Events
The LSU School of Theatre is pleased to present multiple productions each year, including works at Swine Palace, our affiliated Equity theatre on campus, and in the Lab Theatre, a series of smaller productions entirely developed and produced by students working towards their degrees.
Theatre Mainstage
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B
September 26 - October 6, 2024 // Shaver Theatre
An irreverent, darkly comic, modern take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth and sidekick, this fast-paced romp re-examines the world’s most famous detective story with a bold new feminist lens. – TRW Plays
ROLEPLAY
March 13 - 23, 2025 // Reilly Theatre
Written by Tulane University students lead a team of professional artists ROLEPLAY depicts several college students who navigate the university system, sexual assault, party culture, and social pressures. ROLEPLAY is transcribed directly from the improvisations of actual college students.
Swine Palace
People, Places and Things
November 14 - 24, 2024 // Reilly Theatre
Emma was having the time of her life. Now she’s in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn’t with Emma, it’s with everything else. She needs to tell the truth. But she’s smart enough to know that there’s no such thing. When intoxication feels like the only way to survive the modern world, how can she ever sober up? – Concord Theatrical
Red Velvet
February 6 - 16, 2025 // Shaver Theatre
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1833. Edmund Kean, the greatest actor of his generation, has collapsed on stage while playing Othello. A young black American actor has been asked to take over the role. But as the public riot in the streets over the abolition of slavery, how will the cast, critics and audience react to the revolution taking place in the theatre? – Concord Theatricals
2024 - 2025 Lab Season
The R & J Project
The R and J Project tells the story of the First Baptist Church Youth Drama Club production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The play uses the text of Shakespeare’s play to tell a story about youth struggling to communicate with the older generation. The concept for the production is smashing the barrier, each character in the show is blocked from communicating with their elders, with their romantic partners, or with their community. Through performing Shakespeare’s play our young artists learn how to speak for themselves
No Exit
Two women and one man are locked up together for eternity in one room in Hell. There are no windows, the electric lights won’t stop flickering, there is no one else but them, and there is no exit.
Rosita y Conchita
Based on the acclaimed children's book by Erich Haeger and Eric González, Rosita y Conchita is the story of how a young girl in the after-life, Rosita, navigates through familiar sights, sounds, and smells to reunite with her sister, Conchita, on Día de los Muertos. The play features rhyming bilingual dialogue, enchanting music, captivating puppetry, and evocative imagery. This play is a heartwarming tale for all ages, celebrating the bonds of family and the magic of remembrance.
This is a free touring production featuring LSU students which will stop at various libraries around East Baton Rouge Parish. Possible future performances at LSU to be announced later.
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
In a suburban subdivision with identical houses, parents find their teenagers addicted to an online horror video game. The game setting? A subdivision with identical houses. The goal? Smash through an army of zombies to escape the neighborhood for good. But as the line blurs between virtual and reality, both parents and players realize that fear has a life of its own. – Concord Theatricals