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Up Next.... Quantum Voyages CASCaDe at the American Physical Society Conference UNESCO Year of the Quantum March 15, 2025 Anaheim, CA Quantum Voyages Colwell Playhouse UNESCO Year of the Quantum April 19, 2025 Urbana, IL The Comeuppance by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Human Race Theatre May 28-June 8, 2025 Dayton, OH The Turnaway Play by Lesley Lisa Greene Urbana Champaign Reproductive Justice Venues TBA November 7-8, 2025 Urbana, IL The City and the City adapted by Christopher Walsh from the novel by…

Quantum Voyages 4.0 – the Year of the Quantum

Quantum Voyages Conceived and written by Smitha Vishveshwara and Latrelle Bright with music by Stephen Taylor Colwell Playhouse at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Saturday, April 19, 2025 7:30pm CASCaDe and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts celebrate the UNESCO 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology with a re-envisioned performance of Quantum Voyages, a performance piece conceived and written by University of Illinois faculty Smitha Vishveshwara (Physics) and Latrelle Bright (Theatre Studies), with music by Stephen Taylor…

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DRACULA: a feminist revenge fantasy, really

Charlotte Howard-Check as Lucy Photo by Latrelle Bright Krannert Center for the Performing Arts @ The Virginia Theatre Champaign, IL November 14-16 In Kate Hamill’s delightful, action-rich reimagining of the Bram Stoker classic Dracula, it’s a few spunky and skillful women who drive the action. Careening from horror to hilarity, from blood-stained castles to pristine English drawing rooms, Hamill’s heroines skewer monstrosities and outmoded ideals of femininity along the way. With plenty of jump scares, blood spatters, and spooky stuff,…

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Describe the Night

Set in Russia over the course of 90 years, this thrilling and epic play traces the stories of seven men and women connected by history, myth and conspiracy theories. Real people and fictional characters hop timelines in this unforgettable tale of humanity. [smartslider3 slider="2"] Photos by Jesse Folks *Photos by Latrelle Bright The News Gazette Review Smile Politely Review MAIN CAST: Isaac Babel – Federico Cutolo Nikolai Yezhov – Jace Jamison Yevgenia – Helvi Witek Vova – Melih Sener Urzula…

Witch

  A delectable adaptation of a Jacobean drama with Faustian echoes, Witch by Jen Silverman is a vibrant dark comedy that centers on a clever social outcast. When the Devil, a charming trickster, arrives to tempt people in the town of Edmonton, he preys on those who appear vulnerable. In a social setting of nefarious gamesmanship and social striving, the devil may just meet his artful match! [smartslider3 slider="4"] Photos: Darrell Hoemann Studio Theatre at Krannert Center for the Performing…

Birds of North America

  [smartslider3 slider="5"] Photos: Darrell Hoemann Studio Theatre at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing century, Birds of North America is a searing dark comedy-drama about immigration, technology, the American Dream, and one working-class family's last-ditch effort to save themselves and their name before they go extinct. New York-based playwright and alum Matthew-Lee Erlbach returns to develop a new play prior to the opening of his play Revelations (directed by Tony-Award winner Anna…