The Undergraduate Workshop Series serves new works that are ready for a first public performance and staging. There will be no design beyond basic furniture, actors’ own dress, and available lighting. Hand props and furniture props may be checked out. Media and projection may be used at the discretion of the DOT. However, the use of scenery and costume shop inventory is not permitted. These projects rehearse no more than 4 weeks and are usually performed in MacVey Theatre. Workshop Team Leaders should complete the Directing I course at least one semester before the semester in which their play is produced.
Tickets for workshops and galleries are free of charge; however, you must obtain a ticket at the door and seating is limited.
Upcoming events
Day Fades Into Night
Friday, January 31, 2025 8:00pm
Day Fades Into Night Fades Into Day
By Bridget Dieden
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, 2 p.m
A wealthy couple in the 1940s are struggling to conceive but can’t. Their only daughter, Jillian, died 3 years ago when she was 7 and the household has never been the same since. Unbeknownst to her husband, the bereaved mother has resurrected Jillian as a specter Jillian’s old toy room, but when a new...
Day Fades Into Night
Saturday, February 1, 2025 8:00pm
Day Fades Into Night Fades Into Day
By Bridget Dieden
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, 2 p.m
A wealthy couple in the 1940s are struggling to conceive but can’t. Their only daughter, Jillian, died 3 years ago when she was 7 and the household has never been the same since. Unbeknownst to her husband, the bereaved mother has resurrected Jillian as a specter Jillian’s old toy room, but when a new...
Day Fades Into Night
Sunday, February 2, 2025 2:00pm
Day Fades Into Night Fades Into Day
By Bridget Dieden
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, 2 p.m
A wealthy couple in the 1940s are struggling to conceive but can’t. Their only daughter, Jillian, died 3 years ago when she was 7 and the household has never been the same since. Unbeknownst to her husband, the bereaved mother has resurrected Jillian as a specter Jillian’s old toy room, but when a new...
Grown Backwards
Friday, February 14, 2025 8:00pm
Grown Backwards
Written and Directed By James Gulden
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, 8 p.m.
EFFECT: 1976, The world is forever changed, and a scientist named Emmett's life is turned backwards.
CAUSE: 1972, Emmett's family life is on the verge of collapse. He then discovers that time flows against our perception; effect precedes cause.
Please be advised that this show contains strong language, derogatory terms...
Grown Backwards
Saturday, February 15, 2025 8:00pm
Grown Backwards
Written and Directed By James Gulden
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, 8 p.m.
EFFECT: 1976, The world is forever changed, and a scientist named Emmett's life is turned backwards.
CAUSE: 1972, Emmett's family life is on the verge of collapse. He then discovers that time flows against our perception; effect precedes cause.
Please be advised that this show contains strong language, derogatory terms...
The Indoctrination of Bananas
Friday, February 28, 2025 8:00pm
The Indoctrination of Bananas
By Søren Olsen
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Mar. 2, 2025, 8 p.m.
When two groups of humanoids stumble upon a delightful fruit — a banana — their lives genuinely seem to improve. However, one group’s obsession with this newfound fruit soon overtakes their intellect. What began as one of life’s simple joys is sucked into a vacuum of “rights and wrongs.” Rituals form...
The Indoctrination of Bananas
Saturday, March 1, 2025 8:00pm
The Indoctrination of Bananas
By Søren Olsen
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Mar. 2, 2025, 8 p.m.
When two groups of humanoids stumble upon a delightful fruit — a banana — their lives genuinely seem to improve. However, one group’s obsession with this newfound fruit soon overtakes their intellect. What began as one of life’s simple joys is sucked into a vacuum of “rights and wrongs.” Rituals form...
The Indoctrination of Bananas
Sunday, March 2, 2025 2:00pm
The Indoctrination of Bananas
By Søren Olsen
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Mar. 2, 2025, 8 p.m.
When two groups of humanoids stumble upon a delightful fruit — a banana — their lives genuinely seem to improve. However, one group’s obsession with this newfound fruit soon overtakes their intellect. What began as one of life’s simple joys is sucked into a vacuum of “rights and wrongs.” Rituals form...
2024-25 Workshop Series
THE (T-)RE(X)FORMATION
Friday, September 20, 2024 8:00pm
A gaggle of teenagers at Catholic summer camp face the terrifying mysteries of adolescence and monstrous camp legends. You know what they say... what happens at church camp, stays at church camp.
THE (T-)RE(X)FORMATION
Saturday, September 21, 2024 8:00pm
A gaggle of teenagers at Catholic summer camp face the terrifying mysteries of adolescence and monstrous camp legends. You know what they say... what happens at church camp, stays at church camp.
UH-OH!
Friday, September 27, 2024 8:00pm
UH-OH!
By Brody Kivett
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, 2 p.m.
Situated in the hills of rural Michigan is the infamous Kingston Estate, home to the sensational Kingston Massacre of 1869. 155 years after the initial incident, a rag-tag group of college kids decide to visit the now dilapidated tourist attraction. Chaos quickly ensues, and before they know it, they’ve caught themselves in...
UH-OH!
Saturday, September 28, 2024 8:00pm
UH-OH!
By Brody Kivett
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, 2 p.m.
Situated in the hills of rural Michigan is the infamous Kingston Estate, home to the sensational Kingston Massacre of 1869. 155 years after the initial incident, a rag-tag group of college kids decide to visit the now dilapidated tourist attraction. Chaos quickly ensues, and before they know it, they’ve caught themselves in...
UH-OH!
Sunday, September 29, 2024 2:00pm
UH-OH!
By Brody Kivett
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre,
Theatre Building
Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, 2 p.m.
Situated in the hills of rural Michigan is the infamous Kingston Estate, home to the sensational Kingston Massacre of 1869. 155 years after the initial incident, a rag-tag group of college kids decide to visit the now dilapidated tourist attraction. Chaos quickly ensues, and before they know it, they’ve caught themselves in...
GOWANUS/DEGENERATES
Friday, October 18, 2024 8:00pm
GOWANUS/DEGENERATES
By Anthony Courant
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre, Theatre Building
Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 - 8 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 - 2 p.m.
The Gowanus Canal is one of the most polluted bodies of water in America. It sits in Brooklyn, New York. This play is about the neighborhood surrounding the canal and the people that live there. This play is about the end of the world.
This show includes discussion of suicide, 9/11, depression, global warming...
GOWANUS/DEGENERATES
Saturday, October 19, 2024 8:00pm
GOWANUS/DEGENERATES
By Anthony Courant
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre, Theatre Building
Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 - 8 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 - 2 p.m.
The Gowanus Canal is one of the most polluted bodies of water in America. It sits in Brooklyn, New York. This play is about the neighborhood surrounding the canal and the people that live there. This play is about the end of the world.
This show includes discussion of suicide, 9/11, depression, global warming...
GOWANUS/DEGENERATES
Sunday, October 20, 2024 2:00pm
GOWANUS/DEGENERATES
By Anthony Courant
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre, Theatre Building
Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 - 8 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 - 2 p.m.
The Gowanus Canal is one of the most polluted bodies of water in America. It sits in Brooklyn, New York. This play is about the neighborhood surrounding the canal and the people that live there. This play is about the end of the world.
This show includes discussion of suicide, 9/11, depression, global warming...
When you Read This
Friday, November 1, 2024 8:00pm
When you Read This
By Charlie Schmelzer
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre, Theatre Building
Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, 6 p.m.
A father and daughter who are both going through rough periods in their lives, both end up reading the same book.
Please be advised that this play contains discussions of death, family trauma, divorce, and use of strong language.
CAST
ROLE
NAME
Ben Warner
MADDUX LAMB*
Liz...
When you Read This
Saturday, November 2, 2024 8:00pm
When you Read This
By Charlie Schmelzer
Location: Alan MacVey Theatre, Theatre Building
Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, 6 p.m.
A father and daughter who are both going through rough periods in their lives, both end up reading the same book.
Please be advised that this play contains discussions of death, family trauma, divorce, and use of strong language.
CAST
ROLE
NAME
Ben Warner
MADDUX LAMB*
Liz...