THIS SEASON:
Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre offers a sandbox experience for artists to challenge themselves and grow from hands-on experience. It is a safe space to make mistakes, experiment, and redesign our own perceptions of “what theatre is”. This student-run venture allows us, as an ensemble, to create our own work, and share it. Pipe Dreams is about digging deep as the young artists we are, finding ourselves and our community, and presenting our vulnerable passions to an audience. Our artistic choices should reflect our mission statement of play, experimentation, and exploration through: Variety in opportunities, mediums, and subject matter, Challenge for Learning, and Collaboration.
The 2024-2025 upcoming season consists of three mainstage works: The Grown Ups by Simon Henriques & Skylar Fox, The Nightmare Story by Pig Pen Theatre Company, and The Verge by Susan Glaspell. This season is about discovery. As individuals, how do we create ourselves? Do we wake up and decide “Yep, this is me. This is who I want to be!”, or do we sometimes struggle out of bed, unsure where to go next? Even when you do find yourself, how do you manage to express what’s inside of you? Perhaps you’re no longer who you thought you were. In this next season, Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre is going to traverse the meaning of identities through new and classical works. We will be visiting wholesome campsites, jumping into magical storytelling, and stopping at weird and wacky greenhouses. We are committed to our mission statement, our relationship with SOTAD and others, and challenging ourselves with rich new forms of art.
Mainstage:
October 11-19th
The Grown-Ups
Located: Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre
Written by: Simon Henriques & Skylar Fox
Directed by: Savanah Schwartz
Following a group of camp counselors trying to mold the leaders of tomorrow when tomorrow is looking bleaker and bleaker, The Grown-Ups (2021) explores the traditions that change us, what it takes for us to change them, and how to change yourself when you’re hopelessly, tragically not prepared for this.
November 8-16th
The Nightmare Story
Located: Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre
Written by: PigPen Theatre Co.
Directed by: James Earlywine
Music Directed by: Aidan Kostbade
“The Nightmare Story” (2023) is the tale of a boy who ventures into the unknown to find a cure for his mother’s rare disease… before it’s too late.
April 25th-May 3rd
The Verge
Located: Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre
Written by: Susan Glaspell
Directed by: Mimi Sears
Susan Glaspell’s play The Verge (1921) depicts the story of Claire Archer, who attempts to breed a unique plant while her husband, sister, daughter and friends worry that her obsessive quest is driving her mad and vainly attempt to divert her attention.
Events:
August 24th - 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. @ Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre, Everyone invited!
Pizza Party
August 29-30th @ PD
September 13th-14th (7:30) @PD
All Night Play Festival
October 5th, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m. @ UC Banquet Halls
Drag Show
November 18th-22nd @ PD
This Giving Tuesday (December 3rd) and the 12 days to follow Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre is fundraising for our theatre, educational programming, current, and future season. This includes the Double Goods Popcorn Fundraiser (December 10th-14th)
January 27-30th @ PD
February 22nd, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m. @ PD
Duets Cabaret
March 11-14th @PD
March 28th, TBD.
Edison’s Giant: A New Works Staged Reading
March 29th @ PD
April 5th, 7:30 p.m. @ PD
Night of New Works
April 27th @ PD