Honey Brown Eyes
Written by Stefanie Zadravec
Directed by Neno Pervan
Presented on Sept. 26-29, Oct. 2-5 (8pm), Barnelle Theatre
Inspired by actual events, Honey Brown Eyes contrasts the everydayness of domestic settings with the ravages of the Bosnian War. Set in two kitchens, the play follows two soldiers that were once in a band together caught on opposite sides of the war - one who has to face the consequences of his own brutality, and another who comes to terms with his own cowardice.
Crimes of the Heart
Written by Beth Henley
Directed by Ron Marasco
Presented on Oct. 25-27, 31, Nov. 1-2 (8pm), Strub Theatre
Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a tragic comedy concerning the three MaGrath sisters, forced to face the consequences of the "crimes of the heart" she has committed. This production will be developed in collaboration with Presidential Professor (and author of the play) Beth Henley.
Stages of AIDS 2013
Written by Mara De La Rosa
Directed by Jim Holmes
Presented on Dec. 2-4, (8pm)
Free Admission (Donations accepted)
The Department’s annual Stages of AIDS is a new play developed by students and faculty to educate about AIDS/HIV and raise funds for local AIDS charities. In 2013, Mara De La Rosa (’14) was commissioned to write a script based on the life experiences of a member of the Theatre Department who lost two partners to AIDS.
Shakespeare’s Shorts
Dogg’s Hamlet and Cahoot’s Macbeth written by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Dana Friedman
Presented on Dec. 4-7 (8pm), Barnelle Theatre
Two short plays inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macbeth exploring language and theatre and life in a repressive regime. Stoppard’s comedy combines with Shakespeare’s language for a powerful night of theatre.
The Icarus Project
Conceived and Directed by Katharine Noon
Presented on Jan. 21-25 (8pm), Strub Theatre
A new work, devised by Professor Noon and students, based on the images and stories of the myth of Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun.
Alice in Bed
Written by Susan Sontag
In repertory with How I Learned to Drive, written by Paula Vogel
Directed by Maureen Weiss (Alice) and Timothey Fitzgerald (Drive)
Alice presented on Feb. 12, 14, 16 (2pm), 20, & 22
Drive presented on Feb. 13, 15-16 (8pm), 19, & 21, Barnelle Theatre
Alice in Bed presents the fictionalized character of Alice James, sister of Henry and William James, while Pulitzer Prize winning How I Learned to Drive, through a series of flashbacks, tells the story of Lil Bit, who is victimized by her uncle in Maryland in the 1960s.
Rent
Written by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Diane Benedict
Presented on Mar. 21-23, 27-29, Strub Theatre
Based on La Boheme, Larson’s Pulitzer Prize winning musical follows the life of a group of poor artists as they struggle with life, art and AIDS in New York in the 1990s.
Mystery Plays
Directed by a Guest Director
Presented on Apr. 9-12 (8pm), Chapel & Environs
Returning once again for Easter, stories from scripture as imagined by Medieval English playwrights presented in and around the Chapel.
New Works Festival
Produced by Judith Royer, CSJ
Presented on Apr. 30, May 1-3 (varying times), Barnelle Theatre
A festival of new plays written, directed and performed entirely by students.