Announcing our 2023-24 Season of plays, musicals and concerts!
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Available online beginning April 24.
Featuring the Sonic Arts Ensemble
Friday, September 29, 2023
One concert stage. Acoustic instruments. Microphones. Electronic sound machines. Colorful lighting. And lots of things unfamiliar! Willamette’s Improvisational Music Workshop, joined by Music faculty collaborators David Collins, James Miley and Ryan Biesack, explores the borderlines of music technology in performance. Prepare for delight and surprise!
Performance • Hudson Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
Friday, September 29, 2023 • 7:30 pm
Book and lyrics by E. M. Lewis ‘94
Music by Clarence Roscoe McDonald ‘23
October 26 - November 12, 2023
Directed by Carly Christensen '16
World premiere musical! On an ordinary day in a small college town, a storm strikes and leaves destruction in its wake. In its aftermath, a group of friends unite at a cabin in the woods to discover, “When the water is over your head, who can pull you up?”
In the Deep is a new musical about friendship, family, and surviving in unknown torrents. Written and directed by three generations of Willamette University alumni.
Performances • M. Lee Pelton Theatre
October 26 — November 12, 2023
Preview: Thursday, Oct. 26
Opening night gala: Friday, Oct. 27 • Aftershow catering by Bon Appetit
Evenings shows: Wed – Sat at 7:30 pm
2 pm Matinees:
- Sunday, Oct. 29
- Saturday, Nov. 4
- Sunday, Nov. 5
- Sunday, Nov. 12
By Greg Allen
February 15 – 25, 2024
Directed by Jonathan Cole
The longest running play in Chicago theatre history! Each performance is different, an ever-changing menu of 30 short plays, all chosen at random by the audience. Sometimes with pizza! Created by the Neo-Futurists, the show is “a fusion of sport, poetry and living-newspaper” that pits the artists against a 60-minute timer and the whims of the audience.
Performances • M. Lee Pelton Theatre
February 15 – 25, 2024
Preview: Thursday, Feb. 15
Opening night gala: Friday, Feb. 16 • Aftershow catering by Bon Appetit
Evenings shows: Wed – Sat at 7:30 pm
2 pm Matinees:
- Sunday, Feb. 18
- Saturday, Feb. 24
- Sunday, Feb. 25
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)
Performances by Willamette’s award-winning music faculty and special guests
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Willamette’s Music program presents it third annual International Women's Month concert! Performing music from across the centuries and the globe, classical pieces to modern musicals, we celebrate the unique voices that have paved the path for future women artists. Special features this year include Irish female composers – Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Performance • Hudson Hall
Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center
Friday, March 17, 2023 • 2:00 pm
By Brian Friel
April 11 – 27, 2024
Directed by Susan Coromel
One man’s childhood memories of his 1936 summer in Ballybeg, Ireland, unfold before us – the time of the festival of Lughnasa, which celebrates the pagan god of harvest with drunken revelry and dancing. His crowded home includes his mother and her four extraordinary sisters, all changed forever by a surprise visitor and their first radio. Widely regarded as Brian Friel’s masterpiece, this haunting play is Friel’s tribute to the spirit and valor of the past.
Performances • M. Lee Pelton Theatre
April 11 – 27, 2024
Preview: Thursday, April 11
Opening night gala: Friday, April 12 • Aftershow catering by Bon Appetit
Evenings: Wed – Sat at 7:30 pm
2 pm Matinees:
- Sunday, April 14
- Sunday, April 20
- Saturday, April 21
- Saturday, April 27