Theatre Season & Productions
Each season, the Theatre Program at Bellarmine University produces a range of performances that bring together students, faculty, and guest artists in a collaborative creative process.
Current Season
Almost, Maine by John Cariani
Directed by Zackary Ross, Ph.D.
Dates: Oct 22-24 @ 7 PM, Oct 25 @ 3 PM
Location: Wyatt Hall Black Box Theatre
Short description:
On a clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not what it seems in the remote town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways.
God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza
An Alpha Psi Omega Student Production
Directed by Jade Steele
Dates: Nov 19-21 @ 7PM, Nov 22 @ 3PM
Location: Wyatt Hall Black Box Theatre
Short description:
This internationally acclaimed comedy takes you deep into the most dangerous place on Earth: parenthood. What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums and tears before bedtime? Boys will be boys, but the adults are worse – much worse. Tony and Olivier Award-winning God of Carnage is a comedy of manners, without the manners.
Waiting for Lefty by Clifford Odets
Directed by Megan Burnett, MFA
Dates: April 8-10 @ 7PM, April 11 @ 3PM
Location: Wyatt Hall Black Box Theatre
Short description:
Waiting for Lefty is a series of scenes that blend into a powerful mosaic of the American working class. We begin in a hiring hall where a union leader (obviously on the payroll of the bosses) is trying to convince a committee of cab drivers not to strike – all while they wait for their leader (Lefty) to arrive.
Through flashback and vignette, we then visit a discouraged taxi driver in confrontation with his wife, who wants him to show some backbone and stand up to his employer; an employee promised a major promotion in exchange for spying on a fellow worker; a young cabbie and his would-be bride who lack the wherewithal to get married; and a senior doctor charged with dismissing a bright, promising intern. All together, this look at the American working class of the 1930s is considered one of the most celebrated and significant plays of mid-century American theatre.
What You’ll Experience
Our productions offer students the opportunity to:
- Perform in fully staged productions
- Work on design and technical elements
- Collaborate with faculty and peers
- Engage with a wide range of theatrical styles and stories
Past Productions
2026
- Eurydice (Spring 2026)
- Senior Showcase (Spring 2026)
2025
- Bright Star (Fall 2025)
- Solve It Squad (Fall 2025)*
- Mac Beth (Spring 2025)*
- Intimate Apparel (Spring 2025)
- Senior Showcase (Spring 2025)
2024
- Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (Fall 2024)*
- Rocky Horror (Fall 2024)*
- She Kills Monsters (Fall 2024)
- Romeo and Juliet (Spring 2024)
- Conversations with a Suffragist (Spring 2024)
- Theatre Showcase ’24 (Spring 2024)
2023
- Rocky Horror (Fall 2023)*
- Hansel & Gretel (Fall 2023)
- The Wolves (Fall 2023)*
- Theatre Showcase (Spring 2023)
- Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (Spring 2023)
2022
- Rocky Horror Picture Show (Fall 2022)*
- Angel Street (Fall 2022)*
- The Half-Life of Marie Curie (Fall 2022)
- Angry Fags (Spring 2022)*
- Neighborhood 3 (Requisition of Doom) (Spring 2022)
2021
- Little Shop of Horrors (Fall 2021)
- A Doll’s House (Spring 2021)*
- Proof (Spring 2021)
2020
- A Knight of Menotti (Fall 2020)
- Asking Strangers the Meaning of Life (Fall 2020)
- Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Spring 2020)*
- Festival 2020 (Spring 2020)
- The Vagina Monologues (Spring 2020)*
2019
- Unrehearsed Shakespeare (Fall 2019)
- Dying City (Spring 2019)*
- House of Desires (Spring 2019)
- The Vagina Monologues (Spring 2019)*
- Senior Showcase (Spring 2019)
2018
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Fall 2018)
- Directing Scenes (Fall 2018)
- Detroit (Spring 2018)
- International 10-Minute Play Festival (Spring 2018)
2017
- Blithe Spirit (Fall 2017)
- Cobbled (Fall 2017)
- Stand Up (Fall 2017)
- Crooked (Spring 2017)*
- The Scotian Women (Spring 2017)
2016
- 44 Plays for 44 Presidents (Fall 2016)
- Antigone Now (Fall 2016)*
- Dido & Aeneas (Fall 2016)
- Directing Scenes (Spring 2016)
- International 10-Minute Play Festival (Spring 2016)
2015
- Amahl and the Night Visitors (Fall 2015)
- Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (Fall 2015)*
- Debate Case (Fall 2015)
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Spring 2015)*
- Much Ado About Nothing (Spring 2015)
- Senior Showcase (Spring 2015)
Get Involved
Interested in being part of a future production?
Students can:
- Audition for upcoming shows
- Join production crews
- Enroll in practicum courses (THEA 270, 271, 272)
Contact us to learn more about current opportunities.