Current Season

Main Stage Productions

Debt

Developed by Sarah Myers
Site Specific Performances: October 25-November 2
Town Hall Meetings: November 1, 2, 3 at 7
November 4 at 3 p.m.

Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center
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What does debt mean to you?

Debt is an experiment in site-specific performance and public art exploring the topic of student debt in its many forms. A week of short performances throughout the Augsburg College campus lead up to four student-facilitated town hall meetings focused on different facets of debt in an academic setting.

As a Town Hall Nation project, Debt is part of a national engagement initiative inviting arts organizations, colleges, and other community groups to create events that demonstrate, present, or embody an ideal town hall meeting.

Sweet Maladies
By Zakiyyah Alexander
Directed by Dominic Taylor

February 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 at 7
February 10, 17 at 3 p.m.

Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center
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Just after the Emancipation Proclamation, three sisters find themselves uncertain as to how to go about leaving the plantation where they have spent their lives in bondage. An unsettling and witty take on Genet’s The Maids, Zakiyaah Alexander’s Sweet Maladies examines the deep entrenchment of race and power in 19th century America upon the dawn of a new era.

Cabaret
By Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Darcey Engen
Music Direction by Sonja Thompson

April 11   7p.m. Preview  $2 students and $4 Non-Students Reduced Prices
April 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, at 7
April 14, 21 at 3 p.m.

Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center
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Set in the fictional Kit Kat Klub in 1930′s Berlin, the musical Cabaret  depicts the immense political upheaval taking place in Germany during the rise of Nazi power. Based on a book by Christopher Isherwood, with music by Kander and Ebb, the story portrays several couples that meet and fall in love, only to see their relationships unravel as the Nazis begin to infiltrate all elements of their lives.

Cabaret contains adult content and language and may not be suitable for younger audiences. 

Student Produced Work

Terminating
By Tony Kushner
Directed by Justin Caron

November 15, 16, 17 at 7

Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center
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In Terminating or Sonnet LXXV or “Lass mein Schmerzen nicht verloren sein” or Ambivalence,
Esther, an analyst, and Hendryk,her former patient, are accompanied by their lovers as they engage in a discussion about human identity. The characters in Kushner’s Terminating are brimming with profound thought, or maybe they’re just full of nonsense—that’s up for the audience to decide. Either way, Kushner’s funny, yet tragic style raises important questions about queerness, identity, sex, love, and loss.

Classroom Recital Work

Scenes from American Drama
December 13 at 7
April 25 at noon

Playwriting Readings
April 25 at 7

Directing Scenes
May 1 at 7

Skills Workshop Series

This year the department will host a year-long series of workshops intended to develop theater-related skills. The workshops will explore movement, voice, dance, performance styles, writing, spoken word, and more. Workshops will be Tuesday nights through the academic year.