“White Privilege,” a play written by theatre student Malaina Moore, has been selected to be performed next month at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Region III Festival in Madison. KCACTF is a national theatre program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide that has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of […]
Marquette Theatre presents ‘Loose Lips Sink Ships,’ Sept. 24 -Oct. 4
Loose Lips Sink Ships will be presented by Marquette Theatre at the Evan P. & Marion Helfaer Theatre, Sept. 24 – Oct. 4. Loose Lips Sink Ships will feature book and lyrics by Jacinda Duffin and Laurie Flanigan Hegge and music by James Kaplan. Loose Lips Sink Ships pays tribute to the Greatest Generation, including […]
Marquette Theatre presents Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Company’
Stephen Sondheim’s play Company will be presented by Marquette Theatre at the Evan P. & Marion Helfaer Theatre April 9-19. Directed by local musical theatre artist Niffer Clarke, the production will run: Thursday, April 9, through Saturday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 12, at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, through Saturday, April 18, […]
Marquette Theatre presents ‘How I Became a Pirate’
How I Became a Pirate, written by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman, will be presented by Marquette Theatre: Saturday, Jan. 10, and Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, and Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. A story of adventure and finding one’s own heart, How I Became a Pirate is based […]
Marquette Theatre presents ‘In the Red and Brown Water’
In the Red and Brown Water, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney, will be presented by Marquette Theatre in a collaborative production with UPROOTED theatre and guest director Marti Gobel. In the Red and Brown Water features a poetically vigorous work that artfully folds together slang vernacular and the grandeur of ancient African tradition to tell […]
Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’ now playing at Marquette Theatre
Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Our Town is currently playing at the Helfaer Theatre. Set in the small New England town of Grover’s Corners in 1901, Our Town returns to the Helfaer stage after 25 years. The story of Emily and George is both charming and heartbreaking while discovering the profound greatness in life’s simple moments. Theatre goers […]
2014-15 Marquette Theatre season announced
Marquette Theatre has announced its 2014-15 season, which will begin Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Helfaer Theatre. This year will mark 40 years of productions at the Helfaer Theatre with shows centered on the theme “home.” Shows include: Our Town; In the Red and Brown Water; How I Became a Pirate; The Liar; and Company. Individual and season tickets are […]