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新彩网 Theatre is proud to open its 2021-22 season with a return to live performances!聽 The first production of the season, The Mad Ones, is a new musical written by Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk and directed by 新彩网 Associate Professor of Theatre Eric Altheide.聽 The production runs from October 14-17 in the 新彩网 Performance Center located in University Center East on the 新彩网 campus.

Concord Theatricals, the producing company of The Mad Ones, writes: "Eighteen-year-old Samantha Brown sits in a hand-me-down car with the keys clutched in her hand. Caught between a yearning for the unknown and feeling bound by expectation, she telescopes back to a time before her world had fallen apart. As she relives her senior year, we meet Sam's well-intentioned helicopter mother Bev and her high school sweetheart of a boyfriend Adam, but it's her painfully alive best friend Kelly that haunts her. Kelly was everything Sam is not - impetuous and daring. She pushed Sam to break rules and do the unexpected. When Kelly is killed in a car wreck, Sam loses not only her best friend but also the part of herself that was learning to be brave. Now, Sam has to make a decision: Will she follow her mother's dreams for her, or will she summon the courage to drive away from her friends and family into a future she can't imagine?"

Altheide is joined by a design team including 新彩网 faculty member Paul Weimer as scenic designer; 新彩网 staff members Joshua Stallings as sound and lighting designer, Shan Jensen as costume designer and Andy Hammond as technical designer; Patrick Ritsch as orchestra conductor; and 新彩网 students Cole B. Henrich as choreographer and Amelia Schmitz as production stage manager.

The cast of The Mad Ones includes 新彩网 students Evelyn Pigman, Clare McGregor, Grace Koltz, Nate Jenkins, and understudies Madalyn Cottrell, Blair McKown, and Gavin Carter.

Tickets are $2 for 新彩网 students, $10 for 新彩网 employees and alumni, $4 for non-新彩网 students with student ID, $10 seniors (60+), and $12 for adults. Tickets are FREE to 新彩网 students with ID one hour before the show begins based on availability. Shows start at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. for the Sunday matinee. To purchase tickets, or for more information, visit 新彩网.edu/liberal-arts/usi-theatre or call the Box Office at 812-465-7110. Follow us on Facebook at and Instagram for updates and photos.

Tickets are also now on sale for the rest of the 2021-22 season. Join us for A Christmas Carol, adapted and directed by 新彩网 Professor of Theatre Elliot Wasserman, from November 18-21, 2021. The first show of the Spring Semester will be Stop Kiss by Diana Son and directed by Altheide, running from February 17-20, 2022. Our final show of the season will be William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which will run from April 21-24, 2022. For more information on the remainder of the 新彩网 Theatre season visit 新彩网.edu/liberal-arts/usi-theatre or call 812-465-7110.