Theatre and Dance Series is the main production season of the Department of Theatre and Dance, consisting of five to seven theatrical productions and three dance concerts annually. Works to be performed are specifically chosen to expose students to the broad spectrum of dramatic and choreographic literature, including timeless classics and contemporary genres. Policies for non-traditional casting ensure equal opportunity for students to explore diverse roles and stretch themselves artistically. Each project is directed and/or choreographed by the resident or guest artist directors and choreographers and performed by the Department’s theatre and dance majors.
The Studio Theatre Series allows students and faculty to produce work quickly and simply, free from the constraints and costs of fully-staged productions. It is a laboratory for exploration that emphasizes acting as an art form. These performances give us the unique opportunity to explore a creative process that requires less production support and focuses more on character, speech, voice, and movement.
2025-2026 Shows
The Department of Theatre and Dance at Montclair State University wants to bring the experience of live theatre and dance to everyone by engaging the audience with entertaining, diverse, relevant, and inspirational programming. We would like to share the passions of student artists who are eager to engage with their fellow audience members.
Come see the stars of tomorrow today as our talented students reinterpret works that have come to define an American tradition in performing arts.
Tuffe
- Friday October 10 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, October 11 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Written by Elijah N. Maldonado
Produced by The Theatre Collective
Life Hall Studio 325
Free
Mad Forest: A Play from Romania
- Saturday, October 11 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
- Wednesday, October 15 @ 7:30 pm
- Thursday, October 16 @ 7:30 pm
- Friday, October 17 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, October 18 @ 2:00 pm
Written by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Danica Selem
Assassins in Concert
- Wednesday, November 5 @ 7:00 pm
- Thursday, November 6 @ 7:00 pm
- Friday, November 7 @ 7:00 pm
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
Directed by Peter Flynn
Produced with the John J. Cali School of Music
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
- Wednesday, November 19 @ 7:30 pm
- Thursday, November 20 @ 7:30 pm
- Friday, November 21 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, November 22 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Directed by Ryan Dobrin
Choreography by Mandie Rapoza
Produced with the John J. Cali School of Music
Confederates
- Saturday, November 15 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
- Thursday, November 20 @ 7:30 pm
- Friday, November 21 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, November 22 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Written by Dominique. Morisseau
Directed by Charles Anthony Burks
Fall Dance
- Wednesday, December 3 @ 7:30 pm
- Thursday, December 4 @ 7:30 pm
- Friday, December 5 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, December 6 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Directed by Maxine Steinman & Elizabeth McPherson
Our Town
- Friday, December 5 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, December 6 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Written by Thornton Wilder
Produced by The Theatre Collective
Free
Fox Theatre
Fall Senior Dance
- Friday, December 12 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, December 13 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
- Sunday, December 14 @ 2:00 pm
Directed by Derek Crescenti
Free
Life Hall Studio Theatre 1200
The Elementary Spacetime Show Workshop
- Friday, December 12 @ 7:00 pm
- Saturday, December 13 @ 7:30 pm
Written and Composed by Cesar Alvarez
Written by Emily Orling
Choreographed by Hollie E. Wright
The Quilt Keepers
- Monday, December 15 @ 7:30 pm
- Tuesday, December 16 @ 7:30 pm
- Wednesday, December 17 @ 7:30 pm
Directed by Jessica Brater
Vanguard Theatre
Tom’s Diner
- Friday, February 13 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, February 14 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Written by Dakota Rios
Produced by The Theatre Collective
Free
Life Hall Studio 325
Peter and the Starcatcher
- Thursday, February 19 @ 7:30 pm
- Friday, February 20 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, February 21 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
- Thursday, February 26 @ 7:30 pm
- Friday, February 27 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, February 28 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Written by Rick Elice
Music by Wayne Barker
Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Directed by Ryan Kasprzak
Choreographed by Jessica Chen
Produced with the John J. Cali School of Music
Passage
- Thursday, February 26 @ 7:30 pm
- Friday, February 27 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, February 28 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
- Wednesday, March 4 @ 7:30 pm
- Thursday, March 5 @ 7:30 pm
- Friday, March 6 @ 7:30 pm
Written by Christopher Chen
Directed by Debbie Saivetz
Spring Dance
- Wednesday, March 4 @ 7:30 pm
- Thursday, March 5 @ 7:30 pm
- Friday, March 6 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, March 7 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Directed by Derek Crescenti & Elizabeth McPherson
The Wish
- Wednesday, April 1 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
- Thursday, April 2 @ 7:30 pm
Written by Justice Hehir, Dena Igusti, Phanesia Pharel, Nia Akilah Robinson, Julia Specht
Produced by The Theatre Collective
Free
Fox Theatre
The Elementary Spacetime Show
- Saturday, April 11 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
- Wednesday, April 15 @ 7:30 pm
- Thursday, April 16 @ 7:30 pm
- Friday, April 17 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, April 18 @ 2:00 pm
Written and Composed by Cesar Alvarez
Written by Emily Orling
Choreographed by Hollie E. Wright
Bound/Unbound: A Queer Quest for Big Love
- Saturday, April 18 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
- Thursday, April 23 @ 7:30 pm
- Friday, April 24 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, April 25 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Directed by Heather Benton
New Play Readings
- Friday, April 24 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, April 25 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Written by BA Theatre Studies Students
Produced by the Theatre Collective
Dance Makers
- Thursday, April 23 @ 7:30 pm
- Friday, April 24 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, April 25 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Directed by Stefanie Batten Bland & Leah Wilks
Fox Theatre
Spring Senior Dance
- Friday, May 1 @ 7:30 pm
- Saturday, May 2 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
- Sunday, May 3 @ 2:00 pm
Directed by Derek Crescenti
Life Hall Studio 1200