This year the department of Theatre Arts & Dance has a season of exciting shows that all students, faculty, & staff are invited to attend! Below is a snippet of each the shows from TAD’s upcoming 2024 - 2025 season:
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange
Marquette Theater - Loyola University
Directed by Mama Kai Knight
- OCT 24 - OCT 26 @ 7:30PM
- OCT 27 @ 2PM
- OCT 30 - NOV 2 @ 7:30PM
A ground-breaking work in modern American theatre by Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a choreopoem that follows seven women of color through a world of shaped by racism, oppression, and sexism. These women, each named after the colors of the rainbow, tell their stories and the stories of other women they know through poetry, music, and dance. Directed and Choreographed by "Mama Kai" Knight, this piece uplifts women’s struggles, strength, desires, resilience, and the sanctified magic of love and possibility.
Content Guidance: This play contains strong language as well as discussions of sexual violence, domestic violence, and abortion.
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Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Lower Depths Experimental Theater - Loyola University
Directed by Torey Hayward
- NOV 14 - NOV 16 @ 7:30PM
- NOV 17 @ 2PM
- NOV 20 - NOV 23 @ 7:30PM
Death has come for Everybody, but Everybody isn't exactly ready...This witty and passionate modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman by Pulitzer Prize Finalist and Tony Winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery—the meaning of living.
Content Guidance: This play contains strong language and themes of death and dying.
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Alice By Heart by Steven Sater & Jessie Nelson
Music by Duncan Sheik
Lower Depths Experimental Theater - Loyola University
Directed by Salvatore Mannino
Music Directed by Flo E. Presti
- MAR 20 - MAR 22 @ 7:30PM
- MAR 23 @ 2PM
- MAR 26 - MAR 29 @ 7:30PM
In the rubble of the London Blitz of World War II, Alice Spencer’s budding teen life is turned upside down, and she and her dear friend Alfred are forced to take shelter in an underground tube station. When the ailing Alfred is quarantined, Alice encourages him to escape with her into their cherished book and journey down the rabbit hole to Wonderland.
As they travel through the tale, Alice by Heart explores the poignancy of first love, coming to terms with loss, and finding the courage to move forward.
Content Guidance: This show contains themes of violence and death and explicit language.
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TAD New Works Festival
Loyola University
APRIL 3RD - 13TH
It’s a mixed bag–in a good way! Our TAD Students will write, direct, and produce fresh new work and unique performances for two weeks in April. Shows will be announced later this semester after a creative application process!
MORE DETAILS TBA