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Wheelock Family Theatre Gives High School Students a Hands-On Role in Theater Management

August 11, 2026

Photo: Members of the cast of Wheelock Family Theatre’s production of Charlotte’s Web

Theatre

Charlotte’s Web Closes Out 2025-2026 Wheelock Family Theatre Season

April 1, 2026

Photo: A panel of five individuals with one host talking on a stage with a projection of a presentation titled AI and the Future of Education

Artificial Intelligence

BU Wheelock Forum Explores AI in Education

March 31, 2026

Photo: A group number during the musical "Annie" featuring the orphans

Theatre

A Hard Knock Life? BU Designers Find Joy in Bringing Annie to Wheelock Family Theatre

November 20, 2025

Photo: Three characters in Leonardo! Wheelock Theater production.

Theatre

Wheelock Family Theatre’s New Season Offers a Mix of Old Favorites, New Shows

October 9, 2025

Photo: The cast of "The Prom" at Wheelock Family Theatre taking a bow

Theatre

It’s “Prom Season” at Wheelock Family Theatre

May 21, 2025

Photo: A man on the left controlling a squirrel puppet as a young girl on the right shows it an open magazine

Theatre

A Squirrel with Superpowers Takes Center Stage at Wheelock Family Theatre

February 13, 2025

Photo: The leads in Wheelock Family Theatre's Frog and Toad

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Two Amphibians, Best Friends, Take Center Stage at Wheelock Family Theatre

November 26, 2024

Photo: A wide shot of the stage during the Wheelock Family Theatre's production of "The Spongebob Musical." The set features lots of blues, to simulate being underwater, and the actors are in colorful attire. Along the side of the stage is colorful stacks of memorabilia

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Wheelock Family Theatre Kicks Off New Season with The SpongeBob Musical

October 3, 2024

Photo: Eviva Rose (left) Beza Mekonnen, (center) and Luigi Bianchi during a dress rehearsal.

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A Wrinkle in Time Closes Out Wheelock Family Theatre’s 2023–2024 Season

April 11, 2024

Photo: Mr. Popper with Mrs. Popper stand on stage while the penguin is in the ice box.

Theatre

Mr. Popper’s Penguins Arrives at Wheelock Family Theatre

February 8, 2024

Photo: From (left to right) Luis Negron playing Gomez Addams, Aimee Doherty as Morticia Addam, Jack Baumrind as Pugsley Addams, Sam David Cohen as Lurch, Jane Stabb as Grandma, Emilia Tagliani and Timothy Bevens as Lucas Beineke, act out a scene during a dress rehearsal for the play, The Addams Family at Wheelock Family Theatre. A group of people dressed in spooky black, emo attire act out a scene on stage as the rest of the cast looks on.

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The Addams Family Opens Wheelock Family Theatre’s 2023–2024 season

October 12, 2023

Photo: Two actors sit upon a stage, looking to the left. They are both Black women with curly hair: on the left, sbe has short curly hair and is wearing a pink shirt with a floral maxi skirt. On the right, she has long curly hair, is significantly younger than the woman on the left and is wearing a prep school uniform. In between them is a pile of stacked books.

Theatre

Wheelock Family Theatre’s Matilda, the Musical Nominated for Four Elliot Norton Awards

May 5, 2023

Photo: Anderson Stinson III, a black man wearing a camp and suspenders with trousers, center stars in the play as Bud with David Jiles Jr., right, during rehearsal at Wheelock Family Theatre, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Photo by Jake Belcher

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Bud, Not Buddy Closes Out Wheelock Family Theatre’s 2022–2023 Season

April 13, 2023

Kira Troilo (left) as Miss Honey and Sky Fuller as Matilda in a scene from Wheelock Family Theatre’s production of "Roald Dahl’s Matilda, the Musical". An older woman and a young girl wearing a school uniform look off tot he distance with looks of wonder on their faces.

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Matilda, a Most Remarkable Heroine, Takes the Stage at Wheelock Family Theatre

October 20, 2022

Photo of Katie Anne Clark (left) as the Wicked Witch of the West with Lily Park as Dorothy in Boston University’s production of “The Wizard of Oz,” during a dress rehearsal on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Clark wears a purple witch's hat and long patterned dress. Park wears a handkerchief around her head and overalls. Behind them are stacked metal beams and other debris.

Theater

At Wheelock Family Theatre, There’s No Place Like Home

April 7, 2022

Photo of Elaine Vaan Hogue (CFA’97), left, and Valyn Turner (CFA’23) play Grammy Sophie and her granddaughter Esme in the Wheelock Family Theatre virtual production of Walking the Tightrope. Turner wears red overalls and a stripped rainbow shirt, and Hogue wears a blue button down and sits at a table with a blue and yellow checkered tablecloth.

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Wheelock Family Theatre’s Walking the Tightrope a Story of Love and Loss as Experienced by Two Generations

April 30, 2021

A photo of cast members sitting on the Make Way for Ducklings sculpture in the Boston Public Garden

Theatre

Make Way for Ducklings Musical Adaptation by Wheelock Family Theatre Streams over Zoom Saturday

December 4, 2020

A photo of the "Little Women: The Broadway Musical" production with the characters Jo, Amy, Beth, Meg and Marmee.

Arts & Culture

Wheelock Family Theatre Presents Little Women: The Broadway Musical

January 31, 2020

Ricky Holguin (left) as Willy Wonka, Jamie Leslie as Charlie Bucket, and Neil A. Casey as Grandpa Joe in Wheelock Family Theatre’s production of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka

Theatre

Wheelock Family Theatre Opens 39th Season with Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka

October 24, 2019

Wheelock Family Theatre Opens 39th Season with Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka