Calendar of Theatrical Performances 2012-2013 Season

Crawling with Monsters (Closed)
An Original Play by the Department of Communication
Mainstage
October 3-6/2012 - 7:30 pm
October 6, 2012 - 2 pm  Performance in Spanish
October 7, 2012 - 2 pm

A Multimedia Documentary on the Crisis in Reynosa, Matamoros and Monterrey. Created by the UTPA Department of Communication and Friends. See the RGV premiere of this award-winning UTPA show -- after its tour to New York, Chicago, New Orleans and San Antonio – on the toll of the conflict on children in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Hear stories from UTPA’s own friends and families. Do not miss this special tribute to the resolve and courage of our neighbors to the south.

Life is a Dream (Closed)
by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, adapted by John Barton and Adrian Mitchell
Mainstage
November 14-17, 2012 - 7:30 pm
November 18, 2012  - 2 pm

Written by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, one of Spain's prominent playwright during the Spanish Golden Age (1492-1659). It is considered Calderon's most famous play; questioning reality, fate, free will and the life choices one makes.

Golden Cobwebs (Closed)
by Brian Warren and Marlene Galvan
Theatre for Young Audiences
December 6-8, 2012 - 7 pm
December 8-9, 2012 - 2 pm

A Christmas story for children of all ages. The play tells the story of a little boy who thinks that Christmas is a bunch of "hooey" until one Christmas Eve, when he awakens to find a trio of evil spiders trying to wreck the family Christmas tree. The boy joins a band of Christmas fairies to stop the spiders, and when the cobwebs clear, he has learned that Christmas is real and not a bunch of "hooey" at all!

Sweeny Todd (Closed)
the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by Hugh Wheeler
Mainstage
February 27 - March 2, 2013 - 7:30 pm
March 3, 2013 - 2 pm

This is the famous Sondheim musical about the legendary barber and his pie-making accomplice, Mrs. Lovett. Sweeny exacts a terrible revenge for the wrongs he has suffered, but at what cost to his soul?

Hollyweird
by David Carren
Mainstage
April 24-27, 2013 - 7:30 pm
April 28, 2013 - 2 pm

Expect the unexpected in this over the top farce set in the land of dreams and fantasy. Hollywood will never be the same after a struggling screenwriter and her confused brother accidentally murder their way to stardom.

Mariachi Girl
by Roxanne Shroeder-Arce
Theatre for Young Audiences
May 2-4, 2013 - 7 pm
May 4-5, 2013 - 2 pm

Carmencita is an eight-year-old whose ambition to sing in the male-dominated mariachi conjuntos is assisted by her mom and by her "half-and-half" Mexican-American third-grade teacher Mrs. Parker. Set to the exciting mariachi tunes, this story is a powerful testament to the strength of women.

PASS
June 27-29, 2013  - 8 pm
June 30, 2013  - 2 pm

July 4-6, 2013  - 8 pm
July 7, 2013  - 2 pm

 We are in the process of auditioning graduate student proposals for the two Pan American Summer Stock productions. Check back for updates

The Box Office opens one hour prior to each performance. The Albert L. Jeffers Theatre is located in the Communication Arts & Sciences Building, on the corner of University Drive and Sugar Road, Edinburg, Texas. 956-665-3581

Notice: For performances on previous seasons, please see the Archive.