Theatre Productions

Theatre serves as a vital component of the university's artistic and educational mission. It provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the theatrical arts, including acting, directing, playwriting, and stage design. The department fosters creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking through hands-on production experience and theoretical studies. By staging varied performances, it also enriches the cultural life of the university and the wider community, promoting engagement with a variety of social, historical, and artistic themes.
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Your talents and enthusiasm are welcome and needed! Whether you're a student, faculty, staff, or community member, there's a role for you to play in bringing our exciting theatrical projects to life. Check our Auditions, Get Involved and Work With Us pages for upcoming opportunities.

Featured Productions

Two jesters on unicycles joust on a carnival stage. Graphic by Kat Reichert
Historical Comical: A Shakespeare Double Bill

Ambition meets absurdity in Historical Comical—two bold Shakespeare cuts, one wild night of theatre. Directed by Tom Robenolt.

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Two pairs of colorful, icy shorts hang from a clothesline. SDA's Winter Shorts logo
Winter Shorts 2025

The ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Student Drama Association presents Winter Shorts, featuring "100 Love Letters I Never Sent" and "Late: The Cowboy Song."

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Past Theatre Productions

  • Two cut-out jesters on unicycles with swords under a carnival tent. The title Historical Comical: A Shakespeare Double Bill is behind them. Graphic by Kat Reichert

    Historical Comical: A Shakespeare Double Bill

    October 19, 2025

    Ambition meets absurdity in Historical Comical—two bold Shakespeare cuts, one wild night of theatre. Directed by Tom Robenolt.

  • Two pairs of colorful, icy shorts handing on a clothesline. SDA's Winter Shorts logo

    Winter Shorts, Fall 2025

    September 23, 2025

    The ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Student Drama Association presents Winter Shorts, featuring "100 Love Letters I Never Sent" and "Late: The Cowboy Song."

  • Silhouette of workers protesting with signs on an orange background.

    STRIKE! A Musical and Dramatic Revue

    December 08, 2024

    The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Department of Theatre and Film presents STRIKE! A Musical and Dramatic Revue. Directed by Flyn Ludington.

  • Purple text portrait of Hannah Greene as Sugar

    Tiny Beautiful Things

    September 24, 2024

    University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Department of Theatre and Film presents Tiny Beautiful Things, written by Cheryl Strayed, adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos and directed by Rachel Blackwell

  • Cast of Something in the Living Room by Kavelina Torres. (Left to Right) Hank Nuwer as the Professor; Donetta Tritt as Cora Alice Jane; Skyler Ray Benson Davis as Cowboy; Tim Ott as FatCat. © MAYA SALGANEK

    Something in the Living Room

    March 29, 2024

    ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Department of Theatre & Film’s presents a Tuma Theatre production, Something In The Living Room, written and directed by ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Associate Professor of Indigenous Media, Kavelina Torres. Multimedia Performances will take place in the Lee H. Salisbury Lab Theatre from March 29-April 7, 2024.

Theatre Production Archive