Studio Season: Fall 2023
- Tickets to Studio shows are free to all and can be reserved via the links below.
- Masks are optional but highly encouraged.
Fall 2023 Studio Season
Studio: Repertory Productions
Studio Rep Productions at Fordham Theatre provide directors and playwrights the opportunity to work with a company of actors solely on direction and dramaturgy without the pressure of incorporating design and production values in a series of up-to-three performances.
Kehoe Theatre
October 5, 6, and 7, 2023
RED
By John Logan
Directed by Fabiola Arias (Fordham ’24)
Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio on the Bowery. But when Ken gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing.
Tickets available on Thursday, September 21!
Kehoe Theatre
October 5, 6, and 7, 2023
THE MINOTAUR
By Anna Ziegler
Directed by Yev Gelman (Fordham ’24)
A present-day version of a classic Greek myth, THE MINOTAUR is a contemporary take on love, honor, and human connection. With refreshing originality and wit, it explores how we break out of history in order to shape new stories for ourselves.
Tickets available on Thursday, September 21!
Whitebox Theatre
October 11, 12, and 13, 2023
CRINGE
Directed by Cora Therber (Fordham ’24)
Devised by the Company
CRINGE is a devised theater piece exploring the mindscape of intensely online teenagers. The jumping off point for the piece is fanfiction and internet subcultures. Through this, the ensemble will explore the impact of high internet exposure in all its wonders and terrors.
Tickets available on Wednesday, September 27!
Whitebox Theatre
October 11, 12, and 13, 2023
WE ARE ARTISTS
By Dylan Perez (Fordham ’25)
Directed by Michelina Smith (Fordham ’24)
Four struggling artists. Four distinct stories. One human experience. A myriad of artists inhabit New York City, but the majority of them are not found onstage; they are found on the streets. WE ARE ARTISTS explores what it means to be an artist and how anyone can create something out of nothing.
Tickets available on Wednesday, September 27!
Studio: Thesis Productions
Studio Thesis Productions at Fordham Theatre provide directors and playwrights the opportunity to work with a full production team on a series of up-to-three performances. Thesis productions build upon students prior experience in Rep, as well as in class and Mainstage.
Kehoe Theatre
November 14, 15, and 16, 2023
RHINOCEROS
By Eugène Ionesco
Directed by Asa Nestlehutt (Fordham ’24)
When a rhinoceros rampages through the streets of a small town its citizens are put to the test as they struggle to comprehend their situation. Though they at first disavow these creatures their condemnation turns to curiosity as one by one each of them succumbs to the allure of the beasts. And when all seems lost and one man remains to face the herd, we are left wondering is it too late? Rhinoceros explores the dangers of mob mentality, the pressures of conformity, and the bewildering nature of our humanity.
Tickets available on Tuesday, October 31!
Whitebox Theatre
November 14, 15, and 16, 2023
MY SWEETEST BABY ANGEL PRINCESS
Written and directed by Vivienne Blouin (Fordham ’24)
During the pandemic, a NYC bottle girl turns to a bizarre sect of online sex work to sustain herself… but the world of childish sex play makes it harder to reacclimatize to ordinary life than expected.
Tickets available on Tuesday, October 31!
Kehoe Theatre
December 5, 6, and 7, 2023
SAGITTARIUS PONDEROSA
By MJ Kaufman
Directed by Manon McCollum (Fordham ’24)
Archer, still known as Angela to his family, comes home to the Pacific Northwest to find everyone in transition. Even the forest is changing, burning and regrowing in new shapes. As Archer accepts the changes in his family, he discovers the power of names, and the way the universe can recycle what was thought to be lost.
Tickets available on Tuesday, November 21!
Whitebox Theatre
December 5, 6, and 7, 2023
THIS HOUSE IS HAUNTED
By Laurel Mora (Fordham ’24)
Directed by Narushi Fukuda (Fordham ’24)
Following the death of her abuela, a young novelist must return home to confront the monster that has tormented her family for generations.
Tickets available on Tuesday, November 21!
Studio: Special Events
Franny’s Space
Friday, December 8, 2023 @ 8:00 p.m.
BIPOC Showcase & CollabFest
The BIPOC Showcase is a chance for BIPOC artists in the Fordham community to showcase what they have been working on in a space that is curated and produced by the BIPOC Alliance.
The Collaboratory Festival is a chance for ANYONE to be able to showcase what they have been working on.
Anything goes! These showcases are a safe space to show any work – movement, music, film, a scene, a monologue, or original work.
Tickets available on Friday, November 24!