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2026 - 2027 Season

Poster for the Witch production from September 25-October3

Witch

A dark comedy with teeth, WITCH reimagines a Jacobean tale through a sharp, contemporary lens. In a quiet village, a woman long labeled a witch is suddenly presented with an unexpected opportunity: power, freedom, and revenge, all at a cost. As desires surface and alliances shift, each character grapples with what they are willing to trade to get what they think they deserve. Funny, subversive, and unsettling, WITCH explores agency, morality, and the seductive nature of control. A dark comedy with teeth, WITCH reimagines a Jacobean tale through a sharp, contemporary lens.

Artwork for "The House That Will Not Stand", A Virginia M. & Bernard R. Hale ’30 Production

The House That Will Not Stand

New Orleans, 1813. As Louisiana passes from French to American rule, Beartrice Albans and the women in her household face a future that may strip away the freedom, wealth, and standing they have built. With Beartrice’s longtime partner dead and the ground beneath their world shifting, each woman must decide what she will protect, what she will risk, and what kind of life she will claim next.

Marcus Gardley layers family comedy with historical consequence in this lyrical, surprisingly funny drama inspired by Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba. Inside Beartrice’s home, wit and tenderness live beside control, grief, desire, and the uncertain cost of freedom. These women are not symbols at the edge of someone else’s history. They are the center of it.

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Eurydice

In this lyrical and imaginative retelling of a classic myth, Eurydice shifts the focus to the woman at its center. As Eurydice journeys to the underworld, she reunites with her father and navigates the pull between memory and love. With inventive staging and a dreamlike world of language and sound, the play explores loss, longing, and the enduring bonds that shape us. Tender, whimsical, and quietly devastating, Eurydice invites us to consider what we hold onto, and what we must let go.

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Whither Wander We

What happens when a band of queer and trans fairies arrives in a rural town and invites the community to reimagine A Midsummer Night’s Dream with them? Whither Wander We is a bold, devised work that blends Shakespeare’s text with local stories and immersive media. Created collaboratively with student artists, the piece explores transformation, belonging, and the possibility of new worlds emerging in unexpected places. Playful, provocative, and alive with imagination, this production celebrates theatre as a space for reinvention and collective dreaming.

2025 - 2026 Season

Poster with the words The Lehigh University Department of Theatre and Mustard & Cheese Drama Society present Passage by Christopher Chen directed by Adam Ercolan from October 3 to October 11, 2025

Passage

A searing and timely exploration of colonialism, power, and the invisible walls that divide us. Passage is a gripping modern-day allegory that speaks directly to our current moment-challenging us to reflect on systems of oppression and the struggle to connect across differences. Urgent, thought-provoking, and profoundly human, this play invites audiences to question how we move forward in a fractured world.

Poster for The Flick production presented by the Lehigh University Department of Theatre and Mustard and Cheese Drama Society.

The Flick

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, The Flick captures the quiet beauty of everyday life. Set in a crumbling movie theater, this masterfully observed play follows three employees as they sweep popcorn and navigate the delicate terrain of friendship, heartbreak, and longing for something more.

Poster for the Importance of Being Earnest production by Oscar Wilde.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde's dazzling comedy of manners bursts to life with razor-sharp wit and deliciously clever dialogue. A sparkling romp of mistaken identities, secret romances, and satirical jabs at society-The Importance of Being Earnest is a timeless treasure that never goes out of style.

Intro the Woods promotional poster for April 10-18, 2026 presented by Lehigh's Department of Theatre, Department of Music, and Mustard & Cheese Drama Society

Into the Woods

In our most expansive collaboration yet with the Lehigh University Department of Music, Into the Woods brings Sondheim and Lapine's Tony Award-winning masterpiece to dazzling life. This beloved musical intertwines familiar fairy tales with unexpected twists, exploring the price of wishes and the consequences of choice. A rich and magical journey beyond "happily ever after," Into the Woods is an unforgettable theatrical event for dreamers of all ages.

2024 - 2025 Season

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Trouble in Mind

A talented and experienced Black actress has been cast in Chaos in Belleville, an anti-lynching play set to open on Broadway. She's paid her dues throughout the years, playing stereotypical supporting roles in second-rate shows, and is ready for her star turn. Chaos in Belleville, written by a white playwright, might not be quite as enlightened a piece as she's been hoping for — but that doesn't mean it won't sell out. And selling out is the question at the heart of Alice Childress's comedy-drama. A cast of multigenerational Black actors rehearse under the purview of a white director and stage manager, and as the rehearsal process unfolds, theatre conventions and racial politics collide, resulting in a surprisingly funny yet deeply piercing look at the entertainment industry.

A hand over a wolf with a yellow background.

Wolf Play

A Korean boy is ushered into a new house by his adopted American father. This new house belongs to an American boxer and her wife. American father un-adopts boy by a single signature on a piece of paper. But just before he leaves the new house, ex-father discovers that the new parents, to whom he has "re-homed" his ex-son, are a lesbian couple. American ex-father spends the rest of the play trying to get the boy back. In his corner is Ryan, the boxer's coach and her wife's brother. Ryan doesn't like the new Korean boy, who is a bit weird.

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Proof

On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father’s madness—or genius—will she inherit?

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The Bookstore

The future of a whimsical, almost magical bookstore is uncertain after the owner dies and leaves the shop to her niece Rachel. Rachel has a job in New York City that doesn't pay her enough and a fiancé that won't stop calling. She doesn't have the time or patience to run a bookstore, so when real estate magnate Max Brewer offers her more money than she can imagine to turn the store into an apartment complex, her choice seems like a no-brainer. But as the shop works its magic on her and she gets to know the eccentric employees and clientele, she starts to wonder: Can you really put a price on a beloved community bookstore?