Theatre and Dance

Mainstage Performance
Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Chakeres Memorial Theatre
October 29-November 1

Knock, knock! Who’s there? Why, it’s Death! One of America’s hottest young playwrights gives the 15th century morality play a much-needed lift of theatrical whimsy. Everybody offers a darkly comedic twist on the meaning of life, death, and all that lies between when Death summons a character called “Everybody” to their inevitable fate. Everybody needs to give an accounting of their life and desperately searches among everyone and everything in the hopes of finding a companion along life’s final journey.

Fall Dance Concert
Directed by Christeen Stridsberg
Chakeres Memorial Theatre
November 12-15

Join us for our Fall Dance Concert and enjoy an evening of movement performed by our talented dancers from across the Wittenberg campus! We offer dances from contemporary and ballet to theatre dance and tap...there’s something for everyone! Come support your fellow students and be part of our performances, filled with the creativity, energy, and expression of dance.

Mainstage Performance
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman
Directed by Kels Ervi
Chakeres Memorial Theatre
February 11-14

The Laramie Project presents a deeply complex portrait of a community’s response to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man living in Laramie, Wyoming. This is a verbatim docudrama that is based on over 400 interviews that members of the Tectonic Theater Project recorded when they visited the town of Laramie. In a series of poignant reflections, the residents react to the hate crime and surrounding media storm with anger, bewilderment and sorrow. The play portrays the seismic and deeply personal impact Matthew’s death had on this small town while also demonstrating the power of the human spirit to triumph over bigotry and violence.

Mainstage Performance
Birthday Candles by Noah Haidle
Directed by Adrienne Oehlers
Chakeres Memorial Theatre
April 15-18

This poignant and funny play explores one woman’s ordinary life, following the changes that happen on her birthdays from her teen years to old age. On her 17th birthday, Ernestine Ashworth agonizes over her insignificance in the universe. As she bakes her birthday cake, we see how the small moments of heartbreak and love make up the richness of her life and makes the audience consider what makes meaning in their own lives.

Spring Dance Concert
Directed by Dance Seniors
Chakeres Memorial Theatre
April 29-May 2

Our annual Spring Dance Concert is directed by our senior class. Their choreography is danced by Wittenberg students from all different majors. Join us for the seniors' farewells with a night of moving and creative performance with all styles of dance.