The School of Theater is home to a rich spectrum of performance opportunities including full theatrical productions, musical theater cabarets, laboratory shows, and staged readings of new work. Casting auditions that occur once per year are open to any enrolled B.F.A. theater major. In addition, any University student can audition for the productions or apply to work backstage. Productions are conceived, designed and built completely by students who are mentored by faculty, staff and graduate assistants.
directed by Merri Biechler
Oct. 7, 8, 9, & 10 at 7 & 9 p.m.
Location: Playspace in Putnam Hall
College freshman Katie considers herself to be a Real Girl. So, when beauty queen Dakota announces she's running for Miss Freshman B Dorm, Katie joins the race in the name of Real Girls everywhere. But it’s 2007 and the internet is getting...real. Real Girls Can't Win is a comedy with consequences.
Admission is Free. Tickets are required
directed by Steven Strafford-Elkins
Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. (PREVIEW performance)
Oct. 16 at 8 p.m.
Oct. 17th at 2:00 & 8:00 PM
Oct. 21st, 22nd, & 23rd at 8:00 PM
Location: E.E. Baker Theater in Kantner Hall
Everyone, and every job, has a story. Working is a moving and uplifting musical celebrating the dignity, humor, and humanity of everyday people and the jobs they do. Featuring an eclectic score, spanning pop, soul, and classic musical theater, this musical will have you seeing your neighbors and yourself in a new light.
A Play by Rick Elice
Based on the Novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Music By Wayne Barker
Directed by Brendon Fox
Nov. 5-21, 2026
Location: A Tantrum Theater production in the Forum Theater
Embark on a wildly imaginative voyage with Peter and the Starcatcher, the five-time Tony Award-winning play that brilliantly reimagines how a young orphan became “the boy who wouldn't grow up.” Overflowing with boundless creativity and a ton of heart, this hilarious romp of a play reminds us all that anything is possible when we dare to believe.
directed by Brian Evans
Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. (PREVIEW performance)
Nov. 19, 20th, & 21st at 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 21 at 1:30 & 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hahne Theater in Kantner Hall
Alfred Jarry scandalized Paris in 1896 with his production of Ubu Roi, satirizing political corruption, greed, and war. In Ubu the King, we ask the questions, “what did tyranny mean then, and what will it mean in our foreseeable future?”
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed and choreographed by Eric Sciotto
February 25-March 20, 2027
Step inside the intoxicating world of Cabaret, where the hedonistic nightlife of the Kit Kat Club surrounds a cast of dreamers, performers, and outsiders chasing decadence and freedom. Eerily relevant, Cabaret is a seductive and haunting celebration of living for the moment while the world around you teeters on the edge of chaos.
Location: A Tantrum Theater production in the Forum Theater
directed by David Haugen
March 3 at 7:30 p.m. (PREVIEW performance)
March 4, 5, & 6 at 7:30 p.m.
March 6 at 1:30 p.m.
March 17 & 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hahne Theater in Kantner Hall
Everyone, and every job, has a story. Working is a moving and uplifting musical celebrating the dignity, humor, and humanity of everyday people and the jobs they do. Featuring an eclectic score, spanning pop, soul, and classic musical theater, this musical will have you seeing your neighbors and yourself in a new light.
directed by Robby Lutfy
March 24 at 8 p.m. (PREVIEW performance)
March 25, 26, & 27 at 8 p.m.
March 27 at 2 & 8 p.m.
Location: Playspace in Putnam Hall
In TartuffeNation, playwright Cliff Odle gives Molière’s classic comedy a contemporary American makeover, moving the action from a wealthy French household to the governor’s mansion of an unnamed state. When a charismatic stranger named Tartuffe enters the family’s inner circle, faith, politics, loyalty, and truth collide—and everyone has something to prove. Written entirely in rhyming couplets and packed with theatricality, verbal fireworks, outrageous confidence, and even a rap battle, TartuffeNation takes aim at the absurdities of contemporary American political and religious culture. But beneath the laughter lies a timeless question: Who shapes belief, who influences power, and who are we willing to trust?
directed by Castor Kent
April 8 at 8 p.m. (PREVIEW performance)
April 9 at 8 p.m.
April 10 at 2 & 8 p.m.
April 14, 15, & 16 at 8 p.m.
April 17 at 2 & 8 p.m.
Location: E.E. Baker Theater in Kantner Hall
Visit the College of Fine Arts calendar often for updates and information about the School of Theater's season.
Visit Tantrum Theater's page for further details about productions, season offerings, workshops, etc.
Thanks to Arts for Ohio, all Ohio University students can attend School of Theater productions (and most of the events in the College of Fine Arts) for FREE. You can pick up your free ticket at the Memorial Auditorium Box Office. Tickets are also available at the performance venue one hour prior to the performance.
Non-student ticket prices: Adults $10; non-OHIO students and senior citizens: $7.