The American Clock: A Vaudeville
A deeply affecting evocation of a tortured time in American history – the Great Depression of the 1930s – and of the indomitable spirit of the people who survived and prevailed in the face of unaccustomed adversity.
Past Productions
Wedding Band
In the summer of 1918, as war rages in Europe, a smaller war breaks out in Charleston, South Carolina, when a growing attraction between an African-American seamstress and a white man accelerates into a full-blown affair.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
This award-winning tale of seduction and betrayal is set in France among aristocrats before the revolution.
Mansfield Park
When the sophisticated Crawford family visits Mansfield Park, the moral sense of each marriageable member of the Mansfield family is tested in various ways.
Moonchildren
Five male college seniors and their housemates explore the rootless ‘60s generation of free-love and protest.
Dead Man’s Cell Phone
A wildly imaginative new comedy that begins with an incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café, a stranger at the next table and a dead man with a lot of loose ends.
Dance Migration
New work by members of the current USC School of Theatre Dance Repertory Company combine with classic routines by talented returning alumni choreographers for an exciting dance event that is not to be missed.
Naga-Mandala
From acclaimed Indian play- wright Girish Karnad, this story-within-a-story has a cursed playwright, who must stay awake all night in a temple, meeting the spirit of a “story” who slipped out of an old woman’s mouth as she snored.
The Green Bird
School of Theatre faculty member David Bridel has translated this 18th Century Italian fairy tale about a dysfunctional royal family that showcases our second year M.F.A. in Acting students.
The House of Bernarda Alba
Repression, passion, conformity and the effects of men upon women are explored during a period of mourning in the Andalusian house of Bernarda Alba, a woman who wields total control over her five daughters.