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09/18/2026

🎭 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: DIRECTOR KEN WOMBLE

At the helm of STAD’s season-opening production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons is Ken Womble, Head of Acting at UNC’s School of Theatre Arts and Dance.

Known for his deep commitment to truthful, connected storytelling, Womble is guiding our student actors through one of the most tightly constructed and emotionally demanding plays in the American theatrical canon.

In All My Sons, a peaceful family gathering slowly becomes something far more dangerous as long-buried truths begin to surface. Miller’s characters require actors to navigate love, loyalty, grief, guilt, and moral responsibility—often within the same breath. Under Womble’s direction, this production offers a true tour de force for our acting students.

It is a powerful beginning to our 2026–27 season:

🌊 Fighting the Current: Stories of Courage, Connection, and Change

📅 October 8–11
📍 Norton Theatre
🎟️ One weekend only—reserve your tickets now!

Keep checking this space as we introduce you to more of the artists bringing All My Sons to the stage.

09/17/2026

🎭 DRAMATURGY SPOTLIGHT: Why All My Sons Still Matters

What transforms a family drama into an American classic?

When Arthur Miller’s All My Sons premiered in 1947, it challenged audiences to look beyond one family’s backyard and confront larger questions of responsibility, profit, patriotism, and the true cost of the American Dream. The play earned the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award and helped establish Miller as one of the defining voices of American theatre.

Miller drew inspiration from reports of defective aircraft engines approved for military use during World War II. Our student dramaturg, Mirja Rebaum, has explored that history—including the Curtiss-Wright scandal, the pressures of wartime manufacturing, and the rapidly changing America to which soldiers returned.

That research reveals why this play remains firmly rooted in the American theatrical canon. Miller asks a question that has lost none of its urgency: Does our responsibility end with the people inside our own home—or do we owe something to everyone affected by our choices?

Swipe through these images for a glimpse into the history and dramaturgy behind the play, then join us to experience why All My Sons continues to grip audiences nearly 80 years after its Broadway premiere.

🌊 Fighting the Current: Stories of Courage, Connection, and Change

📅 October 8–11
📍 Norton Theatre
🎟️ One weekend only—get your tickets now!

Keep checking this space as we introduce you to the artists, research, and creative work bringing our season opener to life.

09/15/2026

We’ve been a little quiet lately—but only because we’ve been busy getting an extraordinary new season up and running!

Now, STAD will open the doors with one family, one terrible secret, and one unforgettable weekend of theatre.

Arthur Miller’s gripping American classic, All My Sons, launches our 2026–27 season under the direction of Ken Womble.

The play begins in the uneasy calm following World War II. Then, moment by moment, the tension builds as long-buried truths rise to the surface. What follows is a powerful reckoning with love, loyalty, responsibility, and the devastating consequences of the choices we make.

Featuring some of Arthur Miller’s most demanding and compelling roles, All My Sons is a tour de force for our acting students—and a production you will not want to miss.

It is the perfect beginning to our season:

🌊 Fighting the Current: Stories of Courage, Connection, and Change

📅 October 8–11
📍 Norton Theatre
🎟️ One weekend only—get your tickets now!

Keep checking back here between now and opening night to meet the artists, explore the story, and get a behind-the-scenes look at this exciting season opener!

08/27/2026

Guess what? We are back!

The fall mainstage shows are cast! Rehearsals are starting TONIGHT!

It's going to be a GREAT season!

04/24/2026

We are OPEN!

Come and spend some time in New Orleans at the SIN STREET SOCIAL CLUB!

Langworthy Theatre through Sunday!

04/21/2026

I asked director, Dr Rand Harmon for some more thoughts our our upcoming play, Sin Street Social Club. Here is what he said...

Who doesn’t enjoy a big silly farce? Mainstays of the commercial theatre throughout history, famous farces include Miles Gloriosus or “Boastful Soldier”), by Plautus of Ancient Rome, Comedy of Errors (1592) by William Shakespeare, The Importance of Being Ernest (1895) by Oscar Wilde, A Flea In Her Ear by George Feydau (1907), and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) by Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Contemporary farces that have caused commercial sensations include Noises Off (1982) by Michael Frayn, Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo (1995) and Lend Me A Tenor (1986), and The Play That Goes Wrong (2012) by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields. Sin Street Social Club, by Denver Playwright/Performer Jessica Austgen, and playing UNC’s Langworthy Theatre April 23rd-26th, 2026, is a modern adaptation of a classical farce The Rover (1677) by Aphra Behn. The original play, with its outlandish characters and absurd antics of a trio of “men behaving badly” met huge success in Restoration London, propelling Behn to prominence and the notoriety of becoming the first commercially successful female playwright of the English Theatre. Come see Sin Street Social Club, in UNC’s Langworthy Theatre, and see how Austgen translates this historic farce into the 20th century, and how the “men behaving badly” receive the justice they deserve!

04/20/2026

Dang Pham (junior DT major) is the lighting designer for Sin Street Social Club and he shared the following research and process images with me.

You don't want to miss this design- he is SO good!

Sins Street Social Club- Langworthy Theatre April 23-26!

04/17/2026

Anne Toewe hasn't had the opportunity to costume design since last year, so if you want to see some costumes by our resident costume design (oh, and school director)- come and see Sin Street Social Club.

Langworthy Theatre April 23-26!

04/16/2026

What does Rand Harmon (our director) have to say about SinStreet Social Club?

Outrageous and absurd plot elements elevate farce from more common forms of theatrical comedy. Farcical plots typically build around mistaken identities, misplaced or confusing objects, and/or lies compounded by other lies. Other common farcical tropes include rapid escalation of plot complications, slapstick physical humor (pratfalls, fights, chases), rapid entrances/exits through multiple doors, wordplay (especially b***y humor) and outlandish exaggerated characters. Sin Street Social Club, by Denver Playwright/Performer Jessica Austgen, and playing UNC’s Langworthy Theatre April 23rd-26th, 2026, provides audiences all of these! Come join us for a fun evening with this big silly farce. I challenge you to keep track of all the farcical devices that move Sin Street Social Club along to its hilarious climax.

04/15/2026

Are you wondering what is next in STAD?

It's time for farce, it's time for a classic, it's time for an update, it's time for MARDI GRAS!

Sin Street Social Club opens NEXT WEEK!

Langworthy Theatre April 23-26!

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http://www.arts.unco.edu/

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