What's on Stage? The 2024-2025 Season
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TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS
Adapted by Nia Vardalos from the book by Cheryl Strayed
Directed by Travis Stern
September 5-8, 2024 in the Meyer Jacobs Theatre
When struggling writer Cheryl Strayed (Wild) was asked to take over the unpaid, anonymous position of advice columnist, she used empathy and her personal experiences to help those seeking guidance for challenges both large and small. Like the column, Tiny Beautiful Things is a play about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions that have no answers. Our production will be a staged reading.
Contains adult themes and strong language that may be triggering
KEN LUDWIG’S THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Adapted from the classic by Alexandre Dumas
Directed by Dan Matisa with thrilling fight choreography by BU Theatre alum Justin Verstraete.
November 7-10 and 14-17, 2024 in the Meyer Jacobs Theatre
From the acclaimed comic master Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Crazy for You, Moon Over Buffalo), this adaptation, rendered afresh with Ludwig’s hilarious, over-the-top style, is based on the timeless swashbuckler by Alexandre Dumas. It’s a tale of heroism, treachery, close escapes, and above all, honor.
THE DARE PROJECT 2025
Produced by Theatre Arts Student Organization, The Ministry of Experimental Theatre
Written and Directed by Bradley students
February 12-16, 2025 in the O’Sullivan Studio Theatre
Following the success of last season’s effort, which packed the house, the MET, our student producing organization serves up another evening of new short plays, each one written “on a dare”, and produced, directed and performed entirely by students. We can’t tell you what the plays will be, but we know they’ll be fresh, ingenious, and like nothing else you’ve ever seen. THIS PRODUCTION IS FREE.
JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN
By Kimberly Belflower
Directed by Scott Kanoff
April 9-13, 2025 in the Meyer Jacobs Theatre
At a rural high school in Georgia, a group of students study Arthur Miller’s The Crucible while navigating love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. Holding their own lens to the American classic, they begin to question who is really the play’s hero, and as their insights grow they discover their own agency as individuals and their power as a community of young women. Compelling, irreverent, and bitingly funny, this new comedy by an acclaimed American playwright captures a generation in mid-transformation, fueled by pop music, optimism, and fury.
Contains adult themes and strong language