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Upcoming Department of Theatre Arts events
Ten-Minute Play Festival
Thursday, February 20, 2025 8:00pm
Ten-Minute Play Festival
Directed by Kristy Hartsgrove Mooers
Ten-Minute Play Festival
Friday, February 21, 2025 8:00pm
Ten-Minute Play Festival
Directed by Kristy Hartsgrove Mooers
Ten-Minute Play Festival
Saturday, February 22, 2025 8:00pm
Ten-Minute Play Festival
Directed by Kristy Hartsgrove Mooers
Ten-Minute Play Festival
Sunday, February 23, 2025 2:00pm
Ten-Minute Play Festival
Directed by Kristy Hartsgrove Mooers
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, religions...
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, religions...
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, religions...
Side Show
Friday, March 7, 2025 8:00pm
Side Show
Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell
Music by Henry Krieger
Vocal and Dance Arrangements by David Chase
Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler
Directed by Paul Kalina
Daisy and Violet Hilton, a pair of conjoined twins, have lived their lives in the spotlight, excelling from Freak Show oddities to Vaudeville stars. As the sisters struggle to navigate their new path beyond the Freak Show, Daisy and Violet face outside forces and new desires that threaten to tear them apart — figuratively and...
Side Show
Saturday, March 8, 2025 8:00pm
Side Show
Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell
Music by Henry Krieger
Vocal and Dance Arrangements by David Chase
Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler
Directed by Paul Kalina
Daisy and Violet Hilton, a pair of conjoined twins, have lived their lives in the spotlight, excelling from Freak Show oddities to Vaudeville stars. As the sisters struggle to navigate their new path beyond the Freak Show, Daisy and Violet face outside forces and new desires that threaten to tear them apart — figuratively and...
Side Show
Sunday, March 9, 2025 2:00pm
Side Show
Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell
Music by Henry Krieger
Vocal and Dance Arrangements by David Chase
Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler
Directed by Paul Kalina
Daisy and Violet Hilton, a pair of conjoined twins, have lived their lives in the spotlight, excelling from Freak Show oddities to Vaudeville stars. As the sisters struggle to navigate their new path beyond the Freak Show, Daisy and Violet face outside forces and new desires that threaten to tear them apart — figuratively and...