Current Season
Baylor Theatre is back with 2 amazing summer shows and 6 incredible mainstage shows! Listed below are all the shows we'll be producing this school year. Season tickets will be on sale August 1st with individual tickets on sale September 1st! Please use this page to see the dates of the shows, ticket sale dates, general information about each show, as well as any content, language, and/or effects advisories for our shows this season.
If you have any questions please contact us by calling (254) 710-1865 or emailing theatreboxoffice@baylor.edu.
Season Brochure (coming soon!)
Summer Series 2026
OTMA
While under house arrest during the Bolshevik revolution, the last Grand Duchesses of the Russian empire—Olga, Tatiana, Marie, and Anastasia Romanov—struggle to make sense of their downfall from royalty. Stuck together in one small room, they grapple with difficult truths, exposing secrets and testing sisterly bonds as they come to terms their fate.
Content Advisories: Offstage gun violence, gunshot sounds, mentions of death and sexual violence.
Written by Kate Moira Ryan
Directed by AmyLynn Miller
In partial fulfillment of the MFA in Directing
June 12 - 13 at 7:30pm
June 14 at 2pm
Theatre 11
(CLOSED)
The Pavilion
At the pavilion in Pine City, MN, Kari and Peter, high-school sweethearts, reunite at their twenty-year high-school reunion for the first time since Peter left Kari, following an unexpected pregnancy. Through a series of interactions, led by the Narrator and the many characters he plays, Peter tries to win Kari back. However, with years of resentment and moving on with life, time cannot move backwards, even with the omnipotent powers of the Narrator. Kari and Peter find a way to continue with both their life and their choices within each sacred moment.
Content Advisories: Strong language, alcohol and drug use, and references to sex and abortion.
Written by Craig Wright
Directed by Miriam Mattsfield
In partial fulfillment of the MFA in Directing
June 26 - 27 at 7:30pm
June 28 at 2:00pm
Theatre 11
(CLOSED)
Mainstage 2026 - 2027
Sense & Sensibility
This bold, fast-paced adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel follows the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, as they struggle to survive a world in which gossip is currency and reputation is valued over everything. Join us for this funny and poignant look at their differing responses to the societal pressures of their time, and the ways they must grow and adapt.
Content Advisories: Contains light theatrical haze as well as moving and flashing lights.
Written by Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by Lisa Denman
September 29 - October 3 at 7:30pm
October 4 at 2:00pm
Mabee Theatre
Earth and Sky
Sara, a poet haunted by the death of her lover, David, investigates his murder as she relives their fast-paced romance in flashbacks. Two plots intertwine, a love story and a murder mystery, in this edgy, dangerous, film-noir styled drama by Douglas Post.
Content Advisory: The play includes references to murder and violence, and the use strong language.
Written by Douglas Post
Directed by Steven Pounders
October 20 - 24 at 7:30pm
October 25 at 2:00pm
Theatre 11
Big Love
Love is messy, and that’s been true since the times of ancient Greece. In Charles Mee’s timeless adaptation of Aeschylus’ The Suppliants, fifty sisters flee to a foreign land to escape forced marriages to their fifty cousins. Plates shatter, sparks fly, and blood is shed at this violent collision point between men and women, familiar and foreign, and poetic and political.
Content Advisory: foul language, allusions to violence, sexual assault, sex, and homosexuality, depictions of violence, blood.
Written by Charles Mee
Directed by Natalie Guess
In partial fulfillment of the MFA in Directing
November 10 -14 at 7:30pm
November 15 at 2:00pm
Mabee Theatre
Our Town
Often called the greatest American play, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town explores the lives of the residents of the fictional Grover’s Corners, NH. Combining the small and the great, the play touches on the beauty and pain of daily life, love and marriage, death and eternity with humor, beauty, and grace.
Written by Thornton Wilder
Directed by David Jortner
February 23 - 27 at 7:30pm
February 28 at 2:00pm
Jones Theatre
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)[revised][again]
Join us for this madcap romp through 37 plays in less than 2 hours. 3 actors play all the roles and give us the ‘Important bits’ of Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Lots of wigs, silly props, and costume changes will help bring this fast-paced, irreverent bit of merriment to life. No matter how you feel about Shakespeare, it is sure to be a wild ride.
Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
Directed by Lisa Denman
April 7 - 10 at 7:30pm
April 11 at 2:00pm
Mabee Theatre
Mean Girls
Tina Fey’s hit film, Mean Girls, comes to life in this hilarious, high-energy musical about the perils of popularity and the power of staying true to yourself.
High school is a jungle, and no one knows that better than Cady Heron. After moving to North Shore High, she quickly learns that the fiercest predators wear pink on Wednesdays.
Welcomed into the world of the Plastics, she discovers that the quest for popularity can come at the cost of friendship, kindness, and knowing who you really are. With infectious music, sharp humor, and unforgettable characters, Mean Girls proves that the most powerful thing you can be is yourself.
Content Advisory: This production contains strong language, mature humor, depictions of bullying, references to body image and eating disorders, alcohol use, and suggestive content. Recommended for teen and adult audiences.
Written by Tina Fey, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and music by Jeff Richmond
Directed by Lauren Mikeal Weber
April 21 - 24 at 7:30pm
April 25 at 2:00pm
April 28 - May 1 at 7:30pm
May 2 at 2:00pm
Jones Theatre