Past Productions

Catch a glimpse of some of the plays we’ve staged, get a taste of the variety of styles we encourage, and find out what’s happening next in the Theater Department.

2022-23

The Hatmaker’s Wife by Lauren Yee
Directed by Sean Dooley
Oct. 13-16, 2022

Fascinatin’ Rhythms: A Musical Revue from the Jazz Era of Broadway

On the Verge by Eric Overmyer
Directed by Kaarin S Johnston
November 17-20, 2022

Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl
Directed by Sean Dooley
Feb. 24-26, 2023

Godspell
Directed by Kaarin S Johnston
April 14-22, 2023

Source to Sea: Dancing the River of Life
Directed by David DeBlieck
May 4-6, 2023

2021-22

A Silly Menaechmi by Plautus
Directed by Kaarin S Johnson
September 24, 2021 – September 27, 2021

The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
Directed by Sean Dooley
November 11, 2021 – November 14, 2021

Recent Tragic Events by Craig Wright
Directed by Sean Dooley
February 16, 2022 – February 20, 2022

SHE KILLS MONSTERS by Qui Nguyen
Directed by Kaarin S. Johnston
April 1-3 and 7-9, 2022

2020-21

Frankenstein, a Radio Play by Philip Grecian
Directed by Sean Dooley
SBH Theater, Saint John’s University, Fall of 2020

Leveling Up by Deborah Zoe
Directed by Sean Dooley
Gorecki Theater, College of Saint Benedict, Spring 2021

Spinning Into Butter by Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Kaarin Johnston
Gorecki Theater, College of Saint Benedict, Fall 2020

Talking with…  by Jane Martin
Directed by Kaarin Johnston
Gorecki Theater, College of Saint Benedict, Spring 2021

Where We Are: A Feast of Fierce and Fabulous Dances 
Choreography by David DeBlieck and CSB and SJU Students
Gorecki Family Theater, Spring 2021

2019-20

The Lesson and The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco
Directed by Kaarin Johnston
Colman Theater, College of Saint Benedict, February 2020

Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler
Directed by Sean Dooley
Colman Theater, College of Saint Benedict, October 2019

The Secret Worlds of Women by CSB Students
Directed by Kaarin Johnston
Gorecki Family Theater, College of Saint Benedict, November 2019

2018-19

Bus Stop by William Inge
Directed by Sean Dooley
Colman Theater, College of Saint Benedict, October 2018

The Tempest by William Shakespeare’s last play
Directed by Kaarin S. Johnston
Gorecki Family Theater, College of Saint Benedict, November 2018

God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza
Directed by Sean Dooley
Colman Theater, College of Saint Benedict, February 2019

All Shook Up a Musical by Joe DiPietro
Directed by Kaarin S. Johnston
Gorecki Family Theater, College of Saint Benedict, April 2019

Dancing between Earth and Sky
Directed by David DeBlieck
Gorecki Family Theater, College of Saint Benedict, May 2019

2017-18

Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Directed by Kaarin Johnston
Colman Theater, College of Saint Benedict October 19-24, 2017

Next to Normal
Book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt
Directed by Sean Dooley
Gorecki Family Theater, College of Saint Benedict
November 9-12 & 16-18, 2017

Black Satire: One-acts from the Black Arts Movement
Contribution by Ted Shine
Day of Absence by Douglas Turner Ward
Directed by Lou Ballamy
Colman Black Box Theater, College of Saint Benedict
February 22-27, 2018

Dancing at Lughnasa
by Brian Friel
Directed by Sean Dooley
Gorecki Family Theater, College of Saint Benedict
April 5-8 and 12-14, 2018

2016-17

The Homecoming by Harold Pinter
Directed by Sean Dooley
Colman Theater, College of St. Benedict
October 13-16 and 20-22, 2016

The Bacchae by Euripides
Directed by Kaarin Johnston
Gorecki Theater, College of St. Benedict
November 10-13 and 17-19, 2016

Fools by Neil Simon
Directed by Sean Dooley
Colman Theater, College of St. Benedict
February 23-28, 2017

Stop Kiss by Diana Son
Directed by Kaarin Johnston
Gorecki Theater, College of St. Benedict
March 30-April 2 and April 6-8, 2017

Kinespheric Encounters: A Dance Concert
Choreographed by David DeBlieck
Colman Theater, College of St. Benedict
May 4-6, 2017

2011-2016

• Urinetown – Spr’16
• The Laramie Project – Spr’16
• The Country Wife – F’15
• Miss Julie – F’15
• Landscape of the Body – Spr’15
• As You Like It – Spr’15
• Proof – Spr’15
• The Cherry Orchard – F’14
• Ubu – F’14
• Persuasion – Spr’14
• Clever Maids – Stories from the Brothers Grimm – Sp’14
• Good Woman of Szechuan – F’13
• Bad Seed – F’13
• Dissipative Structures Dance Concert – Sp ’13
• Metamorphosis – Sp ’13
• Quilters – Sp ’13
• Little Shop of Horrors – F ’12
• Twelve Angry Men – F ’12
• A Shayna Maidel – Sp ’12
• As Five Years Pass– Sp ’12
• The Christmas House– F ’11
• The Trojan Women – F ’11
• Mother Goose’s Birthday– May Tour ’11
• Enigma of the Sky Above Dance Concert – Sp ’11
• Bourgeouis Gentleman – Sp ’11
• Enchanted April – Sp ’11

2010 – 2006

• Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris– F ’10
• The Ugly One – F ’10
• Night Mother – F ’10
• La Casa de Esperanza – Sp ’10
• Student Original One-Act Festival – Sp ’10
• Macbeth – Sp ’10
• A Devil Inside – Sp ’10
• Dutchman – Sp ’10
• The Magic of Jared Sherlock – Sp ’10
• Don’t Abandon Me (original) – F ’09
• You Can’t Take It With You – F ’09
• The Underpants– F ’09
• The Magic Paintbrush Tour (original) – F ’09
• Settling – May Tour ’09
• Non Sequitur Dance Concert– Sp ’09
• Noises Off– Sp ’09
• Brad Pitt Starring in Cheap Tricks– Sp ’09
• The Molecule – F ’08 *Student Senior Project
• Our Town – F ’08
• A Thousand Cranes– F ’08
• Death and Maiden – Sp ’08
• The Wedding – Sp ’08
• The Imaginary Invalid – F ’07
• St George and the Dragon – F ’07
• The Pinter Project – F’ 07
• Inside Out: A Dance Concert – Sp ’07
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle– Sp ’07
• The House of Yes – Sp ’07
• The Madwoman of Chaillot– Sp ’06
• Star Wars Episode Infinity: Dysfunctional Family in Space – F ’06
• Dames at Sea– F ’06

2005 – 2001

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream– F ’05
• Requiem for the Dead – F ’05
• Approximations, Appropriations, and Assimilations – A Dance Concert – Sp ’05
• Museum – Sp ’05
• The Foreigner – Sp ’05
• The Ghost Sonata– F ’04
• The Oresteia– F ’04
• Kiss Me Kate – Sp ’04
• Two By Tennessee– Sp ’04
• Machinal – F ’03
• Alice in Wonderland – F ’03
• The Crucible – Sp ’03
• The Heidi Chronicles – F ’02
• The Insanity of Mary Girard – F ’02
• Antigone – Sp ’02
• All in the Timing – Sp ’02
• An American Daughter – F ’01
• Servant of Two Masters – F ’01
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) – Sp ’01
• The Tempest -Sp ’01
• Betrayal (Student Show) – Sp ’01
• Picasso at the Lapin Agile – F ’00
• Blood Wedding – F ’00
• The Illusion – Sp ’00
• The Blue Room – Sp ’00

2000 – 1996

• Arcadia – Sp ’00
• Fiddler on the Roof – F ’99
• The Rise & Rise of Daniel Rocket – Sp ’99
• The Seagull – F ’98
• Eleemosynary – F ’98
• The Birds – Sp ’98
• Moonlight – Sp ’98
• The Visit – F ’97
• Alice in Wonderland – F ’97
• Ducks & Lovers – F ’97
• Every Man, Every Woman, Every One – Sp ’97
• Strolling Players – Sp ’97
• King Lear – F ’96
• Ascension Day – F ’96
• The Witlings – Sp ’96

1995 – 1991

• Strange Bedfellows– F ’95
• Fefu and Her Friends – F ’95
• The Threepenny Opera – Sp ’95
• The Diviners – F ’94
• How the Other Half Loves – F ’94
• Renfield’s Window – Sp ’94
• The Golem – Sp ’94
• Germinal ( Theater de la Jeune Lune) – Sp ’94
• Man With Bags – F ’93
• Clerambard – Sp ’93
• Intombi – Sp ’93
• Mamika – Sp ’92
• Bond’s Lear– F ’92
• Seventy Scenes of Halloween – Sp ’92
• Tartuffe – Sp ’92
• Three Poets – F ’91
• Medea Machine – F ’91
• Hair – Sp ’91

1990 – 1986

• Museum – F ’90
• A Lie of the Mind – F ’90
• Endgame– F ’90
• A Flea in Her Ear – Sp ’90
• Vatzlav – F ’89
• The Lower Depths – F ’89
• The Runner Stumbles – Sp ’89
• The Miss Firecracker Contest – Sp ’89
• Settling & Mother Goose’s B’Day – JT ’89
• Actor’s Nightmare; Offending the Audience – F ’88
• The House of Blue Leaves– F ’88 *Student Designer
• The Madwoman of Chaillot (Darnall) – Sp ’88
• We All Grow Old, We Can’t Help It – Sp ’88
• Mother Carey – JT ’88
• The Skin of Our Teeth – F ’87
• What I Did Last Summer – Sp ’87
• Biedermann and the Firebugs – Sp ’87
• Ondine – F ’86
• Macbeth (Darnall) – F ’86
• Crimes of the Heart – Sp ’86
• Major Barbara – Sp ’86

1985 – 1981

• The Crucible – F ’85
• Women by Women: Dear Patti Pet, Chocolate Cake, Easy Way Out – F ’85
• West Side Story– Sp ’85
• The Tempest – Sp ’85
• Not by Bed Alone – F ’85
• The Good Person of Szechwan– F ’84
• Lydie Breeze – F ’83
• The Empire Builders – Sp ’83
• The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks – F ’82

1980-1976

• Killing Game – Sp ’78
• Death of a Salesman– F ’77
• The Sea – F ’77
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 1977
• Chamber Music – 1976
• End Game – 1976
• The Lesson – 1976
• Blood Wedding – Sp ’76

1975-1970

• The Beautiful People – F ’75
• Love Course – 1975
• Antigone (Anouilh) – 1974-75
• Hostage – Sp ’74

1960s

• Arms and the Man – ?

1960-1956

• Out of Boobly’s Box– Sp ’60
• Lute Song – F ’58
• The Wizard of Oz – Sp ’57
• Antigone – F ’56

1955-1951

• Our Town– Sp ’55
• The Tidings Brought to Mary – F ’54
• The King’s Servant– F ’54
• The Lady’s Not for Burning – F ’53
• The Rivals – Sp ’53
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Sp ’53
• High Ground – F ’52
• The Man Who Came to Dinner– F ’52
• Peter Pan – F ’52
• Everyman – Sp ’52
• Antigone (Anouilh) – Sp ’52
• Christmas on the Village Square – F ’51
• As You Like It – Sp ’51
• Shakespearean One Acts – 1950
• Alice in Wonderland– ?
• The Boy with the Cart – ?
• Playboy of the Western World – ?
• Much Ado About Nothing – ?
• 1950s Miscellaneous

1940s

• The Young and the Fair – F ’49
• The Miser – Sp ’49
• Twelfth Night – Sp ’48
• Our Town – Sp ’46
• Pygmalion– Sp ’42
• Letters to Lucerne– Sp ’42
• The Tidings Brought to Mary – F ’41
• The Heiress – ?
• Antigone – ?
• Miscellaneous Programs

1920s and 1930s

• Pictures

College of Saint Benedict
Saint John’s University

Amelia Cheever
Chair, Theater Department
320-363-5785