The theatre studies program produces two shows per academic year, one in the fall and one in the spring. The goal with our productions is to create exciting opportunities for students to learn and experience design, and performance and to develop technical skills. We are dedicated to providing opportunities that coincide with our mission in that they both “provoke and entertain.”

The 2009/2010 season will include:

Twelfth Night    
by William Shakespeare
Shipwrecked and fearing her twin brother dead, Viola is swept onto the shores of Illyria. Disguising herself as a boy, she takes a job in Duke Orsino’s court and, on his behalf, attempts to woo his love, the Lady Olivia. But who will fall in love with whom? Much of the plot of Twelfth Night revolves around mistaken identities and unrequited love, but is further enlivened by a comic sub-plot of the considerable machinations of memorable characters like Sir Toby Belch and the pretentious Malvolio. Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s finest comedies and asks us to question our own assumptions about personal identity and romantic love.

November 6, 7, 12-14, 2009 - 7:30 p.m.  November 8, 2009 - 2:00 p.m.  A talkback session lead by director Dr. Stephen Rupsch will be held following the matinee performance on November 8th.

Book of Days    
by Landford Wilson
When murder roars through a small Missouri town, Ruth Hoch begins her own quest to find truth and honesty amid small-town jealousies, religion, greed and lies. This tornado of a play propels you through its events like a page-turning mystery.

April 16, 17, 22-24, 2010 - 7:30 p.m.  April 18, 2010 - 2:00 p.m.

Recent productions:

Tartuffe
April 2009

Frankenstein
November 2008

The Shape of Things
April 2008

Metamorphoses
November 2007

Songs for a New World
April 2007

Fuddy Meers
November 2006

The Glass Menagerie
April 2006

Lives of the Saints
November 2005

View a list of all of our productions since 1967.