Theater Season
2025-2026
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Theater Season 2025-2026
6
Nov
November 6 – November 22, 2025
Macgowan 1340
Bruin Fringe Festival 2025
November 6-8, 13-15 & 20-22, 2025 Bruin Fringe Festival (BFF) is a festival of short student-generated pieces directed by and featuring department undergraduate students. This workshop setting is modeled after…
20
Nov
November 20 – November 23, 2025
Freud Playhouse
The Turn of the Screw: Opera
in collaboration with the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Directed by Professor James Darrah Composed by Benjamin Britten Libretto by Myfanwy Piper Performance dates: Nov. 20 at 7:30pm Nov.…
12
Feb
February 12 – February 14, 2026
Whitney Family Studio Theater
Far Away
MFA Directing Project I Directed by MFA student Zenaida Smith About the show: In a future defined by perpetual war, Joan learns from her guardians and peers to internalize self-deception…
19
Feb
February 19 – February 21, 2026
Macgowan 1340
A Turner Prize
New Play Festival #1 February 19-21, 2026 Written by MFA student Carl(os) Roa Directed by Velani Dibba About the show: Co-written by Carl(os) Roa and ChatGPT, a Turner Prize is…
26
Feb
February 26 – February 28, 2026
Little Theater
Bad Breath: The Stink Inside Me
New Play Festival #2 February 26-28, 2026 Written by MFA student Natalie Grace Lambert Directed by Diana Wyenn About the show: Maya, a college freshman studying vocal performance at UT…
6
Mar
March 6 – March 14, 2026
Freud Playhouse
EMMA: No One But Herself
March 6-7 & 10-14, 2026 Written by Meghan Brown Music by Regents Lecturer Sarah Taylor Ellis Directed by Danielle Kay About the show: This energetic and contemporary classical adaptation of…
14
May
May 14 – May 16, 2026
Macgowan 1340
Girl on an Altar
May 14-16, 2026 Written by Marina Carr Directed by MFA student Anna Rajala About the show: There are no winners of war, only survivors. When Agamemnon sacrifices his young daughter…
29
May
May 29 – June 6, 2026
Little Theater
Mad Forest: A Play From Romania
May 29-30 & June 2-6, 2026 Written by Caryl Churchill Directed by MFA student Eric Swartz About the show: Mad Forest depicts a society before, during, and after a violent…
4
Jun
June 4 – June 6, 2026
Macgowan 1340
Trojan Women
June 4-6, 2026 Written by Ellen McLaughlin Directed by MFA student Jit Yang Tung About the show: Troy has fallen, her women reach out to each other, outward to us.…
6
Jun
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Whitney Family Studio Theater
MFA Ones 2026
June 6, 2026 About the show: This production will showcase an exciting collection of short, one-act plays, each one written, developed, and directed by current MFA students in the department.…
