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What's going on at Brock University's Department of Dramatic Arts! The Dramatic Arts program at Brock University is a dynamic and challenging experience of learning in diverse disciplines of the dramatic arts. Catharines and the regional communities throughout the year in Applied Theatre/Drama in Education, Performance, Production and Design, and Theatre Praxis. We are part of the Marilyn I. Walke

r School of Fine and Performing Arts now located at 15 Artists' Common, adjacent to the First Ontario Performing Arts Centre in downtown St. see the map here:
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04/09/2026

Fourth-year Dramatic Arts students are inviting audiences on a harrowing journey to a sinister hotel haunted by a controlling spirit — a hotel so grand guests might not want to leave.

Enjoy Your Stay, a production by Kaleidoscope Collective, opens at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre on Friday, April 10.

The play follows the journey of staff members trapped in a seemingly lavish hotel where the spirit of a man lives inside the walls. The spirit controls the building and all within, including a woman who has been trapped for decades.

When two new faces enter the story, Edith and Lilian, the world of the hotel begins to shift. While clumsy and shy Edith falls prey to the horrors within, Lilian uses her spiritual gift to uncover the mystery of the building and the truths hidden in the walls.

A key theme explored is humanity’s tendency toward obsessiveness and control and how it can lead to a path of destruction.

READ MORE .ca/dramatic-arts

Enjoy your Stay runs Friday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 11 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m. at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.

Tickets can be purchased through:

https://brocku.universitytickets.com/?cid=185

04/03/2026

Fourth-year Dramatic Arts students are inviting audiences on a harrowing journey to a sinister hotel haunted by a controlling spirit — a hotel so grand guests might not want to leave.

Enjoy Your Stay, a production by Kaleidoscope Collective, opens at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre on Friday, April 10.

The play follows the journey of staff members trapped in a seemingly lavish hotel where the spirit of a man lives inside the walls. The spirit controls the building and all within, including a woman who has been trapped for decades.

When two new faces enter the story, Edith and Lilian, the world of the hotel begins to shift. While clumsy and shy Edith falls prey to the horrors within, Lilian uses her spiritual gift to uncover the mystery of the building and the truths hidden in the walls.

A key theme explored is humanity’s tendency toward obsessiveness and control and how it can lead to a path of destruction.

READ MORE .ca/miwsfpa/dramatic-arts

Enjoy your Stay runs Friday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 11 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m. at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.

Tickets can be purchased through:

https://brocku.universitytickets.com/?cid=185

03/28/2026

Join us for OPEN HOUSE @ MAIN CAMPUS for presentations and an information fair.

Join us for OPEN HOUSE for tours and one-on-one meetings with faculty and students.

A shuttle bus will depart the main campus at 1:00 pm and return at 2:45pm – but you can drive yourself too! Parking is free.

And welcome to everybody coming for the DART Invitational on Saturday March 28. We can’t wait to meet you!

MINUTES WITH DART Faculty and Staff! Today we introduce our Head of Wardrobe, Bobbi Pidduck!
We asked our staff to answer a few questions about their impressions of DART. To get us ready for Open House here’s our fifth friendly faculty and staff profile. Bobbi Pidduck started as a professional costume maker at The Shaw Festival Theatre twenty-six years ago. Throughout her career, she’s had the pleasure of working as a seamstress, pattern drafter, first hand, milliner assistant and dresser in a variety of theatre companies across the country.
In 2022, Bobbi joined the Department of Dramatic Arts as the Head of Wardrobe. She is thrilled to share the knowledge she’s gained from so many of her generous mentors.

What excites you most about teaching and working with the students in our department?
I’m most excited to see the beginnings of the next generation in our theatre community starting here at DART.

What do you think makes our theatre program special or unique?
This program encapsulates so many aspects of theatre making. Students graduate with a diverse set of skills.

Please share a moment when you were especially proud of or impressed by one of our students or graduates:
I feel most proud when I witness a student’s level of confidence grow. Something that can seem so daunting becomes a real boost in confidence when they’ve overcome a challenge.

What is one word or phrase you would use to describe the spirit of our department? Why?
Enthusiasm! The students joy for theatre making is infectious.

Read more from Bobbi @ APPLY on our webpage.

03/28/2026

Join us for OPEN HOUSE @ MAIN CAMPUS for presentations and an information fair.
Join us for OPEN HOUSE for tours and one-on-one meetings with faculty and students.
A shuttle bus will depart the main campus at 1:00 pm and return at 2:45pm – but you can drive yourself too! Parking is free.
And welcome to everybody coming for the DART Invitational on Saturday March 28. We can’t wait to meet you!

MINUTES WITH DART Faculty and Staff! Today we introduce Dr. Priya Thomas!
We asked our faculty and staff to answer a few questions about their impressions of DART and their current projects. To get us ready for Open House here’s our fourth friendly faculty profile. Priya Thomas is a dance/theatre historian, musician, and dancer/choreographer, her work recognized through publications in leading journals, book chapters, international conferences, prestigious research awards, grants, and fellowships.

What excites you most about teaching and working with the students in our department?
Never a dull moment! Our students are gifted, imaginative, and deeply attuned to one another. They often create work that is both ambitious and collaborative. Being able to nurture a space where they can envision the impossible, stretch creatively, and take meaningful artistic risks is one of the real joys of teaching here!

What do you think makes our theatre program special or unique?
Our people! Our faculty, staff, and administrators are exceptionally well-trained, gifted at what they do, generous with their time, collegial with one another, and genuinely attentive to the needs of students.

Please share a moment when you were especially proud of or impressed by one of our students or graduates:
The final creative projects submitted in my first year of teaching in DART: One group produced a short film related to course content …Watching them collaborate so generously, and then seeing the brilliance of their carefully executed (and intellectually provocative) film was beyond moving…. how lucky I am to witness the vivid inner worlds of students dramatized.

Read more from Priya @ APPLY on our webpage

03/25/2026

Join us for OPEN HOUSE @ MAIN CAMPUS for presentations and an information fair.

Join us for OPEN HOUSE for tours and one-on-one meetings with faculty and students.

A shuttle bus will depart the main campus at 1:00 pm and return at 2:45pm – but you can drive yourself too! Parking is free.

And welcome to everybody coming for the DART Invitational on Saturday March 28. We can’t wait to meet you!

MINUTES WITH DART Faculty and Staff! Today we introduce Dr. David Fancy!

We asked our faculty and staff to answer a few questions about their impressions of DART and their current projects. To get us ready for Open House here’s our third friendly faculty profile. David Fancy is an internationally renowned scholar, researcher and theatre-maker.

What excites you most about teaching and working with the students in our department?

Our students bring curiosity, courage, and a willingness to take creative risks. What excites me most is witnessing the moment when a student realizes that theatre isn’t only representation but transformation of self, community, and world.

What do you think makes our theatre program special or unique?

DART balances rigor with openness. Students are encouraged to bring intellect, emotion, politics, and imagination into their work. Actors, designers, playwrights, and scholars learn alongside one another in a collaborative artistic ecosystem.

Please share a moment when you were especially proud of or impressed by one of our students or graduates:

I’m continually moved by graduates who carry collaborative and socially engaged values into the world. One former student began a theatre project with newcomers and refugees in Niagara — a beautiful example of creative training becoming community transformation.

What is one word or phrase you would use to describe the spirit of our department? Why?

Resonant. Teaching, learning, and creating here generate conversations that vibrate outward, sustained by generosity and attentive listening.

Read more from David @ APPLY on our webpage.

03/24/2026

Join us for OPEN HOUSE @ MAIN CAMPUS for presentations and an information fair.

Join us for OPEN HOUSE for tours and one-on-one meetings with faculty and students.

A shuttle bus will depart the main campus at 1:00 pm and return at 2:45pm – but you can drive yourself too! Parking is free.

And welcome to everybody coming for the DART Invitational on Saturday March 28. We can’t wait to meet you!

MINUTES WITH DART Faculty and Staff! This week we introduce Dr. Jennifer Roberts-Smith!

We asked our faculty and staff to answer a few questions about their impressions of DART and their current projects. To get us ready for Open House here’s our second friendly faculty profile. JRS is the Chair of the Department.

What excites you most about teaching and working with the students in our department?
DART students live up to their reputation as the best theatre students to work with in Canada! Before I joined DART, I heard this from everyone I talked to about our program, and I couldn’t believe it until I experienced it myself. Starting with the Invitational and continuing throughout the program, DART students embrace collaboration and co-creation, thoughtful creativity, honest and generous exchange of ideas, passionate commitment to making great theatre, and deep care and respect for each other.

What do you think makes our theatre program special or unique?
DART has an unusually clear understanding of its mission and its values, because our faculty, staff, part-time instructors, guest artists, and students all devote a lot of energy to thinking about those things and implementing them in all our activities. We don’t just say that the pillars of our department are praxis, ant-supremacy, and experiential learning; we do those things in every course, and we talk about them in all our meetings and activities. My current favourite event is our monthly Pizza with the Chair, where I get to hear from students about their ideas and concerns (and we all get to indulge in trashy pizza – with vegan and gluten and dairy free options!).

Read more from JRS @ APPLY on our webpage.

03/22/2026

Enjoy Your Stay - April 10 - 12, 2026
Department of Dramatic Arts
Theatre

Have you been craving a chance to get away from the monotony of your day-to-day? Well, you have been cordially invited to a hotel so grand, you’ll never leave! With comfortable facilities, lavish mixer-style events for guests, Fine dining, and staff who pride themselves on taking care of your every need, no matter what, you will enjoy your time with us, guaranteed! Reserve your room now, and we will be awaiting your arrival.

CONTENT NOTICE: Horror themes, loud sounds, flashing lights, references to su***de, mentions of death, mental health.

Tix at https://brocku.universitytickets.com/?cid=185

Enjoy Your StayThe third and final presentation of DART 4D56 Collaborative Play Development, presented by the Department...
03/14/2026

Enjoy Your Stay
The third and final presentation of DART 4D56 Collaborative Play Development, presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Company of DART 4D56, Kaleidoscope Collective.

A public performance of an original theatrical creation by the fourth year cohort of students.
Follow the company on instagram

professional mentor: Alison Wong, course instructor
Content Advisory: Death, Smoking, Abuse, Violence, Sudden loud noises, Blood

Show Dates:
April 10th and 11th – 7:30 pm
April 11th and 12th – 2:00 pm

Tickets are available at https://brocku.universitytickets.com/?cid=185

This show will run at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre at Brock University’s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts at 15 Artists’ Common in downtown St. Catharines. Limited parking onsite.

To plan your journey to the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre, for parking, directions, or accessibility, click here to view our Visiting the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre webpage.

This is who's telling the story, Part 2 of 2. 's Department of Dramatic Arts closes Escape to ILKANOR this Saturday!From...
03/11/2026

This is who's telling the story, Part 2 of 2.

's Department of Dramatic Arts closes Escape to ILKANOR this Saturday!

From dragons and elves to wizards and sorceresses, Escape to ILKANOR: A Fantasy Play in Nine Chapters invites viewers to leave the real world behind and embark on a journey of the imagination to a magical land of powerful beings and fantastical creatures. The mainstage production is playing at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre in downtown St. Catharines.

Written and directed by DART Assistant Professor and playwright Mike Griffin, the play explores escapism and fantasy genre tropes through diverse characters and extraordinary creatures. Many of the characters reflect marginalized perspectives that are not often represented in leading roles, Griffin says. Through their magical transportation to Ilkanor, these characters are able to explore different parts of their identity.

Read the full story in The Brock News and the Department's news channel and book your tickets - only a few remain. Find all the links in our bio! 🔗 ILKANOR awaits...

SPECIAL TICKET OFFER

Thursday March 12, 2026
11:00 am
https://bit.ly/4cBFj9C

one time only $5.00 ticket offer
use code: ETIthursday
for up to 5 of any type of ticket

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This is who's telling the story, Part 1 of 2. 's Department of Dramatic Arts closes Escape to ILKANOR this Saturday!From...
03/11/2026

This is who's telling the story, Part 1 of 2.

's Department of Dramatic Arts closes Escape to ILKANOR this Saturday!

From dragons and elves to wizards and sorceresses, Escape to ILKANOR: A Fantasy Play in Nine Chapters invites viewers to leave the real world behind and embark on a journey of the imagination to a magical land of powerful beings and fantastical creatures. The mainstage production is playing at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre in downtown St. Catharines.

Written and directed by DART Assistant Professor and playwright Mike Griffin, the play explores escapism and fantasy genre tropes through diverse characters and extraordinary creatures. Many of the characters reflect marginalized perspectives that are not often represented in leading roles, Griffin says. Through their magical transportation to Ilkanor, these characters are able to explore different parts of their identity.

Read the full story in The Brock News and the Department's news channel and book your tickets - only a few remain. Find all the links in our bio! 🔗 ILKANOR awaits...

SPECIAL TICKET OFFER

Thursday March 12, 2026
11:00 am
https://bit.ly/4cBFj9C

one time only $5.00 ticket offer
use code: ETIthursday
for up to 5 of any type of ticket

BrockU universitytheater
ontariouniversity

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