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Jane Austen Returns to 鶹ƵStage With Fresh and Fun ‘Sense and Sensibility’
鶹ƵStage continues its 2024/25 season with celebrated actor and playwright Kate Hamill’s whirlwind adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility.” Directed by Jason O’Connell, “Sense and Sensibility” will run April 23-May 11 in the Archbold Theatre at 鶹ƵStage,…
鶹ƵStage Announces Reading of Classic Comedy ‘Harvey’
鶹ƵStage will hold a reading of Mary Chase’s classic comedy “Harvey,” directed by associate artistic director Melissa Crespo and featuring a cast comprised entirely of local actors, including 鶹ƵUniversity Department of Drama faculty members and 鶹ƵStage artistic…
Becoming Cinderella: Junior Madison Manning Takes the Lead in the Drama, 鶹ƵStage Production
Madison Manning, a junior musical theater major, stepped into an iconic pair of shoes for her lead role in “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” co-produced by 鶹ƵStage and the Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts….
‘Pippin’ Opens 鶹ƵUniversity Department of Drama 2024/25 Season
The 鶹ƵUniversity Department of Drama begins the 2024/25 season with “Pippin,” the Tony Award-winning musical from composer Stephen Schwartz (“Wicked,” “Godspell”) and Roger O. Hirson. Directed by Torya Beard, performances of “Pippin” will be held Oct. 11-20 in the…
鶹ƵStage Opens 2024/25 Season With New Adaptation of Classic Nailbiter ‘Dial M for Murder’
鶹ƵStage begins the 2024/25 subscription series with “Dial M for Murder,” Jeffrey Hatcher’s fresh adaptation of the classic crime thriller. Directed by 鶹ƵStage artistic director Robert Hupp (“Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express,” “Our Town”), the show…
Department of Drama Announces 24/25 Season
The 鶹ƵUniversity Department of Drama is pleased to announce the 2024/25 season, consisting of six productions: “Pippin” (Oct. 11 – 20), “Twelfth Night” (Nov. 15 – 23), “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” (Nov. 22 – Jan. 5 and co-produced with…
100 Black Men of 鶹Ƶand 鶹ƵStage Present ‘Citizen James, or the Young Man Without a Country’ by Kyle Bass
鶹ƵStage, in partnership with 100 Black Men of Syracuse, announced that the company’s 2024/25 season will officially begin with “Citizen James, or the Young Man Without a Country”—a powerful and illuminating live world premiere production from resident playwright Kyle…
Drama Department Ranked Among The Hollywood Reporter’s 25 Best Drama Schools in the World
The Hollywood Reporter (THR) has ranked the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama among the 25 best drama schools in the world for the second consecutive year. Ranked No. 23 in THR’s June 19 issue, the department…
‘The Droll (Or, a Stage-Play about the END of Theatre)’ Closes Out Department of Drama 2023-24 Season
The 鶹ƵUniversity Department of Drama concludes the 2023-24 season with “The Droll (Or, a Stage-Play about the END of Theatre),” by Meg Miroshnik. Directed by Celia Madeoy, performances of “The Droll” will be held April 19-28 in the Storch…
‘Touch(ed)’ Continues Department of Drama’s 2023-24 Season
The 鶹ƵUniversity Department of Drama continues the 2023-24 season with “Touch(ed)”, a darkly comic drama about sisterhood, mental health and the realistic limits of love from Tony Award-nominated playwright Bess Wohl (“Grand Horizons”). Directed by Christine Albright-Tufts, performances of…