Box Office
2024/2025 Season
Subscription Series
The Subscription Series features faculty and guest-directed productions, as well as our two MFA directors’ thesis projects. These productions are larger in scale and feature the acting and music theater senior class in leading roles. Tickets for these productions are on sale to the public and included in our subscription packages.
MR. BURNS – A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY
By Anne Washburn
Score by Michael Friedman/Lyrics by Anne Washburn
Directed by Tatiana Baccari
Music Direction by Chris Renaud
Philip Chosky Theater
Nov. 20-23, 2024
An imaginative dark comedy that explores how the pop culture of one era might evolve into the mythology of another.
GHOSTS
By Henrik Ibsen
Adapted by Richard Eyre
Directed by Carlos E. Martínez
Philip Chosky Theater
Feb. 26–Mar. 1, 2025
Described as scandalous work when it was first performed in 1892, the story follows widow Helene Alving as she tries to start her life anew after the death of her philandering husband.
TITANIC THE MUSICAL
Story & Book by Peter Stone
Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston
Orchestrations by Ian Weinberger
Directed by Telly Leung
Music Directed by Michael McKelvey
Philip Chosky Theater
April 15–23, 2025
Epic and majestic, this Tony Award-winning musical captures the triumph and tragedy of the hopeful passengers on the ill-fated Ship of Dreams.
Studio Series
The Studio Series features student directed productions by second-year MFA directors and senior undergraduate directors, and one faculty directed piece featuring our junior acting/MT class in their season debut. Tickets are free and become available to reserve online at 12pm the day before each performance. Because seating is extremely limited, these productions are primarily geared toward the School of Drama community and friends and family of the students involved.
TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL
By William Shakespeare
Edited, Adapted & Directed by Gary Logan
Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater
September 26–28, 2024
Hilarity ensues in this delightful tale of confusion and love, featuring the junior class in their season debut!
GLORIA
By Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Kaycee Swierc
Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater
October 23–26, 2024
A funny, trenchant, and powerful play set in the office of a notorious Manhattan magazine, where an ordinary humdrum workday becomes anything but…
LORCA IN A GREEN DRESS
By Nilo Cruz
Directed by Samantha Pazos
City Theatre Company’s Lillie Theatre
November 20–23, 2024
This provocative and poetic exploration of the life and legacy of Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca blends reality with surrealism, as he grapples with his own untimely death at the age of 38.
A BRIGHT NEW BOISE
By Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Cole Schubert
Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater
February 19–21, 2025
An earnest comedy about the meager profits of modern faith, set in the bleak, corporate break room of a craft store in Idaho.
THE GROWN-UPS
By Simon Henriques & Skylar Fox
Directed by Addie Saltz
John Wells Video Studio
February 26–28, 2025
A story of triumph, deterioration, and forgiveness that centers around five summer camp counselors trying to mold the leaders of tomorrow, when tomorrow is looking bleaker and bleaker…
THE DUMB WAITER
By Harold Pinter
Directed by Alon Moradi
John Wells Video Studio
March 26–28, 2025
A tense, dark comedy that explores the absurdity and menace of two hitmen waiting for their next assignment.
MARY-KATE OLSEN IS IN LOVE
By Mallery Avidon
Directed by Anya Hilpert
John Wells Video Studio
April 23–25, 2025
A dark comedy about figuring out what it actually is to be “happy.”
Ticket Information
Subscriptions & Single Tickets
Subscription packages are on sale now for productions in the Subscription Series. Select your own package online, or call the box office at 412-268-2407 to subscribe.
Single tickets will go on sale in mid-September.
Free Admission Performances
Tickets for all Studio Series productions are free and general admission.
They may be reserved online beginning at 12pm the day before each performance.
Tickets are released on a first-come, first-served basis. Seating is limited.
Ticket info for Playground and Dance/Light coming soon!
Parking
On evenings and weekends, free parking will be available at the Morewood Parking Lot, across Forbes Avenue from the Purnell Center.
PAID parking will be available in the East Campus Garage on evenings and weekends.
Visit cmu.edu/transportation/park/visitor.html for the most up-to-date pricing and info.
Limited handicap accessible parking is available in the Warner Hall lot, located behind the Purnell Center. You must have a state-issued permit plate or placard to use these spaces. Call the box office for further directions.
Ticket Exchanges (Subscribers Only)
Subscribers may exchange tickets for another performance of the same play. Exchanges must be made at least 24 hours prior to the date of the original performance.
Seating is subject to availability.
Exchanges may be made by phone or in person.
Box Office Hours
The School of Drama Box Office is located in the Purnell Center for the Arts.
Regular hours are Monday–Friday, 12pm–5pm.
412-268-2407
Setting Up an “AudienceView” Account
You can set up an account with our ticketing software to help manage your purchases or order additional tickets online.
GENERAL PUBLIC:
Visit cmudrama.universitytickets.com
Click “Login/Register”
Select “General Pubic”
Enter your email address
Click “Forgot Password?”
Click “Send Password Reset Email”
You will receive an email with instructions on how to set a password for your account.
CMU FACULTY, STAFF & STUDENTS:
Visit cmudrama.universitytickets.com
Click “Login/Register”
Select “Students/Faculty/Staff”
Login with your Andrew ID and password
Review Policy
School of Drama productions are considered classwork for our students, and therefore, are not open for review. Members of the press are welcome to write preview articles on our productions. For more information, please contact Shannon Musgrave, Director of Marketing & Communications. Thank you.
Content & Sensory Advisories
The School of Drama provides content and sensory advisories for each play in its season. If you choose to read the advisories, please be aware that they may reveal elements of the plot prior to viewing. While the school does not have a policy on admission for children, parents are urged to use their own discretion when considering what is appropriate.
