The 2024-25 Theatre Season
Information about EWU Theatre production, the process for auditions, etc.
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Upcoming Productions
EWU Theatre Productions
We look forward to seeing you on stage!
Information on Attending Productions
- Take I-90 West toward Seattle.
- Take Exit 270. Merge onto WA-904 (Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson Memorial Hwy). Head West toward Four Lakes/Cheney.
- Turn right onto Betz Road at the first stoplight (approx. 5 miles).
- Betz Road turns into Washington St. Continue past EWU’s Roos Football Field 1/4 mile.
- The EWU Theatre is on the left between Parking Lots 3 & 7.
- EWU parking lots campus-wide are by permit use only until 5 p.m. weekdays. They become open to the public (no permits required) after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends (football game days excluded).
Tickets can be purchased for individual productions.
All ticket sales are final. Tickets are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged for other dates or shows.
*In the event of a SOLD OUT show – the Box Office will release invoice tickets five minutes prior to the official start of the show (7:25pm for evening performances, 1:55pm or 4:55pm for matinee performances).
All tickets must be purchased online via https://www.showtix4u.com. There will be no cash or credit card sales available at the theatre.
Tickets purchased online can be delivered digitally or printed at home.
All seating is General Admission, meaning seating is not assigned or reserved, and are occupied on a first-come, first-served basis.
People needing accommodation should contact the EWU Theatre Box Office at 509.359.2459 one week in advance.
Ticket prices for EWU Theatre Main Stage Shows: (unless otherwise noted)
$10 General Admission
$5 EWU Student (with discount code)
All ticket sales are final. Tickets are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged for other dates or shows.
*In the event of a SOLD OUT show – the Box Office will release invoice tickets five minutes prior to the official start of the show (7:25pm for evening performances, 1:55pm or 4:55pm for matinee performances).
Fine and Performing Arts Administrative Office
M-R: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. F : 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Phone: 509.359.6390
For information about the EWU Theatre Program, please email Sara Goff.
EWU Mainstage Theatre productions begin promptly at the ticketed time. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the House Manager.
Please arrive at the University Theatre 30 minutes prior to the performance. Doors open 60 minutes before the show and seating begins 30 minutes before the curtain.
We ask that you please respect the actors on stage as well as your fellow audience members:
- Consumption of food and/or drink is not allowed in the theatre auditorium
- All electronics must be turned off/powered down during performances
- Photography of any kind is prohibited during performances
- Please do not bring children under the age of 8 to performances
Previous Productions
Eastern Washington University Theatre presents a festival of short new plays written by EWU theatre students and Inland Northwest playwrights.
The festival features performances of five ten-minute plays, a one-act play, and a devised theatre piece written, directed, designed, stage managed and performed by students under the mentorship of Theatre faculty.
This year’s festival includes two different programs of plays. Performance run time is one hour. We invite you to experience these innovative new plays.
May 16 & May 18th at 7:30 pm
The Strand That Beads You by Allison Fradkin
The Bureau of Empty Space by Abby Burlingame
Foxgloves by Sandra Hosking
May 17th at 7:30pm and May 19th at 2:00pm
The Haircut by Charlie Ladd
Golden by Charles Blankenship
Life’s a Tournament by Aidan Murray
Devised Theatre Piece
Performance run time is one hour.
Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So, when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue…and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the high school dance on the straight and narrow—but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny. On a mission to transform lives, Broadway’s brassiest join forces with a courageous girl and the town’s citizens and the result is love that brings them all together.
Directed by Angela Rose Pierson
Book & Lyrics by Chad Beguilin
Book by Bob Martin
Music by Matthew Sklar
Show Times:
Friday March 8th @ 7:30pm
Saturday March 9th @ 7:30pm
Sunday March 10th @ 2pm
Thursday March 14th @ 5pm
Friday March 15th @ 7:30pm
Saturday March 16th @ 7:30pm
Shakespeare’s epic tragedy, Julius Caesar tells the story of the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar, and the civil war that followed. In Julius Caesar, bloody and brutal decisions are weighed against honor and ambition. Our production is a modern reimagining of the famous tale of power, loyalty and the consequences of betrayal. It’s a 400-year-old play, that feels as contemporary as today’s headlines.
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jeff Sanders
Show Times:
Friday, Nov 10th at 7:30pm
Saturday, Nov 11th at 7:30pm
Sunday, Nov 12 at 2pm
Thursday, Nov 16 at 5pm
Friday, Nov 17 at 7:30pm
Saturday, Nov 18th at 7:30pm
A Musical Adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play of the same name.
Conceived by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub
Music and Lyrics by Shaina Taub
Show Times:
Friday, March 3rd at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 4th at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 5th at 2pm
Thursday, March 9th at 5pm
Friday, March 10th at 7:30pm
Saturday March 11th at 7:30pm
Similar in style to The Laramie Project, 26 Pebbles is a heartbreaking and riveting docudrama. Playwright Eric Ulloa conducted interviews with members of the community in Newtown and crafted them into an exploration of gun violence and a small town shaken by a horrific event.
Performance Dates:
November 11th, 12th, 18th & 19th at 7:30pm
November 13th at 2pm
November 17th at 5pm
Spring 2022 Production
Ordinary Days
A Musical By Adam Gwon
From one of musical theatre’s most exciting new composers comes Ordinary Days, a refreshingly honest and funny musical about making real connections in the city that never sleeps (but probably should at some point).
Ordinary Days tells the story of four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love, and cabs. Through a score of vibrant and memorable songs, their experiences ring startlingly true to life. Ordinary Days is an original musical for anyone who’s ever struggled to appreciate the simple things in a complex place. With equal doses of humor and poignancy, it celebrates how 8.3 million individual stories combine in unexpected ways to make New York City such a unique and extraordinary home.
June 3, 4, 5 @ 7:30pm
Winter 2022 Production
By Kate Hamill based on the novel by Jane Austen
This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely, this P&P for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. The outspoken Lizzy Bennet is determined to never marry, despite mounting pressure from society. But can she resist love, especially when that vaguely handsome, mildly amusing, and impossibly aggravating Mr. Darcy keeps popping up at every turn?! Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life as it does in this effervescent adaptation. Because what turns us into greater fools…than the high-stakes game of love?
Performances Dates:
Friday April 22 at 7:30pm
Saturday April 23 at 7:30pm
Sunday April 24 at 2pm
Thursday April 28 at 5pm
Friday April 29 at 7:30pm
Saturday April 30 at 7:30pm
Fall 2021 Production
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Jonathan Larson’s musical, loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohème,” won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, friends in Manhattan’s East Village struggle to build the lives of their dreams. Pennilessness, drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, social ten-sion, and political unrest, among other hardships, challenge the group physically and emotionally. Facing the problems head on, they make personal self-discoveries and find what really matters most in life.
Performances were SOLD OUT!
November 17, 19, 20, at 7:30pm
November 18 at 5:00pm
November 21 at 2:00pm
