The Debut Set is devoted to plays directed by students in the THEA 345 advanced directing class. This Immersive Experience provides Drew students with the opportunity to direct a short play for a public audience. These productions focus on theatre as a collaborative art form, as student directors are often working with peers who are first-time student stage managers, assistant stage managers, designers, and performers (those making their department debut are noted with an asterisk in the program). Like a lab, these shows enable students to learn through practice and creative problem-solving. The debut set celebrates team work, risk-taking, and artistic growth and prepares student directors for advanced work on campus and beyond.

Performances are September 26-27 @ 7:30PM; and Sept 28 at 2:00 & 7:30 PM. Tickets are $5 for Drew Community w/ ID or $10 for General Admission.

This year’s set includes:

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With the Varsity set, student directors further their craft by focusing on character development, acting objectives, staging, and composition within a theatrical work. Directors will also work closely with student designers to think about how design choices (especially lights, sets, costumes, props, sound, etc.) convey theme, tone, atmosphere, context, and more to create a unified vision.

Our Dad is in Atlantis by Javier Malpica
Directed by Vicky Fuentes

An immigrant story, OUR DAD IS IN ATLANTIS, portrays how two young brothers navigate their world after their father’s immigration. Our nameless siblings itch as they await their father’s call from the US, hoping to hear of his well-being and new beginnings. On this journey, the pair begin to develop new concepts of love, family, and manhood. 

Performances are October 17-18 @ 7:30PM; and October 19 at 2:00 & 7:30 PM. Tickets are $5 for Drew Community w/ ID or $15 for General Admission.

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Childhood is hard – and hilarious! Join Charlie Brown, Lucy, Snoopy and their friends on an adventure through the consternations and joys of growing up. In this surprisingly existential comedy, the entire Peanuts gang seek to answer life’s great questions as only they can – through wit, humor, flying kites, playing baseball, and plenty of singing. Charles Schulz’s imaginative world shows us that happiness is morning and evening, daytime and nighttime too – and happiness is musical theater!

Performances are November 7-8 @ 7:30PM; and November 9 at 2:00 & 7:30 PM. Tickets are $5 for Drew Community w/ ID or $15 for General Admission.

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Simply Dance focuses on choreography and the relationships between dancers, their space, and the audience in a raw and intimate performance run with little to no light design or technical elements. 

Through the Decades directed by Kyle Marshall

Experience dance through the decades as choreographers represent a decade in history through dance. Come witness the brilliance of our Drew choreographers as they create historical magic…

Performances are November 21-22 @ 7:30PM; and November 23 at 2:00. Tickets are free but you need to make a reservation to be sure you get a seat.

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Directed by Lisa Brenner & Kimani Fowlin

Guided by the renowned Tectonic Theater Project, Drew students present this innovative dark comedy by Anne Washburn. After an apocalypse, survivors entertain themselves by recounting a TV episode of the Simpsons. What happens to this tale over time speaks volumes about what stories become mythologized, and by whom.

Performances are February 27-28 @ 7:30PM; and March 1 at 2:00PM and 7:30PM. Tickets are $5 for Drew Community w/ ID or $15 for General Admission.

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The Department of Theatre & Dance presents Kyle Marshall Choreography in the world premiere of Femenine // Julius Eastman Trilogy as a part of the Rodney M. Gilbert Salon and Lecture Series.

Performance will be March 29th at 7:00 PM. 

Tickets will be free for all Drew Students, Faculty and Staff. A suggested $5 donation is in effect for the general community. All funds will help support our production season.

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We are proud to present staged readings of Drew Student award-winning plays produced by the Ensemble Studio Theatre, featuring professional actors.

Performance will be April 2nd at 6:30 PM. 

Tickets will be free for all Drew Students, Faculty and Staff. A suggested $5 donation is in effect for the general community. All funds will help support our production season.

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The developmental set is a playwright-driven process. A promising play is selected annually for further development as the playwright works with a mentor/dramaturg, a director, and a cast. The goal is to help clarify the play’s story and theme, and dramatic structure. The playwright is encouraged to revise throughout the process, even between performances. Two staged readings are performed with time in between to allow for further revision.

Angel Boy by Andy Bentley
Directed by Medina Purefoy-Craig

Performances are April 9th and 12th at 7:30 PM. 

Tickets will be free for all Drew Students, Faculty and Staff. A suggested $5 donation is in effect for the general community. All funds will help support our production season.

Performances are April 24-25 at 7:30PM; and April 26 at 2:00PM. Tickets are $5 for Drew Community w/ ID or $10 for General Admission.