{"id":377204,"date":"2025-09-25T02:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T02:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/?p=377204"},"modified":"2025-10-06T17:23:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:23:23","slug":"fall-2025-spotlight-on-local-university-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/09\/25\/fall-2025-spotlight-on-local-university-stages\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2025: spotlight on local university stages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DC-Theater-U.-800x600-1-460x345.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-377207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DC-Theater-U.-800x600-1-460x345.jpg 460w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DC-Theater-U.-800x600-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DC-Theater-U.-800x600-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DC-Theater-U.-800x600-1-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DC-Theater-U.-800x600-1-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DC-Theater-U.-800x600-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As students have returned to colleges and universities across the DMV area, here are some highlights of what\u2019s coming up this fall on local university stages, from University of Maryland Baltimore County&#8217;s celebration of the centennial of the Harlem Renaissance with a production of Langston Hughes\u2019 <em>Shakespeare in Harlem<\/em> (in collaboration with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company and its Black Classical Acting Ensemble) to the Catholic University of America\u2019s hilarious new adaptation of Jane Austen\u2019s works, <em>Sense and Austensibility<\/em>, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/arts\/index.cfm\"><strong>American University<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Overture 2025<\/em> (October 3-4, sold out)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Disarming Girls<\/em> (October 16-26)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Zoey\u2019s Perfect Wedding<\/em> (October 30-November 1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Godspell <\/em>(November 19-22)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Sense &amp; Austensibility<\/em> (October 23-26)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Jesus Christ Superstar<\/em> (November 20-23)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Everybody<\/em> (November 5-8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Shakespeare\u2019s Twelfth Night <\/em>(October 30-November 2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theater.calendar.gmu.edu\/?viewtype=list-month\"><strong>George Mason University<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Natasha, Pierre &amp; the Great Comet of 1812<\/em> (October 30-November 2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Light Up the Sky<\/em> (November 20-23)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/finearts.howard.edu\/departments-centers\/department-theatre-arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Howard University Department of Theatre Arts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Young Griots: New Works for the Stage<\/em> (October 9-11)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maskandbauble.org\/\"><strong>Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society (Georgetown University)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Humans<\/em> (October 29-November 8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomadic-theatre.com\/season\"><strong>Nomadic Theatre (Georgetown University)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Heathers: The Musical<\/em> (November 6-15)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theatre.umbc.edu\/current-season\/\"><strong>University of Maryland Baltimore County<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Shakespeare in Harlem<\/em> (October 30-November 9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Street Scenes<\/em> (December 5-7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>She Loves Me<\/em> (October 18-25)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Home<\/em> (November 14-21)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As students have returned to colleges and universities across the DMV area, here are some highlights of what\u2019s coming up this fall on local university stages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":377207,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-377204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - 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