University of Richmond Theatre and Dance

04/08/2026

04/08/2026

UR GIVING DAY 2026 IS HERE! 🎭

The Department of Theatre & Dance provides a unique liberal arts experience where students thrive by engaging across differences and critically investigating the world through creative processes. The Department of Theatre & Dance is committed to diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice. These principles are central to the department’s curriculum, scholarship, teaching, artistic practices, and programming. Each student will engage with these values through curricular, intellectual, artistic, and personal endeavors.

Your support helps make these opportunities possible!

Our department's students, faculty, and staff are giving it their all everyday, and you can give today at this link:
https://www.givecampus.com/schools/UniversityofRichmond/ur-here-giving-day/pages/academics/theatre?campaign_view=true

02/23/2026

It's almost time for CURRENTS, the University Dancers 41st Annual Concert!

Dates:
Feb. 27-28 | 7:30 PM
Mar. 1 | 2:00 PM
Location: Alice Jepson Theatre
Director: Anne Van Gelder

University Dancers celebrates 41 years of engaging dance with this annual concert, CURRENTS, featuring the work of innovative guest artists Ephrat Asherie, Nicolo Fonte, and Trey McIntyre.

The concert will also feature new works choreographed by Department of Theatre & Dance faculty Angelica Burgos, Deandra Clarke, Eric Rivera, and Anne Van Gelder, original designs by Johann Stegmeir and Maja E. White, as well as the work of outstanding student choreographers and designers Zach Carlson, Mary Kimbrough, Lucy Lew, Julia Nugent, and Keira Vogel.

Register now at this link: https://tickets.modlin.richmond.edu/events
If registration is full, please join us anyway! Contact the Modlin Box Office at 804-289-8980 for more info.

Poster Design by Michael Warchol
Post Design by ae

02/16/2026

11/18/2025

Don't miss THE MEETING, presented by the Department of Theatre & Dance!

Directed by Professor Chuck Mike, THE MEETING is a gripping play of ideas, laced with compassion, emotional verve and patches of stark humor. It is a brilliant testimony and tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, two giants of American civil rights history ... and so relevant that it is hard to believe it was not written this year.

Arrive one hour before showtime (6:30 p.m. for evening shows, 1 p.m. for matinees) to view the exhibition and experience the preshow activity in the Modlin Center lobby and courtyard.

Showtimes: Thursday, 11/20-Saturday, 11/22, at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, 11/23, at 2 p.m.

Location: Alice Jepson Theatre, Modlin Center for the Arts

All shows are FREE! https://tickets.modlin.richmond.edu/5645/5647

Graphic Design by Ayanna McMullen

10/02/2025

The Department of Theatre & Dance presents SILENT SKY by Lauren Gunderson as its first mainstage production of the 25-26 season, running 10/2-10/5.

Directed by Dr. Jennifer Jones Cavenaugh, SILENT SKY is a poignant and inspiring play that tells the true story of Henrietta Leavitt, a pioneering astronomer in the early 20th century. Leavitt defied societal expectations and gender norms to uncover groundbreaking discoveries about the nature of the universe. SILENT SKY explores themes of ambition, resilience, and the search for meaning in the vast cosmos.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. 10/2-10/5, as well as 2 p.m. matinees 10/4-10/5.

Please note that registration is full for all performances and the invited dress rehearsal, but you can join the rush line up to an hour before each performance! All performances are free.

04/10/2025

The Department of Theatre & Dance's final production of the year, URINETOWN, runs next week in the Alice Jepson Theatre. Winner of three Tony Awards, URINETOWN is a hilarious musical satire: a terrible water shortage has led to a government ban on private toilets and citizens have to use paid public toilets, owned by a single malevolent company. In this wickedly funny and delightfully intelligent comedic romp, URINETOWN is an irreverent tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution at a time when water is worth its weight in gold.

URINETOWN was written and composed by Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis and is directed by UR Professor Dorothy Holland. Performances are Thurs 4/17 - Sat 4/19 at 7:30pm, and Sunday 4/20 at 2pm. Reserve your free tickets here: https://modlin.richmond.edu/events/index.html

Poster by Jeanne Minnix Graphic Design

02/28/2025

The Department of Theatre & Dance presents the University Dancers 40th Anniversary Concert, directed by Anne Van Gelder, Friday February 28 & Saturday March 1 at 7:30 pm & Sunday March 2 at 2 pm in the Alice Jepson Theatre.

The concert features choreography by Department of Theatre & Dance faculty Angelica Burgos, Alicia Díaz, Eric Rivera, and Anne Van Gelder. Guest choreographers are Charlotte Boye-Christensen, Robin Dekkers, and Christopher Rudd. Student choreographers and designers are Alex Broening, Zach Carlson, Maggie Crowe, and Hannah Zaheer. Original designs were created by Johann Stegmeir, W. Reed West III, and Maja E. White.

To get your FREE tickets, contact the Modlin Center Box Office at (804) 289-8980 or visit https://modlin.richmond.edu/events/index.html

02/04/2025

The Department of Theatre & Dance presents THE WOMAN IN BLACK!

Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the book by Susan Hill, this laboratory production is directed by senior Benjamin Cudmore and features the design and acting work of UR students, led by lighting & sound professor Maja E. White.

While attending the funeral of an elderly recluse, attorney Arthur Kipps encounters the woman in black that terrifies the town of Crythin Gifford. Years later, haunted by this experience, he engages an actor to help him tell the story and “exorcise” his past. Set in an abandoned Victorian theater, they reenact a series of chilling events to provide a more vivid account for his eventual audience.

Performances are February 6-8 at 7:30pm and February 9 at 2pm in the Modlin Center's Cousins Studio Theatre. All performances are FREE!

Contact the Modlin Box Office at [email protected] or (804) 289-8980 for ticket information. There will be a standby line for all performances. Don't miss your chance to see this show!

Poster by Benjamin Cudmore, Soliday Yon, and ae

11/22/2024

Audiences are raving about THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND, declaring it a "must-see"!

The stunning costumes by Professor Johann Stegmeir are just one of the many reasons why this production is extraordinary. Don't miss your chance to experience it!

Remaining performances are November 22-23 at 7:30pm and November 24 at 2pm in the Modlin Center for the Arts' Alice Jepson Theatre.

🎟️Tickets are FREE FOR ALL! Reserve yours here: https://modlin.richmond.edu/events/index.html

11/18/2024

"It's a little bit of a ghost story mixed with family drama."
- Director Lucretia Marie pulling back the curtain on THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND

Watch our full interview where she talks about crafting moments of humor and terror in this unforgettable story of free women of color in 1836 New Orleans. 🎬🎭
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Performances are November 21-23 at 7:30pm and November 24 at 2pm in the Modlin Center for the Arts' Alice Jepson Theatre.

🎟️Tickets are FREE FOR ALL! Reserve yours here: https://modlin.richmond.edu/events/index.html