Theatre
Edgewood College Theatre
Welcome to the Edgewood College Theatre
Welcome to the heart of creativity and expression at Edgewood College. Here, we set the stage for innovation, passion, and storytelling for our campus and the greater Madison, WI community to enjoy. Our vibrant group of student performers, directors, designers, and behind-the-scenes technicians come together to bring captivating stories to life. Whether you’re a seasoned theatre enthusiast or a curious newcomer, you’ll find a place to be inspired.
Show your support for the Theatre Arts Program at Edgewood College to help us offer exceptional hands-on learning opportunities for our students:
- Attend our shows
- Make a direct donation
Considering a degree in theatre or want to audition? We cast our theatre major and minor students, but we also cast from all majors. You don’t have to be a theatre major to get involved. Anyone, including the community, can audition. Discover your spotlight at Edgewood Theatre—where your talent shines!
Theatre Information
Diane Ballweg Theatre Box Office
Located at the Stream
608.663.6710
boxoffice@edgewood.edu
Ticket Pricing:
$20 General Admission
$10 Students, Seniors and Military
A Sensory-Friendly Show!
Join us for a sensory-friendly production of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein! The production will be adapted to be less overwhelming for the senses. Our sensory showing will incorporate modifications to lights, sound, staging and other elements of the performance, to help create a sensory friendly experience.
When: November 20 at 7:00 PM (Please note that we will have an earlier start time of 7:00 pm with more relaxed house rules for patrons. Doors will open at 6:30 pm.)
Seating will be general admission so patrons can choose the best seat available for their needs.
Our sensory-friendly production will not be ticketed. Rather it’s a pay what you can donation-at-the-door event to benefit Theatre Assembly of Edgewood College Theatre. Please arrive early to secure seating.
Social Story: To find out more about what to expect for this production, visit our Social Story.
Additional Resources: A sensory friendly performance is a family experience fostering attendance and meaningful experiences at performing arts venues. A sensory friendly performance may involve adapting the house rules for a particular performance, adapting the audience environment, creating alternative ticketing and seating arrangements, as well as pre-theater preparatory activities for the person with a sensory, social, or learning disability so the person begins to understand and anticipate what might happen at a performing arts experience. The term “sensory friendly” is a common term for events and experiences at theaters and museums. This is the term used for this guidebook. However, some of the examples and options offered in this guidebook often extend beyond the sensory experience.
2024–2025 Theatre Season
These Shining Lives
September 25–29, 2024
Edgewood College Amphitheater
Directed by Jan Levine Thal
Based on the true story of four women who worked for the Radium Dial Company—a watch factory based in Ottawa, Illinois, These Shining Lives chronicles the strength and determination of women considered expendable in their day, and this story’s continued resonance. Catherine and her friends are dying, it’s true; but theirs is a story of survival in its most transcendent sense, as they refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits—or endanger the lives of those who come after them.
Young Frankenstein
November 15–23, 2024
Diane Ballweg Theatre
Directed by Stephen Tabor
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster new musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation – Young Frankenstein! Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced “Fronk-en-steen”) finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. “It’s alive!” he exclaims as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather. Eventually, of course, the monster escapes and hilarity continuously abounds. Every bit as relevant to audience members who will remember the original as it will be to newcomers, Young Frankenstein has all the panache of the screen sensation with a little extra theatrical flair in this action-packed musical comedy.
John Proctor is the Villain
Feb 28–March 8, 2025
Diane Ballweg Theatre
Directed by Jeanne Leep
At a rural high school in Georgia, a group of lively teens are studying The Crucible while navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. Holding a contemporary lens to the American classic, they begin to question who is really the hero and what is the truth, discovering their own power in the process. Alternately touching and bitingly funny, this new comedy captures a generation in mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism, and fury, writing their own coming of age story.
One Acts
May 1–4, 2025
Diane Ballweg Theatre
Directed by Edgewood College Theatre Students
Contemporary one-act plays directed by Edgewood Theatre Arts Students: fresh, funny, thought-provoking and smart, this variety pack of plays showcases the talents of our students on stage and behind the scenes.
Directions and Parking
View our maps and directions to get to the Edgewood College campus. The Stream is the home of the Edgewood College Theatre productions at the Diane Ballweg Theatre and Edgewood College Amphitheater. Follow Edgewood College Drive and park in the lot show on the Stream Map.
Study the Arts and Theatre at Edgewood College
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Bachelor of Arts in Art
Our Mission Statement
Edgewood College Theatre presents an annual season of productions for the students, the college community and the greater community of Madison. We rotate our offerings to provide a wide range of theatrical experiences, time periods, genres, voices and lenses for both our students and our audiences.
These productions create an educational and artistic environment that nurtures creativity, academic integrity and professionalism. The productions also serve as the context in which classroom and studio work combine with performance as we collaboratively share our vision and ideas with the community, our audiences.
We strive to give students hands on opportunities to learn theatre by doing theatre–both onstage and behind the scenes, to practice green theatre techniques by leaving a light footprint on the earth, to serve the students we have at the highest level while always seeking to enrich the diversity of our talent pool, artists and theatrical offerings, and to uphold the Sinsinawa Dominican values and mission to serve.
Previous Productions
26 Pebbles by Eric Ulloa
Presented by Edgewood College Theatre
April 19, 20, 25, 26, and 27
All 7:30 p.m. performances except for the April 27, is at 2 p.m.
Directed By: Audrey Lauren Standish
Performed in: The Diane Ballweg Theatre, General Admission Seating
On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed twenty-six innocent souls before taking his own life. These twenty-six innocent deaths, like pebbles thrown into a pond, created ripples and vibrations that were felt far beyond the initial rings. This is the story of those vibrations.
Similar in style to The Laramie Project, playwright Eric Ulloa conducted interviews with members of the community in Newtown and crafted them into an exploration of gun violence and a small town shaken by a horrific event.
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
September 21, 22, 23 & 24, 2022
7:30 p.m.
September 25, 2022
2:00pm
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
November 11, 12, 17, 18, & 19, 2024
She Kills Monsters
February 24 & 25, 2023
March 2 & 3, 2023
March 4, 2023
Student Directed One Acts
April 27-30, 2023
The Triumph of Love
September 22, 23, 24, and 25, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. and September 26, 2022 at 2 p.m.
Written by: Pierre Miravaux
Directed by: Susan Nanning-Sorenson
Performed: Atrium at the Stream (outdoor seating), Edgewood College Theatre
First presented in 1732, this timeless comedy clearly demonstrates the ageless affinity of laughter and love. A princess driven by honest and noble goals uses a series of dishonest, but raucously funny deceptions and disguises to achieve them. Employing a variety of alter egos, and all her considerable charms, the princess quickly turns the heads and hearts of a stuffy philosopher, and his spinster sister, before restoring an unsuspecting prince to his rightful throne.
Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play
November 12–13, 18–20, 2022
Written by: Joe Landry
Directed by: Jeanne Leap
Performed in: The Diane Ballweg Theatre
Spies, murder, love, and other trademarks of Alfred Hitchcock come to life in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast of the master of suspense’s earlier films. With The Lodger, Sabotage and The 39 Steps, Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play is a triple feature, complete with vintage commercials, that recreates a daring train chase, a serial killer’s ominous presence, and a devastating explosion through the magic of live sound effects and musical underscoring.
The Tempest
Shakespeare’s most original play of magic, betrayal, love, revenge, forgiveness, romance and a bit of social justice, this classic tale brings the poetry of the bard to life.
Sister Act
A woman hiding in a convent helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she rediscovers her own. This feel-good comedy smash is based on the hit film.