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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 2025

    Tickets for all Theatre and Cinema performances are available online, by calling 540-831-5289, or during the week of the show, at the Theatre and Cinema Box Office, 252 Artis Center.

    All performances for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 will be in our new home, Artis Center for Adaptive Innovation and Creativity unless otherwise stated below. 

    Statement from the Chair

    This season continues to bring several changes to the Department of Theatre and Cinema and our production program as we continue to move back towards more normal operations.

    This academic year marks both a very exciting and much awaited time with the move into our new home at the start of the fall semester.  While I’m sure that we will be finding our way with new challenges as we discover the possibilities of our new theatres, shops, and studios, we are seeing great progress on the Artis Center for Adaptive Innovation and Creativity (ACAIC) and looking forward to all the new possibilities of producing shows in this state-of-art facility along with the rest of CVPA.

    For now, here are several important notes that are related to this year’s production season:

    • Our mainstage production series will continue to carry the Pridemore Series identification in honor of our previous theatre in Porterfield Hall while all our productions will now be produced and performed in either the new ARTIS proscenium theatre or Artis blackbox theatre.
    • The Theatre Box Office will now be located in Room 252 (the actual box office) of the Artis Center remain in Walker 240. Tickets can also be purchased online at any time prior to the performances as well as 30 minutes before showtime in the lobby of the theatre.
    • The Department of Theatre and Cinema’s new department office is located in Room 318 of Artis Center.

    Once again, the faculty and I are fully committed to producing a full season of challenging plays along with a musical and show for young audiences. This season with all its themes promises to once again offer fantastic educational experiences for our students, as well as fun and unique entertainment for the campus and surrounding communities. We appreciate your continued support and thank you for bearing with us as we continue to move back to normal operations.

    Richard Dunham
    Department Chair and Artistic Director

    A Season of Transformation Through Flashbacks to the Past

    Tickets for all Theatre and Cinema performances are available online, by calling 540-831-5289, or during the week of the show, at the Theatre and Cinema Box Office, 252 Artis Center.

    All performances for Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 will be in our new home, Artis Center for Adaptive Innovation and Creativity unless otherwise stated below. 

    • Moon Over Buffalo

      By Ken Ludwig

      Pridemore Playhouse Production Series: A Classic American Farce/Comedy

      George and Charlotte Hay, once dazzling stars of the stage are about to be has-beens. When their limping repertory company ends up in Buffalo, they receive a lifeline when legendary movie director Frank Capra calls out of the blue. Capra is coming to their matinee to consider them for a role in his next big project. But their shot at stardom is, well, a little complicated. There's George's roving eye, Charlotte's flirtation with the family lawyer, their daughter's clueless fiancé, and a doddering stage manager who happens to be Charlotte's aging mother. Comedy legend Carol Burnett struck comedy gold on Broadway with this madcap backstage romp. You won't want to miss it!

      Performed in the Main Stage Theatre in Artis Center

      October 7, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
      October 9 - 11, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
      October 12, 2025 at 2 p.m.

      Ticket Prices:

      General Admission: $10
      Radford University Faculty and Staff: $6
      Radford University students: Free
      Senior Discount: $6
      Group Rates (10+): $6

      Tickets for all Moon Over Buffalo performances are available online, by calling 540-831-5289, or during the week of the show, at the Theatre and Cinema Box Office, 252 Artis Center.

      Moon Over Buffalo by Ken Ludwig

    • Lily and the Magic Stones

      By Benjamin Tyler Roberts and Sam Roberts

      Theater for Young Audiences: A Classic Coming of Age Story

      Lily's grandmother encourages her adventurous spirit much to her mother's dismay. But as Lily discovers a pair of mysterious stones, grandmother worries, too. For if the legend of the stones holds true, grandmother knows that grave danger is ahead for the girl. The evil Baron also knows the power of the stones and concocts a plan that could mean the destruction of Lily's home forever. Join Lily and her animal friends on their journey through the Dark Forest as they battle goblins and strive to thwart the Baron’s nefarious scheme.

      Performed in the Main Stage Theatre in Artis Center

      November 15, 2025 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

      Ticket Prices:

      General Admission: $8
      Children 12 and under: $4
      Radford University Faculty and staff: $6
      Radford University students: Free
      Group rates (10+): $6 each

      Tickets for all Lily and the Magic Stones performances are available online, by calling 540-831-5289, or during the week of the show, at the Theatre and Cinema Box Office, 252 Artis Center.

      Lily and the Magic Stones

    Spring 2026

    • Gulf View Drive

      By Arlene Hutton

      Studio Series: Transforming the World on the Cusp of the Civil Rights Movement

      Having found each other in the tumult of World War II, young Kentuckians May and Raleigh fall in love and are married.  The year now is 1953 and the two find a haven in booming post-war Florida. Here they settle to nurture their individual dreams and the ones they share.  But their paradise is upended as relatives descend and the turbulent events of the outside world come closer to the door. Their comfortable life threatened, and their love tested to the breaking point, the two may have to make some unconventional decisions to weather the storm. This moving and comic portrait of midcentury America entertains and shows that the "good old days" were not as simple as we may think.

      *This play contains mature themes: discrimination and adult language.

      Performed in the Blackbox Theatre in Artis Center

      February 18 - 21, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
      February 22, 2026 at 2 p.m.

      All tickets are FREE.  
      Tickets for all Gulf View Drive performances are available online, by calling 540-831-5289, or during the week of the show, at the Theatre and Cinema Box Office, 252 Artis Center.

    • Little Shop of Horrors

      Music by Alan Menken, lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman

      Pridemore Playhouse Production Series: The Aliens Have Arrived, A Classic American Musical

      Down on Skid Row, poor Seymour Krelborn seems destined to live a glum life. But then he discovers a strange and interesting plant with a naughty mouth and speedy metabolism. The plant delivers fame, money, and the girl of Seymour's dreams all for the price of MORE BLOOD and …what...world domination? This delicious pop/rock, sci-fi, horror musical is a slick send-up of the B-movies of the 1950s and '60s and one of our time's most beloved shows.

      *This musical contains mature themes: sexual content and adult language.

      Performed in the Main Stage Theatre in Artis Center

      March 31, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
      April 2 – 4, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
      April 5, 2026 at 2 p.m.

      Ticket Prices:

      General Admission: $10
      Radford University faculty and staff: $6
      Radford University students: Free
      Senior Discount: $6
      Group rates (10+): $6 each

      Tickets for all Theatre and Cinema performances are available online, by calling 540-831-5289, or during the week of the show, at the Theatre and Cinema Box Office, 252 Artis Center.

      Little Shop of Horrors; Books and Lyrics by Howard Ashman; Music by Alan Menken (50

    • Directing II: Making a Scene

      Projects of the Advanced Directing Class

      And Variety!

      What will they think of next? Well, you might just find out when you join the Directing II class for their final projects. This eclectic evening of one acts is always smorgasbordrd of theatrical delights.

      Performed in the Blackbox Theatre in Artis Center

      April 22 -25, 2026 at 7 p.m.

      All tickets are FREE. 
      Tickets for all Theatre and Cinema performances are available online, by calling 540-831-5289, or during the week of the show, at the Theatre and Cinema Box Office, 252 Artis Center.

      Directing II: Making a Scene

     

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