2022-2023 Season Selection
Your Voice Matters.
Help the School of Theatre and Dance plan for the 2021-2022 mainstage season by suggesting titles that you want to see on stage at Kent State! The Season Selection committee is currently accepting titles for consideration.
Deadline
Wednesday, December 1, 2021.
Keep In Mind
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It’s the school’s mission to have 50% of the works be from playwrights/creators of color.
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It’s the school’s mission to increasing equity and decentralizing whiteness in our production offerings.
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Please be mindful of the make-up of the student body in relation to production needs.
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We are looking for student readers. If you are interested, email Amy Fritsche at afritsch@kent.edu or Karl Erdmann at kerdmann@kent.edu
How to Submit Title Ideas
Fill Out the Form
Filling out the Season Selection Form is easy! And we only want to know a few things:
1. What is the title of the show?
2. Is it a straight play or a musical?
3. Why do you want to see this show on stage at Kent State?
Access the Season Selection Form
Reply to Us or Retweet Us on Twitter
Reply or retweet any of our Tweets at @KSUTheatreDance that discuss or mention 2022-2023 Season Selection or DM us with your suggestions. We'll fill out the form for you and make sure your suggestion makes it on the list!
Comment, Reply, or Message Us on Instagram
Comment on one of our Season Selection Instagram posts, reply to an Instagram Story, or message us with your suggestions at @ksutheatredance. We'll fill out the form for you and make sure your suggestion makes it on the list!
What Comes Next?
After the December 1, 2021 deadline, the Season Selection committee will get to work to craft the 2022-2023 season.
The Season Selection Committee
The committee is comprised of School of Theatre and Dance faculty, staff, and students:
Chairpersons:
Karl Erdmann
Amy Fritsche (Fall 2021)
Faculty/Staff Members:
Jennifer Black
Courtney Brown
Terri Kent
Steven Pauna
Fabio Polanco
Michelle Souza
Grad Students:
Eve Krueger
John Rawlings
Brian Seckfort
Undergraduate Students:
Dakota Michael
Jenna Jamison
Hannah Hall
Collin Geter
The Process
Review Submissions
The Committee will review all submissions and make preliminary determinations regarding the feasibility of titles. For example, if a suggested title doesn't exist or the rights to produce the show are not available, it will be removed from consideration.
Read and Research
All remaining titles will be read and researched and the committee will consider the following (in no particular order):
- If the show is a good fit for the needs of the students of the School of Theatre and Dance, both in terms of performance and design technology.
- If the rights to produce the show can be secured for the desired dates.
- If the show can realistically be produced with the time and resources available.
Updating the List
As determinations/eliminations are made, the Submission List on the School of Theatre and Dance website will be updated. (See list below).
2022-2023 Season Submissions List
Last updated December 1, 2021
Title | Type | Status |
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Rent | Musical | |
Spring Awakening | Musical | |
The Theory of Relativity | Play | |
Come From Away | Musical | |
Urinetown | Musical | |
Sunday in the Park With George | Musical | |
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Musical | |
First Date | Musical | |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime | Play | |
Pippin | Musical | |
Something Rotten | Musical | |
Beetlejuice | Musical | |
Rabbit Hole | Play | |
THAT GUY | Play | |
Love in hate nation | Musical | |
Fun Home | Musical | |
Hairspray | Musical | |
Girl of Glass by Jennifer Kokai | Play | |
She Loves Me | Musical | |
Deluge by Riley French | Play | |
Bright Star | Musical | |
Wonderland | Musical | |
Pirated! | Musical | |
The Plain Princess | Musical | |
The Threepenny Opera | Musical | |
Leading Ladies | Play | |
Bare | Musical | |
Paint Night | Play | |
American Idiot | Musical | |
Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play | Play | |
Evil Dead | Musical | |
Fiddler on the Roof | Musical | |
The Wolves | Play | |
If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka | Play | |
The Late Wedding | Play | |
Passage | Play | |
Anna in the Tropics | Play | |
Corktown, or Through the Valley of Dry Bones | Play | |
Electricidad by Luis Alfara | Play | |
Scotland, PA | Musical | |
The Secret Life of Bees | Musical | |
The Tale of Despereaux the Musical | Musical | |
Monstersongs the Musical | Musical | |
Bella: an American Tall Tale | Musical | |
Casablan, by playwright Yigal Mossinson | Play | |
Shrek | Musical | |
Ragtime | Musical | |
Once | Musical | |
The Secret Garden | Musical | |
The Drowsy Chaperone | Musical | |
Kinky Boots | Musical | |
Runaways | Musical | |
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin | Musical | |
A My Name is Alice | Musical | |
Once Upon a Mattress | Musical | |
The Will Rogers Follies | Musical | |
Hands on a Hardbody | Musical | |
Dead Man's Cell Phone | Play | |
The Producers | Musical | |
Groundhog Day | Musical | |
The Visit by Durrenmatt | Play | |
A Bronx Tale | Musical | |
Rocky Horror | Musical | |
Chicago | Musical | |
Young Frankenstein | Musical | |
Someone Like Me by Roy Chen | Play | |
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | Musical | |
Metagame | Musical | |
Doubt: A Parable | Play | |
Into the Woods | Musical | |
Tangled | Musical | |
Sueño by Jose Rivera | Play | |
The Book of Magdalene by Caridad Svich | Play | |
Destiny of Desire by Karen Zacarías | Play | |
School Girls or, The African Mean Girls by Jocelyn Bioh | Play | |
Describe the Night by Rajiv Joseph | Play | |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Play | |
Macbeth | Play | |
Coriolanus | Play | |
Romeo and Juliet | Play | |
Twelfth Night | Play | |
Titus Andronicus | Play | |
Julius Caesar | Play | |
The Who's Tommy | Musical | |
Sister Act | Musical | |
Footloose | Musical | |
Legally Blonde | Musical | |
Big Fish | Musical | |
Crazy For You | Musical | |
Head Over Heels | Musical | |
Hamlet | Play | |
Catch Me If You Can | Musical | |
Othello | Play | |
Singing in the Rain | Musical | |
Gypsy | Musical | |
Mamma Mia! | Musical | |
King Lear | Play | |
Much Ado About Nothing | Play | |
The Legend of Georgia McBride by Matthew Lopez | Play | |
Richard III | Play | |
Henry V | Play | |
Antony and Cleopatra | Play | |
Wild Party | Musical | |
The Pajama Game | Musical | |