Our Production Season is richly varied, engaging students on the stage and behind it at every level of production. The Theatre division's robust season provides many opportunities to "learn by doing" and ranges from classical texts to musical theatre to new work. The Dance division is invested in the creation, performance, and interrogation of new work, experimenting with technology, the fusion of forms, and somatic-based social justice.

Cornerstones of our department include our student-run New Play Festival, MFA and BFA dance concerts, and a multitude of guest artist residencies supported by endowments like the Roe Green Visiting Artist Series and Roser Visiting Artist Progam.

2023-2024 Season

Roe Green Theatre

  • Working, a musical by Nina Faso and Stephen Schwartz: November 3rd-12th, 2023
  • The Play That Goes Wrong: by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer: March 8th-17th, 2024
  • The Current, dance works by faculty and guest artists: April 11th-14th, 2024

Loft Theatre

  • The Revolutionists, by Lauren Gunderson: October 6th-15th, 2023
  • Anon(ymous), by Naomi Iizuka: February 16th-25th, 2024

Charlotte York Irey Theatre

  • [UN] W.R.A.P: Queer Love in Times of Crisis., curated by CU Dance faculty and alumni: September 29th-October 1st, 2023
  • Revel: Kat Lott MFA Showcase: October 20th-22nd, 2023
  • Roots and Reflections: Jessica Bertram and Kate Gomez Moore's MFA Showcase: November 10th-12th, 2024
  • FRESH: a CU dance concert: December 8th & 9th, 2023
  • Catapult: a BFA dance concert: February 2nd-4th, 2024
  • Open Space, curated by CU Dance Connection: March 1st-3rd, 2024
  • FRESH: a CU dance concert: April 26th & 27th 2024

Acting Studio

  • Season announcement coming soon! 

  • ShakesFear: An Autumn's Tale, an Immersive Shakespearean Experience 
  • The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, by Oscar Wilde
  • Antigone, presented by the girls of St. Catherine's, by Madhuri Shekar
  • [UN] W.R.A.P., curated by CU Dance faculty and alumni
  • MFA Showcase
  • Always/Already: Caroline Butcher MFA Thesis
  • FRESH: a CU dance concert

 

  • Catapult: a BFA dance concert
  • Open Space, curated by CU Dance Connection
  • Company, A Musical Comedy, Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by George Furth
  • The Current*, dance works by faculty and guest artists
  • FRESH: a CU dance concert

Acting Studio

  • The Performers, by David West Read
  • around the dinner table, a new work
  • Barbecue Apocalypse by Matt Lyle
  • Mary Shelly, a new work
  • 24 Hour Play Festival
  • Yo Soy Una Mujer
  • 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche
  • Macbeth

  • Climate Cabaret, a joint production with Climate Change Theatre Action in New York City
  • Kaidan+, a collection of Global Ghost Stories adapted by Cecilia Pang, Heather Kelley and Kevin Rich
  • Gallathea, a play by John Lyly Airness, a play by Chelsea Marcantel
  • They Promised Her The Moon, a play by Laurel Ollstein
  • 2021-22 New Play Festival

  • Dancing on the Edge of Cinema: the Premiere of Sans Souci Festival, curated by CU Dance faculty and alumni
  • The Laramie Project, a play by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project
  • [un]WRAP: (un)doing and (re)making, curated by CU Dance faculty & ED&I
  • She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms, a play by Qui Nguyen
  • FRESH: Fall 2020, a CU dance concert
  • Measure for Measure, a play by William Shakespeare
  • LoveFest: A Concert of Songs, Scenes and Stories from Loveville High, selections from a musical by David Zellnik and Eric Svejcar
  • 2020-21 New Play Festival
  • Open Space, curated by CU Dance Connection
  • Appropriate, a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

All 2020-2021 productions were presented digitally. 

University Theatre

  • A Broadway Christmas Carol, a musical by Kathy Feininger
  • Spring Awakening, a musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik

Acting Studio

  • Gruesome Playground Injuries, a play by Rajiv Joseph 
  • on Display, an original devised piece 
  • Baby Food by David Lindsay-Abaire, a staged reading 
  • 72 Miles to Go by Hailary Bettis, a staged reading 
  • Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind by Greg Allen 
  • 24-Hour Play Festival 
  • Art & Gallery Night 
  • Latin Heritage Night 
  • Kingdom of My Heart by Noah Carlson, a staged reading 
  • Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare 

Loft Theatre

  • Burning the Old Man, by Kelly McAllister
  • Shakuntala, an adaptation of the play by Kalidasa
  • The Popular Mechanicals, a play by Keith Robinson, Tony Taylor, and William Shakespeare
  • As You Like It*, a play by William Shakespeare

Charlotte York Irey Theatre

  • [UN] W.R.A.P. Dances That Don't Look Like Dances
  • Sans Souci: Festival of Dance Cinema, curated by CU Dance faculty and alumni
  • re-membering, an MFA dance concert
  • Lacunae, an MFA dance concert
  • Catapult, a BFA dance concert
  • Open Space, curated by CU Dance Connection
  • The Current*, dance works by faculty and guest artists
  • FRESH: Spring 2020*, a CU dance concert

19-20 Season Rack Card

*cancelled due to the coronavirus

University Theatre

  • Hecuba, a world premiere adaptation by Diane Rayor
  • Into the Woods, a musical by Stephen Sondheim 
  • The Current, dance works by faculty and guest artists

Acting Studio

  • Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, a play by Bert V. Royal
  • The House of Ramon Iglesia, a play by Jose Rivera
  • The Voice of the Prairie, a play by John Olive
  • Poltergeist, a play by Alika Magas
  • Fourth Annual New Play Festival

Loft Theatre

  • Great Expectations, a play adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens
  • Almost, Maine, a play by John Cariani
  • Falstaff in Love, a new play by Scott Kaiser

Charlotte York Irey Theatre

  • [UN] W.R.A.P. Traversing Memory, performing Resistance and Resilience
  • Next to Normal, a musical by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt
  • Provenance, an MFA dance concert
  • FRESH: Fall 2018, a CU dance concert
  • Catapult, a BFA dance concert
  • Open Space, curated by CU Dance Connections
  • FRESH: Spring 2019, a CU dance concert

18-19 Season Rack Card