2025-2026 Productions and Events

The following information represents the most important opportunities to see our students' work throughout the year. For more detailed schedule information, please consult the Doane University Calendar of Events. You can also follow the department on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for up-to-date announcements about productions and other theatre department events.

2025-2026 PRODUCTIONS

September 25, 26, & 27, 2025
7:30 p.m. Curtain

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a devised work by joel egger and ella zubieni

Reserve tickets online or call 402.826.8579.

November 13, 14, & 15, 2025
7:30 p.m. Curtain

I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire

By Samantha Hurley

To cope with the absence of her father, neglect from her mother, and ridicule by her classmates, eighth grader Shelby Hinkley has put all of her time and energy into the only thing that matters in 2004: Spiderman. When leading a devout online fan club proves insufficient to her needs, Shelby decides to risk it all for love, kidnap famous actor Tobey Maguire, and marry him in her basement. Her fantasies of happily ever after start to crumble as she realizes Tobey may not be the charismatic heartthrob she thinks she knows. A Y2K farce, I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire is a full-throttle explosion of our para-social relationships and the obsessions that detonate them.

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February 26, 27 & 28, 2026
7:30 p.m. Curtain

Birthday Candles

A Play by Noah Haidle

Ernestine Ashworth spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon enough, it’s her 18th birthday. Even sooner, her 41st. Her 70th. Her 101st. Five generations, an infinity of dreams, and one cake baked over a century.

This poignant and funny play takes its audience through the highlights, heartbreaks and extraordinary moments that make up one woman’s ordinary life.

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April 30, 2026
7:30 p.m. Curtain

May 1, 2026
7:30 p.m. Curtain

May 2, 2026
2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Curtain

Scarlet

A New Musical

Book and Lyrics by Richard Lindenfelzer

Book and Music by Jess Newman

Scarlet is an original post-apocalyptic science fiction parable for climate change and the importance of climate action. The new baroque-pop musical is the story of one woman's pursuit to discover the truth in a future dystopian world that hasn't seen the sun in over 400 years, and is beginning to doubt its existence entirely.

Reserve tickets online or call 402.826.8579.

EVENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

THEATRE VISIT DAY is Monday, May 4, 2026

Visit our campus and see why Doane’s Theatre program is heralded as one of the best in the region! On our visit day you’ll talk with our award-winning faculty and students, learn about our performance and tech opportunities, get tips from our mock audition, and watch scenes from a Doane Theatre production. Come see how getting involved with Doane Theatre will let you learn it all! For more information and to register, visit doane.edu/visit.