Events Calendar
The Department of Theatre presents a variety of shows such as performances, film screenings and other events throughout the year designed to entertain, inspire, provoke thought and start conversations with our community. Our theatre majors contribute to the productions both on the stage and behind the scenes.
Current Season
November 9 – 12, 2023
A Bright New Boise
In the bleak, corporate break room of a craft store in Idaho, someone is summoning The Rapture. Will, who has fled his rural hometown after a scandal at his Evangelical church, comes to the Hobby Lobby, not only for employment, but also to rekindle a relationship with Alex, his brooding teenage daughter, whom he gave up for adoption several years ago. Alex works there along with Leroy, her adopted brother and protector, and Anna, a hapless young woman who reads bland fiction but hopes for dramatic endings. As their manager, foul-mouthed Pauline, tries ceaselessly to find order (and profit) in the chaos of small business, these lost souls of the Hobby Lobby confront an unyielding world through the beige-tinted impossibility of modern faith.
Written by Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Greg Ungar
Tickets on sale September 1, 2023
- Byron Theatre
January 20, 2024
God of Carnage, staged reading
A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.
Written by Yasmina Reza
Directed by Jack Cansler
Tickets are free, just show up
- 7:30pm
- Hamilton Hall
February 7 – 10, 2024
The Taming
In this all-female "power-play" inspired by Shakespeare's Shrew, contestant Katherine has political aspirations to match her beauty pageant ambitions. All she needs to revolutionize the American government is the help of one ultra-conservative senator's aide on the cusp of a career breakthrough, and one bleeding-heart liberal blogger who will do anything for her cause. Well, that and a semi-historically-accurate ether trip. Here's lookin' at you, America.
Written by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Kelly VanOsbree
Tickets on sale September 1, 2023
- Byron Theatre
May 23 – 26, 2024
Constellations
This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world we think we know—delving into the infinite possibilities of their relationship and raising questions about the difference between choice and destiny.
Written by Nick Payne
Directed by Allison Watrous
Tickets on sale September 1, 2023
- Byron Theatre
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