UWG Theatre Company: Season Schedule
UWG Theatre Company takes center stage
Our students are daring, dynamic, and defiant. They present a diversity of drama, comedy, and musical theatre each academic year—acting in, singing in, directing, and designing engaging productions—all right here in West Georgia. We welcome you to join UWG Theatre Company or become a member of our audience. All shows are open to the public.
Season Schedule Venues and Facilities
2024-2025 Friends and Family Season:
The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
Townsend Center Dangle Black Box Theatre
- Saturday, September 28, 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, September 29, 2:30 p.m.
- Monday, September 30, 7:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 1, 7:30 p.m.
A fast-paced whodunit with slapstick comedy all rolled into one hilarious play to start off our Friends and Family season! Directed by Shelly Elman. Read more
An Evening with Tony Award-Winner Susan Stroman
An Evening with Tony Award-Winner Susan Stroman
Townsend Center
- Wednesday, November 6, 6:30 p.m.
The Michael and Andrea Stone Visiting Artist Series presents Susan Stroman, who will discuss her career as the director and choreographer of award-winning plays and musicals both On and Off-Broadway, as well as for television and film and such institutions as The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, and Martha Graham Company. Free admission.
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Townsend Center Mainstage Theatre
- November 13-16, 7:00 p.m.
- November 16-17, 2:30 p.m.
- November 12, 7:00 p.m., Community Preview
Santa missed Emily's house this year. She and her mouse and elf friends go on a journey to find out what happened—a fantastic way to celebrate the holidays with Friends and Family! Directed by Amy Cuomo.
Auditions: Spring 2025 Shows
Auditions: Spring 2025 Shows
Monday, December 2, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
Old Auditorium
Songs & Stories and The Sound of Music
Open to all UWG students: Please prepare a monologue from a contemporary play and a song from a classic musical (a 32-bar cut of an uptempo song, or a 16-bar cut from a ballad). The song should be from the classic musical repertoire (e.g. Rodgers & Hammerstein, Rodgers & Hart, Kantor & Ebb, Styne, Gershwin, Berlin, etc.), not from a rock opera or jukebox musical.
Songs and Stories: A Cabaret
Songs and Stories: A Cabaret
Townsend Center Dangle Black Box Theatre
- March 5-8, 7:30 p.m.
- March 9, 2:30 p.m.
- March 4, 7:30 p.m., Community Preview
A collaboration between UWG Theatre and Music, Songs and Stories will take you on a musical and theatrical journey celebrating Friends and Family.
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
Carrollton Center for the Arts
- April 23-26, 7:30 p.m.
- April 26-27, 2:00 p.m.
- April 22, 7:30 p.m., Community Preview
Co-produced with the CCA and their youth ensemble, the hills of Carrollton will be alive with the sound of music! One of the most renowned musicals of the era, The Sound of Music follows the Von Trapp family as they sing their way through the perils of wartime, nazi oppression, and a burgeoning love story. Directed by Pauline Gagnon.
Venues and Facilities
Richard dangle black box theatre
This 170-seat intimate theatre, located in the Townsend Center for Performing Arts, is a versatile space that allows unique staging for each production, including theatre-in-the-round and other experimental layouts.
old Auditorium
This renovated space is home to our 8,000 square-foot costume shop, a rehearsal stage, and makeup lab. The stage features sprung floors, which help keep ankle and knee joints healthy, and a wall of mirrors.
martha munro
Home to theatre's academic program, this building includes a computer design lab, an acting studio with rehearsal space featuring a sprung floor, and a lighting and drafting lab.