Quinnipiac University Theater

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The Theatre Arts Center on Sherman Avenue

The flexible, 12,000 square foot Theatre Arts Center is a specifically designed performance space, featuring a baby Steinway piano and a completely customizable layout.

The facility includes a costume shop and storage, a scene shop, a lighting and management booth and academic spaces, making it a true hub for theater and music performances.

A male student holds a script and performs in front of a black curtain during an audition

Under the bright lights

Connor Whiteley ’19 auditions for an upcoming performance Saturday, September 9, 2017, at the Theatre Arts Center.

Three students with scripts rehearse a scene in the grass outside the Theatre Arts Center building with other students nearby.

Autumn auditions

Students rehearse their scenes outside of the Theatre Arts Center during audition call backs for a fall performance.

Current Season

2019-20 Season

Rage

February 27 - March 1

Written and Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova
Adapted from the novel, "Rage," and essay, "Guns," by Stephen King
“Rage” © 1977 Stephen King
“Guns” © 2013 Stephen King

The Quinnipiac Theater program is excited to invite guest director/playwright, Elizabeth Dinkova to create an original musical with our students based on the novel, RAGE by Stephen King.

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2020 New Play Festival

April 25

The Barrow Group Mainstage Theatre
New York, NY

The 2020 New Play Festival is a collaboration between The Barrow Group, an off-broadway New York City producing Theater Company, and the Quinnipiac University Theater Program. Nearly fifty QU students will take on the roles of playwright, director, actor, and stage manager for seven world premier productions at the TBG maingstage theater just steps away from Times Square!

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Red Speedo

2019-20 Season Past Productions

2 male actors on stage, sitting on a bench, speaking to each other in the staged swimming pool area

Red Speedo

By Lucas Hnath
Directed by Mariah Sage

Ray has swum his way to the eve of the Olympic trials. If he makes the team, he’ll get a deal with Speedo. If he gets a deal with Speedo, he’ll never need a real job. So when someone’s stash of performance-enhancing drugs is found in the locker room fridge, threatening the entire team’s Olympic fate, Ray has to crush the rumors or risk losing everything. A sharp and stylish play about swimming, survival of the fittest, and the American dream of a level playing field — or of leveling the field yourself.

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Baltimore

2 female actresses sit and talk to each other during the performance

Baltimore

By Kirsten Greenidge
Directed by Aleta Staton

When a racially-charged incident divides her first-year students, reluctant resident adviser Shelby finds herself in the middle of a conversation she does not want to have. As pressure to address the controversy mounts from residents, the new dean, and even her best friend, Shelby must decide if she will enter the fray or watch her community come apart at the seams. Sharp, funny, and searing, Baltimore is a timely drama about racism on college campuses.

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Past Theater Productions

A Midsummer Night's Dream

By William Shakespeare; Directed by Keely Baisden. Oct 12-21, 2018, Theatre Arts Center. Shakespeare's popular comedy of love, intrigue, magic and mayhem!

Little Shop of Horrors

By Alan Menken and Howard Ashman; Directed by James Noble. March 1-4, 2018, Theatre Arts Center. The smash musical become one of the most popular shows in the world. The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it — blood!

Stop Kiss

By Diana Son / Directed by Drew Scott Oct. 13-16, 2016 Buckman Theater. A timely play in the wake of the shootings at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub. After Callie meets Sara, the two unexpectedly fall in love. Their first kiss provokes a violent attack that transforms their lives in a way they could never anticipate.

The Clean House

By Sarah Ruhl Directed by Keely Baisden Nov. 10-13, 2016 Buckman Theater This thoughtful and wildly funny contemporary play was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and received its world premiere at Yale Repertory Theater. It's since gone on to countless successful productions in NYC and around the world. Lane, a successful doctor has hired Matilde, a Brazilian maid, to help with some chores around the house but Matilde is more interested in telling jokes and Lane's sister has secretly been cleaning her house instead.

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing April 10-13, 2014, in the Clarice L. Buckman Theater. One of Shakespeare's most popular plays, this is a classic battle of the sexes, featuring a war of wits between Benedick, who declares he would rather die than get married, and Beatrice. The production was directed by Tom Schwans, professional actor, director and an adjunct professor in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts.

Mac Wellman's Dracula

Mac Wellman's Dracula - Nov. 7-10, 2013, in the Clarice L. Buckman Theater on the Mount Carmel Campus. The play is an adaption of Bram Stoker's novel that tells the story of the vampire, Count Dracula, as he leaves his native home to find new blood. The play focuses on the battle of a resolute group of men who saves the lives and souls of two spirited, strong-willed young women.

Mauritius

Mauritius- Oct. 8-13, 2013 in the Black Box Theater on the Mount Carmel Campus. Written by Theresa Rebeck, this 2007 Broadway comedy-thriller follows estranged sisters as they battle three ruthless men for two of the most valuable stamps in the world. Drew Scott, an adjunct theater professor, directed.

Lily Hare

Lily Hare - a dark comedy by New Haven playwright Kevin Daly, Feb. 28-March 3, 2013, in the Clarice L. Buckman Theater on the Mount Carmel Campus. Set in 1849, this story follows the fortunes of an actress who tours the country with her companion and student, Ned Tambourine, presenting a one-person show of badly memorized speeches from Shakespeare.

Eclipsed

Eclipsed - by Patricia Burke Brogan, Nov. 8-11, 2012, in the Clarice L. Buckman Theater on the Mount Carmel Campus. This story is set in Ireland in 1963 and takes the audience inside one of the infamous Magdalene laundries to show the daily life of the young women confined there and forced to endure harsh treatment and backbreaking labor for being pregnant but unmarried. The student cast included: Patricia Hibner, Jessica Lehman, Sara Detrik, Dominique Williams, Kristen Banaszak, Sarah Faidell, Michelle Ayrapetyan and Nicole Palmer. Crystal Brian, professor of theater in the College of Arts and Sciences, directed.

Coastal Disturbances

Coastal Disturbances - at Long Wharf Theatre, Stage II, April 12-15, 2012. This story by Tina Howe is a comedy about the dizzying and disconcerting effects of love. This ensemble play, set on a private beach on the North Shore of Massachusetts, follows the stories of four generations of vacationers and focuses on the romance of professional photographer Holly Dancer and the handsome but shy, unsophisticated lifeguard Leo Hart. Emily Seibert played Holly and Michael Bobenhausen played Leo. In addition to Seibert and Bobenhausen, the student cast also included: Michelle Ayrapetyan, Aleczander Farquharson, Jessica Lehman, Juli McGourty and Jessica Otterbine. Drew Scott, an adjunct theater professor, and Peter Wood, a professional actor, also performed in the production. Crystal Brian, professor of theater, directed.

Dead Man's Cell Phone 2012

Dead Man's Cell Phone- March 1-4, 2012, at the Clarice L. Buckman Theater on the Mount Carmel Campus. Written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl, the play follows the journey of Jean whose impulsive decision to answer a ringing cell phone leads her into a series of unexpected confrontations that are romantic, funny, and sometimes dangerous. Through her odyssey, she is forced to confront her own assumptions about love, mortality, redemption and the challenge of being truly connected in a technology obsessed world. Drew Scott, an adjunct theater professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, directed.

Seven, Long Wharf Theatre

Seven - Nov. 10-13, 2011, at Long Wharf Theatre, Stage II, in New Haven. Written by a group of well-known playwrights, including Anna Deavere Smith, the story is based on interviews with women from around the world who suffered violence and abuse and survived to become advocates for the women in their countries who continue to be brutalized. The cast members are playing real women from Nigeria, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northern Ireland, Russia and Guatemala.

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Visit Us

Visit the Theatre Arts Center

Theatre Arts Center

515 Sherman Avenue 
Hamden, CT 06518

By car: Whitney Avenue to Sherman 
Avenue. Parking is onsite.

By shuttle: The Green and Orange 
Loop (between York Hill, Theatre Arts Center 
and Mount Carmel Campus)

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Students reading scripts in front of a black curtain in the Theatre Arts Center

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“In theater, we teach that it’s not just the big moments that make life meaningful, but all of the small moments in between that make life truly special.”

Kevin Daly, Theater Program Director

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Kevin Daly
Director of the Theater Program
Assistant Professor of Theater
kevin.daly@qu.edu
203-582-3500

To learn more about the Quinnipiac theater program, please visit QU.edu.

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Quinnipiac University Theater

Theatre Arts Center Overview

Upcoming Events

February 27 - March 1

Rage

April 25

2020 New Play Festival

The Theatre Arts Center on Sherman Avenue

Under the bright lights

Autumn auditions

Current Season

2019-20 Season

Rage

Rage

2020 New Play Festival

2020 New Play Festival

Red Speedo

2019-20 Season Past Productions

Red Speedo

Baltimore

Baltimore

Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery

Past Theater Productions

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Visit Us

Visit the Theatre Arts Center

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