2019-2020 LSU and Swine Palace Seasons
LSU Mainstage
Trouble in Mind
by Alice Childress
Directed by G.D. Kimble
Sept 25 - Oct 8, 2019
Shaver Theatre
Alice Childress’s play, Trouble in Mind is a semi-satirical study of racism in the
theater world that proves fascinating on several levels. It is a sometimes-acrid backstage
comedy, a frank look at mid-1950s social attitudes and also a commentary on the discomfort
between blacks and whites that remains relevant to some degree today. The play opens
on the first day of rehearsals for a new Broadway drama, “Chaos in Belleville,” that
is written and directed by white artists. Several African-American actors are complaining
to one another about the stereotypical roles they have played in other shows.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Directed by George Judy
April 22 - May 3, 2020
Reilly Theatre
In this classic Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream portrays the events surrounding
the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta. These include the adventures
of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors who are controlled
and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is
set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely
performed across the world.
Brooklyn Bridge (TYA Production)
by Melissa James Gibson
Directed by John Fletcher
November 19-24, 2019
Studio Theatre
This season, LSU Theatre brings to the stage its first Theatre for a Young Audience production. This charming story centers on 10-year-old a latchkey kid writing a report on the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s due tomorrow, and the problem is... she can’t find a pen! One girl’s procrastination helps her meet her extraordinary brownstone neighbors, and connect with quirky and caring community around her.
2020 Dance Concert and Physical Theatre Showcase
TBD
Shaver Theatre
Tickets will be available closer to performance date.
Take 6 Film Festival
TBD
Shaver Theatre
Tickets will be available closer to festival date.
Swine Palace Season
Gloria
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Femi Euba
November 6-19, 2019
Reilly Theatre
Swine Palace begins the season with Pulitzer Prize finalist, Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Taking place in modern-day Manhattan, it starts on a normal work day for a group of aspiring writers who are growing tired of the monotony of their desk jobs. Then in a shocking moment everything changes. The resulting response is both disturbing and uncomfortably believable in today’s world. Make sure to see this divisive and enthralling play.
Oil
by Ella Hickson
Directed by Joy Vandervort-Cobb
February 5-16, 2020
Shaver Theatre
In her new play Oil, Ella Hickson transforms oil’s global history into a human story, one that asks audiences to suspend their disbelief across 200 years of action to follow a mother and daughter from the birth of the petroleum industry to the end of the age of oil. Oil moves away from clichés about male oil executives as cutout villains of fossil capitalism to spotlight the journey of a single mother determined to better the situation of her child.
