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"Little Shop of Horrors" Halloween Costume Contest

Celebrate Halloween in style at our special costume contest held during the October 31st showing of "Little Shop of Horrors"! Show off your creative, spooky, or silly costumes before watching our talented students perform the cult classic musical!
Edison Theatre

Little Shop of Horrors

It’s sassy, nerdy, and carnivorous—plus, you can dance to it!

Roundtable Discussion: Careers in the Entertainment Industry

Bauer Hall, Room 550/551

2025 A. E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival

A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre

Colloquium - Book Talk - "Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco"

Artist-scholar Gigi Otálvaro-Hormillosa will discuss her recently released book, "Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco" (University of California Press, 2024).
Seigle 206

Performing Arts Department Drama Auditions

Women's Building | Olin Studio I & II

PAD Welcome Back / Kick-Off

Join us for the PAD kick-off on August 25th!
Bowles Plaza

Drama Audition Workshop

Not sure how to audition? Attend this short workshop to ask questions and get familiar with the rehearsal process!
A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre

2025 Handprint Ceremony for Graduating PAD Students

If you were involved in the PAD, you are invited!
PAD Lounge & Hallway

Retina Burn 2025

Lighting Technology and Digital Media for the Stage students will put on a full concert in the Edison Theatre.

Edison Theatre

Spring 2025 Final Showings

The end of the semester means opportunities for our students to put into practice what they have been learning in class.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Performing Arts Department Alum Brenna Jones (BA '23) will be returning to campus to direct this lighthearted musical with quick remarks and even quicker definitions.
A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre

Paws with the PAD: Spelling Bee Edition

Pause, Paws, and Perfect Spelling!

Mallinckrodt Lobby

The Three Bodies of Horikoshi Hideshi: Corporeality, Performance, and Medium in Meiji Kabuki

Featuring Jonathan Zwicker: Associate Professor, Agassiz Professor of Japanese and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
Umrath 140

2025 Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture: Taylor Mac

Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

Major/Minor Welcome

2025 Welcome Gathering for Majors & Minors in Dance & Drama
PAD LOUNGE - 3RD FLOOR, MALLINCKRODT CENTER

Performance and Social Theory: Reification and Role in Marx’s Political Economy

Featuring Pannill Camp, Associate Professor of Drama, Performing Arts Department, Washington University in St. Louis
Umrath 140

The Wolves

Sarah DeLappe's 21st century coming-of-age tale offers a glimpse into the lives of nine teenage teammates on a girls soccer team
Edison Theatre | 6465 Forsyth Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63105

2025 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition-Call for Submissions

The deadline for submitting a play to the A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition has been extended to Monday, February 10, 2025!

Fall 2024 Final Showings

The end of the semester means opportunities for our students to put into practice what they have been learning in class.

The Thanksgiving Play

In The Thanksgiving Play, Larissa FastHorse, a 2020 MacArthur Fellow, has written what she calls a "comedy in a satire" with "a little bit of medicine that's going to go down with the laughs".
A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre

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