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Theatrical Productions

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Utica University Performing & Fine Arts Department presents:

Utica University presents RHINOCEROS - April 10, 11, 12 at 7:30 p.m. and April 13 at 2 p.m. in Strebel Auditorium.

$15 General Admission
$5 Admission for Utica University
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Getting Involved

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Taking Part in Theatrical Productions at Utica

The Theatre Department produces one show a semester in Strebel Auditorium. We invite you to participate and share your talents. Here is how:

Backstage Talent

Anyone who can make the time commitment can work backstage. We welcome all techies!

To inquire about opportunities, please email Laura Salvaggio at lmsalvag@utica.edu

Onstage Talent

See above for audition notices for our upcoming production of The Wizard of Oz.

Performance Schedule

The department currently produces a musical in the fall semester and a play in the spring semester, while the Pioneer Players student theatre club tends to produce a play in the fall and a musical in the spring. We also add cabaret and other performances from time to time. Audition information, as it becomes available, can be found here, on our Facebook page and on the bulletin board outside of the theatre.

More About Theatre at Utica:

Cast of Rhinoceros deep in thought. — Rhinoceros - Spring 2025

Spring 2025
Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, translation by Derrick Prouse

Fall 2024
The Wizard of Oz

Pioneer Players Production of Crystal Clear (a new original musical) - book by Calista Janicky, music and lyrics by Johnny Calabrese and Calista Janicki

Spring 2024
Alice in Wonderland - play by Jason Pizzarello

Student-Directed One Act Play Festival, including:

Transitional Space - Written and Directed by Sully Walker
Entertaining Mr. Helms - by Christopher Durang Directed by Jessilyn Pereira
Pee-Pee Bucket - by Janice Fronczak, Directed by Derek Corsner
Anti Depressants - by Jeff Weisman Directed by Dakota Wayne & Grace Monaco
Love Poem 98 - by Regina Taylor Directed by Patrick Hampe
Dis/Connect - by Sage Martin Directed by Dante Palumbo
Not My Cup of Tea - By Albert Groff Directed by Kirstin Walker
I'm Just Digging a Hole in the Woods at 2 a.m. No Reason Why Do You Ask? - by Bradley Walton Directed by Ethan Miller

Pioneer Players Production of Baby - book by Sybille Pearson, music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.

Fall 2023
Into the Woods - music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lepine

Spring 2023
Pioneer Players Production of Company - music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth

In the Blood by Suzan Lori-Parks

Fall 2022
I Love You Because - lyrics by Ryan Cunningham and music by Joshua Salzman

Spring 2022
Chicago with music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse

Pioneer Players Production - Almost Maine by John Cariani

Fall 2021
Trifles by Susan Glaspell

Student-Directed One Act Play Festival, including:

Far Away by Caryll Churchill
A Matter of Husbands by Ferenc Molnas
Tone Clusters by Joyce Carol Oates
A Tender Offer by Wendy Wasserstein
The Illuminati in Drama Libre by Alice Gerstenberg

Pioneer Players (Theatre Club) Production - Spring Awakening
Music by Duncan Sheik and Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater

Spring 2021
Something Rotten by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick

Fall 2020
The War of the Worlds
The 1938 Radio Script based on the novel by H.G. Wells, by Howard E. Koch

Spring 2020
Ghost Stories at Yotsuya
Tsurya Nanboku IV in a new translation by Mark Oshima

Fall 2019
Urinetown by Kotis/Holman

Spring 2019

Performing Arts - Theatre - Arcadia — Arcadia - Spring 2019

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard

2nd Annual Levering Memorial Arts Festival

Fall 2018

Cabaret (musical)
Kander / Ebb / Masteroff

Theatre Club Production:
I Hate Shakespeare
Steph DeFerie

Spring 2018

All in the Timing
David Ives

Theatre Club Production:
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde

Levering Memorial Arts Festival

Fall 2017
Jekyll and Hyde (a musical)
Wildhorn/Bricusse/Cuden

Theatre Club Production:
Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare

Spring 2017
Dracula
Alec Barbour

Fall 2016
Get Smart
Mel Brooks/Christopher Sergel

Spring 2016
The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon
Don Zolidis

Fall 2015
Tried by Twelve or Carried by Six
Shannon Enders

Spring 2015
Chamber Music
Arthur Kopit

The Actor's Nightmare
Christopher Durang

Fall 2014
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later
Moisés Kaufman

Spring 2014
Cinderella Waltz
Don Nigro

Fall 2013
Mother Marianne's West Side Kitchen
Ann Carey/Shannon Enders

Spring 2013
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
Jennifer Haley

Fall 2012
Fighting and Dancing with Shakespeare*
William Shakespeare

Spring 2012
The Government Inspector*
Nikolai Gogol/Jeffrey Hatcher

Fall 2011
(Metamorphoses)
Ovid/Mary Zimmerman

Spring 2011
(Lion in Winter)*
James Goldman

Fall 2010
The Ladies Man
George Feydeau/Charles Morey

Spring 2010
A Tomb with a View
Norman Robbins

Fall 2009
(Picnic) *
William Inge

Spring 2009
The Pillowman
Martin McDonagh

Fall 2008
Tartuffe
Moliere

Spring 2008
Life Is Short
Craig Pospisil

Fall 2007
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde

Spring 2007
Rumors
Neil Simon

Fall 2006
Children’s Hour *
Lillian Hellman

Spring 2006
You Can’t Take It with You *
Hart and Kaufman

Fall 2005
(Pippin) *
Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz

Spring 2005
Trojan Women
Euripides

Fall 2004
(South Pacific) *
Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers and Joshua Logan

Spring 2004
(As You Like It)
Shakespeare

Fall 2003
Blithe Spirit
Noel Coward

Spring 2003
All in the Timing
David Ives

Fall 2002
(Robber Bridegroom) *
Robert Waldman

Spring 2002
Effect of Gamma Rays
Paul Zindel

Fall 2001
London Suite
Neil Simon

Spring 2001
Suddenly Last Summer
Tennessee Williams

Fall 2000
Fortinbras
Lee Blessing

Fall 1999
Personals: A Musical Cabaret

Spring 1999
The Dining Room
A.R. Gurney

Fall 1998
Scenes from Past UC Productions

Fall 1997
All in the Timing
David Ives

Spring 1996
The Miser
Moliere

Fall 1995
Two Rooms
Lee Blessing

Spring 1995
The Good Doctor
Neil Simon

Fall 1994
All My Sons
Arthur Miller

Spring 1994
Dancing at Lugnasa
Brian Friel

Fall 1993
Lips Together, Teeth Apart
Terrence McNally

Spring 1993
What the Butler Saw
Joe Orten

Fall 1992
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
William Inge

Spring 1992
What I Did Last Summer
A.R. Gurney

Fall 1991
The Heiress
Ruth and Augustus Goetz

* Joint production with the Players of Utica

Broadway Utica

Make local theatre a tradition in your life by creating an unforgettable evening with memories that will last a lifetime. Broadway Utica offers local theatregoers star-studded evenings filled with music, drama and first-rate entertainment.

For more information on upcoming Broadway Utica performances, please click here.

Players of Utica

Players of Utica is one of the oldest, continually producing community theatres in the United States and the oldest in New York State. Learn more at the Players of Utica web site.

Rome Community Theater

Formed in 1953, the organization known today as the Rome Community Theater was once two separate performing bodies; The Rome Theater Guild, and the Rome Civic Theater. Learn more about RCT on their web site.

Ilion Little Theater

Founded in 1924 as a private club, the Ilion Little Theater opened its performances to the public in 1968 and today welcomes all adults interested in participating in community theater, with multiple shows staged throughout the year. More information can be found at their website: www.ilionlittletheatre.org

Utica Dance Workshops

Click here for information about dance instruction opportunities at Utica Dance (formerly the Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute Dance Program). Please send inquiries to nancy@uticadance.com.

Syracuse Stage

Utica University students are encouraged to attend productions by our excellent regional theatre, Syracuse Stage. For information about upcoming shows, click here.