Playshop Events

Playshop Theatre Events

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For Tickets please click on the appropriate button for either Student Reservations or Patron Reservations on our home page:  https://sites.allegheny.edu/playshop/


2020-2021 Season

Go Play Outside!

An outdoor performance festival.
September 26 & 27, 2020 | October 3 & 4, 20200 | October 10 & 11, 2020 – Shows at 1pm and 4pm


The Whole Shebang

By Rich Orloff
A Student Comp Project Directed by Jacob Stringer ‘21
April 17-18, 2021

This 50-minute comedy asks the question: “What if the Earth was just some nerd’s science project in another dimension?” To answer this, a nervous student gives a presentation to two professors and a dean, with the help of a man and a woman from Earth.


Salim Salim

By Stav Palti-Negev
A Student Comp Project Directed by Amir Megherhi ‘21
April 17-18, 2021

This one-hour drama examines the societal and personal impacts of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, shining a light on the human stories we often overlook.


Native Gardens

By Karen Zacarías
Directed by Mark Cosdon
May 1 & 2, 2021

In Karen Zacarías’s comedy Native Gardens, well-intentioned neighbors quickly evolve into fierce rivals as border disputes, microaggressions, and encroaching plantings spin hilariously out of control.