Belhaven Theatre Performance Schedule
Belhaven University Theatre is excited to offer a diverse set of theatrical experiences this season. We hope that you will join us! Videos can also be viewed on our Theatre Playlist. 
To reserve tickets for any Belhaven Theatre production, please call 601-965-7026 or email your request to boxoffice@belhaven.edu with the following information:
- Date and time of show(s) for which you wish to reserve tickets
- Number of tickets
- Please specify ticket type:
- Adult ($10)
- Student/Senior ($5)
- Belhaven Student
- Belhaven Faculty/Staff
- Family member
- Name of pick-up person
Example: "I would like to reserve tickets to 'The Pirates of Penzance' for Saturday, February 15th at 7:30pm. I need 2 adult tickets and 2 student tickets. The pickup person will be Mary Jones."
Tickets may be paid for at the time of the show with cash or check.
Theatre Season 2021-2022
| Sept. 29-Oct. 2 & Oct. 5-7 7:30pm Wed.-Sat. / 2pm Sat. Blackbox Theatre in the Center for the Arts |
Steel MagnoliasBy Robert HarlingDirected by Jenna Kahley Join Ouiser, Shelby, and M’Lynn at Truvy’s Salon in the classic, heartwarming, southern comedy that is guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, and leave the theatre more grateful for the people you love. Admission is free / Reservations Required / email boxoffice@belhaven.edu to make a reservation / Reservations open beginning September 8. |
| November 11-13 & 18-20 6:30pm Thurs.-Sat. / 2pm Sat. The Commons (between Preston Hall and Fitzhugh Hall) |
Two Gentlemen of VeronaBy William ShakespeareDirected by Elissa Sartwell One of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies, Two Gentlemen of Verona has it all: friendships, romance, outlaws, and a farting dog. Performed outdoors on Belhaven’s beautiful campus, this play reminds us that forgiveness is redemptive. Performance is outdoors / admission is free / no reservations required / seating is limited / blankets and/or lawn chairs welcome. |
| February 9-12 7:30pm Wed. – Sat. / 2pm Sat. Blackbox Theatre in the Center for the Arts |
The Twelve-Pound LookBy J. M. BarrieDirected by Lizzy Delp This comedic play play by author of Peter Pan will delight audiences who love wit and humor. On the eve of his knighthood, Harry Sims basks in his own sense of accomplishment. He is so certain of the congratulatory praises that he will receive from the masses that he preemptively hires a typist to write thank you notes. But when the typist arrives at Harry’s door, an uncomfortable reality check ensues. Admission is free / Reservations Required / email boxoffice@belhaven.edu to make a reservation / Reservations open beginning January 19. |
| March 31–April 2 & April 7-9 7:30pm Thurs.-Sat. / 2pm Sat. Blackbox Theatre in the Center for the Arts |
The Wizard of OzBy L. Frank BaumWith Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg Background Music by Herbert Stothart Directed by Elissa Sartwell With a fresh, imaginative approach, Belhaven Theatre closes its season with the classic musical that inspires each of us to have courage and heart as we find where we belong in this world. Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros. |
Theatre Season 2020-2021
| October 28-31 Streaming Online |
Check Please, by Jonathan Rand Directed by Ian Clarke Dating can be hard. Especially when your date happens to be a raging kleptomaniac, or your grandmother’s bridge partner, or a mime. Check Please follows a series of blind dates that couldn’t get any worse – until they do. Could there possibly be a light at the end of the tunnel? |
| November 4-7 Streaming Online |
The Bear, by Anton Chekhov Translated by Julius West Directed by Jenna Kahley |
| November 11-14 Streaming Online |
The Spoon River Project, by Tom Andolora Based on Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters Directed by Elissa Sartwell Music Direction by John Barnts In this beautifully haunting play based on Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology, the former residents of Spoon River examine life and the longing for what might have been. As the citizens reflect on the dreams, secrets, and regrets of their lives, they paint an honest portrait of a community. Woven together with popular songs and hymns from the turn of the century, The Spoon River Project reminds us that while life is not free of hardship, it can still be filled with joy. |
| February 17-20 Blackbox Theatre |
Silent Sky, by Lauren Gunderson Directed by Kerri Sanders Silent Sky is the poignant, inspirational, and entertaining true story of early 20th century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt. When Henri begins work at the Harvard Observatory, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for women’s probing theories. As Henrietta, in her free time, attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure of her life on Earth, trying to balance her dedication to science with family obligations and the possibility of love. Audiences and critics agree that Silent Sky is a beautiful, funny, poignant, and luminous play written by the nation’s most performed playwright. |
| April 8-17 Blackbox Theatre |
Pride and Prejudice, Adapted by Jon Jory From the novel by Jane Austen Directed by Elissa Sartwell All of the wit and romance of Jane Austen’s classic 1813 novel come to life in this refreshingly fast-paced and engaging new adaptation. |
Theatre Season 2019-2020
| Aug. 24 7:30 p.m. Barber Theatre |
24-Hour Theatre Event A from-zero-to-ten-minute play is created in 24 hours! Students gather on Friday and create an original piece of theatre in a single day; from idea to script to rehearsal to performance. Complimentary admission. Doors open at 7 p.m. |
| Sept. 26-28, Oct. 2-5 7:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m. Saturday Matinee Blackbox Theatre |
The Fantasticks The timeless, charming story of a pair of parents who want their rebellious children to fall in love, and so pretend to feud, enlisting the help of a romantic narrator and two bumbling actors. At one time both nostalgic and universal, The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in history. Join us for this enchanting musical, a sweet fable for all ages. General Admission $10; Seniors/Students $5; Complimentary admission for Belhaven students, faculty, staff and their immediate families. Doors open 30 minutes prior to each performance. |
| October TBA Student Center |
Reading: Greg Iles Greg Iles is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of seventeen novels, including his most recent, Cemetery Road (2019). In a Washington Post book review, Bill Sheehan describes Cemetery Road as "an ambitious stand-alone thriller that...is both an absorbing crime story and an in-depth exploration of grief, betrayal and corruption in a small Southern community." In addition to writing, Iles also performs as a member of the literary musical group The Rock Bottom Remainders, which includes authors Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Stephen King, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, Roy Blount, Jr., Matt Groening, and James McBride. Iles grew up in Natchez, MS, where he currently lives. Complimentary admission. Open to the public. |
| Oct. 23-26, Oct. 31-Nov. 2 6:00 p.m., 10:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. Saturday Matinees * TBA performances held around campus and the Jackson area |
The Mysteries The Mysteries follows the medieval tradition of presenting the biblical story of the Mystery of God’s relationship to the world through a series of short plays in common language and understanding in an outdoor festival presentation. The plays range from the fantastic Creation Play to the melodramatic Abraham and Isaac to the slapstick Second Shepard’s Play to the terrifying Hell’s Mouth. Our production will recreate the festival atmosphere by performing on a pageant wagon and holding performances at several locations on our main campus. Complimentary admission. Doors open 30 minutes prior to each performance. |
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Nov. 7-9, 13-16 |
The Illusion A lawyer, facing mortality, desperate to find the son he drove away years before, travels in the dead of night to a mysterious cave. There he engages the services of a wizard, who conjures up visions of the romantic, adventurous, perilous life the lawyer’s son has been living since his father expelled him from home. Admission $10; Seniors/Students $5; Complimentary admission for Belhaven students, faculty, staff and their immediate families. Doors open 30 minutes prior to each performance. |
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Feb. 13-15, 19-22 |
The Women of Lockerbie By Deborah Brevoort |
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Mar. 16 |
READING: Adam Vines, Poet Adam Vines is editor of Birmingham Poetry Review and author of two books of poetry, The Coal Life (2012) and Out of Speech (2018). He also co-authored a book of poems (According to Discretion, 2015) with Allen Jih. Vines graduated with his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in English from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and received his MFA from the University of Florida. He is now an assistant professor at UAB, where he teaches poetry writing workshops. Vines has published work in Kenyon Review, Southwest Review, Poetry, and many other journals. He was named the Tennessee Williams Scholar at the 2008 Sewanee Writers’ Conference and was awarded the William Alexander II & Lisa Percy Fellowship at the Rivendell Writers’ Colony in 2017. Complimentary admission. Open to the public. |
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Apr. TBA |
Reading: The Best of Belhaven's Writers |
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Apr. 2-4, 8-9, 16-18 |
The Pirates of Penzance Music by Arthur Sullivan; Book & Lyrics by W. S. Gilbert; Directed by Joseph Frost From the minds of Gilbert and Sullivan, this timeless tale of topsy-turvydom tells the story of Frederick, an honorable young lad freed from his apprenticeship to a band of misfit pirates by the arrival of his 21st birthday, who falls in love with the virtuous Mabel and, with the help of a bumbling bunch of bobbies, must save her sisters and their father the Major-General from the approach of the Pirate King. |
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Apr. 16 |
Reading: The Best of Belhaven's Writers Students currently enrolled in the BFA Program in Creative Writing at Belhaven University will read from their work. Representing many states and several countries, these students have enrolled at Belhaven because of their gift for writing and devotion to craft. Readings will include fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and scripts for screen and stage. Upon graduation, Belhaven’s Creative Writers will join a group of alumni who have published novels, topped The New York Times bestseller list, won national poetry prizes and Fulbright Scholarships, and secured positions with prestigious presses and institutions of higher education. Complimentary Admission / Open to the public / Reception to Follow. |
Theatre Season 2018-19
| September 1 7:30 p.m. Blackbox Theatre |
24-Hour Theatre Event A from-zero-to-ten-minute play is created in 24 hours! Students gather on Friday and create an original piece of theatre in a single day; from idea to script to rehearsal to performance. Complimentary admission. Doors open at 7 p.m. |
| September 26-29 7:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m. Saturday Matinee Blackbox Theatre |
These Shining Lives These Shining Lives chronicles the strength and determination of women considered expendable in their day, exploring their true story and its continued resonance. Catherine and her friends are dying, it’s true; but theirs is a story of survival in its most transcendent sense, as they refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits or endanger the lives of those who come after them. General admission $10; seniors/students $5; complimentary admission for Belhaven students, faculty, staff and their immediate families. Doors open thirty minutes prior to each performance. |
| October 24-27 7:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m. Saturday Matinee Barber Auditorium |
Ezekiel Ezekiel is a devised collaboration of original theatre and music composition that explores and manifests the prophetic visions of the Old Testament prophet through sound, movement, staging, design, and text. General admission $10; seniors/students $5; complimentary admission for Belhaven students, faculty, staff and their immediate families. Doors open thirty minutes prior to each performance. |
| November 2-3, 7-10 7:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m. Saturday Matinees Blackbox Theatre |
White Christmas Based on the beloved, timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features seventeen Irving Berlin songs. Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil’s former Army commander. The dazzling score features |
| February 15-16, 20-23 7:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m. Saturday Matinees Blackbox Theatre |
The Skin of Our Teeth Meet George and Maggie Antrobus of Excelsior, New Jersey, a suburban, commuter-town couple (married for 5,000 years), who bear more than a casual resemblance to that first husband and wife, Adam and Eve: the two Antrobus children, Gladys (perfect in every way, of course) and Henry (who likes to throw rocks and was formerly known as Cain); and their garrulous maid, Sabina (the eternal seductress), who takes it upon herself to break out of character and interrupt the course of the drama at every opportunity (“I don’t understand a word of this play!”). Whether he is inventing the alphabet or merely saving the world from apocalypse, George and his redoubtable family somehow manage to survive—by the skin of their teeth. General admission $10; seniors/students $5; complimentary admission for Belhaven students, faculty, staff and their immediate families. Doors open thirty minutes prior to each performance. |
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April 5-6, 10-13 |
The Secret Garden This enchanting classic of children’s literature is reimagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of ‘Night Mother. Orphaned in India, 11-year-old Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin. The estate’s many wonders include a magic garden which beckons the children with haunting melodies and the “Dreamers”, spirits from Mary’s past who guide her through her new life, dramatizing The Secret Garden’s compelling tale of forgiveness and renewal. General admission $10; seniors/students $5; complimentary admission for Belhaven students, faculty, staff and their immediate families. Doors open thirty minutes prior to each performance. |
Theatre Season 2017-18
| September 9 Blackbox Theatre |
24-Hour Theatre Event |
| September 27- 30 Barber Auditorium |
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Directed by Elissa Sartwell |
| October 20-21, 25-28 Blackbox Theatre |
Into the Woods Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Directed by Dr. David S. Sollish |
| November 15-18 Barber Auditorium |
Don Quixote Created and Directed by Joseph Frost |
| February 23-24, 28 March 1-3 Blackbox Theatre |
Little Women the Musical Music by Jason Howland Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein Book by Allan Knee Directed by Dr. David S. Sollish |
| April 20-21, 25-28 Blackbox Theatre |
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Joseph Frost |
Theatre Season 2016-2017
| August 27 Blackbox Theatre |
24-Hour Theatre Event |
| September 28- 30. October 4-6, 14-15, 1 Blackbox Theatre |
Big Fish the Musical |
| October 19-22 Barber Auditorium |
39 Steps |
| November 11-12, 16-19 Blackbox Theatre |
The White Snake |
| February 17-18, 22-25 Blackbox Theatre |
Mayfair Ma Chere |
| March 30-April 1 Barber Auditorium |
Sketching the Soul |
| April 21-22, 26-29 Blackbox Theatre |
The Music Man |
Theatre Season 2015-2016
| Sept. 30- Oct. 3 Flexible Theatre |
Doubt |
| Oct. 29-31 The Commons |
Ghost Stories of Mississippi |
| Nov. 6-14 Flexible Theatre |
Shrek The Musical |
| Feb. 4-6 | Night, Mother |
| Feb. 24-27 Flexible Theatre |
Doctor Faustus |
| Apr. 15- 23 Flexible Theatre |
Little Shop of Horrors |
Theatre Season 2014-2015
| Aug. 23 Blackbox Theatre |
The 24-Hour Theatre Thing |
| Oct. 1-4 Blackbox Theatre |
The God Committee |
| Nov. 12-15 Blackbox Theatre |
Tartuffe |
| Nov. 20-21 Blackbox Theatre |
8th Annual Evening of One-Acts |
| Feb. 25-28 Blackbox Theatre |
Godspell |
| Apr. 15-18 Blackbox Theatre |
the descent / lifted me - a devised theatre piece |
| Apr. 20 - 25 Center for the Arts |
Belhaven Theatre Festival 2014 |
Theatre Season 2013-2014
| Aug. 24 Blackbox Theatre |
The 24-Hour Theatre Thing |
| Sept. 19-28 Blackbox Theatre |
Ice Island by Marjorie Duffield |
| Oct. 24 - Nov. 2 Blackbox Theatre |
Johanne d'Arc - a devised theatre piece |
| Nov. 9 Blackbox Theatre |
Belhaven Cabaret Night |
| Nov. 22 & 23 Blackbox Theatre |
7th Annual Evening of One Acts |
| Feb. 13-22 Blackbox Theatre |
Curtains - a musical |
| Apr. 1-7 Blackbox Theatre |
Last Train to Nibroc |
| Apr. 7-12 | Belhaven Theatre Festival 2014 |
Theatre Season 2012-2013
| Aug. 25 Blackbox Theatre |
The 24-Hour Theatre Thing |
| Sept. 25-29 Theatre 151 |
Angel |
| Oct. 17-27 Blackbox Theatre |
Henry |
| Nov. 27 & 28 Blackbox Theatre |
6th Annual Evening of One Acts |
| Feb. 21 - Mar. 2 Blackbox Theatre |
The Drunkard - a musical |
| Apr. 2-6 Theatre 151 |
Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont |
| Apr. 8-13 | Belhaven Theatre Festival 2013 |
Theatre Season 2011-2012
| Aug. 27 Blackbox Theatre |
The 24-Hour Theatre Thing |
| Sept. 22-27 Theatre 151 |
Sister Calling My Name |
| Oct. 19-22 Blackbox Theatre |
The Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht - A Highland Players Guild Production Featuring Alumni of the Belhaven Theatre Department |
| Nov. 2-5 Belhaven Pavilion |
Everyone Knows What A Dragon Looks Like |
| Nov. 29 & 30 Blackbox Theatre |
6th Annual One Act Play Festival |
| Feb. 23 - March 3 Blackbox Theatre |
The Mayfair Affair - A Farce Premiere Workshop Production |
| Mar. 29 Theatre 151 |
Eleemosynary |
| Apr. 10-14 | Belhaven Theatre Festival 2012 |