Performances & Events
Enjoy the Creativity of DU Theatre Students
Each quarter, the DU Department of Theatre puts on two productions, built and acted by our theatre majors. The department collaborates with professional guest artists who bring their outside expertise and experience to help students grow creatively.
Shows are performed at DU's JMAC Studios, Byron Flexible Theatre and Byron Studio. Spring quarter is dedicated to the Short Play Festival, which features one-act plays directed by graduating theatre majors.
Current Season
![Macbitches poster](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_event_thumbnail/public/2024-07/macbitches-for-website.jpg?itok=d573vZB5)
October 16 – 19, 2024
Macbitches
by Sophie McIntosh
When a first-year college student is unexpectedly given the coveted role of Lady Macbeth, a few classmates have her over to celebrate her casting and reassert their positions at the top of the theatre department’s hierarchy. As the party develops, the students unleash their inhibitions while discovering the power structures that have shaped their theatrical education.
Directed by Greg Ungar
Tickets on sale September 1, 2024
- Byron Theatre
![Shakespeare's R and J poster](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_event_thumbnail/public/2024-07/shakespeare-for-website.2.jpg?itok=aHEvc008)
November 7 – 10, 2024
Shakespeare's R & J
by Joe Calarco
A bold reinterpretation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Set in a strict Catholic boarding school, the play follows four students who secretly perform the forbidden text of Romeo and Juliet. Initially, the students take turns reading the play aloud and soon they are swept away, enmeshed in the emotion so much that they break school rules in order to continue their readings. Perceptions and understanding are turned upside-down as the fun of play-acting turns serious, and the words and meanings begin to hit home and universal truths emerge. The four students grapple with their own emerging identities and desires, challenging societal norms and authority figures in the process
Directed by Kelly Van Oosbree
Tickets on sale September 1, 2024
- Byron Theatre
![The Moors poster](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_event_thumbnail/public/2024-07/the-moors-for-website.jpg?itok=fObIcwB0)
February 13 – 16, 2025
The Moors
by Jen Silverman
A young governess arrives at a remote manor after exchanging semi-romantic correspondence with one mysterious Mr. Branwell. But when the door opens, the only residents of the house seem to be Branwell's two sisters, a maid (or maybe two maids?) and a lovelorn mastiff. And no man to be found, or child to be cared for. An inspired, whimsical satire that both embraces and sends up the gothic musings of the Brontë sisters.
Directed by Anne Penner
Tickets on sale September 1, 2024
- Byron Theatre
![Great Expectations poster](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_event_thumbnail/public/2024-07/great-expectations-for-website.jpg?itok=MaDi7cNu)
March 6 – 9, 2025
Great Expectations
Written Charles Dickens
Adapted by Gale Childs Daly
Pip dreams of being a gentleman, and miraculously an opportunity is presented that allows him to bring his dream to life. By inheriting a large sum of money, Pip advances in society and all of his expectations seem to come true, but in a way that is, at once, mysterious and disturbing. Ultimately, Pip learns some important lessons about love, forgiveness and redemption.
Directed by Rick Barbour
Tickets on sale September 1, 2024
- Byron Theatre
![Students perform "The Secret Paris Project".](https://embed.widencdn.net/img/du/x5wxojtqy0/450x281px/secret%20paris.2.jpg?crop=yes&position=c)
Audition and Apply
No audition is required to declare a theatre major, but students can apply for departmental scholarships by auditioning or submitting a portfolio for review.