Intimate and powerful evenings of theatre await audiences in this series of studio performances directed by students and faculty. These productions showcase the talents of student actors, directors, and designers in Ball State's Department of Theatre and Dance by utilizing simple, imaginative scenic pieces and costuming and by emphasizing the immediacy of the actor/audience relationship.

All performances are in the Edward S. Strother Studio Theatre (north end of the Arts and Communications Building). Tickets are $8.50 for the general public and $6.50 for students. (Little Women tickets are $10.50 general public/$8.50 students).
The 2009-10 season schedule is:

God's Ear
By Jenny Schwartz
October 7-11, 13-14 at 7:30pm
October 11 at 2:30 p.m.  
Directed by Michael Daehn

A young couple struggles with losing a child in this compellingly original, deeply moving, and wildly eccentric dark comedy by one of American theatre's brightest new voices. Mel and Ted's marriage and ability to parent their surviving daughter unravel as they embark on seperate odysseys that intersect on a topsy-turvy game board where the Tooth Fairy and G.I. Joe offers family counseling.

Little Women
Book by Allan Knee
Music by Jason Howland
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
October 29-November 7 at 7:30pm
November 1 at 2:30 p.m.  
Directed by Beth Turcotte
Musical Direction by Jodi Cotton-White
Choreography by Greg Lund

Based on Louisa May Alcott's semi-autobiographical novel, Little Women is the musical adaptaion of the story of Jo March who leaves home to work as a governess. An aspiring author, Jo explores her memories of growing up: performing melodramas, coping with a father away at war, watching her sisters marry, and finding first love with someone truly unexpected.

Intimate Apparel
By Lynn Nottage
February 25-28, March 2-4 at 7:30pm
February 28 at 2:30 p.m.
Directed by Dwandra Lampkin

This story of convention and private truths focuses on Esther, a gifted African-American seamstress who creates exquisite bridal corsets for everyone but herself. Set in 1905, when marriage was the goal for any respectable woman, Esther begins receiving letters from a man she's never met, at the same time she discovers a growing affection fro her cloth supplier-a Hasidic Jew. When confronted with the choice, will Esther choose love at first sight or forbidden love?

The Women of the Manhattan Project
By Jennifer Blackmer and students from the BSU Immersive Learning Seminar
Directed by Jennifer Blackmer
April 8-10, 14-17 at 7:30pm
April 11 at 2:30pm

Ball State theatre continues our focus on immersive learning in the premiere production of a new play researched and written collaboratively by Ball State students. The untold history of the Manhattan Project is explored through the eyes of the women who were there: physicists, chemists, biologists, and technicians-all commissioned to develop the most lethal and compelling weapon ever devised.