Next Production
New Student Scenes
September 23, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Chappelear Drama Center Main Stage
Promising newcomers in scenes staged by this year’s directing class.
(may contain adult themes and language)
Entrance is FREE for these performances! Limited availability.
Fahrenheit 451
October 5-7, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. & October 8, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.
Chappelear Drama Center Main Stage
By Ray Bradbury
Directed by D. Glen Vanderbilt Jr.
Award-winning writer Bradbury adapted his powerful book for the stage and presents an intense vision of a future where words and ideas on paper are illegal. This powerful and insightful drama depicts the struggle of a fireman, who has burned books for ten years, having his eyes opened to the chilling
existence he lives in. Will he decide to risk everything for the right to think and communicate ideas?
Tickets: $5-students/seniors and $10-general.
Admission is free for OWU students, faculty and staff with a valid ID.
Fall Senior Project Productions
October 20-21, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Chappelear Drama Center Studio Theatre
The Bear by Anton Chekhov, directed by junior Ares Harper, featuring seniors Adrianna Rodriquez and Charlie Lennon.
Scenes from Medea by Euripides, directed by senior Brenda Dressel, featuring senior Erin Fanin
Tickets are FREE for these performances but you must have a ticket. Limited availability!
Orchesis 17/18
November 10, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
November 11, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Chappelear Drama Center Main Stage
Artistic direction by Rashana Perks Smith
Student, faculty, and guest choreographers collaborate to create an immersive evening length dance work that challenges the conventions of delineated performance spaces. Witness, observe, join, and be a part of this distinctively unique evening of contemporary dance!
Tickets: $5-students/seniors/faculty/staff, and $10-general.
Admission is free for Ohio Wesleyan students with a valid ID.
Directing Class/Playwriting Class One-Act Plays
December 1-2, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Chappelear Drama Center Main Stage
This annual event with student directors and playwrights is often surprising and full of fresh energy. (may contain adult themes and language)
Admission is FREE for these performances. No tickets required!
Fall Dance Showcase
December 3, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.
Jannuzi Dance Studio
Each semester, the dance program presents an informal showcase of work by students in dance classes. See students perform excerpts from their studio work and hear research presentations from Independent Studies.
Admission is FREE for this performance. No tickets required!
Guest Artist Event
Keep your eyes peeled for a pending announcement of a guest company performance the weekend of January 19 & 20, 2018
Main Stage
Royal Gambit
February 15-17, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. & February 18, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
Chappelear Drama Center Studio Theatre
By Hermann Gressieker, translated and adapted by George White
Directed by Elane Denny-Todd
This riveting real-life royal drama details the legacy of King Henry VIII, his numerous wives, and is filled with romance, rebellion, back-stabbing intrigue, scandal and betrayal.
Tickets: $5-students/seniors/faculty/staff, and $10-general.
Admission is free for Ohio Wesleyan students with a valid ID.
Spring Senior Project Productions
March 23-24, 2018 8:00 p.m.
Chappelear Drama Center Studio Theatre
The Man Who Turned into a Stick by Kōbō Abe, directed by senior Audrey Castaneda-Walker
Gum and Goo by Howard Brenton, directed by junior Ares Harper featuring seniors Alanna Easley, T.J. Galamba, Kacie Iuvara and Rachel Scherrer
Tickets are FREE for these performances but you must have a ticket. Limited availability!
Cabaret
April 13,14, 20, 21, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. & April 22, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
Chappelear Drama Center Main Stage
Co-Produced with the Department of Music
Book by Joe Masteroff Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Ed Kahn
Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome! Join us for this Tony-winning musical’s memorable mixture of pleasure and politics as Germany begins the 1930s and the Emcee beckons us to “leave your troubles outside.” Featuring unforgettable numbers like “Willkommen”, “Maybe This Time” and “Cabaret.”
Tickets: $5-students/seniors/faculty/staff, and $10-general.
Admission is free for Ohio Wesleyan students with a valid ID.
Spring Dance Showcase
April 29, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
Jannuzi Dance Studio
Each semester, the dance program presents an informal showcase of work by students in dance classes. See students perform excerpts from their studio work and hear research presentations from Independent Studies.
Admission is FREE for this performance. No tickets required!