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Scene Setter: New UT director plans to challenge performers with a worldly lineup (77 Square)

From beavers to bad parents, thunder gods to Cinderella, the new University Theatre season is populated with unusual characters from all over the world.

UW-Madison’s producing theater, housed in two stages in Vilas Hall, hopes to educate as well as please audiences, and the upcoming 2009-10 season contains ample opportunities for both.

“We’re really going all over the place for this season,” said new University Theatre director David Furumoto. Furumoto replaces Tony Simotes, who left to head Shakespeare and Company in Massachusetts.