Productions Photo Gallery
The Goshen College Theater Department produces a variety of shows, including Mainstages, evenings of One Acts, Peace Plays (a biennial contest of original works), and Senior Recitals. In addition to these shows, the department hosts guest lecturers as part of the Roy H. Umble Master Class.
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Winter One Acts, Feb. 2013
WOA include an encore production from Billy Funk’s senior recital DEGAS C’EST MOI by David Ives, directed by Phil Weaver-Stoesz, original film shorts by Samuel Jones & Jacob Landis-Eigsti, concluding with the runner-up one act in the 2012 Goshen Peace Play Contest, SELDOM IS HEARD by Mary Steelsmith, directed by Nate Vader.
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The Diviners, April 2013
Winner of the American College Theater Festival, and written when Jim Leonard, Jr. was just 19 years old, this marvelously theatrical play is the story of a disturbed young man with an uncanny gift for finding water and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s. When the boy was [...]
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Hephzibah – Adriel Santiago, April 2011
This show was created, conceptualized, written and performed by Adriel Santiago (’11). “Why Revelation? I am well aware that his is not a text generally considered for a senior recital. Besides that face that it is the Bible, it is Revelation! Are you mad at the world and feel like you need to pronounce doom [...]
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Twilight Lose Angeles, 1992 – Meg Kennell, Dec. 2010
Anna Deavere Smith’s one-woman docu-play “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992″ is among the most durable artworks to emerge from the ashes of L.A.’s 1992 riots. Based on hours of interviews with about 300 people, the prismatic show was a tour de force in which Smith originally played more than 40 different characters, including then-Police Chief Daryl [...]
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Scenes from Mary Rose – Kristina Mast, Nov. 2010
“Mary Rose” tells the lyrical, stirring story of a girl who disappears only to return mysteriously with no memory of time passed, setting off a heartbreaking and thrilling course of events. Featuring Billy Funk, Maryn Munley, Kristina Mast (’11), Patrick Maxwell, Josh Hofer and Jay Mast. Directed by Meg Kennell. Contact: Doug L Caskey, [...]
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As I Am – Angie Noah, Sept. 2009
This show is made up of scenes from Cinderella: A Politically Correct Fairytale by James Finn Garner, Reflecting Beauty by Angie Noah (’10) and Pig Fat by Neil LaBute. In her recital Angie explores and addresses the idea of self beauty in relationship to society’s view of beauty. This show is a culmination of personal [...]
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La Serva Padrona – Aaron Kaufman, Feb. 2012
La serva padrona (The Servant Turned Mistress) is an opera buffa by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. A young servant, Serpina played by Brooke Hostetter -jr is in love with her master, Uberto played by Aaron Kaufman-sr. She taunts and defies him until he sees that he loves her as well. Uberto’s butler, Vespone played by Phil Weaver-Stoesz-sr [...]
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No Exit – Phil Weaver-Stoesz, Dec. 2011
by Jean-Paul Sartre: featuring Matt Lahman – sr, Phil Weaver-Stoesz – sr, Emily Bowman – sr, Brittany Lentz – jr. Directed by Phil Weaver-Stoesz (’12). A depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters are punished by being locked into a room together for eternityThis play explores the idea of what is “hell.” [...]
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URINETOWN, THE MUSICAL, Nov. 2012
URINETOWN, THE MUSICAL offers a unique "what if" story. What if in the near future the world has nearly exhausted the earth's water supply?
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Peace Play: Mr. Maurizio, Oct. 2012
Mr. Maurizio explores the volatile relationship between a lonely man in his seventies and his "companion"...
