October 7 and 8, 2021

Come join us for Broadway Workshop ‘21 on October 7th and 8th at 5 pm on the N-building steps! Showcasing staged readings of scenes from plays recently performed on and off Broadway, the Broadway Workshop allows students and staff directors to introduce their new favorite play or cherished classic to our theatre community. This year’s plays range from a Tony winner for Best New Musical to an off-broadway introspection on how the term “Asian American” came to be. Rated PG-13 for matures themes and language. 

November 5-13, 2021

It’s Mean Girls meets Brave New World. The year is 6000 AD and robots have taken over the planet. People, or "Peetles" as robots call them, barely survive on the fringes of civilization and are destroyed if discovered by the ultra-popular, and monstrously cruel robots. Every so often a human decides to forsake their fate and strives to “become” a robot. A fake robot. Come join us for David Largman Murray’s dark, comic science-fiction tale about a man who does everything he can to join a group that will destroy him. Rated PG-13 for mature themes and language.

December 18, 2021

Gunn Theatre alumni and current students come together to rehearse and perform ten-minute plays in one 24 hour period! Authors write their play overnight, and the following day everyone rehearses until showtime at 7:00 that evening. The results are always astonishing and often miraculous!

March 18-26, 2022

Antipholus, and his family, and Dromio, his servant, reside in the town of Ephesus. Little do they know that their long-lost twins (yes, both Antipholus and Dromio have long-lost twins WITH THE SAME NAMES) have come to Ephesus looking for their long-lost siblings! With two sets of twins, the story becomes a zany tale of mistaken identity, or one might say--  a comedy of errors. Shakespeare steals this plot from Roman Comedy and creates a tale of a town and a beautiful story of reunion and family. 

May 12-15, 2022

Spring Festival consists of four student-directed works from seniors in the Gunn Theatre department. This year, there are two comedies and two student-written works (one of which is a musical!)

November 6-14, 2020

Gunn Theatre is proud to tell the story of Matthew Shephard, a gay college student who was kidnapped and beaten by two men, tied to a fence, and left to die in the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming in 1998. The play is based on over 200 interviews with Laramie residents. With a cast of 17 performers playing more than 75 roles, Gunn's powerful online production uses innovative storytelling to try to make sense of this hateful and violent incident, which has if anything become even more relevant and important today. This is a hard-hitting and unforgettable show -- one you won't want to miss!

December 19, 2020

Gunn Theatre alumni and current students come together to rehearse and perform ten-minute plays in one 24 hour period! Authors write their play overnight, and the following day everyone rehearses until showtime at 7:30 that evening. The results are always astonishing and often miraculous!

This year’s Play-in-a-Day was renamed “Nine” and took place online due to Covid.

May 5-8, 2021

Our final major department production in the year, the Student-Directed One Acts provides many opportunities for newcomers to the Theatre department.  The One-Acts are typically six or seven short plays selected, cast, directed, and sometimes even written by Gunn Theatre students. Any Gunn Theatre student is eligible to audition.

May 21-23, 2021

Gunn Theatre is excited to present the Broadway hit musical comedy Something Rotten this Spring! Set in 1595, the story follows the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, who struggle to find theatrical success while competing with their wildly popular contemporary, William Shakespeare.

November 8-16, 2019

Oscar Wilde’s wildly entertaining comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, sparkles with dazzling wordplay, hilariously unlikely situations, beguiling and jealous fiancées, formidable dowagers, and the most famous handbag in theatre history!

December 21, 2019

Gunn Theatre alumni and current students come together to rehearse and perform ten-minute plays in one 24 hour period! Authors write their play overnight, and the following day everyone rehearses until showtime at 7:30 that evening. The results are always astonishing and often miraculous!

March 13-21, 2020

Dearest parents and guardians of the Romeo and Juliet Cast and Crew, and all ticket holders and would-be patrons, We just received word from Kathie Laurence and are extremely sad to have to notify you that ALL performances of Romeo & Juliet are cancelled. We are incredibly grateful to the cast and crew for their hard work on the production, and to all parents and families of the cast and crew for your continuing support of Gunn Theatre.We hope you will enjoy the silver lining in the next few weeks -- a chance to pause in your busy lives, connect with your families, and focus on what's most important to you.We will be in touch in the future about refunds, donations, etc.

Stay safe and stay well!

Gunn Theatre is excited to bring Shakespeare’s most popular play to Spangenberg Theatre this Spring. Revenge, passion and a secret marriage lead the famous star-crossed lovers to a harrowing end.

May 8-16, 2020

Our final major department production in the year, the Student-Directed One Acts provides many opportunities for newcomers to the Theatre department.  The One-Acts are typically six or seven short plays selected, cast, directed, and sometimes even written by Gunn Theatre students. Any Gunn Theatre student is eligible to audition.

2020 Student-Directed One Acts were cancelled due to Covid.

From 1960 - 2020

Posters, programs, and miscellany collected over the years.