2023-24 theatre season at Augustana
Betrayal
Oct. 5-8, Black Box Theatre
"The play begins in the present, with the meeting of Emma and Jerry, whose adulterous affair of seven years ended two years earlier. Emma’s marriage to Robert, Jerry’s best friend, is now breaking up, and she needs someone to talk to. Their reminiscences reveal that Robert knew of their affair all along and, to Jerry’s dismay, regarded it with total nonchalance. Thereafter, in a series of contiguous scenes, the play moves backward in time, from the end of the Emma-Jerry affair to its beginning, throwing into relief the little lies and oblique remarks that, in this time-reverse, reveal more than direct statements, or overt actions, ever could." Dramatists Play Service
Directed by Roger Pavey '24.
Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10; or $7 for seniors; free for Augustana students; $5 for faculty and staff, students and children.
Dracula: a feminist revenge fantasy
Oct. 12-15, main stage
A performance of "Dracula: a feminist revenge fantasy," directed by Jennifer Popple.
Both terrifying and riotous, Kate Hamill's imaginative, gender-bending "feminist revenge fantasy" is like no Dracula you've ever seen - exploring the nature of predators and reinventing the story as a smart, disquieting, darkly comic drama. Hamill's signature style and postmodern wit upends this familiar tale of Victorian morality (TRW Plays).
Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15; or $12 for seniors; free for Augustana students; $10 for faculty and staff, students and children.
Nine
November 16-19, main stage
Directed by Shelley Cooper, assistant professor of theatre arts.
Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15; or $12 for seniors; free for Augustana students; $10 for faculty and staff, students and children.
Private Lives
April 25-28, 2024, Black Box Theatre
'Private Lives' a comedy written in 1930 by Noël Coward, follows a divorced couple that happen to honeymoon at the same hotel with their new spouses. They seemed to never fall out of love.
Directed by Grey White '24
Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10; or $7 for seniors; free for Augustana students; $5 for faculty and staff, students and children.
Our Country's Good
May 9-12, 2024, main stage
Directed by Jeff Coussens, Augustana professor of theatre arts.
Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15; or $12 for seniors; free for Augustana students; $10 for faculty and staff, students and children.
Quad Cities Playwrights Festival
May, TBA
This showcase of 10-minute plays highlights new works by area playwrights high school age and up.