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2025 – 2026 Theatre Production Season
October 17 -October 26, 2025
“Lysistrata” by Aristophenes, adapted by Ellen McLaughlin
A partnership with Boise State Improv Club
This fresh, fast-paced comedy, inspired by the Aristophanes play, follows Lysistrata, an Athenian who calls for the women of Greece to help end the Peloponnesian War. She proposes a radical plan: All Greek women must refuse to engage in lovemaking until the men see reason, lay down their arms, and come home to lie down with their wives in peace. The women agree to make the sacrifice and all hell breaks loose as men wander the country in an agony of unsatisfied lust. Will Lysistrata and her crew accomplish what the politicians could not? Mature content suggested age 16 and older.
October 24 and 25, 2025
“Speech & Debate” by Stephen Karam
Come celebrate the exciting partnership between the Boise State Theatre Program and the Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency with a premiere reading of a new play, “Horoscope,” by Rajiv Joseph. The Theatre Arts Program at Boise State University is thrilled to collaborate with Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency to connect our community with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph and director May Adrales, both extraordinarily talented and nationally recognized theatre artists. This unique cross-community collaboration will unite theatre artists and organizations from Boise, the Wood River Valley, and New York City. Free and open to the public, the reading will be generously hosted by Boise Contemporary Theater
November 20 – December 7, 2025
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” by Charles M. Schulz. based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson, stage Adaptation by Eric Schaeffer
Back by popular demand! The classic animated television special A Charlie Brown Christmas comes to life in this faithful stage adaptation in which Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang discover the true meaning of Christmas.
April 17 – 19, 2026
“Grease” Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Morrison Center for the Performing Arts Main Hall
Here is Rydell High’s senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding “Burger Palace Boys” and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking “Pink Ladies” in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical.
Hemingway Center Reading Series
Free and open to the public, the Hemingway Center Reading Series brings renowned writers to the Boise State Campus each semester. Run by the Creative Writing MFA Program, the Reading Series serves the university and Boise communities. Each reading includes a book sale and signing by the author. Stay tuned to our events feed for the latest upcoming events and check out the following link for more information.
Theatre Arts Past Productions
The Boise State Theatre program is proud to offer a variety of engaging and exciting yearly productions that provide students with hands-on experience both on and off stage. We are also proud of our history and our long list of past shows.
Follow the following link for a list of past productions.