Ashland University Theatre

Some photos from Godspell's final dress rehearsal - more to come.
Performances tonight - Sunday, March 27 - 29
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It's tech Saturday for Godspell w/dinner at convo for the cast, crew and production team. The "Jam Band" rehearses the "Learn Your Lessons Well reprise" during the dinner break.
Performance dates are March 26, 27, 28 at 7:30 and March 29 at 2 in the Hugo Young Theatre.
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Just 2 weeks away -get your tickets today!
In person at the AU Campus Store or online at
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Tickets are not available at the door.

Way to go AU Theatre students -a great turn out at Saturday's work call! Platforms are up and in place for Silent Sky. Performance dates: Oct. 23, 24, 25 & 26.
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The Hugo Young Theatre got some upgrades over the summer:
• a new floor including updated floor pockets for audio & video
• maintenance to the rigging over the stage (thanks to Dave Steinmetz for getting this on the to do list)
• LED lighting instruments

The floor demo started in May, the rigging work was done and the floor finished in June, the wiring for the floor pockets was completed in July, and the LED lights are just about all up and wired.

This was made possible by a grant from the state of Ohio. Thank you to State Representative Melanie Miller.

Thank you to AU electricians and carpenters for the wiring work, pipe rack and moving the c*c, curtains, ladders, and so much more to clear the space before the work in May and restore it all in August to get ready for the school year.

A HUGE thank you to Seth Morrison, ’18, for his work on this project as consultant, electrician, designing & hanging the rep plot, and programing the board with “looks” that can be used for band concerts, meetings, etc.

Megan Harvey, ’18, was on campus as the banquet speaker in April and asked for a piece of the old floor. Yes – some pieces were saved.

If you are in the neighborhood, stop in, take a look and see a show.

Silent Sky
Lauren Gunderson
Studio Theatre, Oct. 23-26.

Godspell
Book by John Michael Tebelak
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Conceived And Originally Directed by John Michael Tebelak
Based in The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Hugo Young Theatre
March 26-29, 2026

Congratulations to AU theatre alumna Sarah Saddler, '11, for having her first book recognized at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education's (ATHE) annual conference.

The Outstanding Book Award recognizes no less than two and no more than five books annually that demonstrate complex and critical engagement with dramatic texts, performances, histories, theories, practices, and/or pedagogies.

HONORABLE MENTIONS - Scholarly Achievement

Sarah Saddler

Performing Corporate Bodies: Multinational Theatre in Global India
Routledge, 2024

Sarah Saddler is the author of Performing Corporate Bodies: Multinational Theatre in Global India and Assistant Professor of Theatre at Baruch College, City University of New York. Her writing can also be found in TDR/The Drama Review, Performance Research, and RIDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance.

https://www.athe.org/page/bookawardees

Catching up on end of year events:
Theatre Banquet with guest speaker AU alumna Megan Harvey. Celebrating Alpha Psi Omega seniors at graduation.

We are excited about this new collaboration!

The Ashland University Department of Theatre and the Ashland Kroc Youth Theatre are excited to announce that they are collaborating on "The Sound of Music." This co-production will be presented March 21-23, 2025, in the Hugo Young Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the campus of Ashland University.

Majors Annalise and Billy Francis are the music directors and Dr. Teresa Durbin-Ames, associate professor of theatre, is directing the production.

Auditions are scheduled for Jan. 7, 2025, in the Hugo Young Theatre. Auditions for youth between the ages of 8-17 and who have been part of an Ashland Kroc Youth Theatre production are welcome to audition from 5-7 p.m., and AU student auditions will be from 7-9 p.m. Those auditioning are asked to prepare 16-32 bars of a song in the style of the show. An accompanist will be provided.

For more information, contact Teresa Durbin-Ames at [email protected].

"The Sound of Music" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.