Theater Department 2025-2026 season

This season, the Theater Department invites audiences to celebrate legacy and imagination with a lineup that bridges the past, present, and future. From Jane Austen’s wit to beloved children’s tales, our bicentennial offerings spotlight the enduring power of storytelling and collaboration.

SPRING 2026

MARCH 5 - 8 2026

Medea

In this new adaptation of the classic Greek myth by Professor Melissa Livingston, Medea, a woman who has lived her life in service of her husband finds herself cast. Alone, broken, and in despair, Medea hatches a plan that she believes will bring her husband joyfully back to her; instead, things end tragically.

APRIL 30 - MAY 3 2026

The Next One Hundred Years (abridged version)

This abridged version of playwright Caridad Svich’s new play asks who we will be in the next 100 years. This multimedia performance piece, supported by student design fellows, asks audiences to imagine, against all odds, there is a future that is not foreclosed.

APRIL 9-30, 2026

FRINGE FESTIVAL

All Fringe Festival events are FREE and OPEN to the public.

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FALL 2025

Stuart Little Touring Edition

A charming version of the beloved E. B. White story of Stuart, the New York City mouse with a human family, will be presented in celebration of Lafayette’s 200th anniversary of rewarding collaborations with the surrounding community.

Sense and Sensibility

This delightful and hilarious stage adaptation by Kate Hamill is a fast-paced story of unlikely loves, and is presented in celebration of both Lafayette's bicentennial and Austen's 250th birthday.