{"id":363493,"date":"2025-01-23T08:21:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T13:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/?p=363493"},"modified":"2025-01-23T08:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T13:21:43","slug":"spotlight-on-spring-2025-previewing-university-theater-across-the-dmv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/01\/23\/spotlight-on-spring-2025-previewing-university-theater-across-the-dmv\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2025 spotlight: what&#8217;s coming to local university stages?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DC area is home to a robust community of educational institutions that produce theater. In many ways, our local colleges and universities serve as both a boot camp for theater training and a laboratory for creating original works and exploring daring, experimental works rarely seen on professional stages. Many of the theater professionals whose work we see regularly in local professional theaters teach or supervise productions at these schools. How lucky we are. Here are some highlights of what\u2019s coming up this spring on university stages across the DMV area, from George Washington University&#8217;s hip hop remix of Shakespeare set in DC (<em>In Gentle Verona<\/em>) to Gallaudet University&#8217;s groundbreaking original ASL musical <em>MEAT EXPECTATIONS<\/em>, and much more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-363512\" src=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCTU-logo-800-x-600-px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCTU-logo-800-x-600-px.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCTU-logo-800-x-600-px-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCTU-logo-800-x-600-px-460x345.jpg 460w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCTU-logo-800-x-600-px-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/arts\/index.cfm\"><strong>American University<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dance Nation<\/em> (February 13-15)<\/li>\n<li><em>A Game of Love and Chance<\/em> (February 25-March 1)<\/li>\n<li><em>9-5 The Musical<\/em> (March 27-29)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arts.catholic.edu\/performances-and-events\/index.html\"><strong>Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art at the Catholic University of America<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Rivals<\/em> (February 20-23)<\/li>\n<li><em>La boh\u00e8me<\/em> (March 27-30)<\/li>\n<li><em>Bright Star<\/em> (April 25-27)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bowiestate.edu\/academics\/colleges\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/departments\/fine-and-performing-arts\/bsutheatre\/current-season.php\"><strong>Bowie State University<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Incubator<\/em>: Spring Theater Production (March 5-9)<\/li>\n<li>New Works Festival (April 17-19)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corcoran.gwu.edu\/corcoran-performances\"><strong>Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>In Gentle Verona<\/em> (February 27-March 2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallaudet.edu\/theatre-dance\/\"><strong>Gallaudet University<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bruce Hlibok Playwright Competition (March 12)<\/li>\n<li><em>MEAT EXPECTATIONS<\/em> (April 17-27)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theater.calendar.gmu.edu\/?viewtype=list-month\"><strong>George Mason University<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mason Cabaret 2025 (January 31-February 2)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Tempest<\/em> (April 3-6)<\/li>\n<li><em>Twelve Angry Jurors<\/em> (May 1-4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maskandbauble.org\/\"><strong>Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society (Georgetown University)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>39th Annual Donn B. Murphy One Acts Festival (February 13-16)<\/li>\n<li><em>Sweeney Todd<\/em> (April 3-13)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomadic-theatre.com\/season\"><strong>Nomadic Theatre (Georgetown University)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Miscast<\/em> (January 31-February 1)<\/li>\n<li><em>Ghosts<\/em> (March 27-April 5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theatrelab.org\/\"><strong>The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u2018night, Mother<\/em> (March 13-15)<\/li>\n<li><em>Man of La Mancha<\/em> (May 15-18)<\/li>\n<li><em>Shakespeare in Love<\/em> (June 5-8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theatre.umbc.edu\/current-season\/\"><strong>University of Maryland Baltimore County<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>John Proctor Is the Villain<\/em> (April 3-13)<\/li>\n<li><em>in the darkest forest<\/em> (May 2-4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tdps.umd.edu\/events-and-performances\"><strong>University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf<\/em> (February 21-28)<\/li>\n<li><em>Hip Hop Anansi<\/em> (April 18-26)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DCTheaterU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-363514\" src=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCTU-Facebook-cover-460x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCTU-Facebook-cover-460x175.jpg 460w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCTU-Facebook-cover-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCTU-Facebook-cover-768x292.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCTU-Facebook-cover.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DCTheaterU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click to view DC Theater Arts&#8217; college and university theater Facebook page.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A preview of university theater across the DMV this spring, from a hip hop Shakespeare remix set in DC to an original ASL musical and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":363512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,63],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-363493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-university-shows"},"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spring 2025 spotlight: what&#039;s coming to local university stages? 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