The Resident Ensemble Players’ 2023-24 season will include a look at the power of words; a stage version ofĀ “In the Heat of the Night;” a mash-up of “Waiting for Godot” and “Exodus;” and the crowd-pleasing “Deathtrap.” The season is designed to reflect our lives. āAs theater fans you know this, but I never get tired of saying it, these …
UD REP stages āArsenic and Old Laceā
Arsenic and Old Lace is a ābit of a love letter to the theater,ā according to actor Mic Matarrese. āIt does everything thatās nice and great about theater and is a good time.ā The University of Delaware Resident Ensemble Players presents the 1941 comedy through Nov. 20. Matarrese said that his character, Mortimer Brewster, is the āengineā of the Joseph …
UD’s REP to offer 2-play season, bonus shows
The University of Delaware’s Resident Ensemble Players will offer a two-play 2022-23 season, with bonus weekend-only chamber shows. The REP, as the University of Delaware’s professional acting troupe is called, will offer “Arsenic and Old Lace” Nov. 3-Nov. 20 and “Medea” April 13-April 30. In addition, the resident ensemble will off something new: Chamber REP, a series of one-weekend events, …
Budget cuts lead UDās theater head to retire after 2021-22 school year
The longtime head of UD’s theater program and professional acting troupe will leave in 2022. The longtime head of the University of Delaware’s theatre department is retiring after his theater’s budget was cut more than 50%. Sanford “Sandy” Robbins, who has been working at UD for 32 years, will lead the theater program through one more school year, leaving …