Department of Theatre Arts
Opportunities
- LYRIC REPERTORY COMPANY AUDITIONS thank you to all who auditioned for summer 2022!
- SEMESTER GENERAL AUDITIONS see you in the fall!
- Spring 2022 OPEN HOUSE: for all those applying to be part of the program for 2022-23. Held Saturday, February 12th 9:30a-1:30p
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Utah State University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre.
National Association of Schools of Theatre
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Reston, VA 20190-5248
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Fax: (703) 437-6312
Email: info@arts-accredit.org
If you have questions about what a NAST accredited school can mean for you, we invite you to review NAST's official questions/answers page.
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What's Happening?
2021-2022 Season
Our Playbills have gone virtual! 
Saturday, January 29th
2pm & 7pm
Morgan Theatre
*Masks requested
FREE ADMISSION
Playbill
Join movement and dance instructor, Stephanie White, in the culmination of her Masters work. This free performance combines students from the departments of Music, Theatre, & Art, and will feature the USU Dance Company.
You are invited to participate in the performance! Please fill out the waiver linked here (or in the QR code on the poster) prior to the start of the performance to be included.
2pm & 7pm
Morgan Theatre
*Masks requested
FREE ADMISSION
Playbill
Join movement and dance instructor, Stephanie White, in the culmination of her Masters work. This free performance combines students from the departments of Music, Theatre, & Art, and will feature the USU Dance Company.
You are invited to participate in the performance! Please fill out the waiver linked here (or in the QR code on the poster) prior to the start of the performance to be included.
January 28 & 29 @ 7:30pm
Black Box Theatre - USU Fine Arts Center room 224
*Masks requested
FREE ADMISSION
Black Box Theatre - USU Fine Arts Center room 224
*Masks requested
FREE ADMISSION
A new translation of Henrik Ibsen's classical work, Ghosts delves into a family's internal revelations about personal reputation, free-love, domestic abuse, infidelity, sexually transmitted diseases, and more.
This is a live reading, meaning there will be no set, costumes or technical elements, just actors & audience engaged in a shared imagining of the story.
*Audience Warnings: Adult themes, sexual content, potential triggers of sexual harassment, substance & domestic abuse.
30 W Center Street
February 11-18, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Saturday matinee at 2 pm
*Masks requested
Ticket Information
Synopsis: Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors by Jen Silverman is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility.
Audience Warnings: Adult humor and content, sexual themes, scenes of violence.
March 2-4, 2022
Student performances at 10 am
All audiences at 7 pm
Ticket Information
Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Willa Jo Dean and 7-year-old Little Sister Dean are reeling from the death of their baby sister, Baby. Little Sister's torment is so profound that she stopped talking. The girls have come to stay with Aunt Patty so that their mom can recover, but Aunt Patty is unused to the messy human ways of little girls and finds Little Sister's silence intolerable. Aunt Patty's rules and regulations finally drive the sisters to the roof, where they hope to escape her laws while at the same time getting nearer to their departed baby sister. Getting Near to Baby is a Y York adaptation of the book by Audrey Couloumbis.
April 15-16 & 20-23, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Saturday matinee April 16 at 2 pm
Ticket Information
Synopsis: Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy, and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy--giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains "otherwise engaged," the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can't she? 9 to 5: The Musical features music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and is based on the book by Patricia Resnick.
Valerie Rachelle is a professional Director and choreographer who has worked at theaters around the country including: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Syracuse Opera, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater, Utah Shakespearean Festival, PCPA Theaterfest, and many others.
Valerie is currently the Artistic Director of the Oregon Cabaret Theatre in Ashland, Oregon, now in its 35th season.
Valerie joins Utah State Theatre this season as Guest Director for "9 to 5: The Musical".
Valerie is currently the Artistic Director of the Oregon Cabaret Theatre in Ashland, Oregon, now in its 35th season.
Valerie joins Utah State Theatre this season as Guest Director for "9 to 5: The Musical".
He has designed for Intiman Theatre, ArtsWest, Sound Theatre Company, ACT, Portland Center Stage, and others.
His works Ang Post Office ng Hari and Umaaraw Umuulan Klnakasal Ang Tikbalang have been selected for Philippines exhibi in the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space in 2011 and 2015.
Lex was recently inauguarated by Village Theatre as one of the invited residents of the new BIPOC Northwest Creator residency program.
Lex briefly joins UST this spring as a guest artist, designing scenery for "Getting Near To Baby" and teaching design workshops.
Joshua is an Assistant Professor of Theatre Education at Emerson College. He was named the 2015 Winifred Ward Scholar from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education. More recently, he received the 2021 An Flagg Multicultural Award and the 2021 Provost's Award for Excellence in Inclusivity.
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