The Laramie Project
The Laramie Project is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable. In October 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was left to die, tied to a fence on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming. Five weeks later, members of […]
The Diary Of Anne Frank
A story known across the world, The Diary of Anne Frank is the haunting, yet inspiring account of a young Jewish girl and her family’s lives during World War II. The play stands as a timeless reflection of her fear, hope, and faith during one of the darkest periods in history. In this gripping new […]
Theater Outside Of The Box
Grieving a Generation What happens when we give our students a blank palette to theatrically paint a mural of their deepest, bravest thoughts? This new, dynamic devised theater piece will thrill audiences by exploring the essence of live performance. Created and developed entirely by DVC Drama students, Theater Outside of the Box will inspire and […]
Clybourne Park
Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and the 2012 Tony Award for Best Play, Clybourne Park is an unforgettable new story about race, class, and real estate in America. A spin-off of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, the play begins in 1959 as a black family moves into a white neighborhood. Act Two takes […]
Oedipus El Rey
With Chicano swagger and a sly sense of humor, Luis Alfaro tears Sophocles’ timeless Greek tragedy out of its mythic past and catapults it into the vivid, vicious reality of today’s L.A. barrios. Here Oedipus does hard time for ripping off a Costco, Jocasta splashes on the cheap perfume while glued to “All My Children”, […]
The Children’s Hour
Set in the 1930’s, THE CHILDREN’S HOUR centers around two women who run a boarding school for girls. A malicious youngster out for revenge starts a rumor about the two women which quickly turns to scandal. Understanding the power she wields, the young girl sticks by her story which precipitates tragedy for the women.
The Grapes Of Wrath
Winner of the 1990 Tony Award for Best Play, THE GRAPES OF WRATH is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, and one man’s fierce reaction to injustice. Set during the Great Depression, the story follows the Joad family, Oklahoma farmers driven from their home by […]
The Skriker
The story of an ancient fairy who, during the course of the play, transforms into a plethora of objects and people as it pursues Lily and Josie, two teenage mothers whom it befriends, manipulates, seduces and entraps. Whilst speaking English in its human incarnations, the Skriker’s own language consists of broken and fragmented word play. […]
The Crucible
A dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Arthur Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the U.S. government blacklisted accused communists. Miller himself was questioned by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Un-American Activities in […]
Frankenstein
Set in nineteenth-century Switzerland, this classic tale of horror and suspense details the ill-fated experiments of young Dr. Frankenstein as he attempts to fathom the secrets of life and death. Purchasing cadavers from two unsavory grave robbers, he give life to a creature both hideous and touching—and so physically powerful and mentally twisted that he […]