We are thrilled to officially announce the highly anticipated Performing Arts Department 2024-2025 production season!
A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival
September 20 & 21 at 7:30pm • A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre
For over 30 years, the A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival has served as a vehicle to support and develop new plays written by WashU students. Selected works are workshopped with a professional dramaturg, a faculty director and student cast, culminating in public staged readings.
Pride and Prejudice
By Kate Hamill • Directed by William Whitaker
October 25 & 26, November 1 & 2, at 7:30pm • October 27 & November 3 at 2pm • Edison Theatre
Kate Hammil's irreverent and playfully anachronistic take on the beloved Jane Austen novel is right on time for Parents and Family Weekend 2024.
The Thanksgiving Play
By Larissa FastHorse
Directed by Andrea Urice
November 21, 22 & 23 at 7:30pm, November 23 & 24 at 2pm • A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre
Four woke white folk devise a holiday pageant for children in Larissa FastHorse's satiric comedy, The Thanksgiving Play. Abundantly hilarious, the play skewers the good intentions of those cluelessly perpetuating offensive American myths.
Washington University Dance Theatre
Artistic Direction by David Marchant
December 6 & 7 at 7:30pm, December 8 at 2pm • Edison Theatre
This annual concert dance showcase features diverse and creative choreography by resident and guest artists, performed by select student dancers of the Performing Arts Department.
The Wolves
By Sarah DeLappe
Directed by Annamaria Pileggi
February 21, 22, & 28, March 1 at 7:30pm, February 23 and March 2 at 2pm • Edison Theatre
Join 'The Wolves' on the field as they tackle more than just soccer balls, navigating the thrilling highs and challenging lows of adolescence while wrestling with issues ranging from teenage drama to global affairs in Sarah DeLappe's riveting play.
2025 MFA Student Dance Concert
Artistic Direction by Ellie Harrison
March 21 & 22 at 7:30pm • Edison Theatre
The final component of the MFA in Dance Program, this concert will feature the works of our MFA candidates Lourdes del Mar Santiago Lebrón and Tess Losada Miner!
WUDance Collective: Transcendence
Artistic Direction by Cecil Slaughter & Ryadah Heiskell
April 4 & 5 at 7:30pm • Edison Theatre
As the Performing Arts Department’s repertory dance company, WU Dance Collective comprises student dancers who have distinguished themselves on the basis of ability, technical skill, and performance acumen.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Book by Rachel Sheinkin • Music & Lyrics by Willian Finn
Directed by Brenna Jones (Performing Arts Department Alum)
April 17, 18, & 19 at 7:30pm, April 19 & 20 at 2pm • A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre
Ingredients: Middle school misfits, clever singing and dancing, linguistic competition and audience participation all collide in what the New York Times described as an “endlessly endearing” show celebrating geekdom and those who embrace it.
