UW-Green Bay Theatre & Dance presents staged reading as part of World Premiere Wisconsin
Green Bay, WI — The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Theatre & Dance will present a staged reading of You Don’t Deserve to Die, a new play by Wisconsin born playwright, Art Kopische. The reading will take place on Saturday, March 25 at 7:30pm in the Jean Weidner Theatre, The Weidner. The event is a part of World Premiere Wisconsin, a state-wide festival celebrating new plays and musicals.
You Don’t Deserve to Die is an absurd look into the lives of five liberal arts students struggling to run a vegan co-op amid differences in philosophy and food ethics, but, their efforts to change the world are thwarted at their fatal “Earth Day Party”. Playwright and Milwaukee/Door County native, Art Kopischke, is currently based in New York and is a graduate of Bard College with a BA in Theatre & Performance and Brooklyn College with a MFA in Performance and Interactive Media Arts. Their plays have been developed by HERE Sublet Series: Co-op, Egg & Spoon Theatre, Playthings Theatre, Skeleton Rep, Third Avenue Playhouse, Invited Dress, The Bechdel Group, and the Cold Read and they are always producing work with their art collective, Smear Campaign and comedy duo MA’AM. Kopischke will be workshoping their play with UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance students throughout the week of March 20th as well as attending the reading on March 25th. Following the reading, a moderated talkback with Kopischke will take place.
UW-Green Bay is presenting the staged reading as a part of World Premiere Wisconsin. The inaugural state-wide festival runs March 1-June 30 and is believed to be the first of it’s kind in the country. The purpose of the festival is to promote new plays and musicals, showcase the talent located throughout Wisconsin, and build relationships between theatre companies across the state. More than 50 theatre companies are participating in the festival. A complete list of participating theatres and productions can be found on the World Premiere Wisconsin website. Website visitors can also sign up for World Premiere Wisconsin’s Passport for discounts, special offers, and to collect points for prizes from attending participating productions.
Directed by Associate Professor Rebecca Stone Thornberry, You Don’t Deserve to Die will be presented by UW-Green Bay Theatre students for one show only, Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 in the Jean Weidner Theatre, The Weidner. The performance will be followed by a talkback with the playwright. The performance is suggested for mature audience. Seating is very limited. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at University Ticketing & Information Center located in the University Union or at https://www.ticketstaronline.com/, UW-Green Bay students are free but still must have a ticket to attend.
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Established in 1965, UW-Green Bay is a public institution serving more than 9,600 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and 95,000 continuing education learners each year. We educate students from pre- college through retirement and offer 200+ degrees, programs and certificates. UW-Green Bay graduates are resilient, inclusive, sustaining and engaged members of their communities, ready to rise to fearlessly face challenges, solve problems and embrace diverse ideas and people. With four campus locations, the University welcomes students from every corner of the world. In 2021, UW-Green Bay was the fastest-growing UW school in Wisconsin. For more information, visit www.uwgb.edu.
