Theatre at Mount Aloysius College - Acting & Musical Performance

About Theatre at Mount Aloysius

Mount Aloysius College Theatre produces challenging productions each academic year. Genres of productions include comedies, musicals, dramas, classical pieces, student-directed plays and interdisciplinary study involvement. Interested students take part in:

Acting and musical performance
Scenery, costume, lighting and sound design
Scenery and costume construction
Backstage running crews

Stage Management
Public Relations
Poster and Program Design
Directing

The program participates in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) conference each year and has had many student receive special honors and nominations from recent productions. Students from any major may participate in theatre, and scholarships are available for interested students. For more information please contact Nathan Magee, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts / Director of Theatre at (814) 886-6409 or email nmagee@mtaloy.edu.

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Past Productions

2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Shrek the Musical by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori

2018

Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
The Addams Family by Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, and Andrew Lippa

2017

Songs for a New World by Jason Robert Brown (Kennedy Center award winner)
Twelve Angry Jurors by Reginald Rose & Sherman L. Sergel
Love, Loss and What I Wore by Nora & Delia Ephron

2016

Children’s Theatre: How the Grinch Stole Christmas adapted from the Dr. Suess book
Legally Blonde, the Musical Book by Heather Hach, Music & Lyrics by Lawrence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Somebody/Nobody by Jane Martin
Student Directed One Act: The Actor’s Nightmare by Christopher Durang
Student Directed One Act: The Bear by Anton Chekhov

2015

Honk the Musical, Book & Lyrics by Anthony Drewe, Music by George Stiles
Student Directed Ten-Minute Plays
As You Like It by William Shakespeare (Kennedy Center award winner)

2014

A Night of Improv – A night of sketch-comedy improv performed by faculty, staff and students
Nickel and Dimed by Joan Holden (based on the book by Barbara Ehrenreich)
Dr. Suess & Other Mixed Up Fairytales – A Student Directed Fundraising Project
Godspell by Steven Schwartz (Kennedy Center award winner)

2013

A Night of Improv– A night of sketch-comedy improv performed by faculty, staff and students
The Odd Couple (Female Version) by Neil Simon
Student Directed Ten-Minute Plays (Student Directing course)
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner

2012

The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams
Almost Maine, by John Cariani
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change by Joe DiPietro

2011

Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire
Director’s One-Act Festival
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown

2010

The Spitfire Grill with music and book by James Valcq and lyrics and book by Fred Alley
Director’s One-Act Festival
Love Letters by A.R. Gurney
The Zoo Story by Edward Albee

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Theatre Scholarships

Please contact Nathan Magee, Theatre Director, if you would like to set up an audition time for a theatre scholarship. The Theatre Department rewards scholarships to deserving students based on academic excellence and theatrical merit in the following areas:

Acting
Directing
Design
Costuming

Set Construction
Lighting
Sound
Public Relations

Eligibility Requirements

Be a full-time student at Mount Aloysius.
Complete the application and attach to your personal essay.
Send three letters of recommendation within two weeks of your application.
Schedule and complete the interview / audition process
Be passionate about being an active part of Mount Aloysius College Theatre!

Theatrical Scholarship Expectations

Participate in two theatrical productions on campus (acting, technical, design) per semester
Maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher
Be registered as a full-time student.
Attend all strikes (removal of the set following each production)
Be leaders among the student body with promotion of theatrical events

Please note: Participation will normally require a minimum of 40 hours per semester unless otherwise instructed. If you have an official position, you must complete all assigned tasks (even if it might go over the required hours). The $1,000 theatre scholarship is renewable each year, provided the above criteria is met.