Stillwell Theater at Kennesaw State University

Join us for irresistible melodies during our closing event of our 2020 Spring Festival of New Works and Ideas! Performance to be followed by a reception.

Cost: $5-$10

April 17-18, 2020, 8 pm

Coordinated by Karen Robinson

Witness endless creativity and a multitude of genres as TPS students explore any and all possibilities for theatre and performance.

Cost: $5-$10

April 10-12 and 17-19, 2020: Friday April 10 at 8 pm; Friday, April 17 at 11 am; Saturdays, 11 am and 3 pm; Sundays, 3 pm.

Devised by KSU Students

Directed by Rosemary Newcott, former Sally J. Tomlinson Artistic Director for Youth and Families, Alliance Theatre

Composed and Music Directed by Ama...

Cost: $10-$14

Thursday, 7:30 pm; Friday-Saturday, 8 pm

Created and Performed by the Q Brothers.

Described as charismatic, wildly inventive, funny, and sophisticated, The Q Brothers bring a must-see regional premiere to the Atlanta Metro area.

This “lightning-fast, hip-hop version of Shakespeare’s tragic tale ...

Cost: $20-$25

February 6-8, 2020: Thursday, 7:30 pm; Friday-Saturday, 8 pm

Minton Sparks fuses wildly original poetry and an intoxicating gift for spinning tales into music and storytelling performances that share her memories of growing up in a small-town southern family.

Her appearances range from the venerab...

Cost: $12-$20

Stillwell Theater, Kennesaw State University. Book by Jeff WhittyLyrics by Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel MirandaMusic by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda  Directed by Justin AndersonMusic Directed by Amanda Wansa MorganChoreography by Tim Ellis and Joseph PendergrastIf you had one chance to shine, how ...

Cost: $5-$20

Stillwell Theater, Kennesaw State University. Book by Jeff WhittyLyrics by Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel MirandaMusic by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda  Directed by Justin AndersonMusic Directed by Amanda Wansa MorganChoreography by Tim Ellis and Joseph PendergrastIf you had one chance to shine, how ...

Cost: $5-$20

Stillwell Theater, Kennesaw State University. Book by Jeff WhittyLyrics by Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel MirandaMusic by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda  Directed by Justin AndersonMusic Directed by Amanda Wansa MorganChoreography by Tim Ellis and Joseph PendergrastIf you had one chance to shine, how ...

Cost: $5-$20

Stillwell Theater, Kennesaw State University. Book by Jeff WhittyLyrics by Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel MirandaMusic by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda  Directed by Justin AndersonMusic Directed by Amanda Wansa MorganChoreography by Tim Ellis and Joseph PendergrastIf you had one chance to shine, how ...

Cost: $5-$20

Stillwell Theater, Kennesaw State University. Book by Jeff WhittyLyrics by Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel MirandaMusic by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda  Directed by Justin AndersonMusic Directed by Amanda Wansa MorganChoreography by Tim Ellis and Joseph PendergrastIf you had one chance to shine, how ...

Cost: $5-$20

Book by Terrence McNally

Music by Stephen Flaherty

Directed by Amanda Wansa Morgan and Kristyl Tift

Music Direction by Cristina Dinella

Ragtime, based on E.L. Doctorow’s distinguished 1975 novel, was called “a triumph for the stage” by TIME and “the best musical in twenty years” by the Inter...

Cost: $5-$20

One of Shakespeare's most delightful, funny, and moving comedies. Forced into exile in the Forest of Arden, lovers Rosalind and Orlando become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust, and mistaken identity. Filled with songs, original music, clowns, and an MMA style cage mage, this production wi...

Cost: $5-$20

Internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller is renowned for his humorous, passionate, and provocative performances that put gay identity and liberation front and center. Miller’s one-man show Rooted reveals the secret LGBT histories hiding in the American family tree. 

Cost: $5-$20

Internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller is renowned for his humorous, passionate, and provocative performances that put gay identity and liberation front and center. Miller’s one-man show Rooted reveals the secret LGBT histories hiding in the American family tree. 

Cost: $5-$20

Internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller is renowned for his humorous, passionate, and provocative performances that put gay identity and liberation front and center. Miller’s one-man show Rooted reveals the secret LGBT histories hiding in the American family tree. 

Cost: $5-$20

An evening of innovative senior projects presented by the KSU Dance Company.

Cost: $15-$20

Coordinated by Margaret Baldwin. An evening of new 10-minute plays inspired by the work of contemporary American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. Written by KSU students and directed by KSU students, faculty, and alumni.

Cost: $5

Southern humorist Andy Offut Irwin and “Affrilachian” storyteller Lyn Ford join forces for a night of hilarious and heartfelt performances.

Cost: $5-$20

Southern humorist Andy Offut Irwin and “Affrilachian” storyteller Lyn Ford join forces for a night of hilarious and heartfelt performances.

Cost: $5-$20

Celebrating 10 years of dance at Kennesaw State University.

Cost: $15-$20

By Nathaniel Hawthorne. Adapted by John Gentile. Directed by John Gentile and Henry Scott. As relevant today as when it was first written, Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece is a haunting and romantic tale of Puritan America's struggles with religion, law, and sexuality.

Cost: $5-$20

Coordinated by John Gentile. KSU invites members of the campus and local communities to a walking meditation upon its canvas labyrinth at the end of each semester. Adocumentary about the contemporary labyrinth movement will be shown from 4-4:30 p.m. with time for walking meditation from 4:30-9 p.m.

Cost: Free

A celebration of dance for high school students, featuring adjudicated performances, master classes, professional performances, and faculty seminars.

Cost: $14-$20

Captain Bluntschli, a Swiss mercenary on the run, sneaksinto a young woman’s boudoir. Not to worry. This unlikely hero has shed his weapons in favor of chocolate creams. One of Shaw’s most popular romantic comedies, this play has never seemed more relevant, nor more hilarious. Parental guidance ...

Cost: $5-$20

Coordinated by Margaret Baldwin Pendergrass. An evening of wicked humor and luminous darkness featuring new 10-minute plays inspired by fairy tales. Written by KSU students and directed by KSU students, faculty, and alumni. This event may not be suitable for audiences under the age of 16.

Cost: $5

Atlanta storyteller Rob Cleveland regales audiences with his imaginative and irresistible retellings of stories and folktales. Parental guidance is suggested for children under the age of 13.

Cost: $5-$20

Walking Meditation. Coordinated by John Gentile.KSU invites members of the campus and local communities to a walking meditation upon its canvas labyrinth at the end of each semester. A documentary about the contemporary labyrinth movement will be shown from 4-4:30 p.m. with time for walking meditati...

Cost: Free

An evening of classical and contemporary dance featuring the KSU Dance Company. Choreographic repertory presented and staged by Ivan Pulinkala, Daniel Gwirtzman, Mara Mandradjieff, Christine Welker, and Ido Tadmor.

Cost: $14-$20

Book by James Lapine. Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Directed by Justin Anderson. Music Direction by Judy Cole. Co-produced with the School of Music. Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it in Sondheim’s witty and unconventional spin on fairy tales. Parental guidance is ...

Cost: $5-$20

Guest artist Violet Juno combines storytelling and performance to count the languages learned and lost in her family over the generations. Parental guidance is suggested for children under the age of 13.

Cost: $5-$20

Adapted from the 1950 film by Billy Wilder. Directed by Jim Davis. The TPS Faculty performs a staged reading of one of America’s classic films, a tale of love and loss in Hollywood. An annual benefit performance for education abroad scholarships.

Cost: $10

A documentary about the contemporary labyrinth movement will be shown from 4-4:30PM with time for walking meditation from 4:30-9PM

Cost: Free

Dance Spring Concert Performance

Cost: $12/$20

Pulitzer Prize-winning play about women who wrestle with relentless violence in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ages 16+

Cost: $20/$15/$12

Atlanta-based storyteller brings her wit to the stage.

Cost: $20/15/12

Film 4-4:30 PM with time for walking meditation from 4:30-9 PM

Cost: Free

Fall Dance Concert Touchdown""

Cost: $20

Shakespeare's most musical play

Cost: $20

John Dennis Anderson of Emerson College reveals Charles Dickens.

Cost: $20

Coordinated by John Gentile. KSU invites members of the campus and local communities to a walking meditation upon its canvas labyrinth at the end of each semester. A documentary about the contemporary labyrinth movement will be shown from 4-4:30 p.m.

Cost: Free.

An evening of classical and contemporary dance featuring the regionally acclaimed KSU Dance Company. Celebrating the new Department of Dance at KSU, the concert will feature the classical masterpiece Swan Lake, along with four new contemporary world premieres by KSU faculty and artist-in-residence L...

Cost: $12-$20

The “divine decadence” of the seedy, sexy Kit Kat Club plays for time against the rise of Nazism in 1930s Berlin. This event may not be suitable for audiences under the age of 16.

Cost: $12-$20

Coordinated by Dean Adams “Perhaps the most important young writers in musical theatre today.” – Talkin’ Broadway. An concert featuring Brian Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan, the dynamic duo behind Our First Mistake and The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown.

Cost: $20/$15/$12.

Theatre & Performance Studies Faculty Benefit Reading, Directed by Jamie BullinsThe close quarters of a car and electronic communication create a world of danger, separation, and intimacy. This new play reading will be performed by the TPS faculty. This event may not be suitable for audiences under ...

Cost: $10

Coordinated by Ivan Pulinkala. An evening of innovative senior choreography projects performed by the KSU Dance Company. A celebration of the artistic and choreographic excellence achieved by the graduating class of the Program in Dance at Kennesaw State University.

Cost: $20/$15/$12.

“The Secret Garden” by Marsha Norman (book & lyrics) and Lucy Simon (music). Directed by Dean Adams. Musical direction by Russell Young. Co-produced with the School of Music. Based on the beloved 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett and adapted by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Marsha Norman, Th...

Cost: $20/$15/$12.

Coordinated by Margaret Baldwin.

Cost: Free.

Directed by Ivan Pulinkala. An evening of contemporary dance featuring choreography by Bill T. Jones, Lauri Stallings, Sandra Parks and Ivan Pulinkala. Performed by the regionally acclaimed KSU Dance Company, this production is made possible in part by the American masterpiece grant from the Nation...

Cost: $18

Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields as revised by Peter Stone. Irving Berlin hits the bull’s-eye with this delightful take on the life of Wild West legend Annie Oakley! Featuring such hit songs as “There’s No Business like Show Business,” “Doin’ What Comes Natur’l...

Cost: $18