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School of Theatre & Dance

College of Design, Art & Performance

Current Season

Check out all that the School of Theatre and Dance is doing for the 2024-25 Season!


October 2024

Fugitive Songs - Fall Musical

Thursday Oct 3rd through Saturday Oct 5th at 7:30pm
& Sunday Oct 6th at 3pm
USF Theatre 2, Tampa Campus
And tentatively on Saturday, Oct 12th at 7pm
on the ßÙßÇÂþ»­ St. Petersburg Campus

Music by Chris Miller and Lyrics by Nathan Tysen
Directed by Georgia Mallory Guy and Music Directed by Latoya McCormick-Hutchinson
Fugitive Songs is a 19-song journey across America that spotlights people on the run, offering a new sound for a restless America.

Tenacity -Fall Dance Concert

Thursday Oct 24th through Saturday Oct 26th at 7:30pm
& Sunday Oct 27th at 3pm
USF Theatre 1, Tampa Campus

Featuring choreography from Andrew Carroll, Michael Foley, Merry Lynn Morris, Sadie Lehmker, and guest artist Kelly King


November 2024

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui - Fall Play

Thursday Nov 21st through Friday Nov 22nd at 7:30pm
& Saturday Nov 23rd at 2pm and at 7:30pm
USF Theatre 1, Tampa Campus

By Bertolt Brecht in a translation by George Tabori
Directed by David Valdez

Described by Brecht as 'a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all', The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler – recast by Brecht into a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade. Using a wide range of parody and pastiche – from Al Capone to Shakespeare's Richard III and Goethe's Faust – Brecht's compelling parable continues to have relevance wherever totalitarianism appears today.


December 2024

Momentous & Resilience - Fall 2024 BFA Dance Senior Showcases

Monday Dec 2nd at 7:30pm
& Tuesday Dec 3rd at 7:30pm (respectively)
USF Theatre 1, Tampa Campus


February 2025

Enemy/Flint - Spring Play

Thursday Feb 20th through Saturday Feb 22nd at 7:30pm
& Sunday Feb 23rd at 3pm
USF Theatre 2, Tampa Campus

By Diana Burbano
Directed by Alexa Perez
presented by The Lily Foundation

Thia Stockmann, a bright young medical student, has discovered her hometown's water supply has been poisoned. Her data, her personality and her determination offend first her family, then the town council, then the community. As her friends and allies buckle under the pressure, Thia refuses to run from doing what is right, even if that means becoming "an enemy of the people."


March 2025

Tensegrity - Spring Dance Concert

Thursday March 6th through Saturday March 8th at 7:30pm
& Sunday March 9th at 3pm
USF Theatre 1, Tampa Campus

Featuring choreography from Jeanne Travers, Paula Nunez, Bliss Kohlmyer, John Parks, Sadie Lehmker, guest artist James Morrow and Brit Guest Artist Ben Hartley


April 2025

9 to 5 - Spring Musical

Thursday April 24th through Friday April 25th at 7:30pm
& Saturday April 26th at 2pm and at 7:30pm
USF Theatre 1, Tampa Campus

Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton and Book by Patricia Resnick

Directed by Alexis Carra Girbes, Music Directed by Latoya McCormick Hutchinson, with choreography from Brit Guest Artist Ben Hartley

Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains "otherwise engaged," the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can't she?

Momentous & Resilience – Spring 2025 BFA Dance Senior Showcases

Wednesday, April 30th at 7:30pm
& Thursday, May 1st at 7:30pm (respectively)
USF Theatre 1, Tampa Campus

The College of The Arts provides our students with hands-on experiences and real-world opportunities to perform, exhibit and practice within our own university gallery spaces, performance halls and museum. Students also participate in multiple design, research, performance and exhibition projects across the Tampa Bay community.

We proudly feature our faculty, students, and guest artists in over 400 stage productions, concerts, exhibitions and lectures each year. See our event calendar to plan your next visit.

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    Arts Calendar of Events

    Find inspiration and spark your imagination by attending one or more of the over 250 yearly concerts, performances, exhibitions, lectures, symposia and festivals presented by the USF College of The Arts.

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