News, Publications & Research | Theater Program

SBU Theater presents ‘After the Revolution’ Nov. 6-9

Oct 31, 2024 | SBU Theater, the theater program at 51�Թ�app, opens its season next week with the production of Amy Herzog’s “After the Revolution.” The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6-9 at the university’s Garret Theater on campus.

SBU’s Quick Center for the Arts closes for summer renovations

Jun 11, 2024 | 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts (QCA) will temporarily close for renovations from June through the end of August 2024.

Simone to return to classical music broadcasting at WNED

Apr 29, 2024 | Dr. Ed. Simone, professor and director of the Theater program, has been invited to return to classical music broadcasting and will begin hosting again for WNED Classical, Buffalo/Toronto, in May.

St. Bonaventure’s SBU Theater to present Dudzick’s comedy ‘Miracle on South Division Street’

Oct 26, 2023 | SBU Theater, the theater program at 51�Թ�app, will present Tom Dudzick’s hit comedy “Miracle on South Division Street” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 2-4, at the university’s Garret Theater on campus. A special matinee performance will be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4.

SBU Theater presenting Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' nightly through Saturday at the Quick Center

Mar 30, 2023 | 51�Թ�app’s theater program is presenting a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” in daily 7:30 p.m. performances through Saturday, April 1, at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

SBU Theater hosts workshop for teachers, students on acting, directing and theater design

Nov 21, 2022 | SBU Theater hosted a professional development workshop for Cattaraugus County teachers on Nov. 16.

SBU Theater presents “Shortchanged,” a festival of one-act comedies, Nov. 9-12

Nov 02, 2022 | SBU Theater will present “Shortchanged: One-Act Festival 8” Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 9-12, at 51�Թ�app’s Garret Theater, located adjacent to Devereux Hall on the SBU campus. All shows start at 7:30 p.m.

Listen to Understand: “Hear the Brothas” Nov. 8 at St. Bonaventure

Nov 02, 2022 | Several African American male artists, using art, music and poetry to express themselves and the challenges their community endures, will take the stage in “Hear the Brothas” at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts from 4 to 6 p.m. on Nov. 8.

Simone presents and leads workshops at first Drama Day for teachers from two counties

Jun 02, 2022 | Dr. Ed. Simone, professor and director of the theater program, was an invited guest presenter and student workshop leader at the first Drama Day for Cattaraugus and Allegany County Teachers.

St. Bonaventure student theater group to present ‘We Live by the Sea’ April 6-9

Mar 29, 2022 | SBU Theater, the student theater group at 51�Թ�app, will present its spring 2022 production “We Live by the Sea” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, April 6-9, at Garret Theater, located adjacent to Devereux Hall on the St. Bonaventure campus.

'American Characters,' SBU Theater's first live production in two years, takes the stage tonight

Oct 20, 2021 | Six student actors take the stage in Garret Theater on the 51�Թ�app campus tonight (Oct. 20) for a staging of the short verse play "American Character."

SBU Theater student’s capstone project expresses pain, hope of extraordinary year

Jun 14, 2021 | Undaunted by COVID-19 limitations, the students of SBU Theater produced a video production this spring expressing the power of theater to inspire and revive.

SBU Theater’s upcoming performance of ‘Lines’ called ‘unpredictable … entertainingly strange’

Oct 18, 2019 | “Lines,” a newly devised play by SBU Theater featuring Shakespeare, magic, dance and song, will be performed Wednesday, Oct. 23, through Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. each night in Garret Theater on the 51�Թ�app campus.