Previous Seasons
2011-2012
Champagne Breakfast by Theatre Arts Dept Alum, Evan Sesek
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
Iolanthe by Gilbert & Sullivan [Produced with Music Department]
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
--produced in rotating repertory with--
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
2010 - 2011
Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennesse Williams
Cinderella by Rodgers and Hammerstein
Champagne Breakfast (Staged Reading) by Evan Sesek
2009-2010
A Question of Grace by Theatre Arts Student, Bernadine Cockey
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
Master Class by Terrence McNally [Produced with Music Department and Opera Idaho]
Metamorphosis by Mary Zimmerman
Main Street by Ann Hoste, based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis (Play Reading)
2008-2009
Tragedy: A Tragedy by Will Eno (Inaugural performance in the renamed Danny Peterson Theatre)
A Dream Play by August Strindberg (translated by Caryl Churchill)
Pippin, book by Roger O. Hirson, music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz [Produced with Music Department]
The School for Wives, by Moliere (translated by Richard Wilbur)
2007-2008
Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon
You Can't Take it With You by Kaufman & Hart
The Gondoliers by Gilbert & Sullivan [Produced with Music Department]
Two Rooms by Lee Blessing
2006-2007
In the Sawtooths by Boise State Theatre Alum, Dano Madden
Antigone by Sophocles, adapted by Ann Hoste
Man of La Mancha, written by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, lyrics by Joe Darion [Produced with Music Department]
A Buddhist History of the United States by Phil Atlakson
2005-2006
Proof by David Auburn
Measure 4 Measure by William Shakespeare
Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini [Produced with the Music Department]
Translations by Brian Friel
Touch by Toni Press-Coffman
2004-2005
Life is A Dream by Calderón de la Barca
Dante by Boise State Alum, Adam Harrell
Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine [Produced with Music Department]
2003-2004
Endgame by Samuel Beckett
Present Laughter by Noel Coward
Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai, based on the play by William Shakespeare [Produced with Music Department]
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
2002-2003
Dead White Males by William Missouri Downs
Medea by Euripides
Damn Yankees, book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and Music & Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Summer & Smoke by Tennessee Williams
2001-2002
The Blue Room by David Hare
Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht
Tartuffe by Molière
2000-2001
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
The House of Bernarda Alba by Fedrico Garcia Loca
H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan
The Memorandum by Václav Havel
1999-2000
A Doll House- by Henrik Ibsen
The Zoo Story- by Edward Albee
King Stag- by Carlo Gozzi
Albertine in Five Times by Michael Tremblay
The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt
1998-1999
Mundome- Adapted by Ann Hoste
Loose Shorts- An Acting Showcase
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, book by Richard Rodgers and book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
ACTER presents The Merchant of Venice- by William Shakespeare
On the Verge by Eric Overmyer
1997-1998
The Rivals byRichard Brinsley Sheridan
Fefu and Her Friends by Maria Irene Fornes
Mother Wove the Morning byCarol Lynn Pearson
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath by Frank Galati
Oleanna by David Mamet
1996-1997
Praying Mantis by Alejandro Sieveking
Sly Fox by Larry Gelbert
Cabaret, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb and Book by Joe Masteroff
A Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare
Two Booths and a Lincoln by Stuart Hoyle
USA by John Dos Passos
Ah! Wilderness by Eugene O’Neill
1994-1995
A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Bogosian
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Bert Shevelove and Larry Gilbert
Playboy of the Western World by Millington Synge
1993-1994
Kindness by Ping Chong
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Boy's Life by Howard Korder
Misanthrope by Moliere
Fidelity- New Play Series, Richard Bean presented at the Neurolux
Idaho Theater Gypsies - Lysistrata
1992-1993
Betrayal- Harold Pinter
Human Comedy- William Saroyan
Miss Julie- August Strindberg
Bus Stop- William Inge
1991-1992
Fool for Love- Sam Shepard
The Children's Hour- Lilliam Hellman
Pal Joey-book by John O'Hara, music & lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Les Liasions Dangereuses - Christopher Hampton
Student Showcase - Enchanted Night; 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, Pump Boys and Dinettes
1990-1991
Speed the Plow- David Mamet
Summer- Trey Olmesdahl, The New Play Series
Gypsy, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents
A Phoenix Too Frequent- Christopher Fry
The Crucible- Arthur Miller (with The Idaho Shakespeare Festival)
1989-1990
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds- Paul Zindel
The Skin of our Teeth- Thornton Wilder (with The Idaho Shakespeare Festival)
Medea- Euripides, adaptation by Robinson Jeffers
Showboat- Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, Second Music by Jerome Kern (Centennial Production)
6 Rms Riv Vu- Bob Randall
Trey Olmesdaho, The New Play Series
Roommates- Liff Hall, The New Play Series
1988-1989
Antigone- Jean Anouilh
A Touch of the Poet- Eugene O’Neill (with The Idaho Shakespeare Festival)
Fiddler on the Roof- Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Tennessee Williams: A Bird In Flight- John Elliot
1987-1988
The Drunkard- William H. Smith, Adapted by Brian J. Burton
Macbeth- William Shakespeare
The Lady’s Not For Burning- Christopher Fry
Kiss Me Kate- Cole Porter
The Miss Firecracker Contest- Beth Henley
The Majestic Kid- Mark Medoff
Inherit the Wind- Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Leap Frog Through Space and Time- Phil Atlakson
A...My Name is Alice- Joan Micklin Silvert, Julianne Boyd
1986-1987
Bull Shot Crummond
Grease- M.A. Production, by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Norm Rex- Phil Atlakson
The Night of the Iguana- Tennessee Williams
The Father- August Strindberg
Mame- Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman, Book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
The Comedy of Errors- William Shakespeare
Some Enchanted Evening- Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein
Little Mary Sunshine- Rick Besoyan
Greater Tuna- Jatson Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard
1985-1986
The Glass Menagerie- Tennessee Williams
Equus- Peter Schaffer
Vanities- Jack Heifner, Student Showcase
Oklahoma!- Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein
The Lion in Winter- James Goldman
Picnic- William Inge
1984-1985
She Stoops to Conquer- Oliver Goldsmith
Nightwatch- Lucille Fletcher
Gift of the Magi- Children's Theatre
A Midsummer Night's Dream- William Shakespeare
Harvey- Mary Chase
1983-1984
Godspell- Teblak and Schwartz
Death of a Salesman- Arthur Miller
No Sex, Please, We're British by Marriott and Foote
Joan of Lorraine- Maxwell Anderson
Life With Father- Lindsay and Couse
1982-1983
Barefoot in the Park- Neil Simon
Mother Courage and her Children- Bertolt Brecht
Twelfth Night- William Shakespeare
1981-1982
Scapino- Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale
Murder Room- Jack Sharkey
Man of LaMancha- Dale Wasserman
You Can’t Take It With You- George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof- Tennessee Williams
1980-1981
Our Town- Thornton Wilder
Mary Mary- Jean Kerr
Candida- Bernard Shaw
Philadelphia Story- Philip Barry
1979-1980
What the Butler Saw- Joe Orton
Bus Stop- William Inge
Antigone- Sophocles
Blithe Spirit- Noel Coward
1978-1979
The Boy Friend- Sandy Wilson
A Streetcar Named Desire- Tennessee Williams
The Little Foxes- Lillian Hellman
Arsenic and Old Lace- Joseph Kesselring
Endgame- Samuel Beckett
1977-1978
Inherit the Wind- Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?- Edward Albee
Angel Street- Patrick Hamilton
The Playboy of the Western World- John M. Synge
A Flea in Her Ear- Georges Feydeau, Translation by Barnett Shaw
1976-1977
Romeo and Juliet- William Shakespeare
The Matchmaker- Thornton Wilder
The Birthday Party- Harold Pinter
The Investigation- Peter Weiss
Dark of the Moon- Howard Richardson and William Berney
1975-1976
The Country Wife- William Wycherley
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- Dale Wasserman
The Madwoman of Chaillot- Jean Giraudoux
Americian Laughs- An original Reader’s Theatre Production
Celebration- Lyrics by Tom Jones, Music by Harvey Schmidt (Inaugural performance in Special Events Center)
1974-1975
The Trojan Women- Euripides
A Thurber Carnival- James Thurber
Waiting for Godot- Samuel Beckett
Born Yesterday- Gadson Kanin
Count Dracula- Ted Tiller
1973-1974
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum- Shevelove, Gelbart and Sondheim
Death of a Salesman- Arthur Miller
The Adding Machine- Elmer Rice
The Importance of Being Earnest- Oscar Wilde
As You Like It- William Shakespeare
1972-1973
Under the Gaslight- Augustin Daly
Tiny Alice- Edward Albee
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds- Paul Zindel
The Lady’s Not for Burning- Christopher Fry
Nude with Violin- Noel Coward
1971-1972
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead- Tom Stoppard
J.B.- Archibald MacLeish
The Skin of Our Teeth- Thornton Wilder
Martian Chronicles- (Readers Theatre) Ray Bradbury, adaptation by Dr. C Lauterbach
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off- Anthony Newley
1970-1971
All My Sons- Arthur Miller
The Fantasticks- music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones
Cock-A-Doodle Dandy- Sean O'Casey
Twelfth Night- William Shakespeare
The Cave Dwellers- William Saroyan
Boise State College Subal Players
When the new Student Union Building was built in 1970, the previous Student Union building became the Communications Building, and the old SUB ballroom became the Subal Theatre (aka, Su'bal - short for SUB Ballroom). Theatrical productions were performed by a student group known as the Subal Players supervised by faculty & staff of the Communication Department.
1969-1970
Scarecrow by Percy Mackaye
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Servant of Two Masters by Goldoni
1968-1969
Tartuffe by Moliere
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Production Photos
We have recently started sharing our archive of over 40 years of production photos through Facebook. The best part is that you don’t need to belong to Facebook to view them. Just follow the link to view the fascinating production history of the Theatre Arts Department.
Scanned Theatre Programs
ScholarWorks, from the Albertsons Library Special Collections Department, has an extensive collection of scanned play programs from the Theatre Arts Department available online.
