The Department of Theatre and Dance presents:
A carefully crafted performance season that invites and challenges students to “perform meaningfully.” In turn, you’re given the opportunity to experience new stories, universes, and perspectives. Will you take it? Join us!
MAINSTAGE SERIES
overhead, a skylark called
Mainstage Play
May 9 - 18, 2025
Thursday - Saturday, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, 2:00 p.m.
Multiple Locations Across Campus
A group of travelers separated, now stuck in three locations…
One is walking in circles…Two waiting for a train…Three for a plague to end…
A message: stop the circles, find a river, follow the skylark…
A new devised piece of dance-theater collaboratively created with Sinatra Visiting Artists-in-Residence Detour poses the question “what do you call home?” Choose from three experiences at locations across campus (Vari Hall, de Saisset Museum, Edward M. Dowd Art and Art History Building). This not-to-be-missed immersive and unique theatrical event culminates at the Louis B. Mayer Theatre.
Want to know more about devised theatre? Check out this guide.
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The Plague Archives includes explicit images of disease, suffering, and death, and deals directly with human behaviors in events of mass illness, including histories of scapegoating, racism, sexism, anti Semitism, genocide, disease and science denialism, and class, financial, and scientific exploitation.
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Brian Thorstenson is the first faculty appointment to the Frank Sinatra Chair in the Performing Arts since the program was revitalized in 2016. A professor at Santa Clara University for the last 21 years, Brian is a San Francisco-based writer, educator, and theater-maker. Through his appointment as the 2023-2025 Sinatra Chair in the Performing Arts, Brian has engaged students in new and exciting ways, incorporating their voices and lived experiences into the creative process of developing and implementing an original devised theatre piece.
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TICKET PRICES:
Adult: $18.00Faculty/Staff, Senior, 18 & under: $14.00
SCU Students FREE
Get more information about the SCU Student Free Ticket Program.
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The performance schedule is subject to change at the discretion of SCU•Presents and the Department of Theatre and Dance. If there is a change in the schedule, you will be notified via the email that is associated with your ticket account.
The Mad Ones
Mainstage Play
May 30 - June 8, 2025
Thursday - Saturday, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, 2:00 p.m.
Fess Parker Studio Theatre
Don’t forget to breathe.
18-year-old Samantha Brown sits in her car with keys in her hand, unable to turn the key. Torn between the expectations of her mother and the hopes of her impetuous best friend, Sam relives her senior year and the unexpected loss that led her here. With a score that inspired a generation of musical theatre lovers, The Mad Ones is a cult-hit musical filled with humor and heart which asks the question: is it better to follow the path laid out or throw out the map and chart a new route?
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This event is reserved seating. Learn more about the venue: Fess Parker Studio Theatre.
TICKET PRICES:
Adult: $18Faculty/Staff, Senior, 18 & under: $14
SCU Students FREE
Get more information about the SCU Student Free Ticket Program.
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The performance schedule is subject to change at the discretion of SCU•Presents and the Department of Theatre and Dance. If there is a change in the schedule, you will be notified via the email that is associated with your ticket account.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT SERIES
New Playwrights’ Festival
Student Spotlight Series
June 1 - 4, 2025
Sunday - Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.
Fess Parker Studio Theatre
Brand new plays take the stage.
Be the first to experience the creativity and talent of emerging playwrights at the New Playwrights’ Festival! Join us for an electrifying evening of never-before-seen one-act plays, written, performed, and directed by the brilliant minds of SCU students.
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This event is reserved seating. Learn more about the venue: Fess Parker Studio Theatre.
TICKET PRICES:
Adult: $14Faculty/Staff, Senior, 18 & under: $10
SCU Students FREE
Get more information about the SCU Student Free Ticket Program.
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The performance schedule is subject to change at the discretion of SCU•Presents and the Department of Theatre and Dance. If there is a change in the schedule, you will be notified via the email that is associated with your ticket account.