DU theatre students build the practical skills and real-world experience needed to make an impression on employers after graduation. Our majors go on to exciting careers in performance, dramaturgy, directing and technical theatre, bolstered by our robust job placement and internship network. Theatre education also develops universal skills like critical thinking, communication, public speaking and team management, all of which help students pursue their ambitions in and beyond the creative arts. Plus, our global alumni community and close connections with the vibrant Denver performing arts scene provide access to a world of opportunities after graduation.
Building Career Foundations
We're dedicated to ensuring that students graduate from our theatre program with the skills, knowledge and connections they'll need to pursue their dreams. Theatre students have gone on to roles in prestigious arts and drama programs around the world, and many explore opportunities outside of theatre in fields like public relations, arts education, project management, communications and non-profit work. With the ongoing support of our career services staff and connections with faculty and alumni that will last a lifetime, theatre students emerge from their time on campus ready to pursue their goals.
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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
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
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
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
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