Past Productions

University Theatre presents multiple productions each academic year. Students from any major or minor are welcome to audition and participate backstage. Students enrolled in Stagecraft, Costume Construction, and Scenic Painting, along with other Performance and Communication Arts courses in design and technical theatre, frequently support the productions through class projects and lab hours.

Many productions involve over 50 students and faculty working collaboratively to bring a production to the audience. The theatre becomes an extension of the classroom. It is a site where students learn valuable practical skills from devoted faculty mentors. It is also a place where students forge friendships and build lasting memories of their time at SLU. 

Past Productions

Our plans for 2020-2021 were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our faculty worked closely with students on a staged reading and a virtual production via Zoom.

Fall 2020

Sweat (a staged reading)

by Lynn Nottage 


Spring 2021

This is Modern Art (via Zoom)

by Kevin Coval

Fall 2019

The Bakkhai 

by Anne Carson


Spring 2020

#MeToo and SLU a devised performance

by #MeToo and SLU ensemble

Fall 2018

Spring Awakening

book by Steven Sater

Music by Duncan Sheik


Spring 2019

In the Next Room (the vibrator play)

by Sara Ruhl

Fall 2017

Wonder of the World 

by David Lindsay-Abaire


Spring 2018

Dark Water

by David Stallings

Fall 2016

Legally Blonde

book by Heather Hach

music and lyrics by Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe  


Spring 2017

Everyman

a new adaptation by Carol Ann Duffy