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Our 2024-2025 Season: Change
"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living."
— Gail Sheehy

Tiny Beautiful Things

Based on the Book by Cheryl Strayed
Adapted for the Stage by Nia Vardalos

Co-conceived by Marshall Heyman, Thomas Kail, and Nia Vardalos
September 26-28, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Lab Theatre

A few years ago, author Cheryl Strayed took over an anonymous advice column, Dear Sugar, for the literary website, The Rumpus.  As Sugar, she combined genuine transparency and empathy by inserting personal stories within her responses.  Her advice was illuminating rather than instruction.

Later, Strayed collected the stories into the book Tiny Beautiful Things which was published after her novel Wild appeared on bookshelves.  Both became bestsellers.

In the play, Sugar and the writers of the letters reveal themselves and we find ourselves in their conundrums and sorrows, in their lives lived and roads traveled.  Tiny Beautiful Things is a play about reaching when you are stuck, healing when you are broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions with no answers.

This production contains adult themes and language.

 

A Musical That We Can't Announce Here

October 31- November 2 and November 4-6, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Sunday November 3, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Sawyer Theatre

We have secured the rights to this show which is currently running elsewhere.  Therefore our ability to publicize the production is somewhat restricted.   This to-be-announced musical is considered by many to be a modern classic.  It was also adapted into an Oscar-winning film.

Join us as we follow the story of two 'killer-dillers' in the Windy City as they sing and dance from crime to courtroom to vaudeville.

Look for details coming this Fall on our social media pages.

This production contains mature themes and language.

 

A Fundraiser Supporting The Golden Circle Scholarship & Support Fund:

A Christmas Carol

Adapted by Ian Andersen
Based on Charles Dickens' tale

December 13, 2024 at 7:30 PM
December 14, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 1:30 PM and 6:00 PM
Sawyer Theatre

The novella with the complete title of A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas., and its many iterations is a holiday classic.  You and your family will be transported to London and the timeless redemption story of Ebenezer Scrooge.

 Tickets for this event are not included in season membership packages.

 

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

Based on the book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Published by Hyperion Books for Children
Script by Mo Willems and Mr. Warburton
Lyrics by Mo Willems
Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
Dramaturgy by Megan Alrutz

Friday, February 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sawyer Theatre 

It's not easy being the pigeon - you never get to do anything!  But when the bus driver has a crisis that theatres to make her passengers (gasp!) late maybe that wily bird can do something.

Our annual theatre-for-young-audiences  production will tour the region in February and March 2025.  Inquiries regarding booking tour dates should be directed to Duke Guthrie, dguthrie@valdosta.edu.

 

Spring Dances: EVOLVE

March 6-8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sawyer Theatre

Spring Dances: EVOLVE is a collection of concert dance works and dance films created by VSU Dance Faculty and guest artists.  Dances will provoke, inspire, liberate, and leave audiences in awe as dances intertwine storytelling, abstract thought and superb artistry.

The concert will include the Georgia premiere of Evolution of Gaia, a collaboration between Ali Duffy (Texas Tech University and Flatlands Dance Theatre, composer Peter Fischer (Texas Tech University), and faculty choreographer/filmmaker Melissa Pihos.  This work will feature a large scale performance fusing original dace, live and recorded music, film and media.  The production tells the tale of Gaia, the personification of Earth.  Through a compelling story centered on human relationships and cultures, the production interweaves topics such as the destruction and regenerative capacity of Earth's natural landscapes and resources, environmental awareness and justice, cycles of birth and rebirth, and of conflict and resolution.

This production may contain mature themes and language.

 

Iphigenia 2.0

By Charles Mee
With further adaptations and revisions by VSU’s Devised Theatre class.

April 17-19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM

A modern adaptation of Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides, Charles Mee’s Iphigenia 2.0 largely follows the plot of the original Greek text but removes the interference of the gods. Instead, Agamemnon’s own disillusioned troops are the ones to call for him to make the same sacrifice he has asked of their own mothers – namely the life of his child – to prove that the war with Troy that he has called for is a worthy one. So, when Agamemnon’s daughter arrives at the battle encampment, will it be for her wedding or her sacrifice?

Taking our cue from Mee’s own collage-like style of playwriting, our adaptation of Mee’s text will be revised by the students in our Devised Theatre class before it makes its way to Sawyer stage to close out our season.

 

A Fundraiser Supporting The Golden Circle Scholarship & Support Fund:

The Spotlight Series

May 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Sawyer Theatre, VSU Fine Arts Building

Join us for the annual Spotlight Series as we shine a spotlight on our students and celebrate the work of our graduating seniors. Entertainment will include a wide variety of popular musical theatre numbers, original dance works by students in the choreography class, and captivating scene work from contemporary plays all featuring performances from our graduating seniors. This performance is not a ticketed event, but we encourage you to make a donation on line or at the door to help fund our Golden Circle Scholarship Fund which supports our Theatre & Dance students during their time here at Valdosta State University. Please consider giving any amount that you are able to help us continue to bring you the work of our very talented young artists in the years to come.

Tickets for this event are not included in season membership packages.