Theatre

Mother Hicks is a witch … or so they say.  But is she?  In this wonderfully poignant and pertinent play by Suzan Zeder, famed Theatre for Young Audiences playwright, we follow the path of one young girl as she moves from ignorance and pain to maturity and self-awareness, while discovering that people are often not what they appear, or what they are called by those who live in fear.  Suitable for children, and a story for the whole family!

A year-long festival of new theatrical works performed in staged readings, the festival offers an extraordinary opportunity to experience new plays or performance pieces in their early stages of development. For three glorious performances in October, and three in March you’ll applaud, debate, and help shape new theatrical works from faculty and students.

None of Shakespeare's dramas is more universally recognized or cherished than Romeo and Juliet. The tragedy of first-love, families-torn-apart, and children who pay the ultimate price of "brawling love and loving hate" is repeated poignantly and unfortunately on history's stages. The star-crossed lovers, their touching hope in the power of true love, and their tragic unraveling is told again, this time on the stage of the Clifford E. White Theatre in November.

The guy at the next table just bit the big one and his cell phone won’t stop ringing.  When Jean answers his phone, her fateful act dials her deeply into the dead man’s mysterious business and his eccentric family—not to mention trips to the afterlife and the black market.  This imaginative and dark-edged new comedy is the captivating odyssey of a woman forced to confront her assumptions about morality, redemption and the need to connect in a technology-obsessed world. This wildly imaginative new comedy is the kind of edgy, risk taking material that’s catnip for adventurous theatregoers.  (Mature themes and some strong language.)

A year-long festival of new theatrical works performed in staged readings, the festival offers an extraordinary opportunity to experience new plays or performance pieces in their early stages of development. For three glorious performances in October, and three in March you’ll applaud, debate, and help shape new theatrical works from faculty and students.

One of the best loved stories in English literature, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is retold in a refreshingly fast-paced and engaging new adaptation by Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan.  The story centers on a lively, enthusiastic, and discombobulated family, the Bennets.  At the helm is the determined, but terribly trivial Mrs. Bennet, her flummoxed but doting husband and their five daughters, all of marriageable age.  So imagine the commotion when a wealthy young man and his fetching friend arrive on the scene.  The daughters are eager, with one exception, the stunning, and independent, Elizabeth.  She has no interest in the attractive and mysterious Mr. Darcy, who is equally aloof.  Their tangled relationship captures our imagination, and we hope for love to triumph.  A timeless tale of wit, romance and the battle of the sexes--this adaptation is so much fun!

A touring Children’s Theatre Company comprised of faculty, staff and students.  The company adapts children’s books for performance.  The student positions are paid positions.  Actors are paid as well.  Auditions are announced in early spring of each year.