The adventure is now…

EMU Theater invigorates every corner of campus, from medieval Christmas plays staged in the snow to experimental pieces mounted on golf carts, from major Broadway musicals in an 880-seat house to student-written plays flowering in our intimate studio theater. With the construction of a new Mainstage Theater in 2005, the theater department expanded and the possibilities multiplied.

EMU Theater pulses at the heart of the campus’ vigorous artistic life. Diverse course offerings grant student artists and scholars robust classroom and laboratory environments. Known for rich productions of a challenging body of works, the department also stages seasons in which bold contemporary plays join classic musicals, Shakespeare flowers alongside original student works, and incisive political dramas flourish in hand with wild farces.

During the 2007-08 season, EMU Theater audiences joined us under the stars and in our Mainstage and Studio Theaters to be greeted with lurking vampires, religious hypocrisy, singing Nazis, and the impending apocalypse.

Student artists work at the core of EMU Theater. Regional winners of Kennedy Center/American College Theater festival honors in fields ranging from acting to sound design, students regularly direct and design departmental offerings, exploring their gifts further as playwrights, actors, and technicians.

EMU Theater, to borrow a line from an ancient Greek playwright, is the place to "dig into life up to your elbows." We hope you'll join us!

Interested in helping out backstage? Contact the Department of Theater at (540) 432-4271.

Eastern Mennonite University is a small Christian liberal arts college dedicated to Anabaptist and Mennonite values of peacebuilding and service.