Our Current Season
Fall 2007 - Spring 2008

Audition Policy
Auditions are open to any registered SRU student. The department produces two mainstage shows a semester, and “joint auditions” for both shows are usually conducted in the first week of the fall and spring semesters. We like to see new faces, and directors generally aim for a blend of established majors and newcomers. For more information contact the Theatre Department.

Tallgrass Gothic
By Melanie Marnich
Directed by David Skeele
Set Design by Gordon Phetteplace
Lighting Design by Gordon Phetteplace
Costume Design by Rebecca Morrice
Sept. 28-29 & Oct. 1-3 at 8:00 p.m.
Sept. 30 at 2:00 p.m.

A haunting tale of betrayal and obsessive love, set in the remotest reaches of America's heartland.

This is our Youth
By Kenneth Lonergan
Directed by Deanna Brookens
Set Design by Aaron Thurston
Lighting Design by Gordon Phetteplace
Costume Design by Kelly McBane
Nov. 14-17 at 8:00 p.m.
Nov. 18 at 2:00 p.m.

A lacerating look at affluent young Manhattanites of the 1980s, the play depicts two days in the lives of three college-age Upper West Siders who are from wealthy families but are living in doped-up squalor.

Macbeth
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Laura Smiley
Set Design by Gordon Phetteplace
Costume Design by Rebecca Morrice
Feb. 27- March 1 at 8:00 p.m.
March 2 at 2:00 p.m.

Shakespeare’s shortest and bloodiest tragedy, Macbeth tells the story of a brave Scottish general (Macbeth) who receives a prophecy from a trio of sinister witches that one day he will become king of Scotland. Consumed with ambitious thoughts and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and seizes the throne for himself. He begins his reign wracked with guilt and fear and soon becomes a tyrannical ruler, as he is forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion. The bloodbath swiftly propels Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to arrogance, madness, and death.

After Ashley
Written by Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by David Skeele
Set Design by Casey Hughes
Lighting Design by Joel McGill
Costume Design by Kelly McBane
April 23-26 at 8 p.m.
April 27 at 2 p.m.

AFTER ASHLEY is a blisteringly funny and deeply affecting story about a teenage boy navigating the joys and terrors of life—all through the distorting prism of a media firestorm. When a family tragedy deals the Hammond family a dose of dubious celebrity, Justin finds himself paralyzed, unable to fully grieve or grow up. The only bright spot is a girl, only Justin can’t decide if she’s a saving angel or a self-interested groupie. In a world as weird as this one, she might just be both.