DU Theatre
Throughout the year, the University of Denver's Theatre Department presents multiple full theatrical productions from all periods and genres. Students have a hand in acting, directing and building outstanding works, with guest artists and seasoned faculty contributing as well. Always thought provoking and entertaining, come join DU's Theatre Department for an upcoming performance by the strongest university theatre program in the state.
For the entire Theatre schedule
October 16 – 19, 2024
Macbitches
by Sophie McIntosh
When a first-year college student is unexpectedly given the coveted role of Lady Macbeth, a few classmates have her over to celebrate her casting and reassert their positions at the top of the theatre department’s hierarchy. As the party develops, the students unleash their inhibitions while discovering the power structures that have shaped their theatrical education.
Directed by Greg Ungar
- Byron Theatre
November 7 – 10, 2024
Shakespeare's R & J
by Joe Calarco
Set in a strict Catholic boarding school, the play follows four students who secretly perform the forbidden text of Romeo and Juliet. Initially, the students take turns reading the play aloud and soon they are swept away, enmeshed in the emotion so much that they break school rules in order to continue their readings. Perceptions and understanding are turned upside-down as the fun of play-acting turns serious, and the words and meanings begin to hit home and universal truths emerge. The four students grapple with their own emerging identities and desires, challenging societal norms and authority figures in the process.
Directed by Kelly Van Oosbree
- Byron Theatre
February 13 – 16, 2025
The Moors
by Jen Silverman
A hopeful governess arrives at a remote mansion on the English Moors after exchanging romantic correspondence with the compelling Mr. Branwell. But when she enters, the only residents appear to be Branwell's two spinster sisters, a maid (or is it two maids?), and a despondent dog. No man to be found, nor child to be cared for. A wild story which simultaneously embraces and satirizes the Gothic lit genre, honors the enduring legacy of the Bronte Sisters, feels contemporary and historic all at once, and most important, explores the terrifying human desire to be intimately seen and known.
Directed by Anne Penner
- Byron Theatre
March 6 – 9, 2025
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
adapted by Gale Childs Daly
Full of adventure, excitement, humor, horror, obsession, and passion, it’s a bittersweet story of ambition and becoming… falsehoods and misperceptions… devotion and heartbreak… loyalty and forgiveness… surprises and epiphanies… loss and redemption… and of learning what it takes to come of age in a world far more complicated than imagined.
Directed by Rick Barbour
- Byron Theatre
November 1
December 1
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DU Theatre
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DU Theatre production of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Written by William ShakespeareDirected by Sabin Epstein
In this photo: Luke Sewpersaud
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DU Theatre production of A Bright New Boise
Written by Samuel D. HunterDirected by Greg Ungar
In this photo: Cooper Atchison, Sam Werkema, Kanara Bramlett-Pittman, Kate Hebert
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DU Theatre production of The Taming
Written by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Kelly Van Oosbree
In this photo: Kate Hebert
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DU Theatre production of Antigone
Written by Sophocles
Translation by Don Taylor
Directed by Anne Penner
In this photo: Andrew Sawyer, Libby Williams, Mo Fine, Haley Barth, Erin Kubat, Donovan Cates, Cooper Atchison, Hannah Girgis, Kate Hebert, Ryan Thomas
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DU Theatre production of Rent
Music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan LarsonDirected by Ashley Hamilton
In this photo: Ruby Gregerson, Faith Stafford, Megan Fournier, Libby Williamson, Ava Bross, Rhianna Lewis
Photo by RDG Photography