Kent State University at Stark Theatre

Buried Child

By Sam Shepard

November 2, 3, 9 & 10 at 8 p.m.
November 4 & 11 (ASL interpreted) at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets available October 22.

Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama takes a macabre look at the disintegration of the American dream. Mystery and humor combine in the Midwestern home of a dysfunctional family with a very dark secret that plunges them into bizarre degeneration and finally, toward hope. For mature audiences only.

I Love You Because

Book & Lyrics by Ryan Cunningham
Music by Joshua Salzman 

February 15, 16, 22 & 23 at 8 p.m.
February 17 & 24 (ASL interpreted) at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets available January 28.

In this romantic musical’s modern twist on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, a young, uptight greeting card writer’s life is changed when he meets a flighty photographer. Along with their eccentric friends and siblings, they learn to love each other, not in spite of their faults, but because of them. For mature audiences only.

Voices from Hurt Street

By Kent State Stark Students

April 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 8 p.m.
April 14 & 21 (ASL interpreted) at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets available April 1.

Written by students from Kent State University at Stark’s Devising Theatre course, this multi-genre theatre piece enacts true and personal stories of abusive relationships and social injustice that move the characters through the hopeful journey from hurt to healing. For mature audiences only due to sexual content and strong language.

The Crucible

Music by Robert Ward
Libretto by Bernard Stambler
An opera adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller.

June 7 & 8 at 8 p.m.
June 9 (ASL interpreted) at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets available May 28.

An unfaithful husband’s life turns tragic in this operatic version of an American classic that examines justice, honor and courage. He finds himself fighting against a monstrous political and religious “witch hunt” and is forced to face his past and reconcile his actions before the power of the court. For mature audiences only.