Current Season
Announcing the 2024-2025 FDU Theater Season
We recommend purchasing tickets online in advance because performances sell out quickly.
When available, tickets are sold at the door.
JULIUS CAESAR
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Charles Stewart II
Set Design by John Ehrenberg
Lighting Design by David Landau
Costume Design by Susanne Houstle
October 4 at 10:30 AM (Preview)
October 4 and 5 at 7:30 PM
October 6 at 2:30 PM
Dreyfuss Theater, Florham Campus
JULIUS CAESAR, by William Shakespeare, and directed by guest director Charles Stewart II, will be reimagined during the abolitionist movement. The play centers around the charismatic leader Julius Caesar, who, in this bold adaptation, has a passionate vision for ending slavery and uniting the nation. The production will explore the turbulent dynamics of moral conviction, political power, and the fight for human rights during one of America’s most pivotal eras. The play will resonate with contemporary audiences, inviting us to explore what makes a great leader and what it means to effect lasting and meaningful progress.
LITTLE WOMEN
Book by Allan Knee
Music by Jason Howland
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Directed and Choreographed by Cindy Thole Loewus
Musical Direction by Dimitri Nakhamkin
Set Design by Maiko Chii
Lighting Design by David Heguy
Costume Design by Susanne Houstle
November 21 at 10:30 AM (Preview)
November 22 and 23 at 7:30 PM
November 24 at 2:30 PM
Dreyfuss Theater, Florham Campus
Based on the novel by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, Little Women is a partly auto- biographical coming-of-age story about sisterhood, dreams, independence, and the value of family.
Set during and after the Civil War (1861-1866), Little Women tells the story of the March family, principally the four daughters: traditional Meg, wild, aspiring writer Jo, timid Beth and romantic Amy. With their beloved mother, Marmee, the girls struggle and grow as a family in Concord, Massachusetts, while their father is serving in the war as a Union army chaplain. The musical celebrates the bonds of sisterhood—and the individual paths of the women who form the March family. It’s a celebration of love, humor, connection, strength, sacrifice…and, above all, hope.
STOP KISS
by Diana Son
February 27 and 28 at 7:30 PM
March 1, 3 at 7:30 PM
March 1 at 10:00 PM (Special Late-Night Performance)
March 2 at 2:30 PM
Barn Theater, Florham Campus
Variety called the play “a poignant and funny play about the ways, both sudden and slow, that lives can change irrevocably.” After Callie meets Sara, the two unexpectedly fall in love. The women’s first kiss transforms their lives in a way they could never have anticipated. The play explores the domino effect of societal expectations, prejudice, homophobia, but, above all, love.
This production will be directed by an FDU Theater student director and will also feature student designers along with the student cast.
CINDERELLA
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
New Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Directed by Patrick Polsin
Choreographed by Cindy Thole Loewus
Musical Direction by Allen Cohen
April 4, 5, and 11 at 7:30 PM
April 5, 6, 12 and 13 at 2:30 PM
Dreyfuss Theater, Florham Campus
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the new Broadway adaptation of the classic musical. This contemporary take on the classic tale features Rodgers & Hammerstein’s most beloved songs, including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/It’s Possible” and “Ten Minutes Ago,” alongside an up-to-date, hilarious and romantic libretto by Tony Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane.
Please bring the whole family to enjoy—and reinvent—the fairy tale with us! Audience of all ages can expect a fantastic time.
Additional Performances
The season will feature additional performances including:
- The Winter Chorus, Band and Chamber Choir performance
- Vocal Recitals
- Fairleigh Dance Project
- School of the Arts’ Images Festival
- Fairleigh Dramatics
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