Student Body
April 5 – 7 and 10 – 13
By Frank Winters | Directed by Mark Hoffland
“It's time to pick a side.”
Past Productions
Detroit ’67
Detroit ’67
By Dominique Morisseau
Directed by K. Edmonds
September 18, 19, 20 at 7 p.m.
(Rain dates: September 25, 26, 27)
Presented outside on the Albion College Quad. While sitting on the lawn, the audience will be required to maintain six feet of distance between one another and wear masks at all times during the performance.
Admission is free.
Ordinary Days
February 15 – 17 and 20 – 23
A Musical by Adam Gwon | Directed by Zach Fischer | Music Direction by Nicholas Laban
“In this hundred story city,
I don't care if there's a hundred million people,
I just want to be with one.”
Men on Boats
November 9 – 11 and 14 – 17
By Jaclyn Backhaus | Directed by Zach Fischer
An American Her-story
Topdog Underdog
September 21 – 23 and 26 – 29
By Suzan-Lori Parks | Directed by Savannah Manning
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
“Lean in close and watch me now.”
Much Ado About Nothing
April 12 - 15 and 20 - 21, 2018
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Zach Fischer
"Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps." Albion College Theatre closes the season with Shakespeare's complicated comedy of love and deception.
- Thursday, April 12: 8 p.m.
- Friday, April 13: 8 p.m.
- Saturday, April 14: 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
- Sunday, April 15: 2 p.m.
- Friday, April 20: 8 p.m.
- Saturday, April 21: 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Tickets are $5 or free with current Albion College ID.
Almost, Maine
By John Cariani | Directed by Zach Dahlmann, Victoria Gitre, Savannah Manning
Love can keep you warm in the coldest of places. Albion College's Department of Theatre presents the beloved romantic comedy, Almost, Maine, directed by Albion students.
November 9 - 12 and 16 - 18, 2017
- Thursday, February 15: 8 p.m.
- Friday, February 16: 8 p.m.
- Saturday, February 17: 8 p.m.
- Sunday, February 18: 2 p.m.
- Thursday, February 22: 8 p.m.
- Friday, February 23: 8 p.m.
- Saturday, February 24: 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Tickets are $5 or free with current Albion College ID.
Albion College Herrick Theatre
Public Enemy
By Henrik Ibsen | In a version by David Harrower | Directed by Zach Fischer
A new adaptation of Ibsen's timeless story of political corruption, poisoned water, and the cost of speaking out.
November 9 - 12 and 16 - 18, 2017
- Thursday, November 9: 8 p.m.
- Friday, November 10: 8 p.m.
- Saturday, November 11: 8 p.m.
- Sunday, November 12: 2pm
- Thursday, November 16: 8 p.m.
- Friday, November 17: 8 p.m.
- Saturday, November 18: 2pm & 8 p.m.
Albion College Herrick Theatre
On the Verge
8pm showtime. 2pm matinees September 24 & 30. Tickets $5. Free with valid Albion College ID.
Black Box Theatre
Three Victorian ladies venture through time and around the world in Eric Overmyer's magical riff on pop culture, feminism, and wordplay.
Directed by Mark Hoffland
Photo by Anna Blum ('19)
Fefu and Her Friends
April 21 at 8 p.m., April 22 at 2 & 8 p.m., April 23 at 2 p.m.
Bellemont Manor
We close our 2016-17 season with an "immersive" production of Maria Irene Fornes' Fefu and Her Friends. The audience follows the action from room-to-room through the grand Bellemont Manor, in this inventive and intimate experience.
Clybourne Park
February 23-25 at 8 p.m., February 26 at 2 p.m.
Herrick Theatre
The Albion College Department of Theatre presents the bitingly funny satire CLYBOURNE PARK. This pointed spinoff of A RAISIN IN THE SUN follows one neighborhood through the decades to find that the changes on the block are just as startling as the things that stay the same. CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE.
Top Girls
November 17-19 at 8 p.m, November 20 at 2 p.m.
Black Box Theatre
The Albion College Department of Theatre presents the landmark feminist play Top Girls, by Caryl Churchill. 7 women play 16 characters in this darkly funny and moving look at women rising. Directed by Zach Fischer.
Photo by Anna Blum ('19)
Schoolhouse Rock Live!
October 20-22 at 7pm, October 23 at 2pm
Herrick Theatre
Albion College Theatre will make all your favorite subjects rock in this sing-along classic for the whole family.
Directed by Mark Hoffland
Photo Credit: Anna Blum, '19
Past Productions
2016-17
Schoolhouse Rock Live!
Book by Scott Ferguson, George Keating and Kyle Hall
Music and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall, and Tom Yohe
Directed by Mark Hoffland
Top Girls
by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Zach Fischer
Costume Design by Amanda Bedker, ’17
Lighting Design by Zan de Spelder, ‘18
Clybourne Park
by Bruce Norris
Directed by Zach Fischer
Costume Design by Amanda Bedker, ’17
Fefu and Her Friends by Maria Irene Fornes
Directed by Mark Hoffland
2015-16
Shakespeare in Hollywood
by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Robert Starko
The Red Velvet Cake War
by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten
Directed by Marie Perreault
The Fantasticks by Harvey Schmidt, book and lyrics by Tom Jones
Directed by Mark Hoffland
Joined at the Head
by Catherine Butterfield
Directed by Brittney DeShano, '16
Student-Directed Workshop Theatre:
Sensacion: A Dance
Choreographed by Aariel Alexander
Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief
by Paula Vogel
Directed by Christina McKim
We the People!
Directed by Marie Perreault and Nick Mourning
The Wedding Story
by Julianne Homokay
Directed by Katherine York
Recurring Effect: A Dance
Choreographed by Aariel Alexander
Beer Girl
by Walter Wykes
Directed by Katherine York
The White Snake
by Mary Zimmerman
Directed by Sarah Anne Goeke
2014-15
Urinetown
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann, Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis
Directed by Robert Starko
Scenic and Lighting Design by Peter Verhaeghe (student)
Thread of the Warp
by Sean Michael Welch
Directed by Mark Hoffland
Student-Driected Workshop Theatre:
Couch Comedies
by Wayne Rawley, Liz Ellison and Dan Berkowitz
Directed by Marie Perreault
What’s in the BOX?
Written and Directed by Max Brosnahan-Lusk
Ten
Written and Directed by Brittney DeShano
Baby With the Bathwater
by Christopher Durang
Directed by Meghan Slocum
Lysistrata
by Aristophanes (Adapted by Robert Starko)
Directed by Robert Starko
2013-14
The Phoenix Lottery
by Allan Stratton
Directed by Mark Hoffland
Lighting Design by Peter Verhaeghe (student)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Robert Starko
Student-Directed Workshop Theatre:
Everynote
Written and directed by Meghan Slocum
The Mistress at the Inn
by Carlo Goldoni
Directed by Callie Bussell
Miami
by Meghan Bortle (student)
Directed by Max Brosnahan-Lusk
Time and the Conways
by J.B. Priestley
Directed by Robert Starko
2012-13
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music and Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Directed by Robert Starko
Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Kamara Miller
The Fox on the Fairway
by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Mark Hoffland
Scenic Design by Ryan Fisher (student)
Lighting Design by Daniel Warshauer (student)
Student-Directed Workshop Theatre:
Love: A Night of Monologues
Written and Directed by Callie Bussell
The Game
by Louise Bryant
Directed by Corey Brittain
The Way of the World
by William Congreve
Directed by Robert Starko
Lighting Design by Ryan Fisher (student)
2011-12
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
Directed by Robert Starko
Antigone
by Jean Anouilh (Translated by Lewis Galantiere)
Directed by Mark Hoffland
Earl the Vampire
by Sean Michael Welch
Directed by Robert Starko
Student-Directed Workshop Theatre:
The Maids
by Jean Genet
Directed by Jordan Burgess
Dutchman
by LeRoi Jones
Directed by Kamara Miller
2010-11
Little Women: The Broadway Musical
by Allan Knee; Music by Jason Howland; Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein (
Directed by Robert Starko
The Heidi Chronicles
by Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Mark Hoffland
Lighting Design by Steve Ball (student)
Once on This Island
by Lynn Ahrens; Music by Steven Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Directed by Effrem Grettenberger
The Clever Widow
by Robert Starko
Directed by Robert Starko
2009-10
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Robert Starko
Betty’s Summer Vacation
by Christopher Durang
Directed by Michael Fentin (student)
Arcadia
by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Robert Starko
Student-Directed Workshop Theatre:
Deliver Us Not
by Lee Howard and Greg Gamble
Directed by Steve Ball
What is Gained is Loss
by Evan Guilford-Blake
Directed by Alex Freeman
Tartuffe
by Moliere
Directed by Royal Ward
2008-2009
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (October 1-4, 2008)
Director: Robert Starko
Stage Design: Mark Hoffland
Light Design: Mark Hoffland
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (October 15-18, 2008)
Hair book & lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, music by Galt MacDermot
Director: Keith Medelis
The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute (November 5-8, 2008)
Director: Kelly Bremner
Stage Design: Tatjana Bluchel (student)
Light Design: Keith Medelis (student)
Sweet Charity book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields
(February 25-28, 2009)
Director: Robert Starko
Musical Director: James Ball
Stage Design: Mark Hoffland
Light Design: Laura Munson (guest designer – Spring 2008 grad)
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (March 25-28, 2009)
Fool for Love by Sam Shepard
Director: Michael Fentin
Mother Hulda by Tatjana Bluchel, based on Brothers Grimm fairytale
Director: Tatjana Bluchel
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball (April 15-18, 2009)
Director: Mark Hoffland
Stage Design: Alex Freeman (student)
Light Design: Megan Edwin (student)
2007-2008
The Tempest by William Shakespeare (September 26-29, 2007)
Director: Robert Starko
Stage Design: R. Paul Lewis (student)
Light Design: Laura Munson (student)
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (October 10-13, 2007)
The Runner Stumbles by Milan Stitt
Director: Forrest Hutchins
Le Bourgeois Avant-Garde by Charles Ludlam (November 14-17, 2007)
Director: Jennifer Chapman
Stage Design: Mark Hoffland
Light Design: James Harris (student)
Anatomy of Gray by Jim Leonard (February 27-March 1, 2008)
Director: Robert Starko
Stage Design: Mark Hoffland
Light Design: James Harris (student)
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown – based on the comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz; book, music and lyrics by Clark M. Gesner (March 18-20, 2008)
Director: Amanda Dekker (student)
Stage Design: R. Paul Lewis (student)
Light Design: Sarah Schramm (student)
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (March 25-28, 2008)
Food for Fish by Adam Szymkowicz
Director: Keith Medelis
Betrayal by Harold Pinter
Director: Laura Munson
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire (April 9-12, 2008)
Director: Ben Hardin (student)
Stage Design: R. Paul Lewis (student)
Light Design: Mark Hoffland
2006-2007
Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw (September 27-30, 2006)
Director: Royal Ward
Stage/Light Design: Dan Walker
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (October 12-14, 2006)
God by Woody Allen
Director: Ben Hardin
Red Herring by Michael Hollinger (November 15-18, 2006)
Director: Robert Starko
Stage Design: Mark Hoffland
Light Design: Laura Munson (student)
Fiddler on the Roof book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
(February 28-March 3, 2007)
Director: Jennifer Chapman
Musical Director: James Ball
Stage Design: R. Paul Lewis (student)
Light Design: James Harris (student)
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (March 22-24, 2007)
The Proposal by Anton Chekhov
Director: Forrest Hutchins
It’s People Like You by Jason Sebacher (student)
Director: Alysia Kolascz
The Class by Jon Jory
Director: Alysia Kolascz
Summer at the Lake by Tennessee Williams
Director: Keith Medelis
Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii by Allan Stratton (April 11-14, 2007)
Director: Mark Hoffland
Stage Design: Tatjana Bluchel (student)
Light Design: R. Paul Lewis (student)
2005-2006
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertold Brecht, translation by Eric Bentley
(September 28-October 1, 2005)
Director: Jennifer Chapman
Stage/Light Design: Dan Walker
The Home Team by Kim Carney (November 16-19, 2005)
Director: Johanna Broughton Walker (guest director)
Stage/Light Design: Dan Walker
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (December 1-3, 2005)
Stop Kiss by Diana Son
Director: Chelsea Sadler
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (March 1-4, 2006)
Director: Robert Starko
Stage Design: Nicole Trachsel (student)
Light Design: Laura Munson (student)
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) – April 6-8, 2006
Chaos and Creation by Audrey Coleman (student)
Director: Audrey Coleman
Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing
Director: Alysia Kolascz
Tone Clusters by Joyce Carol Oates
Director: Brandy Norton
The Boundary by Tom Stoppard & Clive Exton
Director: Jordan Parsons
Medusa’s Tale by Carol S. Lashof
Director: Jordan Parsons
Communicating Doors by Alan Ayckborne (April 19-22, 2006)
Director: Mark Hoffland
Stage/Light Design: Dan Walker
2004-2005
The Country Wife by William Wycherley (September 29-October 2, 2004)
Director: Royal Ward
Stage/Light Design: Dan Walker
The Quick-Change Room by Nagle Jackson (November 17-20, 2004)
Director: Robert Starko
Stage/Light Design: Mark Hoffland
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (December 2-4, 2004)
Double Solitaire by Robert Anderson
Director: Alex Rivera
Cabaret book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb(February 23-26, 2005)
Director: Robert Starko
Musical Director: James Ball
Stage/Light Design: Dan Walker
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (March 31-April 2, 2005)
The Lover by Harold Pinter
Director: Chelsea Sadler
Phyro-giants! by Michael Blieden
Director: Stephen Fish
America Begins created and performed by Nick Mourning
Director: Nick Mourning
Triage by Brinn Cronin (Albion College student)
Director: Alex Rivera
The Trojan Women by Euripides, translation by Brendan Kennelly (April 13-16, 2005)
Director: Jennifer Chapman
Stage/Light Design: Dan Walker
2003-2004
The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project
(October 2-4 & 9-11, 2003)
Director: Robert Starko
Stage/Light Design: Dan Walker
Right You Are (If You Think You Are) by Luigi Pirandello, translation by Carl R. Mueller
(November 19-22, 2003)
Director: Royal Ward
Stage/Light Design: Dan Walker
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (December 4-6, 2003)
No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
Director: Amy Lewis
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (February 25-28, 2004)
Director: Charles Crupi
Stage/Light Design: Dan Walker
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (April 1-3, 2004)
Sure Thing and English Made Simple by David Ives
Director: Julie Maxey
The Valentine Fairy by Ernest Thompson
Director: Alex Rivera
The Actor’s Nightmare by Christopher Durang
Director: Alex Rivera
Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill (April 14-17, 2004)
Director: Jennifer Chapman
Light Design: Dan Walker
Stage Design: Timothy Watson
2002-2003
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov (October 2-5, 2002)
Director: Robert Starko
Stage/Light Design: Ron Burns
Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas (November 20-23, 2002)
Director: Royal Ward
Stage/Light Design: Ron Burns
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (December 5-7, 2002)
The Still Alarm by George S. Kaufman
Director: Leah Williams
A Thousand Cranes by Kathryn Schultz Miller
Director: Adella Pietrzyk
The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco
Director: Laura Kraly
Light Design: J. Thomas Oosting
Company by George Furth; music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (February 26 – March 1, 2003)
Director: Robert Starko
Musical Director: James Ball
Stage/Light Design: Ronald Burns
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (March 27-29, 2003)
The Ophelia Project, adapted from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet by Amy Lewis (student)
Director: Amy Lewis
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible in History by Kate Goedde (student)
Director: Kate Goedde
The Good Doctor, Selected Scenes by Neil Simon
Director: Susan Dudley
Light Design: J. Thomas Oosting
How I Learned To Drive by Paula Vogel (April 9-12, 2003)
Director: J. Thomas Oosting
Stage/Light Design: Ronald Burns
2001-2002
King Lear by William Shakespeare (October 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 2001)
Directed: Royal Ward
Stage/Light Design: Ron Burns
The Fantasticks book and lyrics by Tom Jones; music by Harvey Schmidt (November 14-17, 2001)
Director: Danielle Harsh (student director)
Stage Design: Nicole Broughton
Light Design: Christopher Zinger
PLAYWRIGHTS’ MADNESS (November 29, 30, December 1, 2001)
Donalbain’s Revenge by Laura Kraly & Susan Dudley
Odds and Ends by Paul Rahn
Love and War in the Mind of the Young Male by Jim Shilander
Grappa, or a High Colonic on the Rocksby Sean Hackney
Birds of a Feather; Two Hands in the Bush; or Stickin’ it to Kaiman by John Steeno
Cling On by Jason Kennedy
Director: Robert AuFrance
Stage/Light Design: Robert Berls
Fefu and Her Friends by Maria Irene Fornes (February 20-23, 2002)
Director: Robert Starko
Stage/Light Design: J. Thomas Oosting
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (March 21-23, 2002)
Hello Out There by William Saroyan
Director: Dory Lerew
Visitor from Forest Hills by Neil Simon
Director: Colleen Kelly
Half Time at Halcyon Days by Carol Mack
Director: Katie Doral
Stage/Light Design: Ronald Burns
A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard – April 10-13, 2002
Director: Paul Rahn (student)
Stage/Light Design: Ronald Burns
2000-2001
Picnic by William Inge (October 4-7, 2000)
Director: Robert AuFrance
Stage/Light Design: Ron Burns
Tales of the Lost Formicans by Constance Congdon (November 15-18, 2000)
Director: Robert Starko
Stage/Light Design: Ron Burns
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (December 7-9, 2000)
Little Red Riding Hood by Billy Aronson
Director/Stage Design: Danielle Harsh
The Man Who Turned Into A Stick by Abe Kobo
Director/Stage Design: Paul Rahn
Readings of Original Student Scripts
Once Upon a Mattress book by Jay Thompson, music by Mary Rodgers and lyrics by Marshall Barer (February 28 - March 3, 2001)
Director: Robert AuFrance
Musical Director: James Ball
Stage/Light Design: Ron Burns
WORKSHOP THEATRE (student directed) (March 29-31, 2001)
Margo at Sea and Other Works
Margo at Sea by J. Holtham
Kung Fu Grip by David J. Galido (student)
Frying Pan by Kathleen Schmalz (student)
Alice in Wonderland – an adaptation by Kathleen Schmalz (student)
Directors: David J. Galido & Kathleen Schmalz
Going In by David Kranes
Director: Thor Leach
Joe Artist created and performed by David Galido
Director: David Galido
Stage/Light Design: J. Thomas Oosting
The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (April 18-21, 2001)
Director: Robert Starko
Stage/Light Design: J. Thomas Oosting
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