03/26/2024
By Patricia Coffey

UMass Lowell is proud to be a major partner with Merrimack Repertory Theatre and encourages students, faculty, and staff to take advantage of the generous available discounts to attend performances there.

• $15 tickets for UMass Lowell students (the only better deal is $5 preview - the first Wednesday of a show or $10 "Lowell" night which is the first Thursday of a show).
• There are discounts for faculty/staff on subscriptions. They are available on the ticketing website MRT Subscriptions (when selecting a day, choose the UML option from the drop-down menu).

Seats can be reserved at www.mrt.org/subscriptions or by calling 978-654-4678. If interested in bringing a UML group to a show, please contact Patricia_Coffey@uml.edu.

Upcoming shows include:

THE PORCH ON WINDY HILL

Written by Sherry Stregack Lutken, Lisa Helmi Johanson, Morgan Morse and David M. Lutken
Conceived and Directed by Sherry Stregack Lutken
April 3 - 21, 2024
A bi-racial Korean classical violinist, Mira, and her music history grad-student boyfriend, Beck, escape months of COVID-isolation to the mountains of North Carolina. Their journey takes a surprising turn when they meet Edgar, and Mira faces a flood of memory, pain, hope, and discovery that follows. A moving, modern American play about family- with enough music for a real ‘hoot ‘n’ holler’ as the cast- Lisa Helmi Johanson, Morgan Morse and David Lutken perform a dozen traditional and bluegrass gems. The quintessentially American melodies running through The Porch on Windy Hill illuminate a young woman’s complex, contemporary tale of healing.

SPIRITUS/VIRGIL'S DANCE

Written and performed by Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by Neel Keller
May 8 - 26, 2024
In this exploration of the realities of death through the eyes of a watchful and troubled individual, we meet Virgil- a kid who used to hang out in cemeteries with friends. As an adult, Virgil wonders: what does it mean to live a fulfilled life? Spiritus/Virgil’s Dance is an extraordinary meditation on finding purpose in the midst of the ordinariness of daily life.