2025-2026 Season
All events are subject to change .
- Youth DANCE Wichita: February 1
- Empty Space Theatre Reading: February 6
- Jo Zakas Musical Theatre Incubator: February 12-14
- SPARK: Dance Repertoire Concert: February 26-March 1
- 24-Hour Play Festival: March 7
- Wichita State Musical Theatre Company Spring Production: March 12-14
- Performing Arts Films Screening: April 4
- Student Choreography Showcase: April 16-17
- Time Stands Still : April 22-26
- Acting Repertoire Monologues & Scenes : May 6
- Dance Informal Showing: May 7
Fall 2025
Bela Kiralyfalvi National Student Playwriting Competition Winner: Now We Are A Hundred by Alaina Tennant
Date: September 25-27th, 2025 @ 7:30 PM
Guest Director: Jane Gabbert
Description: Now We Are A Hundred by Alaina Tennant, is a poetic and emotionally rich historical drama set in post-WWII England. The
story imagines a fictional reckoning between Christopher Robin Milne and his father,
A.A. Milne-the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Through haunting dialogue and complex character
dynamics, the play explores the emotional weight of literary fame, memory, and the
search for personal identity amidst inherited legacy.
The Bela Kiralyfalvi National Student Playwriting Competition honors the legacy of Bela Kiralyfalvi-beloved professor, director, and founding figure
of WSU's theatre program-by uplifting the voices of undergraduate playwrights nationwide.
Rated: TBD
Tickets: $15
Empty Space Theatre Production
Date: October 16-18th, 2025 @ 7:30 PM
Faculty Mentor: Sheldon Mba
Presented by: Empty Space Theatre
Description: A production by Empty Space Theatre (EST) which is a student-led organization of the School of Performing Arts.
Rated: TBD
Tickets: TBD
Company
Date: November 12-16th, 2025 @ 7:30 p.m.; a 2:00 pm matinee on November 15-16th
Director: Jacob McGlaun
Description: On the night of Bobby's 35th birthday, a chorus of past lovers and well-meaning friends descend - provoking questions about love, connection and the quiet terror of being truly known.
Rated: TBD
Tickets: $12, $18, $20
Capstone Celebration
Date: November 22, 2025 @ 7:30 PM
Director: Amy Baker Schwiethale
Description: Join the School of Performing Arts in a full day of celebration senior capstone projects by students in dance performance & choreography, dance general studies, design/technical theatre, musical theatre, theatre general studies, & acting.
Rated: TBD
Tickets: FREE - donations accepted
Acting Repertoire Monologues & Scenes (Fall Class)
Date: December 3, 2025 @ 5:00 p.m.
Directors: Joseph Urick and Kate Compton
Description: TBD
Tickets: FREE - donations accepted
Dance Informal Showing
Date: December 4, 2025 @ 5:00 PM
Director: Sabrina Vasquez
Description: End of semester celebration of all dance classes.
Rated: TBD
Tickets: FREE - donations accepted
Spring 2026
Youth DANCE Wichita
Date: February 1, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m.
Faculty Mentor: Sabrina Vasquez
Directors: TBD
Description: Youth DANCE Wichita is a dance concert that features dynamic performances by talented young artists from local dance studios. The event celebrates the creativity and passion of emerging dancers while fostering a vibrant connection between the university and the broader dance community. Join us in supporting the next generation of performers as they light up the stage with energy and expression.
Rated: TBD
Tickets: $12.00
Empty Space Theatre Stage Readings
Date: February 6, 2026 @ 6-9 p.m.
Faculty Mentor: Sheldon Mba
Directors: TBD
Presented by: Empty Space Theatre
Description: A staged reading by Empty Space Theatre (EST) which is a student-led organization of the School of Performing Arts.
Rated: TBD
Tickets: TBD
Jo Zakas Musical Theatre Incubator
Date: February 12-14, 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Description: The School of Performing Arts welcomes the writing team of Amanda D'Archangelis (music) and Sami Horneff (lyrics) who met in the world-renowned BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Each year, the School of Performing Arts invites guest artist to campus with the end goal of performing a staged reading of a musical to be performed at the conclusion of their workshopping experience.
Director: Amy Baker Schwiethale
Rated: TBD
Tickets: $15
SPARK: Dance Repertoire Concert
Date: February 26-28 7:30 p.m.; March 1st @ 2 p.m.
Description: Space - Pulse - Art - Rhythm - Kinesis: Dance Repertoire Concert
Igniting the stage with energy, motion, and movement, SPARK is a dynamic evening of dance that celebrates the elemental forces that drive human expression. Each piece is an electrifying repertoire exploring a facet of the acronym that gives the concert its name - the expansive freedom of Space, the visceral heartbeat of Pulse, the transformative power of Art, the driving beat of Rhythm, and the ever shifting force of Kinesis.
Featuring works by WSU dance faculty, local and regional choreographers, SPARK is a showcase of contemporary technique, innovative storytelling, and the boundless creativity of the human body in motion. Join us for an unforgettable journey through the language of movement, where every step is a spark waiting to catch fire.
Director: Sabrina Vasquez
Rated: TBD
Tickets: $12, $18, $20
24-Hour Play Festival
Date: March 7th, 2026 @7:30 p.m.
Description: The 24hr Play Festival is celebrating its 3rd year with a major upgrade: Wilner Auditorium! New plays written by playwrights from local authors to those around the globe will be featured and performed by our WSU students!
Director: Joseph Urick
Rated: TBD
Tickets: FREE - donations accepted
Wichita State Music Theatre Company Production (WSMTC)
Date: March 12-14th, 2026 @ 7:30 p.m.
Director: TBD
Faculty Advisor: Amy Baker Schwiethale
Description: A production by Wichita State Music Theatre Company (WSMTC) which is a student-led organization of the School of Performing Arts.
Rated: TBD
Tickets: TBD
Performing Arts Films Screening - Double Feature Film
Date: April 4th, 2025 @ 7:30 P.M.
Director(s): Kate Compton and Cheyla Clawson
Description: TBD
Rated: TBD
Note: TBD
Tickets: $15
Student Choreography Showcase
Date: April 16-17th, 2026 @ 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Mentor: Sabrina Vasquez
Description: An evening of student produced dance works presented by Mid-America Dance Theatre (MADT) which is a student-led organization of the School of Performing Arts.
Rated: TBD
Tickets: TBD
Time Stands Still
Date: April 22-26th, 2026 @ 7:30 p.m.; a 2:00 p.m. matinee on April 25-26th
Director: Sheldon Mba
Description: Time Stands Still by Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies is a riveting, deeply human drama set in a Brooklyn apartment, where photojournalist Sarah and her partner James, a foreign correspondent, attempt to heal and recalibrate after returning from the front lines of war. As they settle back into domestic life, their ideals, ambitions, and love for one another are quietly and powerfully tested. Margulies crafts a nuanced story about bearing witness to a global suffering and the personal cost of stepping away. With sharp dialogue and emotional precision, Time Stands Still invites us to confront the tension between comfort and conscience, intimacy and independence, and what we owe to the world versus what we owe to ourselves.
Rated: TBD
Tickets: $12, $18, $20
Acting Repertoire Monologues & Scenes (Spring Class)
Date: May 6th, 2026 @ 5:00 p.m.
Director: Sheldon Mba
Description: TBD
Rated: TBD
Tickets: FREE - donations accepted
Dance Informal Showing (Spring)
Date: May 7th, 2026 @ 5:00 p.m.
Director: Sabrina Vasquez
Description: End of semester celebration of all dance classes.
Rated: TBD
Tickets: FREE - donations accepted