3RD ANNUAL CAPSTONE PROJECTS FESTIVAL
The Department of Theatre is thrilled to present a festival of original works created by some of our graduating students for their Capstone Projects.
PRESENTATIONS: March 13 – 15, 2025 in Ryder Theatre Lab (Ryder Hall 334)
PRODUCTION PROGRAM
PROJECTS:
Capstone Projects Festival Coordinator: Jeje Dennis
Aftermath by Karen Gallagher
There are countless stories about revolutions and toppling dystopias. But what comes next? Set in the fictional city-state of Asten in the wake of a dictatorship-toppling revolution, Aftermath follows the lives of two former revolutionaries as they grapple with this new world and follow drastically different paths that threaten so upend their friendship.
Confirm Your Doubts by Antonio Weissinger
Confirm Your Doubts is a newly written play about growth and a journey towards finding what one truly wants. It explores a family’s relationship to Catholicism and faith, and how their faith changes family dynamics for better or for worse. When Ivy Vecchiarelli is about to get confirmed into the Catholic faith, she realizes her doubts about her belief in God. How will these doubts impact the Vecchiarelli family, and will Ivy go through with the confirmation?
Club Angel by Sarah Waggoner
Club Angel is a multimedia exploration of queer art’s legacy within community spaces inspired by Club Kids. Club Kids were queer innovators, exploring taboo aesthetics with eccentric looks. How did queer youth of the 1990s use cultural practices to create utopian spaces of belonging? How is this legacy present in today’s queer youth and future? Through a photo and video exhibition, Club Kids aesthetics will be placed in modern queer spaces, experimenting with space, movement, and intimacy. The exhibition combines prints, projections, and textiles, reflecting on where this art originated and building upon it with visions of a queer future.