UB: “Krapp’s Last Tape” and “In The End of Times” 2/13/26-2/14/26

“Krapp’s Last Tape” and “In The End of Times”
By Samuel Beckett and Alex Fawkes, respectively
Directed by Nasir Faulknor and Alex Fawkes, respectively, as part of our Student Directed Series

Feb. 13 - 14, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
UB Katharine Cornell Theatre

Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/search?q=krapps+last+tape+katharine+cornell+theatre
$25 Adults | $20 Seniors/Veterans/UB Employees $15 Students/Children | $10 UB Students
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In Beckett's critically acclaimed play “Krapp’s Last Tape,” an aging man, who lives a lonely and shabby existence in a darkened room, listens to a taped recording of himself as a young man. The off-Broadway sensation, a tour-de-force for one actor, is the most affectionate portrait of a character that Beckett has ever done: an aging man who lives a lonely and shabby existence in a darkened room. At year's end, he takes out a bottle of wine, a banana and his tape recorder, and he listens as his own voice from the past recounts the glories and hopes of his youth.

“A melancholy tone poem... Samuel Beckett’s 1958 assessment of a life from the vantage point of its weary end.” – The New York Times

“In The End of Times” by theatre student Alex Fawkes is a satirical play that explores the question of who “deserves to be saved” when the world is ending. It playfully parodies the religious notion that to be gay means an individual will automatically be sent to hell after their life has ended, while incorporating silly elements such as aliens and a cult!

“Krapp’s Last Tape” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

The UB Theatre and Dance 2025-2026 season is sponsored in part by Fox Run at Orchard Park, celebrating its seventh year in support of the department.