Performances - Mainstage Productions / Events
Fall 2026
Event Information
We welcome off-campus guests to attend our performances.
Most reservations for the 2026–2027 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
Fall 2026
Purchase Repertory Theatre Presents:
Anon(ymous) by Noami Iizuka
Directed by Michi Barral
September 23-26, 2026
CMFT Performance Theatre (Ground FL, 0061)
Free Attendance / Suggested Contribution $10
Please reserve a seat/ticket in advance via the PAC online box office link here: tba
Weds, 9/23 @ 7:30pm
Thurs, 9/24 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 9/25 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 9/26 @ 1:30pm matinee, with brief post-show talkback
Sat, 9/26 @ 7:30pm
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Junior Company 52 with support from the BFA Theatre Design/Technology program.
This workshop style production reimagines Homer’s The Odyssey as a modern-day story about a young refugee named Anon searching for his mother in the United States, blending magical realism with themes of displacement, identity, and the immigrant experience.
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Purchase Repertory Theatre Presents – the Fall Contemporary Senior Festival:
The Motherfucker with the Hat
By Stephen Adly Guirgis, Directed by Guest Artist Martín Solá
Oct 16, 2026-24
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: tba
Fri, 10/16 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 10/17 @ 1:30pm matinee, with brief post-show talkback
Weds, 10/18 @ 7:30pm
Thurs, 10/19 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 10/24 @ 7:30pm
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Senior Company 51 and the BFA Theatre Design/Technology program.
Motherfuc…. is described as a high-octane verbal cage match about love, fidelity and misplaced haberdashery.
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Enron
by Lucy Prebble, directed by Guest Artist Desiree Sanchez Meineck
October 17-24, 2026
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: tba
Sat, 10/17 @ 7:30pm
Mon, 10/19 @ 7:30pm
Tues, 10/20 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 10/23 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 10/24 @ 1:30pm matinee, with brief post-show talkback
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Senior Company 51 and the BFA Theatre Design/Technology program.
Enron is a theatrical and explosive tale of the collapse of a company, inspired by true events. It explores corporate greed, corruption, money, and deception.
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BA Theatre & Performance Fall Mainstage Presents:
Deep Blue Sound
by Abe Koogler, directed by Rachel Dickstein
October 30-November 7, 2026
CMFT Performance Theatre (Ground FL, 0061)
Fee for Attendance: $5-15 + ticket processing fees
Please reserve in advance via the PAC online box office link here: tba
Fri, 10/30 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 10/31 @ 1:30pm matinee, with brief post-show talkback
Sat, 10/31 @ 7:30pm
Weds, 11/4 @ 7:30pm
Thurs, 11/5 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 11/6 @ 7:30pm
Sat, Nov 7 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat, Nov 7 @ 7:30pm
Featuring the work of BA Theatre & Performance and BFA Theatre Design/Technology.
The residents of a small island in Puget Sound are facing a crisis: the local orca whales have disappeared, prompting a search for meaning and connection amidst personal struggles like illness, unrequited love, and family conflict.
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Purchase Repertory Theatre Presents:
R.U.R. (Rossom’s Universal Robots)
By Karl Čapek, Directed by Cezar Williams
Nov 13 – 21, 2026
PAC Abbot Kaplan – Repertory Theatre
Fee for Attendance: $5-30 + ticket processing fees
Please reserve in advance via the PAC online box office link here: tba
Fri, 11/13 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 11/14 @ 1:30pm matinee, with brief post-show talkback
Sat, 11/14 @ 7:30pm
Weds, 11/18 @ 7:30
Thurs, 11/19 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 11/20 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 11/21 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat, 11/21 @ 7:30pm
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Junior Company 52 and the BFA Theatre Design/Technology program.
In a full-scale mainstage production, Purchase Repertory Theatre presents this 1920 Czech science fiction play that introduced the word “robot” (from the Czech robota, meaning forced labor) to the world, depicting a factory that mass-produces artificial, human-like workers.
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Purchase Repertory Theatre Presents:
The Last Days of Don Juan
Nick Dear’s adaptation of The Trickster of Seville by Tirso de Molina, directed by Timothy Stickney
Dec 2-5, 2026
CMFT Performance Theatre (Ground FL, 0061)
Fee for Attendance: $5 + ticket processing fees
Please reserve in advance via the PAC online box office link here: tba
Weds, 12/2 @ 7:30pm
Thurs, 12/3 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 12/4 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 12/5 @ 1:30pm matinee
Sat, 12/5@ 7:30pm
Featuring the work of BFA Acting Senior Company 51 with support from the BFA Theatre Design/Technology program.
This workshop style version of the play, which includes original music and song, follows the notorious Don Juan, a wealthy nobleman who seduces women without remorse, but ultimately faces supernatural consequences for his actions.
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New Plays Now
Directed by Cezar Williams
Humanities Theatre
Free Attendance / Please Reserve Seats in Advance via PAC online box office link here: tba
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 Junior Acting Company 52, with Production Stage Management support from BFA Theatre Design/Technology. Mentored and produced by Mariana Carreño King in collaboration with the School of Film & Media Studies, and the Conservatory of Theatre Arts.
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BA Theatre & Performance Senior Project Productions (click for details and schedule)
Spring 2027 Mainstage Titles
Purchase Repertory Theatre:
The Winter’s Tale, by Shakespeare
Tartuffe, by Moliere
Crumbs from the Table of Joy, by Lynn Nottage
The Sophomore Debut (title tbd)
The BA Mainstage:
A double bill to include Cosmica by Gabriela Román Fuentes translated by Georgina Escobar; and a title tbd
More Spring Events include:
The DT Portfolio Finale!
The BFA Acting Senior Showcase Live!
THP Student Produced Senior Project Productions