2025-2026 Season

All events are subject to change .

Building Community

This season our productions will follow the theme of "building community". We encourage you to join us as we explore this important topic and what it means.

Fall 2025


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Bela Kiralyfalvi National Student Playwriting Competition Winner: Now We Are A Hundred by Alaina Tennant


Date: September 25-27th, 2025 @ 7:30 PM

Guest Director: Jane Gabbert

Description: Now We Are A Hundred by Alaina Tennant, is a poetic and emotionally rich historical drama set in post-WWII England. The story imagines a fictional reckoning between Christopher Robin Milne and his father, A.A. Milne-the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Through haunting dialogue and complex character dynamics, the play explores the emotional weight of literary fame, memory, and the search for personal identity amidst inherited legacy.

The Bela Kiralyfalvi National Student Playwriting Competition honors the legacy of Bela Kiralyfalvi-beloved professor, director, and founding figure of WSU's theatre program-by uplifting the voices of undergraduate playwrights nationwide.

Note: TBD

Tickets: $10-$15


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Empty Space Theatre Production


Date: October 16-18th, 2025 @ 7:30 PM

Faculty Mentor: Sheldon Mba

Presented by: Empty Space Theatre

Description: A student-led production

Rated: Not rated

Tickets: TBD


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Company


Date: November 12-16th, 2025 @ November 12-14- 7:30 p.m.; November 15-16 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Director: Jacob McGlaun

Description: On the night of Bobby's 35th birthday, a chorus of married friends and past partners gather around, stirring questions about love, connection, and fear of commitment.

Rated: TBD

Tickets: $15-$20


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Senior Capstone Celebration


Date: November 22, 2025 @ 7:30 PM

Director: Amy Baker Schwiethale

Description: Join the School of Performing Arts in a full day of celebration senior capstone projects by students in dance performance & choreography, dance general studies, design/technical theatre, musical theatre, theatre general studies, & theatre performance.

Rated: Not rated

Tickets: FREE - donations accepted


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Acting Repertoire Monologues & Scenes (Fall Class)


Date: December 3, 2025 @ 5:00 p.m.

Directors: Joseph Urick and Kate Compton

Description: TBD

Tickets: FREE - donations accepted


Dance Informal

Dance Informal Showing


Date: December 4, 2025 @ 5:00 PM

Director: Sabrina Vasquez

Description: TBD

Rated: TBD

Tickets: FREE - donations accepted

Spring 2026


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Empty Space Theatre Stage Readings


Date: February 6, 2026 @ 6-9 p.m.

Faculty Mentor: Sheldon Mba

Directors: TBD

Description: Student-led organization

Rated: TBD

Tickets: TBD


Jo Zakas Musical Theatre Incubator

Jo Zakas Musical Theatre Incubator


Date: February 12-14, 2026 @ 7:30 PM

Description: The School of Performing Arts welcomes the writing team of Amanda D'Archangelis(music) and Sami Horneff(lyrics) who met in the world-renowned BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Each year, the School of Performing Arts invites guest artist to campus with the end goal of performing a staged reading of a musical to be performed at the conclusion of their workshopping experience.

Director: Amy Baker Schwiethale

Rated: TBD

Tickets: $10-$15


Spring Dance Concert

SPARK: A Dance Repertoire Concert

 


Date: February 26-28 7:30 p.m.; March 1st @ 2 p.m.

Description: Space - Pulse - Art - Rhythm - Kinesis: A Dance Repertoire Concert

Igniting the stage with energy, motion, and movement, SPARK is a dynamic evening of dance that celebrates the elemental forces that drive human expression. Each piece is an electrifying repertoire exploring a facet of the acronym that gives the concert its name - the expansive freedom of Space, the visceral heartbeat of Pulse, the transformative power of Art, the driving beat of Rhythm, and the ever shifting force of Kinesis.

Featuring works by WSU dance faculty, local and regional choreographers, SPARK is a showcase of contemporary technique, innovative storytelling, and the boundless creativity of the human body in motion. Join us for an unforgettable journey through the language of movement, where every step is a spark waiting to catch fire.

Director: Sabrina Vasquez

Rated: TBD

Tickets: $15-$20


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24-Hour Play Festival


Date: March 7th, 2026 @7:30 p.m.

Description: TBD

Director: Joseph Urick

Rated: TBD

Note: TBD

Tickets: FREE - donations accepted

 


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Wichita State Musical Theatre Company Production (WSMTC)


Date: March 12-14th, 2026 @ 7:30 p.m.

Director: TBD

Faculty Advisor: Amy Baker Schwiethale

Description: Student Led

Rated: TBD

Tickets: TBD


Performing Arts Film Showing

Performing Arts Films Screening - Double Feature Film


Date: April 4th, 2025 @ 7:30 P.M.

Director(s): Kate Compton and Sabrina Vasquez

Description: TBD

Rated: TBD

Note: TBD

Tickets: $10-$20


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Student Choreography Showcase


Date: April 16-17th, 2026 @ 7:30 p.m.

Faculty Mentor: Sabrina Vasquez

Description: End of semester celebration of all dance classes.

Rated: TBD

Tickets: TBD


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Time Stands Still


Date: April 22-26th, 2026 @ April 22-24th 7:30 p.m.; April 25-26th 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Director: Sheldon Mba

Description: Time Stands Still by Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies is a riveting, deeply human drama set in a Brooklyn apartment, where photojournalist Sarah and her partner James, a foreign correspondent, attempt to heal and recalibrate after returning from the front lines of war. As they settle back into domestic life, their ideals, ambitions, and love for one another are quietly and powerfully tested. Margulies crafts a nuanced story about bearing witness to a global suffering and the personal cost of stepping away. With sharp dialogue and emotional precision, Time Stands Still invites us to confront the tension between comfort and conscience, intimacy and independence, and what we owe to the world versus what we owe to ourselves.

Rated: TBD

Tickets: $15-$20


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Acting Repertoire Monologues & Scenes (Spring Class)


Date: May 6th, 2026 @ 5:00 p.m.

Director: Sheldon Mba

Description: TBD

Rated: TBD

Tickets: FREE - donations accepted


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Dance Informal Showing (Spring)


Date: May 7th, 2026 @ 5:00 p.m.

Director: Sabrina Vasquez

Description: TBD

Rated: TBD

Tickets: FREE - donations accepted