Onyx Theater, Kennesaw State University
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Previously known as the Black Box Theater.
KSU Tellers Spring Showcase
Thursday April 23, 2020 07:30 PM EDT
April 23-24, 2020. Thursday, April 23, 7:30 pm; Friday, April 24, 8 pm
Directed by Charles Parrott
The KSU Tellers invite you to join them as they present their best solo-performances from the spring semester.
Cost: $5
An Evening of KSU Alumni Performances
Wednesday April 15, 2020 07:30 PM EDT
April 15-16, 2020, 7:30 pm
Coordinated by Karen Robinson
Anything goes in this evening of new and original works by TPS Alumni.
Cost: $5-$10
The Genesis Project and Ex Nihilio: the Cosmogonic Puppet Show
Wednesday April 8, 2020 07:30 PM EDT
April 8-9 & 12, 2019: Wed. - Thursday, 7:30 pm; Sun. 7 pm
The Genesis Project
Directed by Charles Parrot
This experimental retelling of the prehistories of Genesis is generated by the cast, with improvisation and movement inspired by an eclectic blend of classical art and popular culture. The Ge...
Cost: $7-$10
The Normal Heart
Tuesday February 18, 2020 07:30 PM EST
Tuesday-Thursday, 7:30 pm; Friday-Saturday 8 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 2 pm.
By Larry Kramer
Directed by Zachary Elton
Based on true events, Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart is centered on a group of gay men living during the early years of the AIDS epidemic in America. As countless people become ...
Cost: $10-$12
The 7th Annual Coming Out Monologues Project
Thursday October 10, 2019 07:30 PM EDT
Onyx Theater, Kennesaw State University. Coordinated by Karen RobinsonDirected by Alex Barrella and Ella HiteCo-produced with LGBTQ Student ProgramsInspiring, celebratory, and thought provoking, this performance features coming-out stories from KSU and metro-area communities performed by KSU student...
Cost: $5
45 Plays for 45 Presidents
Saturday September 28, 2019 02:00 PM EDT
Onyx Theater, Kennesaw State University. By Karen Weinberg, Chloe Johnston, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, and Andy Bayiates
Directed by Damian LockhartA wrestling match, a ballet, a jug band, a vaudeville show, a presidential roast, and so much more. In one play? Oh My! 45 Plays for 45 Pr...
Cost: $5-$12
45 Plays for 45 Presidents
Friday September 27, 2019 08:00 PM EDT
Onyx Theater, Kennesaw State University. By Karen Weinberg, Chloe Johnston, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, and Andy Bayiates
Directed by Damian LockhartA wrestling match, a ballet, a jug band, a vaudeville show, a presidential roast, and so much more. In one play? Oh My! 45 Plays for 45 Pr...
Cost: $5-$12
45 Plays for 45 Presidents
Tuesday September 24, 2019 07:30 AM EDT
Onyx Theater, Kennesaw State University. By Karen Weinberg, Chloe Johnston, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, and Andy Bayiates
Directed by Damian LockhartA wrestling match, a ballet, a jug band, a vaudeville show, a presidential roast, and so much more. In one play? Oh My! 45 Plays for 45 Pr...
Cost: $5-$12
K.I.S.S. (Kennesaw Improv Society Stupid)
Saturday April 21, 2018 08:00 PM EDT
Coordinated by Jim Davis
An evening of performances created entirely on the fly - our resident improv ensemble welcomes guest artists to usher in the spring with a hoot or a guffaw (your choice). Side-splitting, surprising and, at times, absolutely silly. This event may not be suitable for audienc...
Cost: Free
"Feathers and Teeth" by Charise Castro Smith
Friday February 16, 2018 08:00 PM EST
"Feathers and Teeth" is a play about the story of Chris, a 15-year-old girl who is struggling with her mother’s death and her father's impending re-marriage. As if this weren’t enough, her father injures an animal on the way home from work and brings it into the house so his family can nurse it back...
Cost: $9.60-$12
Feathers and Teeth
Friday February 16, 2018 08:00 PM EST
Feathers and Teeth is the story of Chris, a 15-year-old girl, who is struggling with family issues and a new feathery friend who wants to kill them all.
Cost: $5-$12
Feathers and Teeth
Tuesday February 13, 2018 08:00 PM EST
Feathers and Teeth is the story of Chris, a 15-year-old girl who is struggling with her mother’s death and her father Arthur’s impending re-marriage to his malevolent fiancée Carole. As if this weren’t enough, Arthur injures an animal on the way home from work and brings it into the house so his fam...
Cost: $5-$12
Feathers and Teeth
Tuesday February 13, 2018 07:30 PM EST
By Charise Castro Smith
Directed by Jim Davis
Feathers and Teeth is the story of Chris, a 15-year-old girl who is struggling with her mother’s death and her father Arthur’s impending re-marriage to his malevolent fiancée Carole. As if this weren’t enough, Arthur injures an animal on the way home...
Cost: $5-$12
Feathers and Teeth
Tuesday February 13, 2018 02:00 PM EST
By Charise Castro Smith
Directed by Jim Davis Feathers and Teeth is the story of Chris, a 15-year-old girl who is struggling with her mother’s death and her father Arthur’s impending re-marriage to his
malevolent fiancée Carole. As if this weren’t enough, Arthur injures an animal on the way hom...
Cost: $5-$12
Feathers and Teeth
Tuesday February 13, 2018 02:00 PM EST
By Charise Castro Smith
Directed by Jim Davis Feathers and Teeth is the story of Chris, a 15-year-old girl who is struggling with her mother’s death and her father Arthur’s impending re-marriage to his
malevolent fiancée Carole. As if this weren’t enough, Arthur injures an animal on the way hom...
Cost: $5-$12
Musical Theatre Showcase
Saturday April 30, 2016 08:00 PM EDT
Directed by Amanda Wansa Morgan. Music Direction by Judy Cole. Musical theatre students showcase selected works from the spring semester.
Cost: Free
KSU Tellers Showcase: Student Storytelling Concert
Friday April 29, 2016 08:00 PM EDT
Directed by Charles Parrott. The KSU Tellers share their finest original stories from the spring semester.
Cost: Free
K.I.S.S. Spring Hoopla Palooza
Friday April 22, 2016 08:00 PM EDT
Directed by Jamie Bullins. Celebrate spring with the student improv ensemble’s irresistible antics and games.
Cost: Free
TPS and Paderborn University meet Suzan-Lori Parks
Thursday February 25, 2016 07:00 PM EST
Directed by Pamela Joyce and Karen Robinson. TPS continues our multi-year transatlantic collaboration with the University of Paderborn, Germany in this theatrical response to master playwright Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays. Paderborn faculty and student residency at KSU is made possible by ...
Cost: Free
The Followers
Wednesday February 24, 2016 07:00 PM EST
Adapted by Margaret Baldwin and directed by Michael Haverty. The Followers transports The Bacchae, Euripides’ classic tragedy of blind ecstasy and vengeance, to our contemporary landscape of partisan violence, fanaticism, and global unrest. A staged reading.
Cost: $5
Branches Etched Across the Sky
Monday February 22, 2016 07:00 PM EST
By award-winning Atlanta playwright Addae Moon. Directed by Angela M. Farr Schiller. A poetic, coming-of-age drama about a young African-American man and his siblings as they wrestle with the realities of adulthood while coping with a tragic loss. A staged reading.
Cost: $5
In the Blood
Saturday February 6, 2016 07:00 PM EST
Directed by Karen Robinson. Pulitzer prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks offers a startling contemporary response to The Scarlet Letter in this darkly comic and heartrending portrait of a homeless mother striving to raise her five children on the streets.
Cost: $5-$12
KSU Tellers Showcase: Student Storytelling Concert
Friday November 13, 2015 07:00 PM EST
Directed by Charles Parrott.The KSU Tellers share their finest original stories from the fall semester.
Cost: Free
K.I.S.S. ROFLOL
Friday November 6, 2015 07:00 PM EST
Directed by Jamie Bullins. Join the student improv ensemble as they usher in the change of seasons with an outlandish and hilarious showcase of the unscripted and unexpected.
Cost: Free
K.I.S.S. ROFLOL
Friday November 6, 2015 07:00 PM EST
Directed by Jamie Bullins. Join the student improv ensemble as they usher in the change of seasons with an outlandish and hilarious showcase of the unscripted and unexpected.
Cost: Free
The Third Annual Coming Out Monologues Project
Thursday October 8, 2015 08:00 PM EDT
Directed by Jessica Duvall and Karen Robinson. Co-produced with GLBTIQ Student Retention Services. Funny, inspiring, and celebratory, this event features coming-out stories from the KSU and metro-area communities performed by KSU students.
Cost: $5
The Killer
Saturday September 19, 2015 08:00 PM EDT
By Eugène Ionesco. Translated by Michael Feingold. Directed by Peter Campbell. Coordinated and designed by Rebecca Makus.This reimagining of Ionesco’s play about failed utopias explores the use of new media in performance with spoken language and movement, followed by film and a shadow play.
Cost: $5-$12
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Saturday April 25, 2015 08:00 PM EDT
Production conception, English lyrics, additional materialby Eric Blau and Mort Shuman, based on Jacques Brel’slyrics and commentary, music by Jacques Brel. Directed by Henry Scott. Music Direction by Judy Cole. The poignant, passionate, and profound songs of Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel are br...
Cost: Free
Ksu Tellers Showcase: Student Storytelling Concert
Friday April 24, 2015 08:00 PM EDT
Join the KSU Tellers as they share their best original storytelling performances from the spring semester. These performances are intended for mature audiences.
Cost: Free
K.I.S.S. SPRING HOOPLA-PALOOZA
Friday April 17, 2015 08:00 PM EDT
Directed by Jamie Bullins. Infectiously fun performances by the student improv ensemble to usher in the change of seasons. Fully on the fly. This event may not be suitable for audiences under the age of 16.
Cost: Free
THE SCARLET LETTER
Thursday March 5, 2015 07:00 PM EST
Adapted and directed by John Gentile. A staged reading of a new adaptation of Hawthorne’s classic tale of love, shame, and redemption.
Cost: $5
Lewis & Clark: Road to the Pacific
Monday March 2, 2015 07:00 PM EST
By Sean Daniels, Matt Horgan and Tim Stoltenberg.Music by David Keeton. Directed by Jamie Bullins.Follow Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea as they cheat,swindle, lie, and sing their way along the riproaringRoad to the Pacific! A staged reading.
Cost: Free
BLOODY PULP: CRISIS IN THE AMERICAN COMIC BOOK
Saturday February 7, 2015 07:00 PM EST
By Charles Parrott. Co-directed by Charles Parrott and Jim Davis. This world premiere explores the history and mysteries surrounding the creation of comic books in America and the code that almost crushed them.
Cost: $5-$12
MTP Rocks!
Saturday December 6, 2014 07:00 PM EST
Directed by Henry Scott. Music Direction by Carolyn Dorff. Around the clock, at malt shops, band stands, sit-ins, and disco-techs…join us on the train of soul as you travel through the years of American rock and roll.
Cost: Free
KSU Tellers Showcase
Friday November 7, 2014 07:00 PM EST
STUDENT STORYTELLING CONCERT. Directed by Charles Parrott. Join the KSU Tellers as they share their finest original storytelling performances from the fall semester. These performances are intended for mature audiences.
Cost: Free
The Coming Out Monologues Project
Thursday October 9, 2014 08:00 PM EDT
Co-directed by Jessica Duvall and Karen Robinson. Co-produced with GLBTIQ Student Retention Services. Humorous, poignant, and celebratory, this evening features performances of coming-out stories from across the campus community.
Cost: $5
K.I.S.S. Roktober Laff-Fest
Friday October 3, 2014 08:00 PM EDT
Directed by Jamie Bullins. Infectiously fun performances by the student improv ensemble to usher in the change of seasons. Fully on the fly. This event may not be suitable for audiences under the age of 16.
Cost: Free
Private Eyes
Saturday September 20, 2014 08:00 PM EDT
By Steven Dietz. | Directed by Ariel Fristoe. Nothing is ever quite what it seems in this dark comedy of suspicion, theatrical illusion, and romantic truth.
Cost: $5-$12
24 Hour Play Festival
Friday September 5, 2014 08:00 PM EDT
Coordinated by Jamie Bullins. The perfect blend of planning and spontaneity. In only 24 hours, student writers, directors, actors, and designers transform their ideas into inventive theatre.
Cost: $5
KSU Tellers Showcase
Tuesday April 22, 2014 08:00 PM EDT
Original storytelling performances. Ages 16+
Cost: Free
K.I.S.S. Spring Hoopla-Palooza
Friday April 18, 2014 08:00 PM EDT
Student improv ensemble performances. Ages 16+
Cost: Free
New Works and Ideas: Bloody Pulp, and Ten-Minute Plays
Friday March 7, 2014 07:00 PM EST
Ten minute plays by students and a reading of Bloody Pulp. Ages 16+.
Cost: Bloody Pulp $5. Ten Minute Plays are free.
Red Badge of Courage
Monday February 3, 2014 07:00 PM EST
A co-production with 7 stages, the performance features tabletop puppetry, live actors, projected silhouettes, and animation.
Cost: $10-$12
K.I.S.S. Yule-Tyde Brigade
Friday November 22, 2013 07:00 PM EST
Student improv ensemble performances. Ages 16+.
Cost: Free
KSU Tellers Showcase
Monday November 18, 2013 07:00 PM EST
Join the KSU Tellers as they share their original storytelling performances. Ages 16+.
Cost: Free
Falsettos
Monday September 30, 2013 08:00 PM EDT
Musical of a non-traditional family in a time of astonishing change. Ages 16+.
Cost: $12
All the Dead Voices - Silence and Stillness - The Voice in Beckett
Tuesday September 17, 2013 08:00 PM EDT
A mystery journey in and out of the plays, poems, and novels of Irishman and Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett.
Cost: $12
K.I.S.S. Yule-Tyde Brigade
Friday November 30, 2012 07:00 PM EST
Student Improv Ensemble, Coordinated by Jamie Bullins. An evening of performances created entirely on the fly—our resident improv ensemble welcomes guest artists to usher in the seasons with a hoot or a guffaw (your choice). Side-splitting, surprising and, at times, absolutely silly. This event m...
Cost: Free (donations welcome).
The KSU Tellers: Student Storytelling Concert
Tuesday November 27, 2012 07:00 PM EST
Directed by Charles Parrott. Join the KSU Tellers as they show off their best original storytelling performances from each semester. This event may not be suitable for audiences under the age of 16
Cost: $5.00
Sound + Silence
Friday October 5, 2012 08:00 PM EDT
Two experimental performances: About Silence explores paranoia, beauty, and the pain of intimate human relationships. The Ubu Project engages themes of existential absurdity, empathy, and hope, in the creation of an exhilarating performance installation.
Cost: $5
24-Hour Play Festival
Friday September 7, 2012 08:00 PM EDT
Coordinated by Charles Parrott. Come witness a series of original 10-minute productions created by students in a single 24-hour period.
Cost: $5