Boston University CFA School of Theatre

08/12/2025

Even though it’s summer break, our SOT students are keeping busy! Swipe to check out what members of the SOT community have been up to this summer 😎❤️🐾

1️⃣ Ellen Terzino (BFA Acting, CFA’28) ☀️British American Drama Academy Midsummer in Oxford Program
2️⃣ Delaney Jankanish (BFA Theatre Arts: DPM, CFA’27) and Lauren Davis (MFA Production Management, CFA’26) ☀️ Booth Production Office/Shop Assistants
3️⃣ Claire Mitchell (BFA Theatre Arts: Performance, CFA’26), Dany Dakhlallah (BFA Theatre Arts: Performance, CFA’26), Madelyn French (BFA Acting, CFA’28), Annika Zhang (BFA Theatre Arts: Performance, CFA’28), Zara Warburton (BFA Costume Design & Production, CFA’27) with SOT faculty Renee Yancey ☀️ Prague Summer Shakespeare
4️⃣ Blythe DeWitt (BFA Theatre Arts: DPM, CFA’26) and Serena Zhu (BFA Acting, CFA’27) ☀️ SOT Main Office Assistants
5️⃣ Mairéad O’Neill (BFA Acting, CFA’26), Annika Helgeson (BFA Theatre Arts: Performance, CFA’25), Charlotte Compo (BFA Acting, CFA’26), Thomas Pendergast (BFA Acting, CFA’27), Cara Casey (BFA Theatre Arts: Performance, CFA’28) with SOT faculty Yo-EL Cassell and Melodie Jeffrey-Cassell ☀️ Accademia Dell’Arte Physical Theatre Summer Intensive
6️⃣ Paul Ashton (BFA Acting, CFA’28) ☀️ “The Drowsy Chaperone” at the Lost Nation Theater
7️⃣ Merrik Giesen (BFA Theatre Arts: Performance, CFA’27) ☀️ Stage/Technical Director, Choreographer, and Scenic/Lighting Designer of Finding Nemo KIDS at Belle Plaine Children’s Theatre
8️⃣ M Morris (BFA Theatre Arts: Performance, CFA’28) ☀️ Summer Apprentice and Dance Teacher at BAMtheatre in Westmont, IL
9️⃣ Jakob Baur (BFA Scene Design, CFA’28) ☀️ Scenic Carpentry Intern at Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven, NJ
🔟 Malia Andrews (BFA Acting, CFA’28) ☀️ Costume Designer of “Head Over Heels” at Stage 284 in Hamilton, MA

08/05/2025

05/02/2025

Coming up next week is the 2025 School of Theatre Boston Showcase and Beacon Week!

The Boston Showcase will be held in the Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre on Monday, May 5. On Monday, May 12, our graduating students will travel to New York City for a showcase at The Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space.

Swipe through the images below for details about the Beacon Week schedule and Design, Production & Management display details.

To RSVP for in-person Boston or New York showcases or view our Virtual Showcase website (which launches on Monday, May 5), visit bu.edu/cfa/theatre/showcase.

Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions! ❤️🐾

04/28/2025

You have one more chance to see each of the productions of our Sophomore Festival! All shows are free, general admission at the door. ❤️🐾

🏠 THE HOMECOMING
by Harold Pinter
directed by Michael Kaye
4/29 • 7:30pm

🌊THE SEAGULL
by Anton Chekhov
adapted by Anya Reiss, directed by Christine Hamel
4/30 • 7:30pm

🎭 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by William Shakespeare
directed by Chris Edwards and Clay Hopper
5/1 • 7:30pm

Studio ONE • CFA104
College of Fine Arts
855 Commonwealth Ave.

04/09/2025

Happy BU Giving Day 2025! 🥳

❤️ Today we invite you to support our School of Theatre community and to celebrate the arts as a vibrant feature of university life. Your gift helps the School of Theatre seize opportunities to expand our students’ and faculty’s journeys, enhance our artistry, further the conversation of diversity and inclusion, bring concepts into existence, and unleash ideas to build connections that shape the world.

🐾 Thanks to SOT alumni and Dean’s Advisory Board member Jason Alexander (CFA’81,HON’95), CFA will receive an additional $4,000 for every 50 donors who make a gift—up to the 250-donor goal. Click the link below to visit the Friends of Theatre Fund and make a difference for our students!

https://give.bu.edu/schools/BostonUniversity/giving-day/pages/college-of-fine-arts/friends-of-theatre

04/08/2025

04/08/2025

In the coming weeks we are thrilled to present two productions in rep in the Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre: “DESDEMONA, a play about a handkerchief” and “EMILIA”! Tickets available now at the links below ❤️🐾

💚DESDEMONA a play about a handkerchief
By Paula Vogel
Directed by Grant Sorenson

Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre
4/16 • 7:30PM
4/17 • 7:30PM
4/18 • 7:30PM
4/19 • 11AM
Link to tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36437/production/1228421

🩷EMILIA
By Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
Directed by Taylor Stark

Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre
4/25 • 7:30PM
4/26 • 2PM
4/26 • 7:30PM
4/27 • 2PM
Link to tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36437/production/1228422

04/01/2025

This April we are thrilled to present “Corpus Christi” in Studio ONE 🏜️ Tickets available now at the link below!❤️🐾

CORPUS CHRISTI
By Terrence McNally
Directed by Gregg Wiggans

Studio ONE
College of Fine Arts
855 Commonwealth Ave.
4/10 • 7:30pm
4/11 • 7:30pm
4/12 • 2pm
4/12 • 7:30pm
4/13 • 2pm

Tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36437/production/1228418

03/21/2025

Congratulations to everyone involved in our co-production with the BU Opera Institute, “Florencia en el Amazonas” in the Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre! 💙⛴️

🌿 Florencia en el Amazonas
Music by Daniel Catán
Libretto by Marcela Fuentes-Berain
Conductor: William Lumpkin
Stage director: Amy Hutchison
Assistant stage director and dramaturg: Grant Sorenson
Scene design: Lily Bitner
Costume design: Sara Mathew
Lighting design: Rachael Harned
Sound designer and engineer: Rachael DeBraal
Project manager: Rachel Schladenhauffen
Choreographic advisor: Melodie Jeffery-Cassel
Stage manager: Emily Cady
Production manager: Lauren Davis
Producer: Oshin Gregorian
Photos by: Ailsa Smith ()

Check out the link below for the virtual program with the full list of production credits! ❤️🐾

Program: https://issuu.com/bostonuniversitycollegeoffinearts/docs/florencia_en_el_amazonas_program

03/03/2025

Join us this week for a grad collab production of “Mercutio Loves Romeo Loves Juliet Loves” ‼️💘📓

Written by Gina Femia
Directed by Shalee Mae Cole Mauleón

CFA 352 • Jewels 1
College of Fine Arts
Wednesday, March 5 • 7:30pm
Thursday, March 6 • 7:30pm
Friday, March 7 • 7:30pm

Free, general admission at the door ❤️🐾

12/13/2024

We wrapped up our 2024 slate of productions with LA BÊTE! Congratulations to the entire team on creating such a strong conclusion to this year of shows. We can’t wait to bring you more in 2025! 🥖📜❤️🐾

LA BÊTE
By David Hirson
Directed by Clay Hopper
Assistant director: Liv King
Stage manager: Gabrielle Cadden
Scene designer: Cameron Carcasson
Lighting designer: Noah Wrafter
Costume designer: Cameron Carcasson
Wardrobe manager: Taylor Needleman

Photos by Mairéad O’Neill ()

12/09/2024

Yesterday we closed our production of “THE RINK” in the Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre! Congratulations to everyone involved with this beautiful show 🛼🪩✨❤️🐾

THE RINK
Book by Terrence McNally
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Gregg Wiggans
Choreographer: Rachel Bertone
Music director: Harry Castle
Artistic producer: River Hayes
Scenic designer: Tessa Barry
Sound designer: Irene Wang
Lighting designer: Hope Debelius
Costume designer: Joice Caldeira Simao
Stage manager: Rebecca Kleeman
Production manager: Youyou Huang
Photos by Katie Nelson