Current Season

Content Disclosures: Radford University Theatre does not offer specific advisories about all subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact our office at 540-831-5141.  A list of specific advisories/disclosures will also be available at the ticketing table at the entrance to the theatre.

FALL 2023

Tickets for all Theatre and Cinema performances are available online at https://rutheatretickets.universitytickets.com, by calling 540-871-5289, or during the week of the show, at the Theatre and Cinema Box Office, 240 Walker Hall.

All performances for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 will be held in Bondurant Auditorium in Preston Hall unless otherwise stated below. To learn more, contact Richard Dunham, Chair, 540-831-5012 or the Theatre Office, 540-831-5141

Pridemore Playhouse Production Series

Look Up!

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Silent Sky

By Lauren Gunderson
Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt goes to work at the Harvard Observatory at a time when women were not even allowed to touch the telescope. As Henrietta set about measuring the distances to remote galaxies, she must also take measure of her place in the universe as a scientist, sister, lover, and as a woman. Playwright Lauren Gunderson says her wildly popular play “is about the glory and hard work of science…a story of family, both the ones we are born with and the ones we choose. It’s the story of sisterhood and, yes, a little bit of old-fashioned boy meets girl as well.” Based on a true story, this beautiful play has a heart as vast as the heavens. Don’t miss it!

Performed in the BONDURANT AUDITORIUM in PRESTON HALL

SHOW TIMES:
September 26 @ 7:30 pm
September 28 – September 30 @ 7:30 pm
October 1 @ 2:00 pm

 

TICKET PRICES
General Admission         $10.00         
RU Faculty and Staff       $6.00          
RU Students                     Free


Senior Discount               $6.00
Group Rates (10+)           $6.00

Theater for Young Audiences

Be prepared to "duck"!

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Cows Don't Fly and Other Known Facts


Adapted by Vivian and Larry Snipes from the books by Paul Brett Johnson

 

Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Gertrude the Cow! Cows don’t fly, everybody knows that. But someone forgot to tell Gertrude. She is just one of the many adventurous animal friends to be found on Miss Rosemary’s farm. It’s the wackiest tractor-drivin’, piano-playin’, circus-performin’, barnyard full of critters you’ve ever seen. Based on the books by Paul Brett Johnson, this delightful play for young folks is a wild ride that ensures bales of laughter and a story sweeter than Miss Rosemary’s apple pie. 

Performed in the BONDURANT AUDITORIUM in PRESTON HALL

SHOW TIMES:
November 11 @ 10:00 am & 2:00 pm

TICKET PRICES
General Admission       $8.00
Children 12 and under  $4.00
Faculty and staff           $6.00


Group rates (10+)  $6.00 each
RU students           Free

SPRING 2024

Are we alone?

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The Aliens

By Annie Baker

Two 30-somethings loiter in back of a Vermont coffee shop. Among the dead plants, milk crates, and cigarette butts, they muse on poetry, their long-defunct rock band, and their broken dreams. When a lonely high schooler happens on their world, they seize the opportunity to teach the boy everything they know about life. Annie Baker’s quiet play of friendship, art, love, and death is a powerful and empathetic look at a disaffected generation, echoing the alienation all of us feel at one time or another.

*This play contains mature themes: smoking, drug use, language, discussion of overdose.

Performed in the BONDURANT AUDITORIUM in PRESTON HALL

SHOW TIMES:
February 14 - February 17 @ 7:30 pm
February 18 @ 2:00 pm

TICKET PRICES
All tickets are FREE.

Beware the night sky!

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Batboy: The Musical

By Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming
Music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe

Inspired by a 1992 tabloid headline of a half-bat/half-boy discovered in a cave, Bat Boy: the Musical is the story of an outsider, dubbed “Edgar” by his would-be protectors. This wild child is taken in by the people of a small town and in spite of his efforts to civilize himself, Edgar is regarded with suspicion and hounded for his strange appearance. He soon realizes that civilization is not all that “civilized.” Then, when the shocking story of his unholy origin comes to light, a fateful reckoning ensues. This offbeat “comedy/horror rock musical” is a funny and poignant look at how we treat others based on assumptions.

 

*This play contains mature themes: discrimination, sexual content, blood/violence; and adult language.

Performed in the BONDURANT AUDITORIUM in PRESTON HALL

SHOW TIMES:
April 2 @ 7:30 pm
April 4 – April 6 @ 7:30 pm
April 7 @ 2:00 pm

 

TICKET PRICES
General Admission       $10.00
Faculty and staff           $6.00
RU Students                   Free


Senior Discount      $6.00
Group rates (10+)   $6.00 each

Far out!

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Directing II: Making a Scene

Projects of the Advanced Directing Class

Location TBD

As usual, the sky is the limit when the Directing II students make their one act choices. Join the class for the presentation of their final projects. Whatever they pick, it is guaranteed to be “way out there!”

 

 

 

SHOW TIMES:
April 24 – April 27 @ 7:00 pm

TICKET PRICES
All tickets are FREE.