Square Top Theatre

04/07/2026

Join us for a premiere staged reading performance of "The Great Semiramis" by Cristóbal de Virués (1550–1614), translated for the first time in English by Dr. Alec Schumacher and Dr. Kathleen Jeffs.

The Spanish Golden Age play, written c1580, portrays a legendary Assyrian queen as an ambitious, powerful, and ruthless ruler, charting her rise to power, sexual excesses, and ultimate violent downfall. The staged reading is directed by Charlie Pepiton and performed by members of the Square Top Theatre Laboratory Ensemble: Lani Call, Steve Lloyd, Matt Slater, and Elizabeth Spindler.

The event is a partnership between the Robert K. and Ann J. Powers Chair of the Humanities, Gonzaga University Dept. of Theatre & Dance and Gonzaga University Department of Modern Languages and Literature, and the Generalitat Valenciana Ministry of Education, Culture, and Universities in Spain.

The event is FREE. No RSVP required. Monday, April 27, 2026. 7:00pm in the Chancellor's Room at the Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University.

02/20/2026

The Oneota Film Festival is coming soon, and we are delighted to have TWO films as part of their wonderful lineup. KOPPMOLL and WITHOUT THEM I AM LOST, our Norwegian documentaries, will each screen twice during the festival in Decorah, IA, March 5-8. All seats are free! Take a look: https://www.oneotafilmfestival.org/films

01/05/2026

Happy New Year! We begin 2026 with wonderful news from Oneota Film Festival, who selected our films KOPPMOLL (short doc) and WITHOUT THEM I AM LOST (feature length doc) for presentation at their festival in Decorah, IA, March 5-8. Check out the trailers for those films at www.squaretoptheatre.org.

11/17/2025

Join us for a special screening of "Without Them I Am Lost", our feature-length documentary set in Northern Norway about landscape, home, and the human imagination, as part of Gonzaga Center for Global Engagement's International Education Week on Thursday, November 20 at 4:00pm in the Hemmingson Center Auditorium at Gonzaga University. The FREE screening will feature a talkback with the film's director Charlie Pepiton.

Without Them I Am Lost

11/14/2025

Today we celebrate our DP, editor, and friend Darrien Mack . Give this wide ranging interview on "A Line Around Your Thoughts" a listen. We are continually inspired by Darrien. Catch it 🎧 on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, watch 🖥 on Youtube at the link below, and subscribe to "A Line Around Your Thoughts"!

We explore multiple disciplines with this week's guest, Darrien Mack.Darrien is a DJ, a hip-hop artist, a videographer, a writer, a graphic designer and much...

10/21/2025

What a response! We are grateful to the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center and Gonzaga University - College of Arts & Sciences for hosting our preview screening of "Love, Eleanor" alongside the world-class talents of the Luminia Ensemble led by Jason Moody & Michael Kropf. Abundant thanks also goes to Saturday's capacity crowd who showed a hunger and support for challenging new music and film here in the Inland Northwest.

10/17/2025

A wonderful behind the scenes look at the making of Love, Eleanor and Luminia. Join us tomorrow at Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center.

Call it serendipity, call it destiny, call it good luck: There was little doubt that Gonzaga University professors Charles Pepiton and Michael Kropf would eventually work together after Kropf came to Gonzaga in 2023.

10/16/2025

Many thanks to Spokane Public Radio and Henry McNulty for bringing us into the studio to talk about "Love, Eleanor" and Luminia. Give a listen, and join us this Saturday at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center at Gonzaga University - College of Arts & Sciences for the concert and screening.

Host Henry McNulty sits down with composer Michael Kropf and filmmaker Charlie Pepiton to discuss their collaborative project, Love, Eleanor, and its role in the upcoming concert from Spokane's new string orchestra, Luminia.

10/14/2025

The Inlander added Luminia/Love, Eleanor as an Editor's Pick for Oct. 18. You should probably take them at their word and reserve your seats via Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center.

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10/13/2025

Thanks for the note, KREM 2 News! Hope you'll join us on Saturday for the premiere of Luminia String Orchestra and the preview of our short film "Love, Eleanor" at Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center.

A new chamber string orchestra made up of Spokane musicians will perform the score of a short film directed and composed by Gonzaga University staff.