Finding your perfect match can be daunting and Elizabeth Bennett has no desire to attach herself to anyone, let alone the dashing and infuriating Mr. Darcy. Bold, surprising, and hilarious, Kate Hamill’s highly theatrical adaptation of Jane Austin’s classic tale of latent love is absurdly delightful.

Pride and Prejudice

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

In this uncompromising drama about a people living in bleak poverty, a hopeful young woman is determined to overcome insurmountable circumstances. Mud is a contemporary classic by one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century who influenced the shape of American Theatre, Maria Irene Fornes.

Join NCT for an evening of short plays that will move and inspire you. A short play is nimble. A short play is surprising. They are poignant, fun, and irreverent. Directed by local Las Vegas artists, Shorts will be an evening not to be missed.

Shorts

Cinderella wants to go to the ball. Her stepmother wants to keep her from going. Can her fairy godmother help her get to the party of the year? Set in a mythical kingdom that looks a lot like Las Vegas, this wacky and ridiculous world premiere production will delight families of all ages. British director Laura James leads the creation of this new reimagining of the classic Cinderella fairy tale in the style of the British Panto where slapstick, hilarity, and irreverent humor reign supreme.

Cinderella, a Pantomime for Las Vegas

Ten strangers' sexual encounters reveal how primal human instincts can shatter the social constructs that bind one person to another. Provocative, funny, and highly theatrical, playwright Steven Dietz’s riveting re-imagining of Arthur Schnitzler’s 1903 banned play Reigen, places these lovers in the heart of contemporary America sexual politics.

American La Ronde

Buried waist-deep in a mound of earth, the ever chatty, seemingly optimistic, and resilient Winnie reminisces about happier days. Time, marriage, disappointment, and existence collide in Samuel Beckett's absurdist tragicomedy masterpiece. This dazzling one woman tour-de-force production is a relentless existential search to find meaning in relationships that bind one person to another and to times past, times present, and the future. Featuring the effervescent Kymberly Luke Mellen as Winnie, Happy Days is produced in partnership with Vegas Theatre Company.

Happy Days

This award winning musical by Jeanie Tesori (Fun Home; Shrek; Caroline, or Change) and Brian Crawley presents the story of a young woman who embarks on a journey to find herself and the meaning of love. As the victim of a devasting accident that has left her face scarred, Violet searches for salvation by traveling to meet someone who might be able to alter her face. What she finds will transform her forever.

Violet

Agnes Evans must put together the pieces after her younger sister Tilly’s death. Although they were never especially close, what she finds out about her sister sends Agnes on a fantastical trip through the mysterious world of Dungeons and Dragons.

UNLV Department of Theatre

Apr 26 - May 5, 2024

Pride and Prejudice

22 - 31 Mar, 2024

Mud

UNLV Department of Theatre