Xavier Theatre's 2024-25 Season!
Tickets on Sale Starting August 1, 2024!
Jesus Christ Superstar
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
October 11 – 20, 2024
Gallagher Student Center Theatre
Directed by Stephen Skiles
What’s the buzz? Jesus Christ Superstar has wowed audiences for over 50 years. Set against the backdrop of an extraordinary and universally known series of events but seen, unusually, through the eyes of Judas Iscariot, Jesus Christ Superstar follows the last week of Jesus Christ’s life. Loosely based on the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Jesus Christ Superstar features music and lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
No Exit
By Jean-Paul Sartre
November 15-24, 2024
Part of Xavier Theatre’s Student Showcase
Directed by Erin Bonham
NO EXIT by Jean-Paul Sarte is a gripping, existentialist play that follows the fates of three individuals damned to a hellish fate of their own design. The story is thrilling, enlightening and presents a mirror to audiences about untold facets of our human condition.Performances take place on Nov 15 and 22 at 7pm and Nov 17 at 2pm.
Janitor’s Closet
By Reece Niederhausen
November 15-24, 2024
Part of Xavier Theatre’s Student Showcase
Directed by Tate Clemons
Ethan, a lonely gay student at Saint Albans Academy, is attempting to make it out of his junior year alive by hiding away in a janitor’s closet for as long as he can. However, when his ex-best friend Allie reveals a big secret, hiding may not be a viable option. Janitor’s Closet is a World Premiere production by senior Xavier Theatre Education student Reece Niederhausen. Performances take place on Nov 16 at 2pm and Nov 21 & 23 at 7pm.
The Choreographers’ Workshop
November 15-24, 2024
Part of Xavier Theatre’s Student Showcase
Choreography by Gracie Phlipot, Kyra Sander, Reilly Somerville & Brianna Starkey
Physicality and movement are some of the greatest indicators of emotion and play a key role in storytelling. Through a range of styles including hip hop, contemporary, theatre jazz, and more, experience multiple stories told through movement. Performances take place on Nov 16 at 7pm and Nov 23 at 2pm.
Pippin
Book by Roger O. Hirson
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
February 14-23, 2025
Gallagher Student Center Studio Theatre
Directed & Choreographed by Carolyn Guido Clifford
Join the enigmatic Leading Player and their magical troupe as they lead Pippin and the audience on an immersive journey through a contemporary club scene. Experience Pippin’s struggle to find their place in this dazzling and intoxicating world.
Summer Slay-cation!
By Trey Tatum
March 28 – April 6, 2025
Gallagher Student Center Theatre
Directed by Bridget Leak
a pulpy, schlocky, Choose-Your-Own-Adventure about finding yourself while lost in the woods
They say that summer camp closed down after that rash of murders - or, maybe - they say the government performs secret experiments at an underground bunker in those woods - or, maybe - they say all these animal carcasses as the result of creatures that stalk long after sundown. Either way, whoever enters those woods comes out changed, if at all.
Part play, part game, Summer Slay-cation! is a story where the audience decides what terrible things happen in the wilderness, and then struggles to bring themselves back to civilization.