Theatre Arts
The Department of Theatre Arts presents a balanced season of award-winning drama, comedy, and musicals each academic year. These stage productions receive critical and popular acclaim from local and regional media and patrons.
2011-2012 Theatre Arts Season
Dog Sees God by Bert V. Royal
November 3–13, 2011
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
November 10–20, 2011
Raccoon Earns His Stripes by Brent Florendo
February 24–March 11, 2012
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
March 1–11, 2012
La Terrasse by Jean-Claude Carriére
May 10–20, 2012
Lucky Stiff – Book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; music by Stephen Flaherty
May 17–June 3, 2012
2010-2011 Theatre Arts Season
Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn
November 4-14, 2010
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
November 11-21, 2010
Lewis Carroll’s Alice Through the Looking Glass
Adapted by Craig Jessen
February 11-27, 2011
King Lear by William Shakespeare
February 17-27, 2011
The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute
May 12-22, 2011
You Can’t Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
May 19-29, 2011
2009-2010 Theatre Arts Season
Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward
November 12-22, 2009
Anton in Show Business by Jane Martin
November 5-15, 2009
Johnny Johnson (The Biography of a Common Man)
Book and Lyrics by Paul Green
Music by Kurt Weill
February 11-28, 2010
The Story of Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart
by Gale Childs Daly
February 12-28, 2010
Wild Oats by John O'Keeffe
May 13-23, 2010
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
May 13-23, 2010
2008-2009 Theatre Arts Season
Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh
November 13-23, 2008 in the Center Stage Theatre
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
November 6-16, 2008 in the Center Square Theatre
Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz
February 19-March 1, 2009 in the Center Stage Theatre
Dick Whittington and His Amazing Cat
by Pat Hume
February 13-March 1, 2009 in the Center Square Theatre
Love's Labor's Lost by William Shakespeare
May 21-31, 2009 in the Center Stage Theatre
Icarus by Edwin Sánchez
May 14-24, 2009 in the Center Square Theatre
2007-2008 Theatre Arts Season
Women of War, an adaptation by Hilary Tate of Iphigenia at Aulis and The Trojan Women by Euripides · November 1-11, 2007 in the Center Square Theatre
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard · November 8-18, 2007 in the Center Stage Theatre
Many Moons by James Thurber, adapted by Charlotte Chorpenning · February 15-March 2, 2008 in the Center Square Theatre
Urinetown by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis · February 21-March 9, 2008 in the Center Stage Theatre
Hunting Cockroaches by Janusz Glowacki, translated by Jadwiga Kosicka · May 15-25, 2008 in the Center Square Theatre
Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman · May 22-June 1, 2008 in the Center Stage Theatre
2006-2007 Theatre Arts Season
The White Plague by Karel Capek · November 2-12, 2006
The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry · November 9-19, 2006
The Phantom Tollbooth, adapted by Susan Nanus from Norton Juster's novel · February 16-March 4, 2007
Hotel Paradiso by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallieres; translated by Peter Glenville · March 1-11, 2007
Swimming in the Shallows by Adam Bock · May 17-27, 2007
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare · May 24-June 3, 2007
2005-2006 Theatre Arts Season
Who's Happy Now? by Oliver Hailey · November 3-12, 2005
Big Love by Charles L. Mee · November 10-19, 2005
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Monica Flory · February 24-March 5, 2006
Entertaining Strangers by David Edgar, music by Bo Leyden · March 2-12, 2006
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Lanford Wilson · May 11-21, 2006
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, music and lyrics by Steven Sondheim · May 18-June 4, 2006
2004–2005 Theatre Arts Season
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck · November 11-21, 2004
The Threepenny Opera, book and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill, English adaptation by Marc Blitzstein · February 3-19, 2005
Fable Tales, adapted from Aesop by Maggie McClellan · February 25-March 6, 2005
The Water Engine by David Mamet · May 5-15, 2005
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare · May 12-28, 2005
2003–2004 Theatre Arts Season
Quilters by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek · November 6-23, 2003
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence · November 13-23, 2003
Toad of Toadhall by A.A. Milne, adapted by Grahame Kenneth · February 19-March 7, 2004
Phedre by Jean Racine, translated by Paul Schmidt · February 26-March 7, 2004
Comic Potential by Alan Ayckbourn · May 6-16, 2004
The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder · May 13-30, 2004
2002–2003 Theatre Arts Season
Parallel Lives by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy · November 7-10, 2002
The Oresteia by Aeschylus, translated by Ted Hughes · November 14-24, 2002
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne, adapted by Steven C. Anderson · February 20-March 2, 2003
The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare · February 27-March 9, 2003
Dream of a Common Language by Heather McDonald · May 8-18, 2003
The Man With a Load of Mischief by Ben Tarver, music by John Clifton, lyrics by Ben Tarver and John Clifton · May 15-June 1, 2003
2001–2002 Theatre Arts Season
Raised in Captivity by Nicky Silver · November 1-4, 2001
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufmann · November 8-18, 2001
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare · February 14-24, 2002
Scapin! by Moliere, adapted by Bill Irwin and Mark O'Donnell · February 21-March 10, 2002
Keely and Du by Jane Martin · May 9-12, 2002
Cabaret by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb · May 16-June 2, 2002
2000–2001 Theatre Arts Season
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill· November 2-5, 2000
Dracula by Steven Dietz, based on Bram Stoker's novel · November 9-19, 2000
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett · February 15-18, 2001
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 by John Bishop · February 22-March 11, 2001
Zastrozzi by George F. Walker · May 17-20, 2001
The Crucible by Arthur Miller · May 24-June 3, 2001
1999–2000 Theatre Arts Season
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner · November 11-21, 1999
BORN Yesterday by Garson Kanin · February 17-March 5, 2000
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard · May 18-28, 2000
The Medea by Euripides, adapted by Robinson Jeffers · November 4-7, 1999
'night Mother by Marsha Norman · January 19-21, 2000
Woyzeck by Georg Büchner, translated by Dr. Dale Luciano and Ruth Rush · February 10-13, 2000
On the Verge by Eric Overmyer · May 11-14, 2000