Theatre Department 2025-26 Season
In our 2025-26 season we are challenging expectations. A feminist spin on a classic horror tale. A musical that spoofs the Jazz Age musical, highlighting the stereotypes of that age. A play that asks you to delve a little deeper into the teenage "mean girls," from a Ghanian perspective. We invite you to come and find out how tropes and our assumptions can be called into question.
Dracula; a Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really
October 16-18 at 7:30 p.m., October 19 at 2 p.m.
Written by Kate Hamill
Based on the novel by Bram Stoker
Directed by Mark Sutch
Plays in the Barber Theatre
Both terrifying and riotous, Kate Hamill’s imaginative, gender-bending “feminist revenge fantasy” is like no Dracula you’ve ever seen—exploring the nature of predators and reinventing the story as a smart, disquieting, darkly comic drama. Hamill’s signature style and postmodern wit upends this familiar tale of Victorian vampires—driving a stake through the heart of toxic masculinity.
Please be advised that this production contains simulated acts of violence onstage and considerable gore. Suitable for ages 14 and up.
The Drowsy Chaperone
November 12-15 at 7:30 p.m., November 16 at 2 p.m.
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin, Don McKellar
Directed by Ann Marie Costa
Musical Direction by Jacquelyn Culpepper
Conducted by Tara Keith
Scenic Design by Anita Tripathi
Plays in the Duke Family Performance Hall
Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Golden Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.
School Girls or The African Mean Girls Play
April 9-11 at 7:30 p.m., April 12 at 2 p.m.
Written by Jocelyn Bioh
Directed by James Webb
Plays in the Barber Theatre
Paulina, the reigning queen bee at Ghana’s most exclusive boarding school, has her sights set on the Miss Global Universe pageant. But the arrival of Ericka, a new student with undeniable talent and beauty, captures the attention of the pageant recruiter—and Paulina’s hive-minded friends. This buoyant and biting comedy explores the universal similarities (and glaring differences) facing teenage girls across the globe.
Suitable for ages 12 and up.