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11/14/2024

UP Theater presents Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes), in the Mago Hunt Theater! 💛

Every night’s a different show with Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, as the audience gets to pick the order in which scenes are performed and the actors must get through the whole performance before the clock strikes zero. In other words: beautiful chaos. This excerpt from the ongoing devised show put on by the Neo-futurist Ensemble in Chicago is an exercise in audience participation, stretching the bounds of theater, and letting loose.

Come enjoy an hour of hilarity and hi-jinx with us tonight through November 24!

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10/08/2024

Next up for UP Theater - Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok! 💜

This upcoming show is deeply intimate and beautifully complicated, telling the story of three young adults in a post-9/11 world as they navigate finding a place in both this country and with each other. Are those desires mutually exclusive? 🌃

Directed by Senior Ricardo Guevara for his Directing Capstone, Sanctuary City will perform October 24-26 in the Blair Studio Theater (basement of Mehling). You do not want to miss this! FREE (that’s right FREE) reservation link is in our bio! Don’t delay in nabbing your spot.

09/23/2024

Our cast and crew for the upcoming staged reading of You Can See All The Stars by E.M. Lewis. ❤️

You do not want to miss these talented students in action! Get your tickets now at https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/university-of-portland1/664e31f00cd65b0e3e78aa11/

09/18/2024

University of Portland’s Theater Program is proud to pilot a new alumni program, Alum-Nights! 🥂

Partnered with the Alumni Office, we will be offering post-show refreshments after our first Friday MainStage shows this Fall.

Come to the Brian Doyle Auditorium on October 4th for You Can See All The Stars and the Mago Hunt Center on November 15th for Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind to network with fellow alumni, current UP Theater faculty, leadership, staff, and students! 💜

09/12/2024

Thank you The Beacon for the amazing article! 💜

The Student Voice of the University of Portland Since 1935

09/09/2024

UP Theater Subscription sales end 3 weeks from today on September 30! Get in on this fantastic deal while you can! 💜

https://www.onthestage.tickets/university-of-portland1/subscriptions #/subscriptions

08/07/2024

UP Theater is excited to announce our upcoming 2024-2025 Season!

❤️You Can See All The Stars
Written by E.M. Lewis
Wednesday-Saturday, October 2-5 | 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 6 | 2:00 p.m.

💜Sanctuary City
Written by Martyna Majok
Thursday-Saturday, October 24-26 | 7:30 p.m.
*Directed by Ricardo Guevara in partial fulfillment of the Senior Capstone for the BA in Theater.

💛Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes)
Written by Greg Allen
Wednesday-Saturday, November 13-16 | 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 17 | 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday-Saturday, November 20-23 | 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 24 | 2:00 p.m.

🩷The Effect
Written by Lucy Prebble
Wednesday-Saturday, February 19-22 | 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 23 | 2:00 p.m.

💚Pride & Prejudice
A Devised Adaptation
Wednesday-Saturday, April 9-12 | 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 12 | 2:00 p.m.

Next week, we will highlight each show and let you know more details!

🎟️Tickets and subscriptions are on sale now at the link in our bio! We look forward to seeing you at the theater this year!

08/07/2024

🚨 UP Theater Alums! We need your photos! 🚨

We’re so excited to share pictures from UP Theater years past, but we need your help! Over the years and changes in the Department, our Archive has run very thin. We are missing a lot of years of production photos, mostly from the years 2012-2020, and any year pre- 2008. This is where we need your help!

If you have any photos from your time with UP Theater, especially any production photos, please email [email protected]. We would like to work with you to help fill our archive up again! You can also DM us. ❤️

We can’t wait to share more memories with you! 📸

04/11/2024

Happy opening to the cast, crew, and orchestra of the Prom! Get your tickets now at up.edu/theater!

04/04/2024

Hear about the process of building The Prom with Lilly and Ly'le who play Emma and Alyssa! https://youtu.be/tmT966ILkNc
And don't forget to get your tickets at https://our.show/university-of-portland1/99846

THE PROM opens April 11th. Get your tickets at up.edu/theater!