Eleven longer form plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—are showcased in our annual festival. The festival runs over two days with two seatings each day, each seating showcases a different set of plays.
Free or pay-what-you-can tickets are available through the Watson Box Office.
Kresge Theatre Company presents 24 Hour Play Festival. Groups of students will write, rehearse, and perform a play in just 24 hours.
Tickets are free and can be reserved via the Box Office.
Book & Lyrics by Greg Kotis, Music & Lyrics by Mark Hollman.
Winner of three Tony Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself! In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets.The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity’s most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he’s had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America’s greatest art forms.
Tickets may be purchased online through the Box Office once they become availalbe.
Join Kresge Theatre Company and the Wheaton College Chorale and Chamber Singers for an evening of musical theatre scenes and songs.
Adapted by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Presented by Kresge Theatre Company
This modern riff on the 15th century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery—the meaning of living. This student-led production, directed by Colin Bourget ’26 and produced by Joey Del Santo ’25, is sure to be an innovative, interactive and immersive theatrical experience.
Tickets: Pay What You Can via the Watson Box Office
Produced in special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
Longer form plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—are showcased in our annual festival.
Please note: the festival takes place each day, twice a day
Join our senior theatre Majors for their Capstone performance.
Free tickets can be reserved via the Watson Box Office.
Original five-minute plays—written, directed, and performed by Wheaton students—are showcased in our biannual festival.
Original five-minute plays—written, directed, and performed by Wheaton students—are showcased in our biannual festival.
Original five-minute plays—written, directed, and performed by Wheaton students—are showcased in our biannual festival.
**please note, this event was originally scheduled for April 6, 2024