Below is a list of some of our music and theatre majors. We're ready to serve you as you prepare for your college career. For more information on each degree, please click on the name of the degree you're interested in. You'll see we provide a showcase of artistic excellence, and we're thrilled to have the opportunity to share the enthusiasm, energy and artistry with you!
English/Drama
Music
Music Performance
Speech/Theatre Education 

The Friends University Theatre Department presents an assortment of shows each season to entertain audiences of all ages. Come enjoy a theatre or music theatre production in our main Sebits Auditorium or in the historic Alumni Auditorium.

FALL 2011 EVENTS

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Oct. 21-22, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 23, 2011 @ 2 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
$15 adults, $12 seniors/students
Ladies and Gentlemen, beware! Pirates! Where? Not those of the Caribbean, nor even of Somalia, nor the brazen buccaneers of Borneo. We mean those roving, rootless privateers from the drifting, derelict dunes far from safety and security of sweet civilized society. Could we mean the--? No! Yes! We do! Those peerlessly predacious PIRATES OF PENZANCE immortalized in the unfailingly flawless lyrics of W. S. Gilbert and blissfully unblemished tunes of Arthur Sullivan.  

NICEST KIDS IN TOWN
Oct. 28-29, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
$8 adults, $5 seniors/students
Join us for our third annual student-led showcase. This event will feature music, theatre and dance starring kids who’ll make you feel glad you came.

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
Nov. 17-20, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.
Alumni Auditorium
$8 adults, $5 seniors/students
A new comic adaptation by Patrick Dorn of the poignant 17th century classic, originally penned by John Bunyan. Told through a provoking dream with humor and conviction, many of the iconic characters and settings appear in this contemporary allegory. Come follow the story of a passionate traveler in his flight from destruction to find the promised land. First presented by Denver’s “The Troupe” in 2008, this Kansas premiere is shared by ACTS of FAITH in celebration of their 15th anniversary of outreach to our regional community.

SPRING 2012 EVENTS

HARVEY
Jan. 27-28, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 29, 2012 @ 2 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
$8 adults, $5 seniors/students
Who wouldn’t want a six-foot white rabbit for a best friend? Mr. Dowd’s family wouldn’t, that’s who! It’s awkward and embarrassing to even speak of such things. Mr. Dowd would be better off taking his fanciful imaginings to a mental hospital. However, that might only complicate things when others meet Mr. Dowd and his friend. For decades this hilarious and insightful Pulitzer Prize play, by Mary Chase, has been an audience delight.

THE BEAMS ARE CREAKING
March 29-April 1, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Alumni Auditorium
$8 adults, $5 seniors/students
With the rise of the Third Reich during World War II, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was impelled to join the Resistance Movement against the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler. Witness the account of a dutiful clergyman, government spy and national martyr who was willing to pay the ultimate sacrifice to help overthrow the powerful Nazi regime from the inside out. Recently revived at Taproot Theatre in Seattle, this insightful and award winning play by Douglas Anderson is presented through special permission of Baker’s Plays, Ltd.