The School of Theatre at Florida State

✨ Reminder, Theatre Students! ✨

Join us for our Final Forum Meeting this Thursday, April 23rd at 4:30 PM. This gathering is a chance to come together one last time before summer, celebrating our graduating students, staying informed, and reflecting on all we’ve accomplished this year.

🎓👏 Class of 2026 Showcase Season is here! 👏🎓
So proud of our graduating students and all the hard work that brought them to this moment.

📺 Virtual MFA Acting Showcase — Available Now
📺 Virtual BFA Acting Showcase — Available May 5
🎭 Music Theatre Live Showcase — Mon, May 4, 2026 | 4:00 PM & 7:30 PM EST | 📍 Ailey Citigroup Theatre (NYC)

Join us in cheering on these artists and celebrating everything they’ve accomplished. Bravo, we’re so proud! 👏💛

🔗Links:
https://fsuasoloconservatorymfashowcase.com
https://fsushowcase.com

Happy Closing!

What a joy it was to watch this incredible cast, crew, and creative team bring controlled chaos to the stage!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the hilariously disastrous production of “The Play That Goes Wrong.”

There is one final chance to see the show today at 2pm! A few tickets still remain available at tickets.theatre.fsu.edu

! Join us in celebrating the accomplishments of our School of Theatre Community!

Keith Traver, (BA Theatre ’10) has been named the next Director of Education for Orlando Shakespeare Theatre. Recent projects include directing the Central Florida premiere of Rockefeller Studios’ "The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show" in Fall 2025, launching the The Young Company Alumni Show as a fundraiser for the education department in July 2025, and writing and directing "Cracking Open a Cold One" for New Generation Theatrical, which premiered in early March 2026.

Casey Sammarco, (Director of BFA Stage Management Program, Associate Professor) has received the Developing Specialized Faculty Grant from the FSU Council on Research and Creativity. This award will support her research on effective stage management communication during the 2026–27 academic year.

Aaron C. Thomas, (Director of BA Theatre Program, Associate Professor) was recognized with an FSU Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award for his excellence in graduate education for the 25-26 academic year.

Ramone Nelson, (BFA Music Theatre ’21) made his Broadway principal debut as Anatoly in "Chess the Musical" on March 31, 2026, performing alongside Broadway legends Aaron Tveit and Lea Michele.

We are so proud of our Community. Keep up the good work, Noles! Want to be featured next? Fill out the Student and Alumni Updates Survey linked in our bio. Your success inspires our Community.

FRINGE 2026 is here!

Join us April 25, noon–6 PM, in the Fine Arts Building & Annex for a day of bold, student-created work inspired by this year’s theme: “Contact.” 🎭🎶🎬

For more information on performances and schedule https://tinyurl.com/FRINGE2026

🎭 Opening Night chaos in all the best ways!

“The Play That Goes Wrong” officially opened, and the mishaps, mayhem, and nonstop laughter were everything we hoped for (and more)!

📍 Fallon Theatre NOW - April 19
🎟️ Get your tickets at tickets.theatre.fsu.edu
⚠️ Audience Advisory: mild adult humor and language, references to murder and su***de, firearm prop, loud noises, use of stage blood, flashing lights and strobe, fog/haze, and escalating violence.

Meet the cast! They make sure the play goes on, even when everything goes wrong!

You won't want to miss a single disaster!

📍 Fallon Theatre April 10 - April 19.
🎟️ tickets.theatre.fsu.edu
⚠️ Audience Advisory: mild adult humor and language, references to murder and su***de, firearm prop, loud noises, use of stage blood, flashing lights and strobe, fog/haze, and escalating violence.

Curtain up on chaos this Friday!

“The Play That Goes Wrong” crashes into the Fallon Theatre starting April 10, and trust us, you do not want to miss a single spectacular disaster!

A murder mystery. A hapless theatre troupe. When everything goes hilariously wrong… the laughs go so right. 😂

📍 Fallon Theatre April 10 - April 19.
🎟️ Get your tickets NOW at tickets.theatre.fsu.edu
⚠️ Audience Advisory: mild suggestive humor, references to murder and su***de, firearm prop, loud noises, use of stage blood, flashing lights, fog/haze, and escalating violence.

Everything may go wrong onstage… but missing this show would be the biggest mistake of all!

The Play That Goes Wrong is filling up fast, check the ticket availability calendar and grab your seats while you still can!

📍 Fallon Theatre April 10 - April 19. Preview on April 9.
🎟️ Get your tickets NOW at tickets.theatre.fsu.edu

⚠️ Audience Advisory: mild suggestive humor, references to murder and su***de, firearm prop, loud noises, use of stage blood, flashing lights, fog/haze, and escalating violence.