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Maria Rita Meli

Maria Rita Meli

Maria Rita Meli is an Arizona native who grew up between the hot, arid desert and the Mediterranean coastal life in Sicily, Italy. In 2012, she earned her MA in Italian Studies from the University of Toronto, where she completed course work in Renaissance theatre and post-Tridentine drama. The year prior, Maria Rita completed her BA in linguistics and Italian language & literature at the University of Arizona, where she took part in a reading of Machiavelli's "La Mandragola." Currently, she lectures to students while frantically waving her arms and hands, like most Italians do.

Most importantly, she is an avid theatre fan and a lover of the arts who cannot think of a better way to spend an evening, or afternoon, than in the theatre.

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BWW Review: RING OF FIRE Pays Tribute to a Legend

BWW Review: RING OF FIRE Pays Tribute to a Legend

March 13, 2017

The story of Johnny Cash, one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century, comes vibrantly to life on stage in Arizona Theatre Company's crowd pleasing Ring of Fire: the Music of Johnny Cash.

BWW Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Brings Tradition to Tucson

BWW Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Brings Tradition to Tucson

December 12, 2016

Regarded as one of the greatest musicals of all time, the Fiddler on the Roof comes to Tucson for the first time, making it the largest production the Arizona Theatre Company has produced in over thirty years, and it does not disappoint.

BWW Review: AN ACT OF GOD is Sinfully Good

BWW Review: AN ACT OF GOD is Sinfully Good

October 29, 2016

In a long overdue attempt to set the record straight, God (for the first time a woman) and her devoted angels answer a few of the deepest questions to haunt mankind since the beginning of time itself.

BBW Review: Long Live KING CHARLES III

BBW Review: Long Live KING CHARLES III

September 26, 2016

Is England prepared for Prince Charles' ascension to the throne after the death of Queen Elizabeth II? King Charles III, making its regional premiere in the Arizona Theatre Company's 50th anniversary season, explores his possible future reign.

BWW Review: ATROCITIES OF THE ABSTRACT is One Great, Weird Time

BWW Review: ATROCITIES OF THE ABSTRACT is One Great, Weird Time

April 25, 2016

A new form of theatre has come to the Old Pueblo: the Red Theater Tucson - the fifth branch of the larger Red Theater Collective, which began in 2008 after the banishment from the University of Nebraska for performing controversial works.

BWW Review: DISCORD at Temple Of Music And Art

BWW Review: DISCORD at Temple Of Music And Art

April 18, 2016

If you were ever curious as to what would occur if you locked our third president of the United States, the author of A Christmas Carol, and the author of War and Peace in an exitless room, you'll need to make it down to the Temple of Music and Art before April 30th.

BWW Review: FENCES is a Homerun in Tucson

BWW Review: FENCES is a Homerun in Tucson

February 1, 2016

When discussing August Wilson's Pulitzer-Prize and Tony Award winning play, Fences, it is most applicable to say that the Arizona Theatre Company's cast hits this poignant performance out of the park.

BWW Reviews: WAIT UNTIL DARK Keeps Tucson on the Edge of Its Seat

BWW Reviews: WAIT UNTIL DARK Keeps Tucson on the Edge of Its Seat

October 27, 2014

Continuing Arizona Theatre Company's 2014/2015 season is a 1966 Broadway hit thriller and a 1967 Oscar-nominated movie classic starring Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin: Wait Until Dark, by playwright Frederick Knott and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher in 2013.




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