Current Productions
Announcing the 2024/2025 Main Stage Season
We are thrilled to unveil our Mainstage Season for 2024-2025. Join us on a odyssey starting with the journey of a woman reclaiming her life and voice, then discover the true meaning of beauty. Experience the heights of hilarity amidst the clouds and step into an enchanting and humorous adventure, all while searching for your ‘corner of the sky’. Controlled Chaos Film Festival, students dazzle audiences with their creative and diverse films, turning chaos into cinematic magic! We invite you to a year brimming with enchantment and discovery—join us for the magic!
Doll's House
Nora's world teeters on the edge. In "Dolls House," we unravel secrets, ignite passions, and challenge conventions. Brace yourself for a theatrical tempest that will echo through your soul. Created by Joanie Schultz
Performance Details
Location: University Auditorium
Dates & Time: October 3rd, 4th and 9th @ 7:30pm
Ticket Information: Students $10, WCU Faculty, Staff, or Seniors $12, Adults $17
Doll's House, Part 2
The sequel unfurls—a tapestry of revelations, shadows, and whispered truths. Nora returns, her steps echoing in the corridors of destiny. Written by, Lucas Hnath
Performance Details
Location: University Auditorium
Dates & Time: October 5th, 10th and 11th @ 7:30pm
Ticket Information: Students $10, WCU Faculty, Staff, or Seniors $12, Adults $17
Violet
From the misty Blue Ridge Mountains to the neon glow of Tulsa, Violet's journey pulses with longing and redemption. Our stage blooms with heartache, resilience, and soaring melodies. Music by Jeanine Tesori, Libretto by Brian Crawley
Performance Details
Location: University Auditorium
Dates & Time: November 21st- 22nd @ 7:30 pm, November 24th @ 3:00 pm
Ticket Information: Student $10, WCU Faculty, Staff, or Seniors $12, Adults $17
Boeing Boeing
Buckle up for farce at 30,000 feet! Jet-setting romances collide, turbulences of desire ensue. Parisian skies shimmer with laughter and intrigue. By Marc Camoletti (Translated by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans)
Performance Details
Location: University Auditorium
Dates & Time: February 13th -15th @ 7:30 pm, February 16th @ 3:00pm
Ticket Information: Students $10, WCU Faculty, Staff, or Seniors $12, Adults $17
Web Series
Film students will work to write a multi-episode web series, pairing with theatre students to bring the series to fruition. Students will work as showrunners, writers, directors, producers and much more. The series will move into production early in the spring semester.
Pippin the Musical
Step into a carnival of wonder, where illusions dance and destiny beckons. Young Prince Pippin's quest for purpose unfolds in acrobatics, firelight, and magic. Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Libretto by Roger O. Hirson
Performance Details
Location: Bardo Performance Hall
Dates & Time: April 10th-12th @ 7:30 pm, April 13th @ 3:00 pm
Ticket Information: Students $10, WCU Faculty, Staff, or Seniors $12, Adults $17
Controlled Chaos Film Festival
is an annual showcase of work by students in the School of Stage and Screen, Film and Television Production program. Organized by the School of Stage and Screen students, with faculty and guest judges overseeing the festival selections and awards, it features a diverse range of class projects, thesis, and independent films. Don’t miss this exciting celebration of student creativity!
For more details, visit controlledchaos.wcu.edu
Location: Bardo Performance Hall
Dates & Time: May 2nd @ 7:30pm
Ticket Information: Students $10, WCU Faculty, Staff, or Seniors $12, Adults $17
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