello will flesh out the odious Iago

Preview of Othello by Kathleen Allen in the April 23 Arizona Daily Star

 

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Book Clubs

The Rogue Theatre is meeting with book clubs in early April in advance of the opening of Shakespeare’s Othello on April 29th.

On Thursday, April 8, at 7:00 P.M., we will hold a discussion of Othello at The Rogue Theatre, 300 University Boulevard in the Historic Y. Several Rogue actors will be on hand. Members of Pima County Public Library book clubs, members of other book clubs, and the general public are all invited. Admission is free. See map and parking information.

On Thursday, April 15, from 12:00 to 1:00 P.M., artistic director Joseph McGrath and artistic associate David Morden of The Rogue Theatre will lead a lively discussion of Othello with the Main Library Book Club at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library in downtown Tucson. For those attending the book club a two-hour free parking validation is available for the garage directly below the library. All are invited to bring their lunches for this free program. More information can be found here.

Please contact us to arrange for the Rogue Theatre to meet with your book group. Pick an upcoming play being produced by the Rogue and we’ll arrange the rest.

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An Evening of Long-Form Improvisation

Saturday, April 10, 2010
7:30 P.M.

Admission: Pay-What-You-Will
Free Off-Street Parking
See Map and Parking Information
Parking and Box Office open at 6:30 P.M.

Guided by director Brad Kula of The Charles Darwin Experience, we have assembled a cast of six creative, spontaneous and awfully clever actors to create an evening of both short-form theatre games and long-form improvisation. Working together, the company will create a one-act play from a simple suggestion of a setting, weaving together multiple story lines and interacting with each other in unexpected and surprising ways. The evening promises to be a combustion of comedy, drama, intrigue and…well…we don’t know what else (it’s improvisation, after all)!

An Evening of Long-Form Improvisation features Brad Kula, Cynthia Meier, Javan Nelson, Ali Franklin, David Morden, Anna Lauren Farrell and Ryan Deluca.

Proceeds from the evening’s performance will go towards The Rogue Theatre purchase of air-conditioning for our theatre.

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March, 2010:

Photo credit: Ward Wallingford

The Rogue Sale of Vintage Goods: The Sequel took place on Saturday, March 27. This reprise of the August 2009 sale of the entire contents of an antique store donated to The Rogue Theatre included vintage linens, midcentury modern items, jewelry, art pottery, toys, paper ephemera, American and English dinnerware, buttons and a great deal more. Hundreds of unique collectibles were sold at extremely reasonable prices to benefit our theatre renovation. By the end of the day, we were over $5,000 closer to our goal!

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Tucson’s Performing Arts and Arts Criticism

Sunday March 21, 3:00 P.M.

A panel discussion hosted by The Arizona Daily Star and The Rogue Theatre,
to spark a discussion on the role of the arts and arts criticism in the Old Pueblo

The panel will be monitored by Bruce Brockman, head of the University of Arizona Media and Theater School.

Panelists include

• Jessica Andrews, arts consultant and former executive director of Arizona Theatre Company
• Lyn Tornabene, audience member, arts supporter, and one-time theater critic
• Joseph Thomas Tolliver, UA Associate Professor of Philosophy and Board Member of the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
• Harry Clark, musician and co-founder of Chamber Music Plus Southwest
• Joseph McGrath, actor, co-founder of The Rogue Theatre
• Cathalena E. Burch, music critic, Arizona Daily Star
• Kathleen Allen, arts editor/theater critic, Arizona Daily Star
• Joel Revzen, artistic director, Arizona Opera

The panel will open with a discussion among the panelists, and will then move to questions from the audience.

With the changes in newspapers, including the Star, and the import of the arts to the local community, we felt it was time to have a public discussion.

Please join us at The Rogue Theatre, 300 E. University in the Historic Y, and please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested. Seating will be limited!

• Read the related article in the Friday, March 19 Arizona Daily Star

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An interview with David Morden, director of the three Backett one-acts, from The Rogue’s new YouTube channel:

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Beckett á trois at Rogue Theatre
A trio of thought-provoking plays from the master of the absurd

Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not I and Act Without Words by Dave Irwin posted March 4 on TucsonSentinel.com

Hard-Core Art: Rogue tackles three challenging one-acts by Irish playwright Beckett

Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not I and Act Without Words by Nathan Christensen in the March 4 Tucson Weekly

Evening with Beckett beautiful but baffling

Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not I and Act Without Words by Heather Price-Wright in the March 3 Arizona Daily Wildcat

February, 2010:

Futility oozes from Rogue's powerful set
3 short plays deliver bleak Beckett

Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not I and Act Without Words by Kathleen Allen in the March 5 Arizona Daily Star

Fans of Beckett get a thoughtful meal at Rogue Theatre

Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not I and Act Without Words by Chuck Graham on February 28 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com

Works of Irish playwright 'are in a class of their own'
3 short plays by Samuel Beckett due at the Rogue

Preview of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not I and Act Without Words by Kathleen Allen in the February 26 Arizona Daily Star

The Rogue Theatre has a new channel on YouTube, and has posted its first video: a behind the scenes look at The Rogue’s production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, filmed on closing night, January 24th, 2010. If you have a YouTube account, we invite you to subscribe to our channel.

January, 2010:

Food for thought fills Our Town at Rogue Theatre

Review of Our Town by Chuck Graham on January 12 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com

Our Town populated with meaning
Rogue Theatre to stage classic about local lives, universal context

Preview of Our Town by Kathleen Allen in the January 1 Arizona Daily Star

 

Thornton Wilder’s Arizona Days

A Free Lecture by Tom Miller

Funded in part by the Arizona Humanities Council

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 7:00 P.M.
The Rogue Theatre, 300 University Boulevard

Author Thornton Wilder was weary of being a public intellectual and eventually settled in Douglas in May, 1962. There he read voluminously, wrote incessantly, and hit the bars nocturnally. Eighteen months later, rejuvenated by his relative anonymity, he returned east, his literary skills re-energized. The presentation explores Wilder’s Arizona sojourn, showing its importance in his literary life and America’s literature. This unknown slice of our state’s recent past reveals the crossroads of a small border town with the American literary establishment.

	Tom Miller, award-winning author of books about Latin America and the Southwest, has spoken to community groups, on campuses, and at writing workshops and book festivals. He has appeared in Smithsonian, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker and The New York Times, among other outlets. Miller is an adjunct research associate at the University of Arizona’s Latin American Area Center, and owns eighty versions of “La Bamba.” Most recently, he has authored Revenge of the Saguaro. Visit www.tommillerbooks.com for more information on his work.

2009 Mac Awards

The Rogue Theatre received several accolades in the Arizona Daily Star’s 2009 Mac Awards. Theater reviewer Kathleen Allen writes:

• Winner of Best Actor: “Joseph McGrath gave depth and nuance to the ineffectual Tobias in Rogue’s Delicate Balance. It’s a difficult role because the character has a deep, troubled inner life. McGrath did it full justice, and then some.”
  
• Nomination for Best Drama: “Rogue Theatre, which is quickly establishing a reputation as a company that rarely misses, staged a lovely (and most difficult to do) Orlando and an almost breathtaking presentation of A Delicate Balance.
  
• Nomination for Best Actress: Patty Gallagher gracefully transitioned from an Elizabethan Romeo to a Victorian maid in Rogue’s Orlando.
  
• Nomination for Best Director: David Morden showed a deep understanding of Edward Albee with his direction of A Delicate Balance.

December, 2009:

Happy Days in Balgalore

The Rogue Theatre’s production of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days is going on tour to Bangalore, India on December 12th and 13th. Patty Gallagher and Joseph McGrath will reprise their roles as Winnie and Willie for LIGRA, a Bangalore-based theater staging group focused on bringing high quality English theater from the US to discerning theater lovers in India. More information is at the LIGRA Website or their Facebook page for the event.

Rogue Branches Out to Book Groups

Recently the Rogue’s Artistic Director and the director of Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance met with the Café Books group at the Pima County Public Library Martha Cooper Branch to discuss the play. Two other local book groups joined in for this thoughtful discussion.

On December 7, the Rogue will meet with the book group from the Flowing Wells Branch of the Pima County Public Library to discuss Our Town. This meeting will take place at the Flowing Wells Baptist Church, 4314 N. Romero Road, directly south of the Flowing Wells Branch Tucson Pima Public Library. Start time is 6:00 P.M. Snacks will be served. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to the Library by calling 594-5225.

Please contact us to arrange to have the Rogue Theatre meet with your book group. Pick a play the Rogue is producing in 2010 and we’ll arrange the rest.

See you at the Rogue!

November, 2009:

Some Girl(s) is sexy, cynical late night theater

Review of Some Girl(s) by Anna Swenson in the November 18 Arizona Daily Wildcat

Rogue’s Albee is disturbing theater but awfully good

Review of A Delicate Balance by Kathleen Allen in the November 13 Arizona Daily Star

Now’s Some Girl(s) is some show

Review of Some Girl(s) by Kathleen Allen in the November 13 Arizona Daily Star

Tipping Point: Edward Albee’s brilliant language stars in the disturbing Delicate Balance at Rogue

Review of A Delicate Balance by Sherilyn Forrester in the November 12 Tucson Weekly

Captivating Drama in A Delicate Balance at The Rogue Theatre

Review of A Delicate Balance by Chuck Graham on November 9 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com

Rogue Theatre tackles ambitious plays

Previews of A Delicate Balance and Some Girl(s) by Anna Swenson in the November 4 Arizona Daily Wildcat

October, 2009:

Albee’s characters thrive in Balance
Rogue Theatre stages famed playwright’s story of folks on a path of self-discovery

Previews of A Delicate Balance and Some Girl(s) by Kathleen Allen in the October 30 Arizona Daily Star

September, 2009:

Winner of the Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson 2009: Best Theatre News

Staff Pick: The Rogue Theatre’s New Home. “Now, one of Tucson’s smartest and most accomplished little companies has the home it deserves.” Read all about it here.

Animal Farm at Rogue Theatre designed to make audience think

Review of Animal Farm by Kathleen Allen in the September 18 Arizona Daily Star

Little Piggies: The challenging Animal Farm opens Rogue’s season in the troupe’s new space

Review of Animal Farm by Sherilyn Forrester in the September 17 Tucson Weekly

Rogue’s Animal Farm a chaotic barnyard of ambitious theater

Review of Animal Farm by Anna Swenson in the September 16 Arizona Daily Wildcat

Rogue’s new theatre is a hit! So is its Animal Farm!

Review of Animal Farm and our new theatre by Chuck Graham on September 12 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com

Quest for Rogue Theatre home over: Historic Y to house enterprising troupe

An article about our new theatre home by Rosalie Robles Crowe in the September 11 Arizona Daily Star

Animal Farm shows an all--too-human face

Preview of Animal Farm by Kathleen Allen in the September 4 Arizona Daily Star

August, 2009:

Congratulations to our own

Patty Gallagher

as she lights up the stage of California Shakespeare Theatre in Orinda
with her Winnie from Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days!

Photo credit: Kevin Berne

Read the reviews!

Gallagher rescues Happy Days
Review by Robert Hurwitt in the August 17 San Francisco Chronicle
“Gallagher glows with Beckettian misplaced optimism and makes his dark humor sing…
(she) makes the amphitheater rock with laughter.”

Patty Gallagher sparkles in Samuel Beckett’s tragicomedy Happy Days
Review by Karen D’Souza in the August 17 Silicon Valley Mercury News
“A tragicomic tour de force… Gallagher…is nothing short of marvelous.”

Happy Days Are Here, Again
Patty Gallagher buoys a new Cal Shakes production of the Samuel Beckett play
Review by Rachel Swan in the August 19 East Bay Express
“Thoroughly contemporary…Cal Shakes’ version succeeds in every aspect…Gallagher is terrific as Winnie.”

Patty Gallagher makes most of Beckett in Happy Days
Review by Georgia Rowe in the August 20 San Francisco Examiner
“Gallagher... gave a brilliantly bravura performance... She brings an impressive blend
of dramatic intelligence and physical technique to the role.”

Happy Days challenging and gratifying
Review by Sally Hogarty in the August 20 Oakland Tribune
“It is such a pleasure to see a work of this caliber so beautifully done.”

Happy Days runs through September 6th
Contact California Shakespeare Theatre for ticket information
Read the Director’s blog here

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Photo credit: Ward Wallingford

The Rogue Sale of Vintage Goods took place on Saturday, August 29 at the new theatre space. With the entire contents of an antique store donated to The Rogue Theatre, hundreds of unique collectibles ranging from vintage kitchenware to antique jewelry to aprons, linens, figurines, silverware, and more, were sold at extremely reasonable prices to benefit our theatre renovation. By the end of the day, we were almost $11,000 closer to our goal!

On Sunday, August 16, at 4:00 P.M., John Shartzer, one of the wonderful chorus members from last season’s production of Orlando, led An Afternoon of Unnatural Selection with Rogue cast members and special guests from the UA’s Charles Darwin Experience. The presentation of long-form improvisation was free to Rogue renovation donors as a thank-you for their contributions, and gave them a sneak peek at the theatre they are helping to build.

June, 2009:

Season Five announced! See the Our Season page for details.

May, 2009:

On Thursday, May 7, The Rogue Theatre was awarded the Tucson Pima Arts Council “Lumie Award” for Emerging Arts Organization—for innovation and creativity! Thank you for helping us to “emerge”! Read more about the Tucson Pima Arts Council 2009 Lumies Arts and Business Awards.

On Sunday, May 3, The Rogue Theatre threw an Open House to celebrate moving into our permanent home on May 1st. This summer, we are converting the auditorium/gymnasium of The Historic Y, known previously as The Historic Y Hall, into a theatre, having committed to a five-year lease on the space. Over two hundred people turned out Sunday afternoon to mingle with Rogue actors and Board members, enjoy Ophelia’s Variety Hour, learn about our next season, and get a preview of how the renovated space will look. A big thank you to old friends and new friends who joined us to celebrate!

April, 2009:

The Rogue Theatre has found a permanent home. This summer, we are converting the auditorium/gymnasium of The Historic Y, known previously as The Historic Y Hall, into a theatre. Our new address is 300 East University Boulevard
in The Historic Y.  see map

Plays After Dark: Two new late-night theater efforts follow in the footsteps of LTW’s successful Etcetera series

Report on The Now Theatre and LNT @ The Alley by James Reel in the April 2 Tucson Weekly

March, 2009:

Shakespeare’s women

Video interview with Immortal Longings author/director Joseph McGrath by Sooyeon Lee on KUAT TV’s March 31 Arizona Illustrated

A Teen’s Trial: A group of Shakespearean women gather to decide the fate of Juliet in the wonderful Immortal Longings

Reviews of Immortal Longings and This Property is Condemned by James Reel in the March 26 Tucson Weekly

One-act This Property is Condemned packs a wallop

Review of This Property is Condemned by Chuck Graham in the March 26 Tucson Citizen

Juliet doesn't want to die!

Previews of Immortal Longings and This Property is Condemned by Kathleen Allen in the March 13 Arizona Daily Star

January, 2009:

Strong cast led by Gallagher makes this a must-see

Review of Orlando by Kathleen Allen in the January 30 Arizona Daily Star

Production of Albee play is straightforward, as it should be

Review of The Zoo Story by Kathleen Allen in the January 30 Arizona Daily Star

Orlando Blooms

Review of Orlando by Gene Armstrong in the January 29 Tucson Weekly

Primal Zoo: The Now Theatre offers up a tragic Edward Albee tale of class warfare

Review of The Zoo Story by Gene Armstrong in the January 29 Tucson Weekly

Comedy is king—and queen —in production of Woolf's Orlando

Review of Orlando by Chuck Graham in the January 29 Tucson Citizen

Sparks fly when a have-not lashes out

Review of The Zoo Story by Chuck Graham in the January 29 Tucson Citizen

Whimsical Woolf work to be staged

Preview of Orlando by Kathleen Allen in the January 16 Arizona Daily Star

The Goat A Mac Award Favorite!

The January 2008 Rogue Theatre production of Edward Albee’s The Goat garnered three Macs and one nomination in the Arizona Daily Star’s 2008 Mac Awards. Theater reviewer Kathleen Allen writes:

• Winner of Best Drama: “Directed by David Morden, the production was a fierce one, full of the passion and anger and love that Albee intended.”
• Nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy or Drama: Joseph McGrath “was particularly effective as Martin, a married architect who falls for a goat.”
• Winner of Best Actress in a Comedy or Drama: “Cynthia Meier...was powerful and smart and so wounded by the deep betrayal that it was impossible not to be moved by her.”
• Winner of Best Director of a Comedy or Drama: “David Morden’s direction...showed a deep understanding of the material, and he used a deft hand in order to give the audience that same insight.”

A year ago, The Rogue won the Mac for Best Play with its January 2007 production of Genet’s The Maids, with nominations of Cynthia Meier and Susan Arnold for for Best Actress and Joseph McGrath for Best Director.

October, 2008:

Happy Days is here again

Preview of Happy Days by Kathleen Allen in the October 31 Arizona Daily Star

September, 2008:

Apt challenge for audience: Rogue Theatre, Six Characters mesh

Review of Six Characters in Search of an Author by Kathleen Allen in the September 26 Arizona Daily Star

Silence speaks volumes in this staging

Review of Cigarettes and Chocolate by Kathleen Allen in the September 26 Arizona Daily Star

Winner of the Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson 2008

The January 2008 Rogue Theatre production of Albee’s The Goat was selected by the Tucson Weekly in the category of Best Theatrical Bestiality: “Loud, intense and emotionally realistic, Rogue’s production of Edward Albee’s play about a married man who has sex with a goat gradually twisted its initial whimsy into an evening throbbing with loneliness and rage, thanks to director David Morden and lead actors J. Andrew McGrath and Cynthia Meier. What began with witty sophistication descended into brutal primitivism by play’s end, in an overwhelming production by a courageous little company.”

Characters in Abundance

Review of Six Characters in Search of an Author by James Reel in the September 25 Tucson Weekly

Six Characters, One Chance to Live

Preview of Six Characters in Search of an Author by Kathleen Allen in the September 19 Arizona Daily Star

Ambitious UA Grad's Now Theatre to Debut

Preview of Cigarettes and Chocolate by Kathleen Allen in the September 19 Arizona Daily Star

June, 2008:

Season Four announced! See the Our Season page for details.

April, 2008:

The Rogue Theatre’s production of Happy Days will be presented at the Climate Theatre of San Francisco April 25–27, 2008. Contact the Climate Theatre for performance times and online ticket purchases. Also, you can now view production photos by Tim Fuller.

March, 2008:

Red Noses: Mocking Authority, Avoiding Despair

Preview of Red Noses by Kathleen Allen in the March 21 Arizona Daily Star

February, 2008:

Going Down Singing

Preview of Happy Days by James Reel in the February 7 Tucson Weekly

Gallagher gets ‘Happy’

Preview of Happy Days by Chuck Graham in the February 7 Tucson Citizen

Amid the bleak, a ray of hope

Preview of Happy Days by Kathleen Allen in the February 8 Arizona Daily Star

January, 2008:

Destruction of Innocence

Review of The Goat by James Reel in the January 10 Tucson Weekly

Albee’s Goat tackles taboos left and right

Review of The Goat by Kathleen Allen in the January 11 Arizona Daily Star

Play uncovers the struggles behind unconventional love

Review of The Goat by Chuck Graham in the January 10 Tucson Citizen — Grade: A+

Winner of the Arionza Daily Star Mac Award

The January 2007 Rogue Theatre production of Genet’s The Maids was a favorite of the Arizona Daily Star and its 2007 Mac Awards. In the running for Best Actress were Cynthia Meier and Susan Arnold, “two sisters who are bitter maids to a haughty mistress. They were disturbing, they were touching, and they were very effective.” As a contender in the category of Best Director, the Star credits Joseph McGrath with directing “a smooth, tense version of The Maids.” But in the category of Best Play, The Maids came out the winner: “The compelling and horrifying story was cleanly directed by Joseph McGrath and powerfully performed by a trio of actresses [Cynthia Meier, Susan Arnold and Arlene Naughton]. It was fulfilling and challenging theater.”

December, 2007:

Add Tony-winning play to your 2008 to-do list

Preview of The Goat by Sherilyn Forrester in the December 28 Arizona Daily Star

November, 2007:

Preview of The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?

by Iris J. Arnesen, from the November, 2007 The Opera Glass
   In any given human culture, certain behaviors will be considered proper and admirable while others will be considered improper and disgusting. Travel some distance away, however, and the people of the second area will likely hold very different opinions. Which group is right, and which is wrong? Are there any absolutes? Or is it as one of Shakespeare’s characters put it: “There’s nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”?
Read the full Preview

All Souls Procession

The Big Head Puppets of the three gods from The Rogue Theatre’s production of The Good Woman of Setzuan appeared in the All Souls Procession on Sunday, November 4.

Puppet design by Matt Cotten, Tucson Puppet Works

Photo by Thomas Wentzel

September, 2007:

Interview

Directors Joseph McGrath and Cynthia Meier are interviewed by Iris J. Arenesen in a 4-page article in the September 2007 The Opera Glass. They discuss their meeting, the formation of The Rogue Theatre, their experiences as actors, their plans for The Rogue, and the upcoming production of Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?

Dying Way of Life: The Rogue Theatre treats Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard as the classic that it is

Review by James Reel in the September 13 Tucson Weekly

Chekhov play timely and worth checking out

Review by Chuck Grahm in the September 13 Tucson Citizen

Humor Included

Preview by Kathleen Allen in the August 31 Arizona Daily Star

August, 2007:

Mask as Meeting Place

On August 11, Dr. Patty Gallagher, Artist-in-Residence of The Rogue Theatre, presented a workshop on the use of masks in the theatre utilizing 48 masks she has gathered throughout the world. With an eclectic background in clowning, Balinese dance, and Shakespearean drama, Dr. Gallagher has joined the Rogue Theatre this year as a performer and teacher. The free public workshop was attended by over 50 people.

Cast members of The Cherry Orchard wearing masks appropriate to ther characters

Kenton Jones, Joseph McGrath and Patty Gallagher display masks

Photos by Cynthia Meier

July, 2007:

We have had another successful round of grant writing, to assist in funding our Season Three activities. We have just received notification that we have been awarded $5,092 from Tucson Pima Arts Council and $10,395 from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Part of what the Arizona Commission grant will fund is an educational supplement on The Voice of the American Playwright, to be used in conjunction with our production of The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Patrick Baliani, a faculty member at the UA English Department, will assist in its preparation.

June, 2007:

Season Three announced! Click here for details.

December, 2006:

Rogue Theatre productions are listed in the Tucson Citizen’s Year in Review: Tucson Happenings in 2006 and the Arizona Daily Star’s 2006 Mac Awards. As a contender in the category of Best Actor, the Star credits Joseph McGrath with “an honest and convincing portrayal” in the one-man The Fever by Wallace Shawn, directed by Cynthia Meier. The Citizen reports that Cynthia Meier’s adaptation and direction of James Joyce’s short story The Dead was a highlight of Tucson entertainment in 2006, showing “the magical transformative power of theater.” The poignant climatic scene between Gabriel and Gretta Conroy, as portrayed by Joseph McGrath and Amy Almquist, is given special mention.

September, 2006:

Best Act of Theatrical Piracy

The Dead makes the September 28, 2006 Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson Staff Picks in the Arts and Culture category. To read all about it, follow this link.

The Rogue Theatre is happy to announce that we have been awarded an unrestricted grant of $1000 from the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona as a result of our application submitted for consideration during the 2006–2007 Endowment for the Arts grant round. The grants panel expresses the hope that during the coming year, these funds will be used to develop audience and foster other activities that will build our organization’s infrastructure leading to greater self-sufficiency.

August, 2006:

Dr. Patty Gallagher, international theatre artist, joined The Rogue Theatre, August 8–12th, for exciting workshops on mask, clowning, and character development during rehearsals for the upcoming production of Endymion. As part of her residency, she also presented a free public workshop on August 12th. Dr. Gallagher’s residency was partially funded by a Sudden Opportunity Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts.

Also, The Rogue Theatre has gratefully received grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Tucson Pima Arts Council totaling $8,500 for 2006–2007.

May, 2006:

Theater Blooms

Calendar Cover Story by Chuck Graham in the May 18, 2006 Tucson Citizen

 

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