Theatre Calendar

Previous Theatre Productions

• Spring 2026

  Clowning for Actors
  Physical Comedy Workshop with Michael Galligan

  • Saturday, February 21 at 11 a.m.
  • Black Box Studio Theatre, 129 John Myers Building, 26 Rugar Street, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
  • Free to S.A. Members (Space is Limited)

  This spring, the SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Theatre is offering Clowning for Actors, a physical comedy workshop led by Brooklyn-based guest artist Michael Galligan. 

  Clowning is a theatrical form that places physical expression above words, presence above preparation, and being honest above being funny. In this workshop, performers will learn to not only live in "the flop," but embrace that place of failure through physical comedy and connection to the audience.

  Michael Galligan, is an actor, producer, and teaching artist. His work has been developed and performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Cannonball Festival, PortFringe, 59E59 Theater and the Upper Jay Art Center. His solo clown show, BANANA, was called a "comedic tour de force" in a five-star review from The Interrobang's Top Comedy Picks of the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe. Michael is a Lead Teaching Artist with Irondale Center, as well as a Teaching Artist with the Classical Theater of Harlem, Queens Theater, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital's Lang Youth Medical Program. More information on Michael can be viewed at his website, www.michaelgalligan.com. 

  Clowning for Actors is scheduled for Saturday, February 21, 2026 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Black Box Studio Theatre (Myers 129) in the John Myers Building. This event is free to SA Members, but space is limited. Please pre-register at our events site via Cardinal Link.

  Burghy’s Tavern
  A Multi-Evening Live Tabletop Role-Playing Game Event

  • Session 1: The Maiden Voyage of the Gargantuan — Thursday, March 5
  • Session 2: Heist, Heist, Baby — Thursday, April 16
  • Session 3: A Ruined Vacation — Tuesday, May 5
  • 7:30 p.m. each night
  • Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building, 26 Rugar Street, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
  • $5 General Admission per evening

  Welcome travelers to Burghy’s Tavern! Gather in the historic Hartman Theatre for a multi-evening event that stars some of our finest performers and adventurers. Join Dungeon Master Devin as he spins tales of dangerous monsters and thrilling quests using the most popular fantasy tabletop role-playing game. Come and enjoy this actual play adventure series as the story unfolds on stage.  

  Take Me Away: A Train Wreck With Monsters
  A Staged Reading by Heidi Kraay

  Directed by Leo Greer

  • Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m.
  • Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building, 26 Rugar Street, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
  • $5 General Admission

  From New Play Exchange:
  When He comes into her life with promises of the adventures She’s always wanted, She willingly lets him take her along for the ride, despite warning signs, warnings from family and friends and disasters coming their way exponentially by the moment. But when push comes to shove at the bottom of everything, He unwittingly lights her pathway to befriend the inner monster She’s pushed down her whole life, start fresh and meet herself for the first time — though not without plenty of monstrous aftermath.

  This one night performance of Take Me Away: A Train Wreck With Monsters will be performed as a staged reading in the Hartman Theatre. Admission will be $5 General Admission, with tickets sold in our online box office, or at the Myers Box Office (CASH ONLY) the evening of the event. 

  WROL (Without Rule Of Law)
  A Play by Michaela Jeffery

  Directed by Shawna Mefferd Kelty

  • Friday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m.
  • Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building, 26 Rugar Street, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
  • $12 General Admission, $5 SA Member

  From www.michaelajeffery.com:
  In the garage of her suburban duplex, twelve-year-old Josephine makes apocalypse preparedness videos and posts them to YouTube. Vic takes Jujitsu. Maureen encrypts her text messages and hordes matches (because lighters fail). Sarah stuffs her knapsack with extra socks, granola, water filtration tablets and Tolkien novels, because “you don’t know where you’re going to be… when it happens… you might not be at home.”​ Convinced the world at large can’t be trusted to prioritize the well-being of adolescent girls in the event of a cataclysmic event (or just in general), this determined troupe of 8th grade ‘doomers’ are committed to preparing for survival in the post -collapse society they anticipate inheriting. Judy Blume meets Rambo, WROL (Without Rule of Law) is a darkly comic coming-of-age story for complicated times.

  Without Rule of Law will be performed at the Hartman Theatre on April 10 to April 12. Admission will be $12 for General Admission, and $5 for SA Members. Tickets for this event will be sold in our online box office, or at the Myers Box Office (CASH ONLY) the evenings of the performances. 

  Ringing Down the Curtain: Performers in Progress

  • Thursday, May 7 at 7 p.m.
  • Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building, 26 Rugar Street, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
  • Free to the Public

  Ringing Down the Curtain returns for the Spring 2026 semester. Students will present a variety of performances that include improv, acting, and dancing as part of their final work for the semester. 

  Ringing Down the Curtain will be performed at the Hartman Theatre for a single night on May 7. Admission is free to all who attend, and is open to the public. 

• Fall 2025

  Rolling on the Floor: A THE465 Experiment Improv Extravaganza

  Directed by Merritt Billiter

  • Dates: Friday, September 27
  • Times: 7 p.m.
  • Location: Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building
  • Cost: Free

  SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Theatre will present Rolling on the Floor — An Improv Extravaganza on Friday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. Directed by Merritt Billiter of Completely Stranded improv fame, the event will showcase improv students from his THE465 class. They will be performing a variety of unrehearsed games and scenes to entertain the audience. Additionally, Plattsburgh’s premiere comedy troupe, Completely Stranded, will be joining in the performances and playing alongside the students as special guests. 

  Rolling On The Floor — An Improv Extravaganza starts the Department of Theatre’s fall 2025 season. The event will be held in the Hartman Theatre, within the John Myers Building, and will have a general admission ticket price of $5. Tickets may be purchased online via our events website at https://campusgroups.plattsburgh.edu/themus/events/, or at the Myers Box Office on the evening of the event. Please note, the Myers Box Office is CASH ONLY and will not be able to process any other kind of tender.

  I and You by Lauren Gunderson

  Directed by Tim Wagoner

  • Dates: Thursday, October 23 – Sunday, October 26
  • Times: Thursday – Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.
  • Location: Black Box Theatre/Myers 129, John Myers Building
  • Cost: General Admission $12, SA Members $5

  SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Theatre will present I and You, a play by Lauren Gunderson. Chronically ill Caroline and athletic star Anthony — two strangers in the same class — are paired for a presentation on Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and learn just how much they truly complement each other in this uplifting story. 

  Directed by special guest and alum Tim Wagoner, I and You will be presented in the Black Box Studio Theatre within the John Myers Building. Performances will be Thursday, October 23 to Saturday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m., and a matinee on Sunday, October 26 at 2 p.m. General Admission for the play is $12, and SA Members $5. You may purchase tickets online at https://campusgroups.plattsburgh.edu/themus/events/, or the night of each performance at our CASH ONLY box office within the John Myers Building. 

  I and You is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com).

  Bunnicula by Jon Klein

  Based on the novel by James & Deborah Howe; Music by Chris Jeffries

  Directed by Dr. Shawna Mefferd Kelty

  • Dates: Saturday, November 15 & Sunday, November 16
  • Times: 2 p.m.
  • Location: Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building
  • Cost: General Admission $12, SA Members $5, Family Discount $10 (3 ticket minimum)

  The SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Theatre presents Bunnicula, a young audience play by Jon Klein based on the novel by James and Deborah Howe with music by Chris Jeffries, on Saturday, November 15 and Sunday, November 16. 

  What could be more exciting than bringing home a new pet? Especially when it’s a bunny! That’s not how Chester, the family cat, and Harold, the family dog, think when their family, the Monroes, brings home a new member of the household. Especially since it’s no ordinary rabbit… this is the extraordinary Bunnicula! After his arrival, the family’s produce starts losing its juice, leading Chester to believe that there might be a vampire in the house. Is the Monroe’s new pet a vampire, or is the cat just imagining things? Find out in this fun mystery filled with singing and dancing for the whole family!

  Directed by Dr. Shawna Mefferd Kelty, Bunnicula will be presented in the Hartman Theatre in the John Myers Building. Performance matinees are Saturday, November 15, at 2 p.m., and Sunday, November 16, at 2 p.m. General Admission for the play is $12, and SA Members $5. Family Tickets $10 (minimum 3 ticket purchase). You may purchase tickets online at https://campusgroups.plattsburgh.edu/themus/events/, or the night of each performance at our CASH ONLY box office within the John Myers Building. 

  Bunnicula is produced by special arrangement with Plays for New Audiences.

  Ringing Down the Curtain

  Performers in Progress

  • Dates: Thursday, December 4
  • Times: 7 p.m.
  • Location: Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building
  • Cost: Free
• Spring 2025

  End Days by Debra Zoe Laufer

  March 6–9, 2025

  Winner of the 2008 American Theatre Critics Association Steinberg Citation. “The universality of the denouement brings this comedy full circle, leaving us to admire the relevancy of Laufer’s humor and wisdom of her message.” –Variety

  Sixteen year-old Rachel Stein is having a bad year. Her father hasn’t changed out of his pajamas since 9/11. Her mother has begun a close, personal relationship with Jesus. Her new neighbor, a sixteen-year-old Elvis impersonator, has fallen for her hard. And the Apocalypse is coming Wednesday. Her only hope is that Stephen Hawking will save them all. (Concord Theatricals)

  The 24-Hour PlayFest

  April 11-12, 2025

  Join theatre students and Dr. Shawna Mefferd Kelty as they present an abundance of brand-spanking-new short plays all written, rehearsed and performed within 24-hours — just for you!

   

  The 3rd Semi-Annual 10-minute Play Festival

  May 1–3, 2025

  Student-directed, new, 10-minute plays in site-specific downtown spaces and venues.

• Fall 2024

  The following events are planned for the fall 2024 semester. Please note that times and dates may change. 

  Rolling on the Floor: A THE320 Experiment Improv Extravaganza

  Directed by Merritt Billiter

  Many will enter; hopefully all will laugh!

  • Dates: Friday, September 27
  • Times: 7 p.m.
  • Location: Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building
  • Cost: Free

  The Water Station by Ōta Shōgo

  Directed by Julia Devine* in collaboration with the Plattsburgh State Art Museum’s fall exhibition

  • Dates: Thursday, Oct. 3; Friday, Oct. 4; Saturday, Oct. 5; Sunday, Oct. 6
  • Times: October 3 to 6 at 7 p.m.
  • Location: Nina Winkel Sculpture Court, John Myers Building
  • Cost: $8 general admission, $3 SA members 

  The Water Station is a play without words about migrants on a journey in search of sustenance, safety, stability, love, or meaning. They all encounter a broken tap of running water, and sometimes each other, in the course of their travels. Where they are coming from and where they are going is unknown. Each traveler or group of travelers has a reason for their journey. 

  Ōta Shōgo was one of the leading contemporary playwrights and directors of Japanese theatre. He pioneered the “Theatre of Silence.” Our piece will be in conversation with the Plattsburgh State Art Museum’s fall exhibition: Climate's Shipwreck Ballad by Robin Lasser and Transmutation Traces by Marguerite Perret.

  *This directing project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts.

  Monty Python’s Spamalot

  Book & Lyrics by Eric Idle. Music by John Du Prez & Eric Idle

  

  Stage direction by Shawna Mefferd Kelty

  Music direction by Pamela Lavin

  Choreography by Mireena Fleury

   

  A new musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” From the original screenplay by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin

  • Dates & Times: Thursday, Nov. 7; Friday, Nov. 8; Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m.
  • Location: Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building
  • Cost:$15 general admission, $12 faculty/staff/seniors, $6 SA members

  Based on the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits and French people. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful showgirls? The 2005 Broadway production won three Tony® Awards, including Best Musical, and was followed by two successful West End runs. The outrageous, uproarious and gloriously entertaining story of King Arthur and the Lady of the Lake will delight audiences as they search for the Holy Grail and “always look on the bright side of life.” (Theatrical Rights Worldwide)

  Original Broadway Production produced by Boyett Ostar Productions, The Shubert Organization, Arielle Tepper Madover, Stephanie McClelland/Lawrence Horowitz, Elan V McAllister/Allan S. Gordon, Independent Presenters Network, Roy Furman, GRS Associates, Jam Theatricals, TGA Entertainment, and Clear Channel Entertainment
  GOD video presented by arrangement with Ambassador Theatre Group, London UK

  Monty Python's Spamalot is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.theatricalrights.com

  Ringing Down the Curtain

  • Dates: Wednesday, Dec. 4 and Thursday, Dec. 5
  • Times: 7 p.m. each night
  • Location: Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building
  • Cost: Free

  SUNY Plattsburgh Departments of Music and Theatre present two nights of “Ringing Down the Curtain” on Dec. 4 and 5 at 7 p.m. each evening. Both performances will be presented in Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building.

  Now in its 27th year, “Ringing Down the Curtain” is a long-standing informal recital on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus and will feature a two-night showcase of student performers. On Wednesday, Dec. 4 students will present acting and guitar performances, while on Thursday, Dec. 5 students will present acting and dance performances.

• Spring 2024

  this is how we walk on the moon

  An original performance piece inspired by the upcoming total eclipse and all things outer space. 

  Directed by Julia Devine and co-created by students

  • Dates: Thursday, April 4; Friday, April 5; Saturday, April 6
  • Times: 7 p.m. each evening, 2 p.m. Saturday matinee
  • Location: Black Box Studio Theatre (Myers 129), John Myers Building
  • Cost: $8 general admission, $3 SA members — Purchase Tickets
  • Content Warning: Haze, loud sounds and lighting effects

  Explore your love of outer space, astronauts, and a trip to the moon and beyond in preparation for the cosmic event of a lifetime: the Total Eclipse on Monday, April 8. The performance features a geodesic climbing dome, lights, video and projections. “There is a moon inside every human being. Learn to be companions with it.” – Rumi.

  The Box Office will be open an hour before each performance, and will take cash only. 

  Please Note: When logging into our new ticket system, look for the green “Register” button and sign up as “First Time User.” You will be sent a one-time code to your email address to access the system. Problems signing up? Please contact Dwayne T. Butchino ([email protected]) for assistance. 

  John Proctor Is The Villain

  by Kimberly Belflower
  Directed by Shawna Mefferd Kelty

  • Date: Thursday, April 25; Friday, April 26; Saturday
  • Time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Location: Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building
  • Cost: $8 general admission, $3 SA members
  • Content Advisory: This production includes profanity and deals with sexual assault, grooming and sexual exploitation that may be triggering for some individuals.

  At a rural high school in Georgia, a group of lively teens are studying “The Crucible” while navigating young love, sex ed and a few school scandals. Holding a contemporary lens to the American classic, they begin to question who is really the hero and what is the truth, discovering their own power in the process. Alternately touching and bitingly funny, this new comedy captures a generation in mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism and fury, writing their own coming of age story. [from Dramatists]

  Quotes from playwright, Kimberly Belflower

  “Back in 2017/18, the tidal wave of Me Too made me think about what it would be like to grow up in my hometown — in rural Appalachian Georgia — in that moment in time. What would it be like to be a teenager in rural America, feeling the world shift underneath your feet while you’re still figuring out the person you want to be, in a place that’s steeped in tradition, in a culture that tries to make teenage girls feel as powerless as possible? How might those young women re-define their lives in real time? The things they’re taught? The books they read? The heroes they worship?” 

  “I thought that over time, the play would start to feel less relevant. But if anything, this story has only felt more timely, more urgent as it’s developed.”

  The Box Office will be open an hour before each performance, and will take cash only. 

  Ringing Down the Curtain

  • Date: Wednesday, May 8 and Thursday, May 9
  • Time: 7 p.m. each night
  • Location: Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building
  • Cost: Free
• Spring 2023

  Theatre Department Schmooze

  • Date: Thursday, August 31
  • Time: 7 p.m.
  • Location: Black Box Studio Theatre (Myers 129)
  • Cost: Free

  Join us for our annual theatre meet and greet! Meet students, faculty and staff. Join us for snacks, drinks and fun games while you learn about our fall productions.

  24 Hour Play Festival

  *Rescheduled — see new date below

  • Date: Saturday, October 21
  • Time: 7 p.m.
  • Location: Black Box Studio Theatre (Myers 129)
  • Cost: $3 General Admission

  The Theatre Department is starting off our 2023 Season of Fire with a BANG with the 24-Hour Play Festival on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 7 p.m. Join theatre students and Dr. Shawna Mefferd Kelty as they present an abundance of brand-spanking-new short plays all written, rehearsed and performed within 24-hours — just for you! Expect the unexpected at the Studio Black Box Theatre within the John Myers Building. Don’t miss out on this fun performance! Seating is limited. Tickets are $3 general admission. Ticketing information coming soon.

  **Due to technical issues, we are unable to process online sales for the 24-Hour Play Festival**

  Dragons Love Tacos

  A Play for Young Audiences

  By Ernie Nolan. Based on the book by Adam Rubin with illustrations by Daniel Salmieri. Published by Penguin Group. Produced by special arrangement with plays for new audiences

  Directed by Erika Guay

  • Date: Friday, Nov. 3; Saturday, Nov. 4; Sunday, Nov. 5
  • Time: Friday at 6 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
  • Location: Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building
  • Cost: $5 General Admission

   

  Dragons are taking over the Hartman Theatre this November! Adam Rubin’s popular book, Dragons Love Tacos, will be performed at SUNY Plattsburgh Nov. 3 through 5.

  Directed by Department of Theatre Associate Professor Erika Guay, this play for young audiences centers on a boy and his dog who are watching a show about dragons when they suddenly get caught up in what to serve dragons to eat. Come to find out that dragons love tacos, but if they accidentally eat some spicy salsa … the heat is on!

  The Plattsburgh State Art Museum will be co-hosting activities for children to participate in while waiting for the show to start. There will be coloring sheets, and a dragon craft each day an hour before the show starts.

  Tickets go on sale on Monday, Oct. 16. Don’t wait in line! Buy your tickets early! Tickets are $5 General Admission. Box Office hours are Monday through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Box Office will also be open one hour before the performance begins.

  Want to reserve tickets ahead of time? Call 518-564-2283. Reservations are expected to be paid in full the day of the show. Pay in person with cash, check, credit card, or Cardinal Cash at the box office. 

  For more information, call Dwayne T. Butchino, performing arts coordinator, at 518-564-2243.

  

  Ringing Down the Curtain

  • Date: Wednesday, December 6 and Thursday, December 7
  • Time: 7 p.m. each night
  • Location: Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building
  • Cost: Free