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"Intimate Apparel" by Lynn Nottage
BW produces a wide range of plays, including classics and new works.
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"Quality Street" by JM Barrie
BW takes a fresh approach to the classics, as evidenced by this acclaimed staging of a neglected masterpiece.
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Backstage at Baldwin Wallace
Actors prepare in two large, well-lit dressing rooms. BW has an outstanding costume department that treats all students like professionals.
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"The Diviners" by Jim Leonard Jr.
A busy production schedule means there are many opportunities to perform on the BW stage beginning freshmen year.
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"What is Love?" - a devised play based on "Romeo and Juliet"
Entirely student written and conceived, this production represents one of the many ways BW students benefit from exceptional hands-on learning opportunities. Technical skill, innovation, creativity and a commitment to new works are hallmarks of the theatre major.
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"The Two Noble Kinsmen"
Stage combat classes are offered as an elective to BA in theatre students. Weapons taught include rapier, dagger, hand-to-hand and broadsword.
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Faculty-student collaboration
One-on-one coaching and mentoring are at the heart of BW’s theatre major.
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"Pericles" by Shakespeare
Our two annual Shakespeare productions feature live music performed by the casts.
Theatre Productions
Baldwin Wallace's theatre and dance department produces two main stage productions and a series of one-acts each semester. Productions include musicals, operas, plays and a dance concert.
Mainstage Series 2019-2020
KINKY BOOTSCo-production with
BW Music Theatre
Book by Harvey Fierstein
Music and Lyrics by
Cyndi Lauper
Directed by Victoria Bussert
November 12-24
UNCLE VANYA
By Anton Chekov
Directed by Brennan Murphy
January 22-26
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The Body Politic
of the Beautiful
Based on the research of
Dr. Ana de Freitas Boe
Directed by Sara Whale
February 12-15
DRACULA
By Stephen Dietz
Directed by Scott Plate
April 22-26
Studio Series 2019-2020
THE LAST DAYS OFJUDAS ISCARIOT
By Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Nathan Motta
October 23-26
ANTIGONE
(adaptation TBA)
Directed by Keira McDonald
March 25-28
Lab Series 2019-2020
TESTING GROUND
Marginalia: Interplay with Poe
Directed by Sara Whale
October 31-November 2
DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Maria Maggard
November 14-16
PAINTING VINCENT
Written & Directed by Shane Thatcher
January 23-25
TESTING GROUND
Dance Works in Progress
Directed by Sara Whale
April 29
10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVALS
December 10
May 5
Staged Readings 2019-2020
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES
By Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Martin Friedman
September 20-21
2nd reading to be announced
Directed by Martin Friedman
March 20-21
Course Descriptions
Course descriptions, requirements for the major and additional information can be found in the University Catalog.
Cait Engler ’15 is an actor based in Los Angeles. Her most recent credits include roles on Ed Alonzo’s “Psycho Circus” and “Neal Patrick Harris: Circus Awesomeus,” which aired on HBO Canada. She has extensive commercial and independent film credits. Cait is from Waconia, Minnesota.
Kelly Smith ’14 is an actor and a member of Actor’s Equity. She holds an MFA from Florida State University Asolo Conservatory. She performs with the Asolo Repertory Theatre and Dog Days Theatre. Kelly is from Willoughby, Ohio.
Sarah Bell ’14 is an actor based in Chicago. She is recurring actor with We Three Plays and teaching artist with Chicago Youth Shakespeare. She holds a master’s in classical acting from the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in London. Sarah is from Westerville, Ohio.
Jill Tighe ’13 is producer and actor with DC Drunk Shakespeare and company member with a Shakespearean improve troupe at Unified Scene Theatre in Washington, D.C. She played Cat in Jonelle Walker’s "TAME." The production received a Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Play or Musical Adaptation.
Susanne Houstle ’12 is MFA candidate at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where she studies costume design under a full tuition fellowship. At BW, she developed the versatility to work in a variety of capacities in the field. She has worked exclusively in theatre since graduation. Susanne is from Avon Lake, Ohio.
Caitlin Lewins ’10 is an actor, musician, writer and director based in Cleveland. She was recently awarded a Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellowship with Cleveland Public Theatre. This prestigious fellowship supports emerging playwrights as they develop new works. Caitlin is from Cleveland.
Laura Berg ’05 is company member with Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland. BW faculty helped her get hired as an understudy with the professional classical theater as an undergraduate. Laura was recently the first woman to play Hamlet in a Great Lakes Theater production. She is from Akron, Ohio.