This activity is funded by the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council through the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

Man of La Mancha

Book by Dale Wasserman

Music by Mitch Leigh with Lyrics by Joe Darion

Directed for The Rep by Aaron Rocklyn

Don Quixote and his pal Sancho Panza set out on a quest to right all wrongs and end injustice, but most of the time, they just get the stuffing beat out of them.  

Yet something keeps them rising up again after each humiliating defeat, and it's not just because they fight in the name of the beautiful lady who barely tolerates them.  Even though the darker side of humanity always seems to win the battles, deep in their hearts they feel that if they can just keep fighting, they win the war.

Don Quixote has often been called the greatest novel ever written, and Man of La Mancha is certainly one of the most inspiring musicals ever performed.  Like real life, it is an unlikely brew of humor, hope, passion, and prejudice, woven into a stirring tale of how Evil can only win if we give up. 

And on the topic of winning, La Mancha won 5 Tony awards, including Best Musical, and its best-known number, The Impossible Dream, has become a standard.

May 3-4, 9-11, 16-18, & 23-25 2013

at 8 o’clock each evening

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A performance will be interpreted in ASL for the deaf and hearing impaired through funding provided by The Sertoma 700 Club of Rochester:

The Rep’s 30th Anniversary Season

The Rochester Repertory Theatre’s Board of Directors announced the theatre’s 30th Anniversary Season on the evening of May 3, the opening night of “Man Of La Mancha”!

Built around a theme of “Just For The Fun Of It!”, the 30th Anniversary Season will focus on the unique ability of the stage to study life through the medium of our laughter and smiles.

Please click here to learn more about the 2013-14 30th Anniversary Season and visit our website for information on auditions and ticket specials as they are announced!

Auditions for “The Miser”

The Rochester Repertory Theatre announces that open auditions for our September 2013 production of Moliere’s “The Miser” will be held at the theatre on Sunday May 19 (2:00-4:00 pm) and Monday May 20 (7:00-9:00 pm).

In keeping with its reputation as a theatre of distinction, The Rep will be producing this classic French satire in a decidedly distinctive manner.  The script will be updated to 1950, set in New Orleans, and played for high energy and laughs.

The cast requires eight men ages 20 to 70, and five women ages 16 to 70.  The script offers roles ranging from large to small commitments. There are several roles for mature actors, including Harpagon the miser, and several roles suitable for young adults.

Rehearsals will be tailored to cast schedules, but will begin approximately the last week in July or the first week in August. Performances are scheduled for September 6-7, 12-14, 19-21 and 26-28, 2013.  For further information or to arrange an alternate audition time, please contact director Joan Sween via The Rep’s Box Office on 507-289-1REP.

The Fox On The Fairway

by Ken Ludwig

Directed for The Rep by Bill Schnell

A tribute from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) to the English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, The Fox On the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club.

Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it's a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers' classics. It’s a charmingly madcap adventure about love, life, and man's eternal love affair with... golf.

June 28-29 & July 5-6, 11-13, 2013

at 8 o’clock each evening

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