WILDERNESS is a documentary theatre piece that explores wilderness therapy through the lens of six young people and their families. It investigates mental health in American adolescents in a way that is honest, occasionally humorous and...
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The Illinois Wesleyan University School of Theatre Arts production of Eugène Ionesco’s savage satire Rhinoceros. Performance dates February 27 through March 4, 2018 at the Jerome Mirza Theatre, McPherson Hall. Originally set in a small...
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Shakespeare’s romantic comedy tells the story of four young, unrequited lovers who attempt to run away from an arranged marriage in Athens, unaware of the mischievous fairies which roam the forests with the power to manipulate the hearts...
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Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical South Pacific is set in an island paradise during World War II. It tells the tale of two parallel love stories threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war, and how these couples confront their fears for...
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This extraordinary play is the story of five unmarried sisters eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland in 1936. Widely regarded as Brian Friel's masterpiece, this haunting play is Friel's tribute to the spirit and valor of the...
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Winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play, Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as an allegory in response to McCarthyism and the US government’s blacklisting of its citizens accused of being communists. Using the Salem witch trials which...
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IWU School of Theatre Arts musical production of Giant by Sybille Pearson, music and lyrics by Michael John Lachiusa.
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Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors is the basis of this mad-capped musical farce. Two sets of twins travel to Ephesus to find their brothers from whom they were separated during a shipwreck. Mistaken identities result in mischief, confusion...
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Like the film which shares it's title, the musical follows the final class of New York City's celebrated High School for the Performing Arts from their admission in 1980 to their graduation in 1984. Conceived and developed by David De...
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An IWU School of Theatre Arts production of Hamlet: A National Tragedy by William Shakespeare.
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Originally commissioned by Graffiti Theatre Company in Ireland, this quirky play weaves a stark urban reality with the mythic underworld. This modern, dark "fairy tale" reinvents the hero's journey for the 21st Century and propels its...
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Written by Sam Shepard, A Lie of the Mind debuted in December of 1985. Like so much of Shepard's work, the play is filled with enormous vitality and humor. The story explores the destinies of two families, linked by marriage but set apart...
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Written by Bob Martin and Don McKeller, with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, The Drowsy Chaperone is a rambunctious parody of 1920s and 30s Broadway musicals. The show opens when an ardent musical-theater fan plays his...
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Written by Caridad Svich, 12 Ophelias offers a modern take on Shakespeare's Hamlet. Set in neo-Elizabethan Appalachia, this whimsical, lyrical play with songs turns the Hamlet story on its ear, in a world where desire swallows girls whole...
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“Hay Fever” is a play centered on the lives of David and Judith Bliss and the chaos that ensues when their children invite guests over to stay at their home. What was once meant to be a quiet, peaceful weekend turns into a weekend full of...
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Nominated for five Tony Awards in 2001, A Class Act offers a behind-the-scenes look at how a musical is created and brought to the stage. The musical is based on the real life of composer/lyricist Edward Kleban, Tony award winner for the...
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All the world’s a stage in Shakespeare’s As You Like It, a tale of flirtation, friendship and mistaken identity. Filled with clever gender reversals and timely twists of fate, As You Like It takes a lighthearted look at the fickle, yet...
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Director of School of Theatre Arts: Jean Kerr