2025–26 Theatre Arts & Dance Season

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School for Lies (2022), photo by Dan Norman
School for Lies (2022), photo by Dan Norman

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A blue-filtered halftone photo of a woman kneeling in foliage, with the text "EMILY JOHNSON/CATALYST" at the bottom.
Emily Johnson Dance Showing

Performed by University Dance Students

Friday, October 24, 2025 | 4:30pm | Barker Center for Dance

Free and open to the public

Promotional poster for "Odes to Ooze" with four ecosystem images: foamy water, forest fungi, cracked earth, and a fire.
Odes to Ooze: Performing the Science of Ecosystems

How can theater illuminate elements of science?

Directed by Luverne Seifert and Sonja Kuftinec
Performed by BA Theatre Program

Oct. 18, 2025 | Cedar Creek Ecosystem Reserve | Bethel, MN, Free with Registrations

A stylized poster with words "AN IDEAL" are in a dark, slightly distressed font, and "HUSBAND" is below in a larger, ornamental green font.
An Ideal Husband - “A witty, scandalous political comedy"

By Oscar Wilde, Directed by Craig Johnson

Presented by BFA Acting Class of 2026

Oct. 23-26, 2025 | Kilburn Theatre  Free Registration

A retro graphic of a martini glass with a green cocktail skewer spelling "HAY FEVER" across the rim, set against a pink art deco pattern.
Hay Fever - “A witty, eccentric family comedy”

By Noël Coward, Directed by Bruce Roach

Presented by BFA Acting Class of 2026

Oct. 24-26, 2025 | Kilburn Theatre  Free Registration

A laptop with a shattered screen. The word "GLORIA" is in white, bold letters across the center of the cracks.
Gloria - “A dark, satirical, media-driven thriller”

By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Directed by Samantha Martinson

Presented by BFA Acting Class of 2028

Nov. 13-16, 2025 | Kilburn Theatre  Free Registration

A stained paper take-out bag with the word "Pocatello" on it, set against a red background with a pasta pattern.
Pocatello - “A melancholy small-town drama”

By Samuel D. Hunter, Directed by Steve Cardamone

Presented by BFA Acting Class of 2028

Nov. 14-16, 2025 | Kilburn Theatre  Free Registration
 

A retro illustration for "The Skin of Our Teeth" showing a dinosaur and a mammoth in a chaotic scene with a house on fire, a car, and running people.
The Skin of Our Teeth - “An epic, absurd, time-spanning allegory”

By Thornton Wilder, Directed by Kym Longhi

Presented by BA Theatre Arts 

November 14-23, 2025 | Stoll Thrust Theatre  Buy Tickets!


 

Three dancers interacting with chairs on a reflective stage, with the text "FALL DANCE PERFORMANCE" in white at the top.
University Dance Theatre - SHIFT: back to the body

Faculty choreography by Ananya Chatterjea, Carl Flink, jess pretty, and Joanie Smith.  

Directed by Laura Selle Virtucio | Performed by University Dance students 

November 21-23, 2025 | Luminary Arts Center. Buy Tickets!

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