Spring 2022 Performance Season
1,001 Plays
International Play Exchange
Directed by Kristin Johnsen-Neshati and Nicholas M. Kfoury Horner
February 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Digital Presentation
This international 10-minute play exchange is a recurring component of the Mason Players’ season. Mason students perform staged readings of plays written by student playwrights from around the world, and have their own work read by those international students. 1,001 Plays engages its international playwrights in real time through live video-chat technology.
Free, Registration Required
Eurydice
Studio Series
Directed by Marty Bernier
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
March 3-5 at 8 p.m. and March 5-6 at 2 p.m.
Presented in TheaterSpace
Eurydice reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, not through Orpheus’s infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bride, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she begins to discover that the cost of living again can sometimes exceed the cost of staying dead. Full of dark humor, lyrical beauty, and wit, Ruhl’s play transforms a traditional myth into a visceral, contemporary meditation on love worth grieving for.
ASL Interpreted Performance –
Friday, March 4, 8 p.m.
Tickets
$30 General Public; $15 students, faculty/staff, and seniors
Wednesday, March 2 at 8 p.m.
Free Performances
Saturday, March 5 at 2 p.m.
Sunday, March 6 at 2 p.m.
Everybody
Faculty Mainstage
Directed by Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
March 31, April 1-2, 7-9 at 8 p.m.
and April 2, 9-10 at 2 p.m.
Presented in Harris Theatre
This modern riff on the 15th-century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from among the cast by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery—the meaning of living!
ASL Interpreted Performance –
Friday, April 1, 8 p.m.
Tickets
$30 General Public; $15 students, faculty/staff, and seniors
Free Tickets for Mason Students
A limited quantity of free student tickets will be available two Tuesdays prior to the event. Learn More.
In A Sentimental Mood: The Music of Duke Ellington
Mason Cabaret
Directed by Erin and James Gardiner
Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
In A Sentimental Mood: The Music of Duke Ellington
Conceived by Erin and James Gardiner
April 15-16 at 8 p.m. and April 16 at 2 p.m.
Presented in TheaterSpace
A perennial favorite, our musical theater ambassadors, The Mason Cabaret, return with a fresh line up of stellar vocalists showcasing the brilliant work of the legendary Duke Ellington. This “Fun-raiser” will have you dancing in your seat and humming all the way home! Ticket sales will support Mason’s Musical Theater program.
Tickets
$20 General Public; $10 students, faculty/staff, and seniors
Thursday, April 14 at 8 p.m.
Just Like Us
Mason Fringe
Directed by Esteban Marmolejo-Suarez
Just Like Us by Karen Zacarias
April 28-30 at 8 p.m. and April 30 & May 1 at 2 p.m.
Presented in TheaterSpace
Based on Helen Thorpe’s bestselling book, this play follows four Latina teens living in Denver—two of whom are documented and two who are not—through young adulthood. Based on the real lives of DREAMers, Just Like Us poses difficult, yet essential questions about what makes us American.
ASL Interpreted Performance –
Friday, April 29, 8 p.m.
Tickets
$20 General Public; $10 students, faculty/staff, and seniors
Wednesday, April 27 at 8 p.m.
Free Performances
Saturday, April 30 at 2 p.m.
Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m.
The Boy Detective Fails
Musical Theater Ensemble
Directed by Erin Gardiner
Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
A Concert Presentation of ‘The Boy Detective Fails’
Book by Joe Meno, Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon
Based on the book, The Boy Detective Fails, by Joe Meno
May 6-7 at 8 p.m. and May 7 at 2 p.m.
Presented in CFA Concert Hall
The Boy Detective Fails, based on Joe Meno’s acclaimed novel, tells the story of Billy Argo, “boy detective.” In a world akin to Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, young Billy becomes famous for solving mysteries, until he faces a mystery he can’t comprehend – the shocking death of his young sister, Caroline. Ten years later, a 30-year-old Billy returns to his quiet New Jersey town determined to solve the mystery of Caroline’s death and right old wrongs. Expecting the black and white world of his childhood, he instead discovers a world full of grey and unimaginable strangeness, beauty, and even love. The George Mason School of Theater is thrilled to premiere this new and updated version by book writer Joe Meno and composer Adam Gwon.
Tickets
$20 General Public; $10 students, faculty/staff, and seniors
A limited quantity of free student tickets will be available two Tuesdays prior to the event. Learn More.
