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A full range of classes and opportunities cater to students interested in technical theatre and stage management.
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Find out about our unique Theatre Program and the amazing opportunities it offers all students, regardless of major.
The ONE ACTS are here!
The most fun event of the season is here! For the first time since the pandemic, the UR International Theatre Program is producing our (21st Annual) One-Act New Play Festival with five, wonderful student-written, directed, designed, and acted plays by emerging playwrights (Drew Consorti, Eunice Y. Lee, Manita Opoku, Oren Schwartz, Soren Shahan, and Sophia Shakir) and directors (Manita Opoku, Sophia Shakir, Yana Sponarovskaia, and Mercedes Stiner). Don't Miss It! Seating is limited and the box office opens 1 hour before showtime! More info here!
Download our digital season brochure (pdf) or, for jpgs: Cover, Productions, Classes, Auditions, and More.
Want to know why you should be involved in Theatre? Because (as the NYTimes puts it): Theatre Kids Rule the World! Article here or here.
2023-24 Season Dates
- Orlando (by Sarah Ruhl)October 5October 14
- URPerforming!October 20October 21
- Our Town (by Thornton Wilder)November 30December 9
- 21st One Act New Play FestivalMarch 21March 23
- Othello (by William Shakespeare)April 18April 27
Support YoUR Theatre
Gifts to the International Theatre Program help us to maintain and continue to build our program with the ambition, quality, and scope needed to make the program, its students and artists thrive.
Historic Todd Union!
Todd Union earns historic designation
The Georgian Revival Building, constructed in 1930, was a student center and the birthplace of the University of Rochester’s Gay Liberation Front. Discover more here.