Announcing Our 2024-2025 Season!
Tickets will go on sale in September.
Fall 2024
Peter Pan (A Radio Play) by Sara Valentine & Michael Boudewyns
John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower
Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini – In collaboration with the Osher School of Music
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes) by Greg Allen
Spring 2025
The Birds by Conor McPherson
Little Women – Music by Jason Howland, Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, Book by Allen Knee
USM Spring Dance Concert
2023-2024 Past Productions
A Winter’s Tale
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Tess Van Horn
October 27-November 12
Wild jealousy. Unfounded accusations. Death and rebirth. And, of course, “Exeunt, chased by a bear”—one of Shakespeare’s most famous stage directions. Leontes, King of Sicily, suddenly becomes insane with jealousy believing his pregnant wife has been unfaithful to him. Acting upon his rage, he sets a tragedy in motion that will cost him, his family, and his friends dearly. Brilliantly juggling drama, comedy, romance, and suspense, The Winter’s Tale is filled with twists and turns, laughs and surprises, and fascinating characters. All this, and Shakespeare’s glorious poetry as well.
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
(30 Plays in 60 Mintues)
By Greg Allen
Directed by Rachel Price Cooper
November 30-December 3, 2023 (new dates)
Can a theatre ensemble possibly perform thirty plays in under an hour?! Join USM Theatre for the high-octane, interactive theatre experience that is 30 Neo-Futurist Plays from Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes), one of Chicago’s longest-running theatre phenomena. Each night audiences receive a menu of play titles that run the gamut between funny, serious, political, poignant, and abstract. Part theatre, part sporting event, each night is different as the audience determines the order and cheers on the cast to make it past the finish line before the buzzer sounds.
The War of the Worlds:
The 1938 Radio Script
By Howard E. Koch
Directed by Liz Carlson
Live Performance on March 7 & 8, 7pm at Russell Hall, Gorham Campus
Broadcast from New York’s Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, had many terrified listeners convinced that an actual alien invasion of Earth was taking place. Adapted by Howard E. Koch, co-writer of Casablanca, this delightfully frightful tale of an extraterrestrial takeover, presented live as a classic radio play with full sound effects, is sure to thrill.
The Prom
In collaboration with the Osher School of Music
Book & Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Book by Bob Martin
Music by Matthew Sklar
Directed by Danny Hutchins
Musical Direction by Edward Reichert
Choreography by Vanessa Beyland
April 5-14, 2024
Four eccentric Broadway stars desperately need to revitalize their stalling careers. So when they hear about a small town preventing a lesbian student from attending prom with her girlfriend, they know it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue… and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the prom on the straight and narrow. One student just wants to bring her girlfriend to the prom. When Broadway’s brassiest joins forces with both, they find that love brings them all together.