UTEP DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE
2024-2025 SEASON
Acts of Kindness: The El Paso Play
Written by Gregory Ramos
Co- Directed by Adriana Domínguez and
Samantha Michelle Nava
Summer Production: August 3, 2024, marks five years since an individual came into our beloved Sun City and changed us forever.The UTEP Department of Theatre and Dance, in collaboration with the Mexican American Cultural Center, presents Acts of Kindness: The El Paso Play. Acts of Kindness is a theatrical montage inspired by interviews in ElPaso, Texas, in the year after a mass shooting at a Walmart that claimed the lives of twenty-three innocent people. Staged for the first time in our city, this play is told through various characters and documentary information; the play grapples with gun control, the divided political landscape, and the ongoing immigration issue in America. Heartfelt, engrossing, and intimate, the play is a tribute to victims and survivors of the event and a cautionary tale about gun violence in America. Against the most traumatic events, a community rises to reach for collective healing and an understanding of our shared humanity. Part verbatim, part dramatized, this production strives to honor, reflect, and heal our Frontera community while not allowing us and the world not to forget.
El Paso Museum of Art: 1 Arts Festival Plaza, El Paso, TX 79901
August 2 at 7:00 PM & August 3 & 4 at 1:00 PM | FREE ADMISSION
Plumas Negras
Written by Juliette Carrillo
Directed by Reecca Frost Mayer
Synopsis: Set in East Salinas, California (also known as Alisal), this drama tells the story of three generations of women and their relationship to the land. In 1963, Concha pursues work in the lettuce fields to provide for the children she has left behind. Forty years later, we meet her daughter, Perla, and ten years following, her daughter, Aurora.
How do we continue generational cycles, and how do we break free from our mothers and grandmothers? How do we define women’s work? Who is putting food on our table? Plumas Negras examines these questions and tells a beautiful story about memory, growth, hope, and taking flight.
This bilingual production is presented in Spanish (with English subtitles) and English.
Recommended for high school and adult audiences.
June Sadowski Kruszewski Studio Theatre:
October 23, 24, 25 & 26* at 7:30 PM
October 26* & 27 at 2:00 PM
* = two performances per day
Rasing the Barre
Presented by the Student Organization Desert Dance
June Sadowski Kruszewski Studio Theatre:
November 14, 15 & 16 at 7:00 PM
The Miraculous adventure of edward Tulane
Directed by Adriana Domínguez
Synopsis: Once there lived an expensive china rabbit named Edward Tulane. He could not move or speak, but he could watch and listen and was quite pleased with himself. And then, one day, he was lost. As years pass by, Edward meets many different people on his miraculous journey to learn an invaluable lesson. Based on Kate DiCamillo’s (Because of Winn Dixie, The Magician’s Elephant, The Tale of Despereaux) novel, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a rare and beautiful story about what it means to love, lose that love, and how to find the courage to love again.
Wise Family Theatre:
November 22 & 23 and December 6 & 7* at 7:00 PM
~Special family friendly start times for evening performances~
November 24 December 7* & 8 at 2:00 PM
* = two performances per day
UTEP DEPARTMENT THEATRE AND DANCE BOX OFFICE
SECOND FLOOR, FOX FINE ARTS
Please call our number for any questions!
(915) 747-5118
Representatives from the UTEP Ticket Center will open the box office one hour prior to curtain.
NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES
15 minutes after curtain, tickets will no longer be sold.
Tickets are only valid on the printed date.
Tickets may also be purchased at the UTEP Ticket Center (915-747-5234) OR
ticketmaster.com (convenience charges do apply)
TICKET PRICES:
Adults: $18;
UTEP Faculty/Staff, Seniors: $15
Military, Groups (10+), Alumni (with card), Non-UTEP Students: $15;
UTEP Students (with a valid ID), Children (ages 4-12): $12
SEATING:
PATRONS ARRIVING LATE WILL BE SEATED AT THE HOUSE MANAGER’S DISCRETION IN THE WISE FAMILY THEATRE
PLEASE REFER TO YOUR TICKET FOR LATE SEATING POLICY IN THE JUNE SADOWSKI KRUSZEWSKI STUDIO THEATRE (formerly known as the UTEP STUDIO THEATRE). IF THERE IS LATE SEATING, YOU WILL BE SEATED AT THE HOUSE MANAGER'S DISCRETION
THE CENTER SECTION (SECTION C) IN THE WISE FAMILY THEATER IS RESERVED SEATING
THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COST TO SIT IN THE CENTER
ALL SEATS IN THE JUNE SADOWSKI KRUSZEWSKI STUDIO THEATRE ARE GENERAL ADMISSION
ADDITIONAL POLICIES:
PROGRAMS WILL ONLY BE GIVEN UPON ENTRANCE TO THE THEATER
FOOD & BEVERAGES ARE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE THEATER
VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPHY ARE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE THEATER
Above: Map of Wise Family Theatre
GETTING TO OUR SPACES
The Google Map above guides you to the Wise Family Theatre (second floor), the Box Office (second floor) and the June Sadowski Kruszewski Studio Theatre (first floor) as all are located within the Fox Fine Arts Center on campus.
Free parking is available in the Sun Bowl Garage for all of our theatrical events, beginning one hour before show time.
Link for Google Map above: Google Map Link
The videos above will guide you to the Wise Family Theatre, the June Sadowski Kruszewski Studio Theatre, and to our box office.