Theater Department
In classes as well as productions, theater students at CSB/SJU learn by doing. Resident and visiting faculty members continually bring new ideas, techniques and challenges to students.
CSB/SJU Theater Department 2012-13 Season
Twelve Angry Men Adapted by Sherman Sergel
October 11-13 and 18-20 at 7:30 pm with a matinee on October 14 at 2:00
Colman Theater, Benedicta Arts Center, CSB
This landmark American legal drama tells the story of a jury deciding the verdict on a murder trial. Will they enflame into a mob, or will they listen to reason over animal passion? Based on the Emmy award-winning television movie by Reginald Rose starring Henry Fonda.
Little Shop of Horrors, Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Music by Alan Menken
November 8-10 and 15-17 at 7:30 pm with a matinee on November 11 at 2:00 pm
Gorecki Theater, Benedicta Arts Center, CSB
What do you get when you put an alien plant with a sadistic dentist and a nerd? Add a dash of girl group and VOILA! A Little Shop of Horrors-a side-splitting rock musical comedy.
Quilters Musical by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek
March 7-9 and 14-16 at 7:30 pm with a matinee on March 10 at 2 pm
Gorecki Theater, Benedicta Arts Center, CSB
In honor of the centennial of the College of Saint Benedict, the Theater Department is proud to present this American musical tribute to the pioneer women who arrived in the plains during the 1800s and early 1900s.
Combining music, dance movement and scenes of vivid dramatic intensity, the play blends a series of interrelated scenes into a rich mosaic which captures the sweep and beauty, the terror and joy, the harsh challenge and abiding rewards of frontier life when pioneers held steadfast in the face of adversity. In the end, when the various patches are assembled into one glorious, brilliantly colorful quilt, the effect is both breathtaking and magical.
Dissipative Structures - A Dance Concert by Leigh Dillard
May 2-4 at 7:30 pm
Gorecki Theater, Benedicta Arts Center, CSB
Overview of Program
The theater major includes:
- Classes in acting, theater history, dramatic literature, costuming and technical theater.
- The opportunity to specialize in one of the areas that most interests you.
- Four, full-length productions every year.
Theater Scholarship Recipient Requirements
- Theater Scholarship Application (To be considered for these scholarships, students must apply and be accepted for admission.)
- $1000 Award Recipients: Each academic year, to take a 2-or-more credit theater course or participate (for 240/340 credit) in productions offered by the CSB/SJU Theater Department.
- $1500-$4000 Award Recipients: Each semester, to take a 2-or-more-credit theater course or participate (for 240/340 credit) in productions offered by the CSB/SJU Theater Department.
