Orlando

By Sarah Ruhl

October 5–14, 2023

Tony/Pulitzer Prize nominee, Sarah Ruhl’s poetic and vividly theatrical adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece, Orlando, examines gender, power, love, language, and convention, and tells the story of a being who lives outside of human expectations, confronting the multitudinous possibilities of the Self, of life, and of the mysterious mutability of desire.

URPerforming!

October 20–21, 2023

Back again after a multi-year pandemic hiatus!  Celebrate extraordinary performers from all disciplines in this UR’s Got Talent-format evening of student artists. join us for talent, great performance, celebrity guests, audience give-aways, and more!

THIS EVENT IS FREE and UNTICKETED

NOTE: Performances take place in Todd Theatre (Todd Union)

More info here!

Want to participate?  Start here!

Our Town

By Thornton Wilder

November 30–December 9, 2023

One of the greatest American plays ever written and a metatheatrical tour-de-force, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town is a story of the connections of love, family, success, and failure, and those precious, yet seemingly mundane moments that define our mortality, and turn our universal experience of living into the extraordinary tapestry we call, Life.

21st One-Act New Play Festival

March 21–23, 2024

After a multi-year hiatus because of the pandemic, this popular event is back!  Join us for an exciting evening of short student-written, directed, designed, and acted plays by budding young playwrights and directors!

THIS EVENT IS FREE and UNTICKETED

NOTE: Performances take place in Todd Theatre Lobby (Todd Union)

More info here!

Want to get involved?  Start here!

Othello

By William Shakespeare

April 18–27, 2024

Brilliantly plotted and viscerally exciting, Shakespeare’s extraordinary tragedy, Othello, explores the nexus of power and manipulation, obsession and delusion, trust and betrayal, bigotry and transgression while never losing its status as an action-packed tale of jealous intrigue and malevolent double-dealing.