Productions and Events
Fall 2025 Season
Image from Playwriting Honors Thesis, See You at Home See You. Photos by Tehya Basileia
False Thief
a new play written by Grace Fruaff ’26,
An Honors Thesis in Playwriting Reading
Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Frear Ensemble Theater
The An6els are the hottest new boy band, playing one night only in the Frear Ensemble Theater. Their fans will do anything for them! Yet, when a scandal shakes the fandom, six die-hard fans come together to unpack the boy’s legacy. Will zealotry or reality win out? And who will be named The An6el’s BIGGEST fan?
Production Ensemble presents
The Threepenny Opera
By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weil
Directed by Jude Sandy
Set Design by Matt Saunders
Costume Design by Laila Swanson
Sound Design by Liz Atkinsong
Lighting Design by Jim Murphy
Movement Direction by Connor Hogan
Intimacy Coordination by Leah Walton
November 14 - November 16, 2025
LPAC Mainstage
This fall, the Production Ensemble cohort takes on Brecht’s epic play with music, The Threepenny Opera. In this production, the underbelly of Germany's Weimar Republic gets transported to the subversive cultures of 80s punk, new wave, hip-hop and drag performance, all against a backdrop of late-20th Century American capitalism, patriotism, greed, and lust.
Senior Company presents
GLORIA
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Leah Walton
December 5 - December 7, 2025
Frear Ensemble Theater
In December, Swat Theater seniors will take on this sharp, satirical comedy from Pulitzer Prize finalist, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. An average day at a failing Manhattan literary magazine is turned upside down, and the ambitious editorial assistants must sort out the pieces. This chaotic and darkly funny play explores the cultural impact of toxic capitalism.
The Directing I Class presents
Fall Night of Scenes ‘25
December 12 - 13, 2025
Frear Ensemble Theater
The Directing I Class, taught by Prof. K. Elizabeth Stevens, will present their final scenes in the Frear Ensemble Theater this December. Come check out the new work of these young theater artists!
