The Wild Party Coverage!

Publicity for The Wild Party this weekend @ AFT!

Be Part of The Wild Party!

Thanks to our friends at Smile Politely, Champaign-Urbana's Online Magazine!

The Wild Party @ AFT

Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party will premiere at AFT this Friday! 

Directed by Kendall Johnson

"A ferocious story of irritated lovers, idle entertainers, jealousy, revenge, and one wild, wild party," this production will have only two performances. The first show will be Friday, December 7, at 11:59pm; the second will be Saturday, December 8, at 3:00pm. This production is free and open to the public. The Armory is on the University of Illinois campus; 505 E. Armory St. in Champaign, IL. View the facebook event for more information!

dates for Andrew Lippa's "The Wild Party," directed by Kendall Johnson, have been set! 

december 7th @ 12am
december 8th @ 3pm

for more information, please visit the facebook event! 
http://www.facebook.com/events/454397047944575/

Change in Season

Sad news!

Unfortunately, Student-Written Play Festival has been cancelled for the season.

There will be no show at the Armory this weekend.

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Hughie/Next!

THIS WEEKEND! : Friday @1159pm, Saturday @ 230pm

words from our student directors:
Eugene O'Neill's "Hughie" is a one-act play written in 1942, and takes place at the lobby of a small hotel on a West Side street in midtown New York during the summer of 1928. Our main protagonist is described by O'Neill only as a "story teller", but as he attempts to enthrall the new night clerk who works at the desk in nostalgia of the relationship he had with the clerk's predecessor, we begin to explore his steadfast effort to live in blissful disreality, and the lies we tell ourselves to make life bearable.

Marion Cheever is far from being war material. But, at the height of the Vietnam War, the 40 year old Marion is called in by the United States government to see if he has what it takes to be soldier and fight for his country. Confused and angered by his draft notice, be botches the examination and proceeds to messing with his examiner in any way possible, in hopes it gets him out of the war effort. As this examination continues, however, Marion begins to come to some very real conclusions about his life until now and whether he has been acceptable to live it.

AFT Fall 2012 Season!

The Armory Free Theatre presents its Fall 2012 season:

October 19th @ 12a & 20th @ 230p

Hughie/Next!

written by: Eugene O’Neill

      Terrance McNally

directed by: Henry Steinken and Ford Bowers

Student-Written Play Festival

directed by: Julia Celentano

The Wild Party

written by: Andrew Lippa

directed by: Kendall Johnson

All AFT productions are student produced and directed. Stay tuned for more information!

Armory Free Theatre Seeks Proposals for Fall 2012

The Armory Free Theatre is currently accepting proposals for the Fall 2012 season. 

Proposal forms are currently available on the Armory Free Theatre callboard on Level 2 (between the Events office and the Production office) as well as in the Level 4 Theatre Office.

Proposals are due by 5pm on Wednesday, September 5^th.  Proposals should be turned in to the Armory mailbox in the Level 4 Theatre Office.

For more information, please email Joshua Stewart, Production Manager at jstewrt2@illinois.edu

About the Armory Free Theatre

The Armory Free Theatre (AFT) is the primary site for student driven productions of experimental theatre, original works, interdisciplinary projects, and events not otherwise accommodated by the Krannert Center.  Residencies are intended to give University students the freedom to pursue their primary educational research as developing artists dealing with issues of topical relevance and contemporary social concerns.  The Armory Free Theatre operates under the auspices of the Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which oversees AFT Policy, provides Faculty Support, and supports the Annual Budget.

Assassins

Cigarettes and Coffee, playing this weekend at the Armory Free Theatre!

Sex Education with Dr. Kevorkian is a written piece by Paul Twarowsky. Stop by the Armory Free Theatre on Friday the 17th at 8pm and 10pm or Sat the 18th at 8pm to view this experimental piece.

Elephants and the Meaning of Truth playing February 10th and 11th at the Armory Free Theatre.