Performances - Mainstage Productions / Events
Spring 2026
Event Information
We welcome off-campus guests to attend our performances.
Most reservations for the 2025–2026 season will open about a month before each show through the PAC Box Office. Events are either free or ticketed from $5 to $30, depending on the audience group. For free or low-cost events, we encourage guests to consider a contribution to support our productions and students.
For more information about any of these productions, please email the PAC Box Office: center@purchase.edu
Fairview
March 6-14, 2026 / CMFT 0061 Performance Theatre
By Jackie Sibblies Drury, directed by Steven Sapp
Featuring the work of BA Theatre & Performance, with production support from BFA Theatre Design/Technology, Fairview begins as a polished family comedy centered on Beverly’s frantic preparations for her mother’s birthday dinner. As the evening unfolds, the play cracks open, revealing a bold, disorienting examination of race, power, and who controls the gaze.
Fee for Attendance: $5-15 + fees
For Tickets: PAC online Box Office
Fri, 3/6 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 3/7 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat, 3/7 @ 7:30pm
Weds, 3/11 @ 7:30pm
Thurs, 3/12 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 3/13 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 3/14 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat, 3/14 @ 7:30pm
Running Time: Approximately 2 hours including intermission.
Content Advisory: Profanity, Sexual Innuendos, Discussions of Violence, Sensitive Topics, Flashing lights.
All are invited to remain in the theatre for a brief facilitated talkback after each performance.
Playbill: TBA
Romeo and Juliet
March 12-16, 2026 / PAC Pepsico Theatre
By Shakespeare, Adapted and Directed by Lisa Wolpe
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Senior Company 50 and BFA Theatre Design/Technology, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet pulses with urgency, desire, and defiance. In a world divided by hate, young people risk everything for love. This production explores the play’s enduring questions—about identity, loyalty, violence, and connection—through a fresh lens that speaks to our time. A timeless story made powerfully present.
Fee for Attendance: $5-30 + fees
For Tickets: PAC online Box Office
Thurs, 3/12 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 3/13 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 3/14 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat, 3/14 @ 7:30pm
Mon, 3/16 @ 7:30pm
Running Time: Approximately 2 hours including intermission.
Content Advisory: Staged violence, weapons, depictions of death and suicide, sexual innuendo, themes of grief, and contemporary adaptation and interpretation of Shakespeare’s text.
Playbill: TBA
The Rimers of Eldritch (Sophomore Debut)
April 15-18, 2026 / CMFT 2043 Studio Theatre
By Landford Wilson, directed by Edward O’Blenis
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Sophomore Company 52, with production support from BFA Theatre Design/Technology, The Rimers of Eldritch follows a small town reckoning with a shocking death that exposes its hidden prejudices and moral failings. This actor-driven production foregrounds ensemble performance and storytelling, supported by selective technical and design elements.
Free Attendance / Reservations Strongly Recommended - via PAC online Box Office (link available soon)
Weds, 4/15 @ 7:30pm
Thurs, 4/16 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 4/17 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 4/18 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat 4/18 @ 7:30pm
Playbill: TBA
Anna Christie
April 24-May 2, 2026 / CMFT 0061 Performance Theatre
By Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Christopher McCann
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Junior Company 51 and BFA Theatre Design/Technology, this Pulitzer Prize-winning play follows a woman determined to reclaim her life as she navigates a fragile reconciliation with her father and a love that threatens to expose the past she’s fought to escape.
Fee for Attendance: $5-15 + fees
For Tickets: link provided soon
Fri, 4/24 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 4/25 @ 1:30pm matinee
Tues, 4/28 @ 7:30pm
Thurs, 4/30 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 5/2 @ 7:30pm
Playbill: TBA
Flyin’ West
April 25-May 2, 2026 / CMFT 0061 Performance Theatre
By Pearl Cleage
Directed by Cezar Williams
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Junior Company 51 and BFA Theatre Design/Technology, this powerful drama—laced with warmth and humor—centers four African American women whose sisterhood and resolve are tested as they fight to protect their land and their future
Fee for Attendance: $5-15 + fees
For Tickets: link provided soon
Sat, 4/25 @ 7:30pm
Mon, 4/27 @ 7:30pm
Weds, 4/29 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 5/1 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 5/2 @ 1:30pm matinee
Playbill: TBA
More Events…
BA Theatre & Performance Senior Project Productions (click for details and schedule)
BFA Theatre Design/Technology Senior Portfolio Finalé, May 5, 2026 / PAC Upper Lobby
BFA Acting Senior Showcase, May 6, 2026 / Humanities Theatre
Recent Events
Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender
Created and performed by Lisa Wolpe
Directed by Laurie Woolery
Thursday, January 22, 2026, at 7:00pm
One-night only performance!
Free Attendance / Suggested Contribution $10
PAC - Recital Hall (the Green one)
This solo performance explores identity, gender, and family legacy, revealing through Lisa’s own remarkable story how Shakespeare’s words continue to speak powerfully to the complexities of the modern human experience.
Running Time: 60minutes+15minute closing ceremony (talkback)
Content Advisory: Due to its mature subject matter, this performance is recommended for audiences ready to engage with challenging material. The performance references and include themes such as: the Holocaust, suicide, drug and alcohol addiction, and sexual and physical abuse.
Fall ’25 Events
New Plays Now
Directed by Cezar Williams
CMFT Studio Theatre (2nd Fl, 2043)
Free Attendance / Please Reserve Seats in Advance via PAC Online Box Office Here: New Plays Now
CMFT Studio (CMFT 2043)
Fri, 12/5 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 12/6 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat, 12/6 @ 7:30pm
A festival of short works written by students in the Playwriting program, featuring Acting Company 51, with Production Stage Management support from BFA Theatre Design/Technology. Mentored and produced by Mariana Carreño King withand faculty/staff from the School of Film & Media Studies, and the Conservatory of Theatre Arts.
Mad Forest
By Caryl Churchill, directed by Christopher McCann
Nov 19-24
For reservations: CMFT Performance Theatre (Ground FL, 0061)
Free Attendance / Suggested Contribution $10
Weds, 11/19 @ 7:30pm
Thurs, 11/20 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 11/21 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 11/22 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat, 11/22 @ 7:30pm
Mon, 11/24 @ 7:30pm
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Senior Company 50 with Production Stage Management support from BFA Theatre Design/Technology.
Our production of Mad Forest, a gripping, poetic drama inspired by the 1989 Romanian Revolution, is an actor-driven production that highlights the power of performance. Blending documentary-style interviews with imaginative storytelling, the play explores political upheaval’s impact on ordinary lives. Through humor and tragedy, Mad Forest examines fear, memory, and resistance, revealing the complexities of freedom and the human spirit during profound change.
Playbill here: Mad Forest
Not by Bed Alone
By Georges Feydeau, translated by Norman R. Shapiro, and directed by A. Dean Irby
Nov 14-22, 2025
For tickets: The PAC-Performing Arts Center, Abbot Kaplan-Rep Theatre D
Fee for Attendance: $5-30 + ticket processing fees
Fri, 11/14 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 11/15 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat, 11/15 @ 7:30pm
Thurs, 11/20 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 11/21 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 11/22 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat, 11/22 @ 7:30pm
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Junior Company 51 and BFA Theatre Design/Technology.
Not by Bed Alone is a fast-paced farce filled with mistaken identities, witty misunderstandings, and outrageous comedy. The play follows a series of chaotic encounters that unravel through clever timing and sharp dialogue. This classic comedy captures the humor and absurdity of relationships, showcasing Feydeau’s mastery farce.
Playbill here: Not by Bed Alone
10 out of 12
By Anne Washburn, directed by Attilio Rigotti
Oct 24-Nov 1, 2025
CMFT Performance Theatre (Ground FL, 0061)
Fee for Attendance: $5-30 + ticket processing fees
Please reserve in advance via the PAC online box office for 10 out of 12.
Experience Advisory: This production features an immersive experience, including a distinctive sound design that reflects the layered world of a technical theatre rehearsal. A set of headphones is provided to each audience member, which allows for a fuller immersion into the sonic world of overlapping voices, cues, backstage sounds, and more. Headphones are provided for use during the performance and will be collected afterward for sanitizing and reuse. Wearing them is optional, though some details may be less distinct without them.
Fri, 10/24 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 10/25 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat, 10/25 @ 7:30pm
Weds, 10/29 @ 7:30pm
Thurs, 10/30 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 10/31 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 11/1 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat, 11/1 @ 7:30pm
10 out of 12 is a sharp, darkly comic exploration of the chaos behind the scenes in a theatre production. Set during a single intense day of rehearsal, the play delves into the lives, power dynamics, and tensions among actors, directors, and production crew. With layered dialogue and biting wit, it exposes the pressures of artistic creation and the blurred lines between reality and performance.
Playbill here: 10 out of 12
Maxim Gorky’s The Lower Depths, adapted and directed by Jack Tamburri
Sept 24-27, 2025
CMFT 0061 Performance Theatre
Free Attendance / Suggested Contribution $10
Please reserve a seat/ticket in advance via the PAC online box office link here: https://www.artscenter.org/events/conservatory-of-theatre-arts-presents-at-the-bottom/
Weds, 9/24 @ 7:30pm
Thurs, 9/25 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 9/26 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 9/27 @ 1:30pm matinee, with brief post-show talkback
Sat, 9/27 @ 7:30pm
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Junior Company 51 with Production Stage Management support from BFA Theatre Design/Technology
At the Bottom is a landmark in dramatic literature for its authentic, unflinching, and darkly comic portraits of people on society’s margins. Set in a notorious flophouse in a rapidly changing industrial city on the eve of revolution, it asks what role fantasy has in a bleak life, and what lengths people will go to gain momentary power over one another.
Playbill here: At the Bottom
Mosquitoes
By Lucy Kirkwood, Directed by Joshua Fardon
Oct 9-18, 2025
CMFT Studio Theatre (2nd Fl, 2043)
Fee for Attendance: $5-15 + ticket processing fees
Please reserve in advance via the PAC online box office for Mosquitoes.
Thurs, 10/9 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 10/10 @ 7:30pm
Sun, 10/12 @ 1:30pm matinee
Thurs, 10/16 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 10/18 @ 1:30pm matinee
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Senior Company 50 and BFA Theatre Design/Technology.
Mosquitoes is a sharp, moving drama about science, family, and belief. Set in Geneva near the Large Hadron Collider—the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator—it follows two sisters, one a scientist and the other a skeptic, as they clash over truth, loss, and responsibility. With wit and emotional depth, Mosquitoes explores family chaos and the search for meaning in an uncertain universe.
Playbill here: Mosquitoes
Water by the Spoonful
By Quiara Alegría Hudes, Directed by Kadina de Elejalde
Oct 11-19, 2025
CMFT Studio Theatre (2nd Fl, 2043)
Fee for Attendance: $5-15 + ticket processing fees
Please reserve in advance via the PAC online box office link for Water by the Spoonful.
Sat, 10/11 @ 1:30pm matinee (brief talkback with Director and students after the performance)
Sat, 10/11 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 10/17 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 10/18 @ 7:30pm
Sun, 10/19 @ 1:30pm matinee
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Senior Company 50 and BFA Theatre Design/Technology.
Water by the Spoonful is a powerful drama about trauma, recovery, and connection across generations in a Puerto Rican family. Alongside Elliot, an Iraq War veteran, the play features a diverse online support group of recovering addicts from varied cultural backgrounds. Blending reality and virtual worlds, it explores healing, forgiveness, and the search for belonging in a fractured, multicultural America.
This production is funded in part by the LISTO grant, with support from the US Department of Education.
Playbill here: Water by the Spoonful