2024-2025 Season
Evening of One-Act Plays
titles to be announced soon
directed by professor Melissa Livingston and Ronnie Ward ’25
Sept. 27th-298th @ 7:30 pm | Sept. 29th @ 2 pm
Studio Theater in 248
248 N 3rd St, Easton, PA 18042
Our Evening of One Acts features faculty and student-directed short plays that focus on politics and the political process, in conjunction with the U.S. Vice Presidential Debate on Lafayette’s campus the following week.
Bright Star
written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
directed by professor Mary Jo Lodge
Nov. 14th – 16th @ 7:30 pm | Nov. 17th @ 2 pm
Williams Center for the Arts Theater
317 Hamilton St, Easton, PA 18042
The musical Bright Star is a rich tale of love, loss, and healing set in the American South in the 1920s and 1940s, which features a Tony-nominated, bluegrass-inspired score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell.
“Bright Star is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.theatricalrights.com”
Much Ado About Nothing
in a new adaptation by assistant professor Courtney Ryan
Mar. 6th – 8th @ 7:30pm | Mar. 9th @ 2 pm
Weiss Theater in Buck Hall
Snyder St & N 3rd St, Easton, PA 18042
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.” Rumors fly in this Shakespearean battle of the wits. There’s trickery and treachery aplenty, but, in the end, it’s Much Ado About Nothing.
Silent Sky
by Lauren Gunderson, directed by visiting assistant professor Melissa Livingston
May 1st – 3rd @ 7:30pm | May 4th @ 2 pm
Weiss Theater at Buck Hall
Snyder St & N 3rd St, Easton, PA 18042
Set in the early 1900s and bursting with music and math, Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson is a groundbreaking true story of how the brilliant astronomer Henrietta Leavitt and her female peers changed our understanding of the cosmos.
“SILENT SKY is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)”