WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU JOIN US!
Welcome to our slate of projects for 2026 and 2027, chosen to entice and inspire. Each piece built—through performance, design, and production, to spark the creative fire within.
Join me at the theatre.
Sincerely,
Kirsten Greenidge
Director, School of Theatre
2026-2027 Slate of Projects
Show details subject to change. Please send inquiries to theatre@bu.edu.
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Fall 2026
Q0: The Effect
By Lucy Prebble
Directed by Nathaniel Ryan-Kern (CFA’27)
Produced by Rosalind Fore (CFA’27)
This funny, moving play by the author of Enron explores questions of sanity, neurology and the limits of medicine, alongside ideas of fate, loyalty and the inevitability of physical attraction. (Concord Theatricals)
“Q0” has been a long-standing tradition within BU School of Theatre, although it has occurred less frequently in recent years. The Q0 project is student-produced, directed, and acted. It is typically a play that has already been published (i.e., not student-written).
Production elements are minimal to uplift exploration of text and bodies in space.
Saturday, August 29 • 2pm
Sunday, August 30 • 7pm
David Copeland Blackbox Theatre
CFA 354 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Q0: The Insanity of Mary Girard
By Laney Robertson
Directed by Merrik Daniel Giesen (CFA’27)
In this haunting and highly theatrical piece, Mary Girard, committed to an insane asylum in 1790, envisions dancing “furies” who impersonate people from her past. (Concord Theatricals)
“Q0” has been a long-standing tradition within BU School of Theatre, although it has occurred less frequently in recent years. The Q0 project is student-produced, directed, and acted. It is typically a play that has already been published (i.e., not student-written).
Production elements are minimal to uplift exploration of text and bodies in space.
Saturday, August 29 • 7pm
Monday, August 31 • 2pm
David Copeland Blackbox Theatre
CFA 354 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Q0: Independence
By Lee Blessing
Directed by Shrutant Ramaswamy (CFA’27)
Assistant directed by Serena Zhu (CFA’27)
A complicated relationship between a manipulative, mentally ill mother and her three adult daughters comes to life in this drama by American playwright Lee Blessing. (Concord Theatricals)
“Q0” has been a long-standing tradition within BU School of Theatre, although it has occurred less frequently in recent years. The Q0 project is student-produced, directed, and acted. It is typically a play that has already been published (i.e., not student-written).
Production elements are minimal to uplift exploration of text and bodies in space.
Sunday, August 30 • 2pm
Monday, August 31 • 7pm
David Copeland Blackbox Theatre
CFA 354 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
2026 Springboard Series
The School of Theatre New Play Initiative presents public readings of new offerings to the world of theatre. Directed music stand/table readings of the play with a short rehearsal period. Each reading will include a short talk-back at the end with the playwright and the cast.
More information coming soon.
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Next Stage Workshops
The School of Theatre New Play Initiative presents a series of Next Stage workshops, scenes, and plays. These Next Stage pieces will be directed by our Undergraduate Directors and will flower as the next step in the fruition of these new plays by BU students.
The nature of the presentation and the work is determined by the needs of the play. Curated by Kirsten Greenidge, this “on-its-feet” workshop or play experience focuses on different areas of the writing or specific parts of a project in the process of development.
More information coming soon.
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Fringe Festival: The Seven Deadly Sins
A co-production of BU School of Theatre and BU Opera Institute
Composer • Kurt Weill
Librettist • Bretolt Brecht
Music Director • Matthew Larson
Stage Director • Nathan Troup
Anna I (who sings) and Anna II (who dances) are two facets of one personality. At the behest of her family, they travel to seven different American cities (only six are named) in order to make enough money to build a little house on the banks of the Mississippi. In each city, she/they encounter a different deadly sin, and Anna I (the practical side) rebukes Anna II (the artistic side) for engaging in sinful behavior–that is, behavior which hinders the accumulation of wealth. (Kurt Weill Foundation for Music)
The Boston University Fringe Festival is a collaboration between the College of Fine Arts School of Music: Opera Institute and School of Theatre. The festival’s mission is to produce new or rarely performed significant works in the opera and theatre repertoire, bringing performances and audiences together in unique theatrical settings. For over two decades, Fringe Festival at Boston University has celebrated and amplified new work, shown in spare and minimal productions.
October 9-11, 2026
Friday, October 9 • 7:30pm
Saturday, October 10 • 2pm
Saturday, October 10 • 7:30pm
Sunday, October 11 • 2pm
Studio ONE • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
Ticket information available soon.
Living Jazz
Coordinated by Yo-EL Cassell
Fusing spoken text, voice and a wide variety of theatrical movement approaches with embodied images inspired by the acclaimed anthology, Seeing Jazz created from the Smithsonian Institution, Living Jazz takes place in an abandoned Dance Hall/Jazz Club where the spirits of the afterlife are impressionably present and reconvene to re-activate physical stories/vignettes and remembrances of not only how their former life moved them but how the elements of jazz—rhythm, improvisation and call and response– exist within their livelihood.
October 17 & 18, 2026
Saturday, October 17 • 7:30pm
Sunday, October 18 • 2pm
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre • 820 Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Everybody
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Jake Sung-Guk Sullivan (CFA’27)
A modern riff on the 15th-century morality play Everyman, Everybody follows “Everybody” (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery – the meaning of living. (Concord Theatricals)
October 17 & 18, 2026
Saturday, October 17 • 2pm
Saturday, October 17 • 7:30pm
Sunday, October 18 • 2pm
David Copeland Blackbox Theatre
CFA 354 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Fringe Festival: Vinkensport
A co-production of BU School of Theatre and BU Opera Institute
Composer • David T. Little
Librettist • Royce Vavrek
Music Director • Allison Voth
Stage Director • Lauren Lenz
Conductor • Ian Henscheid (CFA’27)
A motley assortment of contestants participate in their annual finch-sitting competition, a Belgian folk competition that pits chaffinches (and their owners) against each other in a battle to see who has the most melodious bird. The contest is run as such: a man waves a flag and each of the competitors sits in front of a box containing one of their fellow contestants’ birds. Every time a bird makes a proper call (a suck-e-wiet, as it’s called in these circles) they receive a tally mark. The bird with the most points wins, bringing much pride to its trainer. Although a seemingly simple and gentle competition, access to the competitor’s inner monologues and flashbacks to their preparations reveal deception, deep-seated rivalries, painful loneliness, and blossoming romance. (Boosey & Hawkes)
The Boston University Fringe Festival is a collaboration between the College of Fine Arts School of Music: Opera Institute and School of Theatre. The festival’s mission is to produce new or rarely performed significant works in the opera and theatre repertoire, bringing performances and audiences together in unique theatrical settings. For over two decades, Fringe Festival at Boston University has celebrated and amplified new work, shown in spare and minimal productions.
October 23-25, 2026
Friday, October 23 • 7:30pm
Saturday, October 24 • 2pm
Saturday, October 24 • 7:30pm
Sunday, October 25 • 2pm
Studio ONE • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
Ticket information available soon.
Heroes of the Fourth Turning
By Will Arbery
Directed by Clay Hopper
On a chilly night in the middle of America, Will Arbery’s haunting play offers grace and disarming clarity, speaking to the heart of a country at war with itself. (Concord Theatricals).
October 24 & 25, 2026
Saturday, October 24 • 2pm
Saturday, October 24 • 7:30pm
Sunday, October 25 • 2pm
“Jewels 1” Juliane Ethel Leilani Miller Studio Theatre
CFA 352 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Fringe Festival: The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
By Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by Jasmine Brooks (CFA’18)
Set amidst a stormy political campaign in 1960s Greenwich Village, Lorraine Hansberry’s funny and poignant play examines morality, ethics, interracial relationships, drugs, rebellion, conformity, global responsibility and the fragility of love. (Concord Theatricals)
The Boston University Fringe Festival is a collaboration between the College of Fine Arts School of Music: Opera Institute and School of Theatre. The festival’s mission is to produce new or rarely performed significant works in the opera and theatre repertoire, bringing performances and audiences together in unique theatrical settings. For over two decades, Fringe Festival at Boston University has celebrated and amplified new work, shown in spare and minimal productions.
November 5-7, 2026
Thursday, November 5 • 7:30pm
Friday, November 6 • 7:30pm
Saturday, November 7 • 2pm
Saturday, November 7 • 7:30pm
Studio ONE • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
Ticket information available soon.
Theater(re) by Durang: Wanda’s Visit, Medea, Phyllis and Xenobia, Women in a Playground, The Actors Nightmare and Diversions.
By Christopher Durang
Directed by Jim Fagan III
An evening of comedic short plays by the acclaimed playwright Christopher Durang.
November 8-14, 2026
Sunday, November 8 • 7:30pm
Thursday, November 12 • 7:30pm
Friday, November 13 • 7:30pm
Saturday, November 14 • 2pm
CFA105 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Avenue Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Violet
Based on the short story “The Ugly Pilgrim” by Doris Betts
Music • Jeanine Tesori
Book & Lyrics • Brian Crawley
Director • Shira Helena Gitlin (CFA’27)
Music Director • Harry Castle
This multi-award-winning musical follows a scarred woman who embarks on a cross-country bus trip to be healed by a minister… discovering the true meaning of beauty along the way. (Music Theatre International)
November 18-22, 2026
Wednesday, November 18 • 7:30pm
Thursday, November 19 • 7:30pm
Friday, November 20 • 7:30pm
Saturday, November 21 • 2pm
Saturday, November 21 • 7:30pm
Sunday, November 22 • 2pm
Sunday, November 23 • 2pm
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre • 820 Commonwealth Ave
Ticket information available soon.
Water by the Spoonful
By Quiara Algería Hudes
Directed by Carla Mirabel
A veteran of the Iraq war struggles to find his place in the world, and somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts – including his mother – keep each other alive, hour by hour, day by day. (Concord Theatricals).
November 21 & 22, 2026
Saturday, November 21 • 2pm
Saturday, November 21 • 7:30pm
Sunday, November 22 • 2pm
David Copeland Blackbox Theatre
CFA 352 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Peerless
By Jiehae Park
Directed by Jake Sung-Guk Sullivan (CFA’27)
Asian-American twins M and L have given up everything to get into The College in this darkly comedic take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth about the very ambitious and the cut-throat world of high school during college admissions. (Concord Theatricals)
December 3-6, 2026
Thursday, December 3 • 7:30pm
Friday, December 4 • 7:30pm
Saturday, December 5 • 2pm
Saturday, December 5 • 7:30pm
Sunday, December 6 • 2pm
Studio ONE • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
Ticket information available soon.
Aurora Borealis: A Festival of Light and Dance
In collaboration with the BU Department of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
Curated by Yo-EL Cassell
A classic in itself, Aurora Borealis a vibrant exploration of the relationship between light and form with a focus on collaboration and experimentation, featuring dance and movement pieces by faculty and students and lighting design by graduate students in the School of Theatre Lighting Design Program.
December 4, 2026, 7pm and 9pm
Tsai Performance Center • 685 Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Directors' Project
Coordinated by Clay Hopper & Tasia P. Jones
Participants in Clay Hopper and Tasia P. Jones’s Directors’ Project classes will present their work at the end of the semester (typically these students are junior Theatre Arts Performance and Theatre Arts DP&M students).
December 5-9, 2026
Saturday, December 5 • 10am (CFA106)
Saturday, December 5 • 2pm (CFA354)
Sunday, December 6 • 10am (CFA106)
Sunday, December 6 • 7:30pm (CFA354)
Tuesday, December 8 • 7:30pm (CFA106)
Tuesday, December 8 • 7:30pm (CFA354)
Wednesday, December 9 • 7:30pm (CFA106)
Wednesday, December 9 • 7:30pm (CFA354)
CFA 106 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
“Jewels 1” Juliane Ethel Leilani Miller Studio Theatre
CFA 354 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Spring 2027
24-Hour Play Festival
Student coordinators to be announced soon!
The 24-Hour Play festival will be a collection of plays devised within 24 hours. Students from across the School of Theatre will come together and be split up into small ensembles, and be given specific topics to explore in their productions. Ensembles will then write, design, direct, and produce short 15-25 minute plays to be performed at the end of 24 hours—in succession of one another—in a wonderful festival and celebration of theatre.
Applications to be a part of the student ensembles will be open to all SOT majors and theatre minors, as well as MFA Playwriting (College of Arts and Sciences) students.
January 24, 2027 • 5 pm
“Jewels 2” Juliane Ethel Leilani Miller Studio Theatre
CFA356 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Le nozze di Figaro
A co-production of BU School and Theatre and BU Opera Institute
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Conducted by William Lumpkin
Moazrt’s beloved comic masterpiece sparkles with unforgettable melodies, razor-sharp wit, and timeless observations on love, power, and forgiveness
A coproduction between the School of Music’s Opera Institute and the School of Theatre, each spring the BU Community and beyond is invited to the Booth Theatre to experience the exceptional talent of the students in the College of Fine Arts in this unique collaboration.
February 25-28, 2027
Thursday, February 25 • 7:30pm
Friday, February 26 • 7:30pm
Saturday, February 27 • 2pm
Sunday, February 28 • 2pm
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre • 820 Commonwealth Ave
Ticket information available soon.
Sensitive Guys
By MJ Kaufman
Directed by Shira Helena Gitlin (CFA’27)
The Men’s Peer Education group at Watson College is dedicated to unpacking and exposing male privilege. These “sensitive guys” believe that through increased self-awareness they can end sexual violence on campus; but when a shocking rumor surfaces, the group is shaken to the core. SENSITIVE GUYS features a cast of women and gender nonconforming actors, double-cast as male and female characters, who try to understand men who are trying to understand masculinity. (Theatrical Rights Worldwide)
February 20 & February 21, 2027
Saturday, February 20 • 2pm
Saturday, February 20 • 7:30pm
Sunday, February 21 • 2pm
Studio ONE • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
Ticket information available soon.
Scenography Productions
These productions are student-led & produced within the Scenography classes, directed by a first-year MFA Directing student. Titles and directors to be announced soon!
“Jewels 1” Juliane Ethel Leilani Miller Studio Theatre
CFA 352 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
“Jewels 2” Juliane Ethel Leilani Miller Studio Theatre
CFA 356 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Watch on the Rhine
By Lillian Hellman
Directed by Shira Helena Gitlin (CFA’27)
Concerns an idealistic German who, with his American wife and two children, flees Hitler’s Germany and finds sanctuary with his wife’s family in the United States. (Concord Theatricals)
April 8-11, 2027
Thursday, April 8 • 7:30pm
Friday, April 9 • 7:30pm
Saturday, April 10 • 2pm
Saturday, April 10 • 7:30pm
Saturday, April 11 • 2pm
Studio ONE • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
Ticket information available soon.
The Old Man and the Old Moon
By PigPen Theatre Co.
Directed by Jake Sung-Guk Sullivan (CFA’27)
,A fantastic, grandiose and moving musical adventure about an old man who must abandon his duties of filling up the moon with light to cross the seas in search of his missing wife. (Concord Theatricals)
April 16-25, 2027
Friday, April 16 • 7:30pm
Saturday, April 17 • 2pm
Saturday, April 17 • 7:30pm
Sunday, April 18 • 7:30pm
Thursday, April 22 • 7:30pm
Friday, April 23 • 7:30pm
Saturday, April 24 • 2pm
Saturday, April 24 • 7:30pm
Sunday, April 25 • 2pm
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre • 820 Commonwealth Ave
Ticket information available soon.
The Rape of Lucretia
A co-production of BU School and Theatre and BU Opera Institute
Composer • Benjamin Britten
Librettist • Ronald Duncan
Conductor • William Lumpkin
Stage Director • Clar Choquette
Benjamin Britten’s haunting chamber opera brings extraordinary emotional depth to an ancient story of honor, power, and sacrifice. A powerful meditation on violence, resilience, and the enduring complexities of the human condition
April 22-26, 2027
Thursday, April 22 • 7:30pm
Friday, April 23 • 7:30pm
Saturday, April 24 • 2pm
Sunday, April 25 • 2pm
Tsai Performance Center • 685 Commonwealth Ave
Ticket information available soon.
Sophomore Festival
Facilitated by Performance Faculty
The Sophomore Festival offers students a curated and intentional casting experience that is faculty-led and tied to a class curriculum and pedagogy. It is intended to help students become familiar with the rehearsal process and the actor’s creative process/practice. Three plays would be chosen with performances occurring in Studio ONE with minimal production and design elements to introduce the students to a larger space at the School of Theatre and a repertory schedule.
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Senior Acting Thesis Presentations
Facilitated by Christopher V. Edwards
This is a culminating experience for Senior BFA Acting majors involving the mounting of Acting thesis projects that been developed during the Fall semester and presented in collaboration with the rest of their ensemble in the Spring.
January 23-February 22, 2027
Pod 1
Saturday, January 23 • 7:30pm
Sunday, January 24 • 7:30pm
Pod 2
Saturday, January 30 • 7:30pm
Sunday, January 31 • 7:30pm
Pod 3
Saturday, February 6 • 7:30pm
Sunday, February 7 • 7:30pm
Pod 4
Saturday, February 13 • 7:30pm
Sunday, February 14 • 7:30pm
David Copeland Blackbox Theatre
CFA 354 • College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
All tickets free, general admission at the door
Senior Theatre Arts Major Productions
Featuring the Senior Theatre Arts majors of the Class of 2027
The School of Theatre presents the Senior Theatre Arts Majors’ Productions. These capstone events will be sprinkled throughout this semester and will bloom in many different guises.
David Copeland Blackbox Theatre • CFA 354
“Jewels 2”: Juliane Ethel Leilani Miller Studio Theatre • CFA 356
College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave
CFA 354
All tickets free, general admission at the door
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Behind the Scenes
There are a number of special partnerships and initiatives in the School of Theatre. Learn more about them, along with our incredible venues and facilities, here!
Initiatives
- FRINGE FESTIVAL • New work, shown in a spare and minimal production, the Fringe offerings can be plays, operas, or other works. They also can be shown in a variety of venues.
- GRADUATE COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS • These projects emerge out of the artistic collaboration of the teams in the Graduate Collaborative Forum course. They are developed in the Fall class and then performed in each quarter of the Spring semester
- NEXT STAGE WORKSHOP • An “on-its-feet” workshop that may focus on different areas of the writing or specific parts of a project in process of development. Not necessarily a full production.
- SPRINGBOARD • Directed music stand/table readings of the play with a short rehearsal period.
Partnerships
- BOSTON PLAYWRIGHTS’ THEATRE (BPT) • SOT partners with BPT at 949 Commonwealth Ave to produce and perform the plays written by the graduate MFA playwrights at BU CAS. The plays are performed at the BPT theatre space, have different rehearsal and production schedules, and they are eligible for AEA Equity Membership Candidate (EMC) points. BPT rehearsal hours: Tuesday-Friday 7:00pm-11:00pm, Saturday and Sunday (5 hours each day, specific time TBD)
- OPERA INSTITUTE • We often partner with the School of Music’s Opera Institute to design, stage-manage, build, and/or production-manage the opera productions. Learn more at bu.edu/opera.
- WHEELOCK FAMILY THEATRE (WFT) • SOT students may have the opportunity to work on WFT productions as designers and actors.
Performance Venues
- BOOTH THEATRE • A flexible-seating studio theatre at 820 Comm Ave. Opera, SOT productions, and community and University-wide events. Seating capacity is approximately 100-200.
- Studio ONE • Black Box located at 855 Commonwealth Ave with flexible house seating with a variety of productions. Seating capacity is approximately 80.
- STUDIOS ON 3 • Jewels 1 (352), Jewels 2 (356), Copeland Studio (354). All are Black Box spaces with a seating capacity of approximately 30. These shows are focused primarily on text, crafting performances, and bodies in relation to space.
- ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE SPACES • Studio 102, Studio 109, Studio 808, plus any other alternate performance space other than above are all large dance/rehearsal/classroom spaces, which are also used for performances. Seating capacity is approximately 30+.