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| | 48-HOUR FILM FESTIVAL
Sunday, January 18th, 2026
Kleist Mainstage Theatre
A fast-paced weekend in which teams compete to create the best short film in only 48 hours, using required elements. | Get Tickets |
| | BURRELL MEMORIAL OBSERVATORY OPEN HOUSE LECTURE
Aliens Are Cool: But They Need a Place to Live
Dr. Steven Doty, Denison University
Friday January 23, 2026, 7:30pm
Mainstage Theatre, Kleist Center for Art & Drama
Dr. Steven Doty, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Denison University, will present a lecture entitled “Aliens are Nice: But They Need a Place to Live”. We know of over 6000 planets around other stars (exoplanets), which begs the question: how many could support life. To answer that question, we need to know what conditions are necessary to support life. | Get Tickets |
| | A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (staged reading series)
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Directed by Matt Koenig
Friday and Saturday, January 30-31, at 7:30pm
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
Broadway's greatest farce is light, fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musicals ever written. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum takes comedy back to its roots, combining situations from time-tested, 2000-year-old comedies of Roman playwright, Plautus, with the infectious energy of classic vaudeville. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a nonstop laughfest in which Pseudolus, a crafty slave, struggles to win the hand of a beautiful, but slow-witted, courtesan named Philia for his young master, Hero, in exchange for freedom. The plot twists and turns with cases of mistaken identity. | Get Tickets |
| | The Rhinoceros (lab series)
By Eugene Ionesco
Translated by Derek Prouse
Directed by Mugs Johnson
Wednesday - Saturday, February 11-14, at 7:30pm
Kleist Center For Art & Drama Gallery
The sublime is confused with the ridiculous in this savage commentary on the human condition, a staple of every theatre classroom and 20th century drama. A small town is besieged by one roaring citizen who becomes a rhinoceros and proceeds to trample on the social order. As more citizens are transformed into rhinoceroses, the trampling becomes overwhelming, and more and more citizens become rhinoceroses. One sane man, Berenger, remains, unable to change his form and identity. | Get Tickets |
| | AN LIVESTREAMED INTERACTIVE THEATRE PROJECT VIEWING PARTY (sketchbook series)
Directed by David Alford
Wednesday - Sunday, February 25- March 1, at 7:30pm
Streaming details to come.
After a semester of bold creation and preparation, this spring unveils a one-of-a-kind theatrical experiment. Devised entirely by the ensemble, this innovative production blends live performance, improvisation, and cutting-edge technology — streamed through Twitch and powered by audience choices. Every night, the story will twist and turn in new directions, shaped in real time by you. No two performances will ever be the same. Get ready for a dynamic, unpredictable, and entirely original experience. | Get Tickets |
| | BURRELL MEMORIAL OBSERVATORY OPEN HOUSE LECTURE
"Seven Ideas": (a survey of the great ideas in science)
Dr. Donald Driscoll of Kent State University
Friday April 10, 2026, at 7:30 pm
Mainstage Theatre, Kleist Center for Art & Drama
The Burrell Observatory is proud to host an open house program as part of the Reinhold and Margaret Kader Memorial on Friday April 10, 2026, at 7:30 PM. Dr. Driscoll is Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Ashtabula campus of Kent State University. He will present a lecture entitled "Seven Ideas": (a survey of the great ideas in science).” “Seven Ideas that Shook the Universe”, is the most popular course at Kent State University. This lecture will put each of these ideas into its historical context and explains how it came about. And assess each idea's impact on the way we think about time, space and matter. | Get Tickets |
| | BONNETS: HOW LADIES OF GOOD BREEDING ARE INDUCED TO MURDER (spotlight series)
By Jen Silverman
Directed by René Copeland
Wednesday - Saturday, April 22-25, at 7:30pm, Sunday, April 26th at 2:00
Blackbox Theatre, Kleist Center For Art & Drama
Valerie is a poisoner, her sister-in-law Claire is a virgin, Webster is an indentured servant, her mistress Georgina is a pain in the ass, and Prudence and Fortitude have a weird feeling about each other…but can we call it witchcraft? Bonnets is a dark punk comedy of history, weaving between the 17th and 19th Centuries, this absurdist, exploration of love and violence shows how easily three women become murderers.
This play contains mature themes. Parental discretion is advised. | Get Tickets |
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