Main Stage

The Fall Musical

A time-honored event of Susquehanna University's Family Weekend celebration, productions have included: The Sound of Music, The Full Monty, Oklahoma!, Hello, Dolly!,  Guys And Dolls, Little Shop of Horrors, Into The Woods and A Catered Affair. 

 The Advanced Acting Workshop Production
These productions showcase more advanced dramatic acting techniques.  Stagings have included: The Importance of Being Earnest,  Dracula,  Enchanted April, The Seagull and Amadeus.

The Student-Directed Play
A fully-realized main stage production directed by one of our most accomplished senior students, selected from such plays as The Hot L Baltimore, Blithe Spirit and The Miss Firecracker Contest.

The Spring Production
A play is selected from the canon of world dramatic literature for the large spring production. Past productions have included: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard III, Our Town, The Grapes of Wrath, The Winter's Tale,  I Remember Mama and The Threepenny Opera.  

Second Stage

The Experimental Acting Workshop Production
This production challenges students with demanding roles in a bare-bones acting environment to bring out their best talent in a no-frills, cutting edge performance experience. 

24-Hour Play Festival
Student teams conceptualize, write, rehearse and perform exciting new short works in the span of a single day.

The Student Directing Showcase
Traditionally held late in the fall semester, this free-of-charge event features one-act plays and scenes crafted by students in the Directing class presented to a public audience. 

Shakespeare Club Production
This annual audience favorite is an energetic large-cast excursion into the work of the Bard, often characterized by whimsical staging and "found objects" design.

Trifles & The Outside 

By Susan Glaspell
Directed by Dr. Anna Andes

October 1 – 3, 2020 at 7:30 PM
October 4 at 2:30 PM  

Livestreaming Via Zoom.

Two short plays by an important modernist playwright who pushed literary and sociopolitical boundaries in the early 1900s.  Livestreaming Via Zoom.

Three Sisters

Adapted by Anton Chekov adapted by Jeanne Tiehe
Directed by Dr. Jeanne Tiehen

November 12 -14, 2020 at 7:30 PM
November 15 at 2:30 PM  

Livestreaming Via Zoom.

A fresh, Zoom-inspired look at the classic Russian tragicomedy about heartbreak and absurdity.

For tickets and information, visit the Box Office.

Working

By Stephen Schwartz and Nina Fasco et al.
Degenstein Center Theater
Oct. 3–5, 7:30 p.m. • Oct. 6, 2:30 p.m.

A vivid musical celebration of working people and their lives, with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda,
Stephen Schwartz, James Taylor and others.

Adults, $15; non-SU students and senior citizens, $10

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Adapted by Liz Lochhead
Degenstein Center Theater
Nov. 14–16, 7:30 p.m. • Nov. 17, 2:30 p.m.

A brilliant retelling of the classic vampire narrative by an acclaimed Scottish playwright.

Adults, $10; non-SU students and senior citizens, $8

Last Summer at Bluefish Cove

By Jane Chambers
Degenstein Center Theater
Feb. 20–22, 7:30 p.m. • Feb. 23, 2:30 p.m.

A warm and thoughtful play about love, friendship, loss and recovery.

Adults, $10; non-SU students and senior citizens, $8

Seeds

By Annabel Soutar
Degenstein Center Theater
April 23–25, 7:30 p.m. • April 26, 2:30 p.m.

A riveting blend of social satire and courtroom drama, Seeds explores conflict between tradition
and science in the framework of a modern battle between corporations and activists.

Adults, $10; non-SU students

The second stage season features a collection of mostly student-generated productions focusing on bare-bones performances of challenging works in unconventional spaces. Admission to second stage productions is usually free. Contributions to relevant causes may be welcome at the door for some productions.

24-Hour Play Festival

Isaacs Auditorium
Oct. 11–12, 7:30 p.m.

Student teams conceptualize, write, rehearse and perform exciting new short works in the span of a single day.

Student Directing Showcase

Isaacs Auditorium
Dec. 12–13, 6:30 p.m.

The essence of cutting-edge performance brought to life by some of our department’s freshest talent, directed by senior students in thought-provoking scenes and short one-act plays.

They Led the Way

Weber Chapel Auditorium
Feb. 27–29, 7:30 p.m.
March 1, 2:30 p.m.

An evening of one-act plays reflecting on the 100th anniversary of women voting in the U.S.

A Night on Broadway Cabaret Show 

Isaacs Auditorium
March 28, 7:30 p.m.

A themed performance of musical entertainment drawn from contemporary Broadway hits and classic musical theatre material.

The Negro Speaks

By Rave’n-Dajon Coleman
Isaacs Auditorium
April 3–4, 7:30 p.m.

A staged reading of a new work by a Susquehanna  University student playwright.

Shakespeare Club Production

Degenstein Center Theater
May 2, 7:30 p.m.

This annual audience favorite is an energetic large-cast excursion into the work of the Bard, often characterized by whimsical staging and “found objects” design.

2018-19

Doubt
Pippin
Silent Sky
She Stoops to Conquer

2017-18

Dead Man's Cell Phone
She Loves Me
The Mineola Twins
Blue Stockings

2016-17

The Addams Family
Vinegar Tom
Almost, Maine 
Translations

2015-16

A Catered Affair
Her Naked Skin
Dog Sees God
Orpheus Descending
The Memory of Water

2014-2015

Tales of the Lost Formicans
Guys and Dolls
Blithe Spirit
The Threepenny Opera

2013-14

Little Shop of Horrors
Uncle Vanya
Miss Firecracker Contest
Romeo and Juliet

2012-13

Amadeus
Into the Woods
Student-directed production
The Birds

2011-12

The Lion in Winter
Funny Girl
The Laramie Project
The Student-Directed Mainstage Production
Diana of Dobson's

2010-11

The Diary of Anne Frank
The Full Monty
The Student-Directed Mainstage Production
Blood Wedding

2009-10

The Sound of Music 
Les Liaisons Dangereuses 
The One Act Play Festival 
A Midsummer Night's Dream

2008-09

Fiddler on the Roof 
The Night of the Iguana 
The One Act Play Festival 
The Man Who Came to Dinner

2007-08

The Importance of Being Earnest 
The Pajama Game 
The One Act Play Festival 
Richard III

2006-07

Dracula 
Oklahoma 
The One Act Play Festival
Our Town

2005-06

Enchanted April 
Seussical 
The One Act Play Festival 
I Remember Mama

2004-05

Dancing at Lughnasa 
Hello Dolly! 
The One Act Play Festival
A Dybbuk

2003-04

On the Town 
The Seagull 
The One Act Play Festival 
The Winter's Tale

2002-03

Chicago 
Waiting for Godot 
The One Act Play Festival 
The Lark

2001-02

Titanic 
The Little Foxes 
The One Act Play Festival
The Grapes of Wrath