What became of Wendy Darling in the years following her adventures with Peter Pan? Long after returning from Neverland, Wendy decides that she must find Peter in order to reclaim her kiss and move on with her life. Along the way, she meets other girls who went to Neverland and learns she is not alone. A coming-of-age exploration of first love and lasting loss, Lost Girl continues the story of J.M. Barrie’s beloved character – the girl who had to grow up.
November 16-December 3, 2023
A Charlie Brown Christmas
By Charles M. Schulz Based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson
Stage Adaptation by Eric Schaeffer
By Special Arrangement with Arthur Whitelaw and Ruby Persson
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. An event for the entire family!
February 8-17, 2024
Wolf/Girlby Heidi Kraay
Tired of feeling like a misfit, Maddy runs away from her hometown bullies and joins up with a wolf pack. The longer she stays, the more she identifies with her new family, becoming a wolf at ease in her skin for the first time. But in order to find true peace, she must face her past, returning to her human body with wolf spirit inside. Whenever the moon is full, she rejoins her chosen family, and meanwhile, she belongs to herself. Wolf/Girlreconstructs the werewolf story and explores how we find ourselves through difficult times.
April 12-14, 2024
The Sound of Music
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world’s most beloved musical. Featuring a trove of cherished songs, including “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” and the title number, The Sound of Music won the hearts of audiences worldwide, earning five Tony Awards and five Oscars. The inspirational story, based on the memoir of Maria Augusta Trapp, follows an ebullient postulate who serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain von Trapp, bringing music and joy to the household. But as the forces of Nazism take hold of Austria, Maria and the entire von Trapp family must make a moral decision.
The Theatre program at Boise State provides theoretical and practical courses in a variety of areas, all within a liberal arts-based environment. The program also produces plays and dance concerts each year that train our majors in every aspect of production.
These performances challenge and educate our students and provide cultural enrichment to the community at large. The program strives to prepare graduates to work in the entertainment industry, to study theatre or dance at the graduate level, or to achieve certification to teach drama. Accredited Institutional Member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre.
Student Opportunities
The Theatre Arts Department allows each and every student opportunities to actively participate in academics, productions, and student organizations from the first day of the semester. Our students are some of the most involved and active across campus. Our tight-knit group of faculty, students, and staff work together to produce main-stage productions, student performances, and, most importantly, academic assignments and projects.
Student opportunities in theatre range from acting, design, scenic construction, dramatic writing, properties, costume construction, lighting, and stage management. Auditions for acting in productions are open to everyone–Theatre Arts majors, Boise State Students, and the general public.
The Boise State Department of Theatre, Film, and Creative Writing is pleased to offer a variety of student scholarship opportunities. For more information regarding specific scholarship options and requirements, please visit our scholarship page, here. For additional scholarship opportunities, please visit Boise State Financial Aid.
Each and every production that the Theatre Department produces depends on the talents and participation of Boise State students. These unique opportunities provide real, high-caliber learning experiences that bolster resumes, deliver invaluable on-stage performance time and produce invaluable memories to be cherished forever. If you are interested in auditioning for one of our upcoming productions, please check out our current audition announcements, here.
Boise State University Theatre Arts Department is a participating member of the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), which promotes and recognizes excellence in collegiate drama. As a member of Region VII, Idaho students compete with students attending from other universities in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Northern California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. In addition, students also compete as participants in the Northwest Drama Conference. Each year, more than 900 productions and 18,000 students participate in KCACTF nationwide.
The 55th Annual High School Festival dates to be determined.
Since 1990 Summer DanceFest has become one of the most distinguished and unique dance workshops in the Pacific Northwest. Summer DanceFest offers the highest quality training for today’s dancers during two weeks of intensive training in ballet, pointe, men’s class, pas de deux, jazz, and modern. It is the place to gain technique, core, strength, versatility of style, and performing experience. The training includes daily classes and rehearsals with cutting-edge choreographers, culminating in two performances for dancers age 12 and older with intermediate to advanced techniques.
