On Stage
Every academic year, the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University educates its students and entertains the local community through main stage productions and concerts, student-organized productions and other special events.
2024-2025 Main Stage Season
The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to present:
- "Kentucky"
By Leah Nanako Winkler
Directed by Courtney Brown - "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella"
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by Amy Fritsche - Fall Faculty Dance Concert
Artistic Director: Jeffrey Rockland - "Something Rotten!"
Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell
Music and Lyrics by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick
Directed by Terri Kent - Spring Faculty Dance Concert
Artistic Directors: TBA - "The Book of Will"
By Laurie Gunderson
Directed by the 2025-2026 Roe Green Visiting Director
Black Box Series
In addition to the School of Theatre and Dance's main stage production season, students produce, direct, perform in and design productions every semester as part of the Black Box Series. Past student productions include On the Town, A Sondheim Celebration, Dr. Faustus, The Little Prince, Beyond Therapy, and A Collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales.