2023-2024 Season

All events are subject to change.

Fall 2023

Mama Bushwick is Dead by Elizabeth Shannon

Date: October 5th - 7th @ 7:30 PM

Location: Welsbacher Black Box Theatre

Student Director: Lynnaya McClure

Description: Five estranged siblings, Bard, Joyce, Robin, Scott, and Jo, return to their recently deceased mother’s home. They must prepare for her funeral, clean her duplex, and decide who will give her eulogy. Filled with grief, trauma, childhood memories, and dolls, “Mama Bushwick is Dead,” explores the complex family dynamics present regardless of place and time.

Rated: PG-13

Notes: Winner of the Bela Kiralyfalvi National Student Playwriting Competition

Tickets: $15; 1 free WSU student ticket with ID

Tickets Coming September

A Chorus Line

Date: November 2nd - 4th @ 7:30 PM / November 5th @ 2:00 PM

Location: Wilner Auditorium

Director: Amy Baker Schwiethale

Description: A Chorus Line examines one day in the lives of seventeen dancers, all vying for a spot in the “chorus line” of a Broadway musical. After the first round of cuts, Zach, the director and choreographer, asks each dancer to speak about themselves. Discomfort opens into revelation, confession leads to redemption, and within the bright, outwardly homogenous chorus, the audience begins to see each dancer’s individuality.

Rated: TBD

Tickets: $20, $18, $12 - 1 free WSU student ticket with ID

Tickets Coming September

Spring 2024

Peter and the Starcatcher

Date: February 29th - March 2nd @ 7:30 PM / March 3rd @ 2:00 PM

Location: Wilner Auditorium

Director: Sheldon Mba

Description: A young orphan and their mates are sent from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the tyrant King Zarboff. Unbeknownst to them, the captain's cabin holds an enigmatic trunk containing otherworldly and valuable cargo. Along their voyage, they meet the bright and astute Molly, who is training to become a Starcatcher. They quickly discover that the trunk's precious contents are starstuff, a powerful celestial substance that must never fall into the wrong hands. Their adventure takes a dangerous turn when the ship is taken over by pirates, led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain set on claiming the trunk and its riches for themselves. The group must work together to protect the starstuff from falling into the wrong hands as they navigate through treacherous waters and face perilous obstacles.

Rated: PG

Tickets: $20, $18, $12 - 1 free WSU student ticket with ID

Tickets Coming September

Christmas Dish

Date: April 5th - 6th @ 7:30 PM

Location: Welsbacher Black Box Theatre

Director: Bret Jones

Description: Two people are secretly romantically interested in one another. They agree to share Christmas dinner together, just as friends, because a family holiday isn’t going to happen and all of their other friends are already busy.

Rated: TBD

Tickets: $15; 1 free WSU student ticket with ID

Tickets Coming September