Nitery Theater

JOIN THE LIST 2025/2026 Main Season Spring 2026 DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE Moonchild Written by K. Sid Zhang (‘25) and TAPS Graduate Student Connor Lifson Directed by Connor Lifson How does one heal a world that is sick? From an ancient lighthouse in the desert to a raging inferno among the clouds, Moonchild tells the story of a young girl’s quest to rid a dark fantasy realm of its blight. Along the way, she and her fairy companion uncover an unsettling reality lurking beneath the magic. In this unique

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE 찜질방 Written and Directed by Emily Miyeon Lim (‘27) 찜질방 (pronounced jjim-jil-bang in English) roughly translates to public bath and spa house in Korean. 찜질방 follows the story of a group of Korean teenage girls sharing their first jjimjilbang experience, where truths emerge in the physically vulnerable space from the girls’ conversations and a movement exploration of how the body speaks when it has been subjected to the unspeakable. A narration of the personal-turned-communal c

Tickets Available Here Mid-January Fall 2025 MAIN STAGE Fun Home Music by Jeanine Tesori | Book + Lyrics by Lisa Kron Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel Directed & Choreographer: TAPS Graduate Student Adin Walker Musical Director and Conductor: Jad Bernardo Fun Home is a Tony Award-winning musical by Lisa Kron (book and lyrics) and Jeanine Tesori (music), adapted from the graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel. The musical orbits a period of time when Alison Bec

Tickets On Sale Here Late January DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE Graduate Repertory Led by Lucas Baisch, Kathy Fang, Caitlin Main, and Shailee Rajak This year’s Graduate Repertory will consist of four works over two weekends, led by TAPS Second-Year Ph.D. students Lucas Baisch, Kathy Fang, Caitlin Main, and Shailee Rajak.

MAIN STAGE Romeo & Juliet By William Shakespeare Directed by TAPS Lecturer Rotimi Agbabiaka Romeo and Juliet find romance in a fiercely divided society, where loving may be the most dangerous act of all. Combining wild humor, breathtaking language, and an anarchy of the imagination, Shakespeare’s classic tale hurdles at a feverish pace, as these star-crossed lovers race to avoid their deadly fate. Setting the play in a cosmopolitan world of Baroque excess, this production will immerse audiences

Winter 2026 MAIN STAGE The Arsonists By Max Frisch | Translation by Alistair Beaton Directed by TAPS Lecturer Matt Chapman There have been a lot of fires lately. Whole neighborhoods are burning down! But surely this strange pair who just arrived has nothing to do with any of it. Surely if we give them a place to sleep upstairs and feed them well, they won’t disturb our peace and quiet! Even if they are arsonists—even if, in fact, they tell us that they are—surely, they will remember that we’re t