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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.
Performances for the 2020-21 season will be streamed for viewing, no in-person audience.
Mainstage Series 2020-21
Spring Awakening
Music by Duncan Sheik, Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
Directed by Victoria Bussert
Choreography by Gregory Daniels
Music Direction by Matthew Webb
Nov. 11 – 22, 2020
fyoo zh en '21
Directed by Sara Whale
Feb. 24 – 27, 2021
Inspired by Research of a BWU Professor
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
Directed by Keira McDonald
April 14 – 18, 2021
Studio Series
Stupid F##king Bird by Arron Posner
Directed by New Directing Faculty
Oct. 28 – Nov. 1, 2020
Men On Boats by Jaqulyn Backhaus
Directed by Anjanette Hall
March 24 – 28, 2021
Lab Series
Devised Blues: Uncut and Funky
Directed by Jeannine Gaskin
September 30, 2020 – October 4, 2020
Muses Anonymous
Adapted and directed by Sara Whale
Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 2020
Staged Reading: A Staged Reading
Written and Directed by Sam Sommer
Nov. 19 - 21, 2020
The Play Selection Committee is accepting proposals for the Lab Series slot Feb. 18, 19, 20, 2021
Due date for proposals: March 13
See Dave Stoughton for more info.
Testing Ground: Danceworks-in-Progress
Directed by Sara Whale
April 28, 2021
Staged Reading Series
Blue Stockings
By Jessica Swale
Directed by Martin Friedman
September 18 & 19, 2020
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom by Jennifer Haley
Directed by Martin Friedman
March 19 & 20, 2021
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.