Current Theatre Season
2023-2024 Season
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Aug. 25 – Sept. 3, 2023
Alluvion Stage Company – Tower Theater
How on earth can three actors do the impossible: act through Shakespeare’s entire canon –37 plays– in 97 minutes? By summarizing the canon through football games, rap songs, and outrageously condensed, comedy mash-up titles of course! The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) hilariously summarizes all of Shakespeare’s plays, using reduced re-enactments and audience participation. It is famous for holding the (self-proclaimed) record for the shortest production of Hamlet at 43 seconds (as well as the fastest performance of Hamlet….backwards (42 seconds!). An extremely popular play that ran in London for nine years and has enjoyed countless productions in various languages playing throughout the world, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) entertains and teaches audiences facts about Shakespeare, while ensuring them a rollicking good time.
- Aug. 25, 26, Sept. 1*, 2 – 7:30 p.m.
- Aug. 26, Sept. 2 – 2 p.m.
- Aug. 27, Sept. 3** (ASL-interpreted performance) – 3 p.m.
- Sept. 1 – 11 p.m.
This production is rated PG.
The Crucible
Sept. 29 – Oct. 8, 2023
Academic Performance – Black Box Theater
The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a fictional play based on the Puritan purge of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife’s arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie–and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraft and ultimately condemned with a host of others.
- Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 3, 5, 6*, 7 – 7:30 p.m.
- Sept. 30, Oct. 7 – 2 p.m.
- Oct. 1, 8** (ASL-interpreted performance) – 3 p.m.
This production is rated PG-13.
Cinderella
Oct. 20 – Nov. 5, 2023
Academic Performance – Tower Theater
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the new Broadway adaptation of the classic musical. This contemporary take on the classic tale features Rodgers & Hammerstein’s most beloved songs, including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible / It’s Possible,” and “Ten Minutes Ago,” alongside an up-to-date, hilarious, and romantic libretto by Tony Award-nominee Douglas Carter Beane.
- Oct. 20, 21, 26, 27*, 28, Nov. 2, 3, 4 – 7:30 p.m.
- Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4 – 2 p.m.
- Oct. 22, 29**, Nov. 5 (**ASL-interpreted performance) – 3 p.m.
This production is rated G.
Leaving Iowa
Dec. 1-10, 2023
Academic Performance – Black Box Theater
The spark behind Leaving Iowa comes from being children of parents from the now dubbed “greatest generation.” The story is a toast to their idealism and character and a little roast of their undying dedication to the classic family road trip. More specifically, it is the story of Don Browning, a middle-aged writer, who returns home and decides to finally take his fathers’ ashes to his childhood home, as requested. But when Don discovers Grandma’s house has been turned into a grocery store, he begins traveling across Iowa searching for a proper resting place for his father. This father-and-son road trip shifts smoothly from the present to Don’s memories of the annual torturous vacations of his childhood. Don’s existential journey leads him to reconcile his past and present at the center of the United States.Leaving Iowa is a postcard to anyone who has ever found himself or herself driving alone on a road, revisiting fond memories of his or her youth.
- Dec. 1, 2, 5, 8*, 9 – 7:30 p.m.
- Dec. 2, 9 – 2 p.m.
- Dec. 3, 10** (ASL-interpreted performance) – 3 p.m.
This production is rated G.
Titanic
Feb. 16 – March 3, 2024
Academic Performance – Tower Theater
April 10, 1912: the RMS Titanic sets out from London on her maiden voyage, across the Atlantic. Billed as “The Largest Floating Object in The World,” the Titanic is already big news. April 15, 1912: Titanic, the “unsinkable” ship, sinks, killing over 1500 men, women, and children. In a stunning chamber musical as massive as the ocean liner that shares its name, Yeston and Peter Stone’s musical, Titanic, tells the stories of the people on board the legendary steamer and the men who got them there. Spanning all classes, Titanic captures the stories from the whole range of humanity aboard the ship: from workers in the boiler room to first-class attendants, from the poorest passengers, who scraped together their life savings to purchase third-class tickets to America, to some of the wealthiest men of the Victorian age, including John Jacob Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim. Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s musical tells the tragic story with a compassionate book, intelligent lyrics, and soaring melodies.
- Feb. 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29 March 1*, 2 – 7:30 p.m.
- Feb. 17, 24, March 2 – 2 p.m.
- Feb. 18, 25**, March 3 (**ASL-interpreted performance) – 3 p.m.
This production is rated PG.
The Importance of Being Earnest
March 22-30, 2024
Academic Performance – Black Box Theater
The Importance of Being Earnest is the most renowned of Oscar Wilde’s comedies. It’s the story of two bachelors, John ‘Jack’ Worthing, and Algernon ‘Algy’ Moncrieff, who create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome lives. They attempt to win the hearts of two women who, conveniently, claim to only love men called Ernest. The pair struggle to keep up with their own stories and become tangled in a tale of deception, disguise, and misadventure. The elaborate plot ridicules Victorian sensibilities with some of the best loved, and indeed bizarre, characters to be found on the modern stage. Wilde originally wrote it in four acts, but during the first rehearsals George Alexander persuaded him to shorten it down to three.
- March 22, 23, 26, 28, 29*, 30 – 7:30 p.m.
- March 23, 30 – 2 p.m.
- March 24** (ASL-interpreted performance) – 3 p.m.
This production is rated PG.
The Wiz
April 19 – May 5, 2024
Alluvion Stage Company – Tower Theater
A beloved Broadway gem, The Wiz infuses L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with a dazzling mix of rock, gospel, and soul music. This timeless tale of Dorothy’s adventures through the land of Oz is a fun, family-friendly, modern musical and one of the most popular shows in the Concord Theatricals catalog. Winner of seven 1975 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
- April 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, May 2, 3*, 4 – 7:30 p.m.
- April 20, 27, May 4 – 2 p.m.
- April 21, 28**, May 5 (**ASL-interpreted performance) – 3 p.m.
This production is rated PG.
A * indicates a Talkback performance. At the conclusion of these performances, there will be an open Q&A with the director, designers, and selected actors. Talkbacks are free and open to the public. You are not required to attend the production to attend Talkback. A ** indicates an ASL interpreted performance.
How we rate our productions:
- G – Content suitable for audiences of all ages
- PG – Parental guidance suggested
- PG-13 – Content not suitable for children under the age of 13