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Productions
Current Season
2023-2024
Pride and Predjudice Based on the novel by Jane Austen, by Kate Hamill; October 12-15, 2023
Ride the Cyclone Music, Book, and Lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell; November 9-12, 2023
Accomplice by Rupert Holmes; February 29-March 3, 2024
Devised Theater and Dance Show Devised by THTR 495: Devised Theater Practicum and Choreography by Spring 2024 Dance Courses; April 25-28, 2024
Production History
2022-2023
Baskerville, by Ken Ludwig; April 20-23, 2023
Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl; February 23-26, 2023
The Tempest, by William Shakespeare; November 10-13, 2022
I and You by Lauren Gunderson; September 29-October 2, 2022
2021-2022
Shakespeare Theoretically Dancing: An Evening of Original Dance Choreography, the Theater Theory class performance, and an Adaptation of MACBETH; April 29, 2022
A Year with Frog and Toad, Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale, Music by Robert Reale, Based on the books by Arnold Lobel; March 31-April 3, 2022
Deathtrap by Ira Levin; February 24-27, 2022
Horror Vaudeville, Devised by Chris Berchild and ISU Students; November 11-14, 2021
Mrs. Harrison by R. Eric Thomas; September 30-October 3, 2021
2020-2021
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare; April 14-17, 2021
Agnes of God by John Pielmeier; March 11-14, 2021
101 Plays by ISU Students; December 10, 2020
New Play Readings by ISU Students; December 4, 2020
Work of Art: Four New Plays; November 12-15, 2020
"Silks" by Carsyn Wayland
"If the Walls Could Talk, They Would Talk About You, Mina" by Kiara Dowell
"Warm Again" by Angie Casile
"Settle for Me" by Kiara Dowell
Detroit '67 by Dominique Morisseau; October 1-4, 2020
2019-2020
Stupid F*cking Bird by Aaron Posner; April 2020 (canceled due to COVID-19)
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Book and Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman, Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutyak; March 12-15, 2020
The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen; November 14-17, 2019
The Drowning Girls by Daniela Vlaskalic, Beth Graham, and Charlie Tomlinson; September 26-28, 2019
2018-2019
Macbeth by William Shakespeare; April 11-14, 2019
The Lily and the Mantis by J. Myles Hesse; February 28-March 3, 2019
The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls by Meg Miroshnik; November 8-11, 2018
Wings of Rain: An Evening of 4 Short Plays; October 18-21, 2018
2017-2018
Urinetown by Mark Hollmann; April 11-15, 2018
Dead in the Water: A Night of One-Act Plays; March 2018
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams; November 8-12, 2017
A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro; October 18-12, 2017
The Swift Project by ISU Students; September 28-October 2, 2017
2016-2017
J. Caesar by Tracey Power with James Donald; April 5-9, 2017
Art by Yasmina Reza; February 22-26, 2017
Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets; November 9-13, 2016
The Words Upon the Window Pane by W.B Yeats; September 28-October 2, 2016
2015-2016
Company; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by George Furth; April 6-10, 2016
Leveling Up by Deborah Zoe Laufer; March 2-6, 2016
The Claire Play by Reina Hardy; November 4-8, 2015
Shakespeare Adaptions by ISU Students; October 7-11, 2015
2014-2015
Richard III by William Shakespeare; April 16-19, 2015
Miss Julie by August Strindberg; March 4-8, 2015
The ISU New Play Fringe Festival; February 10-13, 2015
101 Plays by ISU Students; December 5, 2014
New Play Readings by ISU Students; November 19-21, 2014
The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Book by Marsha Norman, Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray; November 12-16, 2014
33 Variations by Moisés Kaufmann; October 15-19, 2014
2013-2014
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes
Valediction by Jesse Roberts
Tea on the Veranda by Jessica Waters
101 Plays by ISU Students
New Play Works
The Fairy-Tale Project; devised collaboration lead by Julie Dixon
Life is a Dream by Calderon de la Barca, Translation by Roy Campbell
2012-2013
Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology by Charles Aidman; April 10-13, 2013
ISU Play Festival by ISU Students; February 20-23, 2013
Theater 101 Plays by ISU Students; December 7th, 2012
Nightfall with Edgar Allen Poe by Eric Coble; October 31-November 3, 2012
Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker; October 3-6, 2012
2011-2012
A Little Night Music; Book by Hugh Wheeler, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; April 19-22, 2012
People's History by Andrew Park; March 21-24, 2012
Theater 101 Plays by ISU Students; December 9, 2011
New Play Readings by ISU Students; November 29-December 1, 2011
Norway by Samuel D. Hunter; November 16-19, 2011
Antigone by Sophocles; Translation by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald; October 14-15 & 19-22, 2011
Theaterfest
2010-2011
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare; April 7-9 & 14-16, 2011
New Play Festival by ISU Students; February 23-26, 2011
Theater 101 Plays by ISU Students; December 10, 2010
New Play Readings by ISU Students; November 30-December 1, 2010
Theaterfest; November 18, 2010
Real Girls by Merri Biechler; November 4-6 & 11-13, 2010
Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel; October 6-9, 2010
2009-2010
Fusion; April 14-17, 2010
Loot by Joe Orton; February 24-27, 2010
Theater 101 Plays by ISU Students; December 11, 2009
New Play Festival by ISU Students; December 1-3. 2009
Almost, Maine by John Carani; November 18-21, 2009
Tape by Steven Belber; October 2-3, 6-7, 2009
The Velveteen Rabbit; Adapted by Sharon Ammen; Music by John Berset; September 10-12, 2009
2008-2009
Poison, Poets, and Other Wonders: Exploring Short World Classics Through Masks; Adapted by Arthur Feinsod; April 22-25, 2009
Stage Blood by Charles Ludlam; April 1-3, 2009
New Play Festival by ISU Students; February 26-28, 2009
Theater 101 Plays by ISU Students; December 5, 2008
New Play Readings by ISU Students; November 19-21, 2008
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare; November 12-15, 2008
Theaterfest; October 9, 2008
Hotel Cassiopeia by Charles L. Mee; September 24-27, 2008
2007-2008
New Play Festival by ISU Students; April 17-19, 2008
FUSION: The Dance of the Sun by Tommy Jamerson; March 4-7, 2008
ISU Performing Arts Showcase; February 8, 2008
New Play Readings by ISU Students; November 27-29, 2007
Invitation to a Wedding Cake by Jonathan Golembiecki; November 14-17, 2007
Wind in the Willows; Based on the story by Kenneth Grahame, Adapted by Catherine Eaker; October 26-27, 2007
Psychosis by Sarah Kane; October 26-27, 2007
The Dreaming Dust by Denis Johnston; October 19-20, 2007
Theaterfest; September 27, 2007
2006-2007
Dreaming Dust; April 24-27, 2007
The Great American Trailer Park Musical; Music and Lyrics by David Nehls and Book by Betsy Kelso; March 28-April 1, 2007
New Play Festival by ISU Students; February 15-17, 2007
New Play Readings by ISU Students; November 28-30, 2006
Polaroid Stories by Naomi Iizuka; November 15-19, 2006
Christopher Durang Festivals of Three Plays by Christopher Durang; October 19-21, 2006
2005-2006
Fusion: A Dance-Theater Company; April 19-22, 2006
Medea: The Origination of the Happenings by Jonathan Golembiecki; March 1-4, 2006
The New Play Festival by ISU Students; February 9-11, 2006
New Play Readings by ISU Students; November 29-December 1, 2005
Leavesakes by Rachelle Martin; November 16-20, 2005
This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan; October 19-23, 2005
2004-2005
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare; April 14-16 & 21-23, 2005
Endgame by Samuel Beckett; March 3-5 & 10-12, 2005
New Play Festival by ISU Students; February 8-10, 2005
Stop Kiss by Diana Son; October 26, 2004
James Joyce's The Dead; Based on the story by James Joyce, Book by Richard Nelson, Music by Saun Davey; November 11-13 & 18-20, 2004
Red Moon
Anyplace but Here
The Mechanics of Flight
Fever or Forgotten Wings; October 1-2 & 4-6, 2004
2003-2004
Nickel and Dimed; April 15, 2004
How I Learned to Drive by Paul Vogel; April 20-24, 2004
Dance Carnival; Created by Teresa McCullough and Sherry McFadden; March 31-April 3, 2004
New Play Festival by ISU Students; February 17-19, 2004
Tales Kids Love: Animal Stories from Around the World; Adapted by Laura Bates; November 20-23, 2003
Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman; October 21-25, 2003
Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Sindel; October 1-4, 2003
2002-2003
Curse of the Starving Class by Sam Shepard; April 25-27 & 29-30, 2003
The 13th Moon; April 2-3, 2003
Man of La Mancha by Dale Wassermann, Joe Darion, and Mitch Leigh; February 28-March 2 & 4-5, 2003
Wit by Margaret Edson; February 11-13, 2013
New Play Festival by ISU Students; December 3-5, 2012
Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg; November 13-17, 2012
Flight of the Little Prince; Adapted from the book by Saint Exupery by Laura Bates; October 16-20, 2012
The Indian Wants the Bronx by Israel Horovitz; October 1-2, 2012
The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project; September 27-October 1, 2012
2001-2002
Gary Stewart Talks; April 26, 2002
Everyman; April 19-21 & 23-24, 2002
El Grande de Coca Cola by Ron House, Diz White, Alan Shearman, and John Neville; March 1-6
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler; February February 8-9, 2002
Ahkenaten and Nefertiti; February 6-7 & 9, 2002
One-Act Play Festival by ISU Students; December 4-7, 2001
Performing My Life by ISU Students; November 14-18, 2001
Free to Be…You & Me by Marlo Thomas and Friends; October 10-14, 2001
Oleanna by David Mamet; September 20-23, 2001
2000-2001
Creon by Doug Bedwell; April 19-22, 2001
Joseph Smith Project; April 3-5, 2001
The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan; February 23-25, February 27-March 1, 2001
The Daughters of Edward D. Boit by Don Nigro; February 4-6, 2001
The Woodman & the Goblins by Don Nigro; February 4-6, 2001
The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang; February 4-6, 2001
Festival of New Plays by ISU Students; December 5-8, 2000
Beanie and the Bamboozling Book Machine by Bob May, Roy C. Booth, and Christopher Tibbets; November 16-19, 2000
A Weekend Near Madison by Kathleen Tolan; October 25-29, 2000
Death Defying Acts by Woody Allen, David Mamet, and Elaine May; September 27-October 1, 2000
1999-2000
Break Away by Leslie Sloan Orr; April 19-22, 2000
Performing Your Life; April 5-7, 2000
Pippin; Book by Roger O. Hirson; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Additional material by Bob Fosse; February 25-27 & 29-March 2, 2000
Cinderella; February 9-11, 2000
Cyclops by Euripides; February 9-11, 2000
Festival of Original Student Plays by ISU Students; December 7-10, 1999
Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare; November 16-20, 1999
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl; October 28-30, 1999
Theaterfest
Don’t Drink the Water by Woody Allen; September 29-October 3, 1999