Our Current Season

The 2011-2012 UD Theatre Season is presented and produced by the University of Dayton Theatre Program.  All performances are in Boll Theatre, in the John F. Kennedy Memorial Union on the UD campus. Parking is free. Curtain time is 8:00 pm for all performances except Sunday, when curtain time is 7:00 pm. You may choose individual performances or season plans. For preferred seating, order your tickets now!

Ticket Prices:

  • UD Faculty, Staff & Students: $7.00 per show
  • Season Tickets (3 plays): $15.00
  • Season Tickets Plus (3 plays, 2 dance concerts): $25.00
  • General Admission:
    • Individual Tickets: $12.00 per show
    • Season Tickets (3 plays): $25.00
    • Season Tickets Plus (3 plays, 2 dance concerts): $35.00


FOR TICKET INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE THEATRE BOX OFFICE: 229-2545

FOR THEATRE PROGRAM INFORMATION: 229-3950

UD Theatre is a Program in the Department of Communication in the College of Arts & Sciences.

2011-2012 Performances

Slasher

By Allison Moore

October 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 2011

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The hilarious hit of 2009's Humana Festival of New American Plays. When she's cast as the "last girl" in a low-budget slasher flick. Sheena thinks it's the big break she's been waiting for. But news of the movie unleashes her malingering mother's thwarted feminist rage. and Mom is prepared to do anything to stop filming ... even if it kills her.
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      Directed by Linda Dunlevy

Eleemosynary

By Lee Blessing

February 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 2012

Sensitive and probing. this masterful play examines the subtle and often perilous relationship among three remarkable women: a young girl. her mother. and her grandmother. Join the Westbrook women as they
negotiate eccentricity. brilliance and spelling words. This bittersweet comedy is a snapshot of the powerful familial love that defines our past. present and future.

      Directed by Tony Dallas

Urinetown the Musical

Music by Mark Hollmann, Lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, Book by Greg Kotis

March 21, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 2012

In a Gotham-like city. a terrible water shortage. caused by a 20-year drought. has led to a government enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens are forced to use public amenities which are regulated by a
malevolent. profiteering bureaucracy called U.G.c. (Urine Good Company). Those who break the rules are sent away to a Guantanamo-like prison called 'Urinetown'. Finally. one brave young man named Bobby decides he's had enough. and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

      Directed by Gina Kleesattel

UD Dance Ensemble

Fall Concert: November 18 and 19, 2011

Spring Concert: March 9 and 10, 2012

An entertaining evening of dance combining selections from jazz. show business. tap and ballet. staged by selected choreographers from UD faculty and students and the Dayton dance community. The UD Dance
Ensemble never fails to surprise and entertain.

      Artistic Director: Richard F. Mosley II