2023-2024 Events
Dance Season Opener
Date: Saturday, September 23, 2023, 7:30 pm
Location: Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Cost: Free
Featuring Gonzaga Dance’s Fall Guest Artist Residency with Ballet Fantastique, we’ll be kicking off our 2023-2024 Season with an engaging demonstration and presentation that is sure to excite as we look back on our summer in Florence and take a peek at the exciting season ahead.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again]
Production:
By: Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
Directed by: Miklay Davis '24
Second Stage Student Production
Dates:
Friday, October 6, 2023, 8:30 pm
Saturday, October 7, 2023, 6:00 pm
Sunday, October 8, 2023, 2:00 pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $10 for all
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again] was the longest running play on London’s West End providing rollicking fun for nine years. This romp through the Bard’s work features plenty of fun moments of audience participation and improvisation as three actors summarize all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays condensed down to a neat 1 hour and 40 minutes.
60x60
Date: Friday, October 6, 2023, 6:00 pm
Location: Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center Coughlin Theatre
Cost: $8-$10
Tickets: bit.ly/TicketCenterDance
Gonzaga Dance’s annual 60x60 show features 60 works, each running 60 seconds long. All music is composed by a Gonzaga student or faculty member and choreographed by current students, faculty, or alumni.
Pivot
Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023, 7:30 pm
Location: Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center Coughlin Theatre
Cost: $8-$10
A celebration of ballet featuring the Gonzaga University Repertory Ballet Company performing work by local Spokane guest artists.
An Apology for the Course and Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by Dr. John Faustus on This His Final Evening
A Special Faculty One Man Show
Production:
By Mickle Maher
Performed by Prof. Blake Anthony Edwards
Dates:
Friday, October 27, 2023, 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 7:30 pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $10 for all
A one-man show featuring Gonzaga Theatre faculty member Prof. Blake Anthony Edwards, "...Faustus on This His Final Evening" is a brilliant retelling of the Faust legend. Dr. John Faustus apologizes to the audience for leaving the writing of his life to "long-winded hacks" and explains how Mephistopheles prevented him from recording his own story for posterity. Join us this Halloween season for a special Gonzaga Theatre event!
CANCELLED: Ballet Fantastique
Nevermore: Stories of Edgar Allen Poe
We are sorry to report that due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled.
Spring Awakening: A Special Collaboration of Gonzaga Theatre, Gonzaga Dance, and Gonzaga Dept of Music
Production:
Books & Lyrics by Steven Sater, Music by Duncan Sheik
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind
Directed by Joseph Lyons
Music Directed by Jadrian Tarver
Dates:
Thursday, November 16, 2023, 7:30 pm
Friday, November 17, 2023, 7:30 pm
Saturday, November 18, 2023, 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 19, 2023, 2 pm
Location: Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center Coughlin Theatre
Cost: $18 general public, $15 Gonzaga students, staff, faculty
Based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind this coming-of-age rock musical with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik follows a group of teenagers as they navigate their way to adulthood while the adults in their lives turn a blind eye to their desire and desperate need for knowledge and compassion.
This musical contains mature subject matter.
Spring Awakening is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
Snowflake Showcase
Dates:
Friday, December 1, 2023, 6:00 pm
Friday, December 1, 2023, 8:00 pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $8-$10
Tickets: bit.ly/TicketCenterDance
A seasonal show featuring work from the Boundless Student taught dance classes and select academic classes. There is something for everyone in this annual, student produced event.
Directing II Showcase
Dates:
Thursday, December 7, 2023, 7:30 pm
Friday,December 8, 2023, 7:30 pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: FREE - Seating is general admission on a first come first serve basis
Come support the Directing II students of THEA 354 and their all-student casts in this FREE showcase! Better yet, come TWICE with a DIFFERENT set of short shows each night!
Gonzaga University Theatre Sports (GUTS) Improv Performances
Date: Multiple shows each semester, February Performance:
Saturday, February 3, 2024, 9:00pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $1 suggested donation
Our student comedy improv group showcases family friendly humor for a singular experience every show you attend!
Suggested donations taken in advance or at the door. Seating is general admission.
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Dates:
Friday, February 16, 2024, 7:30 pm
Saturday, February 17, 2024, 7:30 pm
Location: Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center Coughlin Theatre
Cost: $45-$80
Tickets: bit.ly/TicketCenterDance
Pacific Northwest Ballet, one of the largest and most highly regarded ballet companies in the United States, was founded in 1972. In July 2005, Peter Boal became artistic director, succeeding Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, artistic directors since 1977. The Company of nearly fifty dancers presents more than 100 performances each year of full-length and mixed repertory ballets and has toured to Europe, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada, and throughout the United States, with celebrated appearances at Jacob’s Pillow and in New York City and Washington DC. The Spokane engagement at Gonzaga will be an evening of mixed repertory dances from this acclaimed company including works from Swan Lake and Twyla Tharp.
“The company glowed with its full, formidable luster, the performers expansive, their clean technique articulate yet relaxed.”
Celebrate EveryBODY Screendance Film Festival
Dates:Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 7:30 pm
Location: Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Cost: Free, Donations encouraged
Tickets: bit.ly/TicketCenterDance
This annual screendance film festival features works from students and faculty representing Universities all over the world. The film showing will be followed by a live feedback session with adjudicators. Proceeds benefit the Dance for Parkinson’s program at Gonzaga University.
The Revolutionists: A Staged Reading
Production:
By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Professor Leslie Stamoolis
Special Guest Dramaturgy by Dr. Laurie Arnold, Director of the Native Studies Program
Dates:
Thursday, February 29, 2024, 7:30 pm
Friday, March 1, 2024, 7:30 pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $10 for all
Tickets: bit.ly/TicketCenterTheatre
The Revolutionists is a new play about four very real women who lived boldly in France during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe De Gouge, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, lose their heads, and try to beat back the extremist insanity of Paris of 1793. What was a hopeful revolution for the people is now sinking into hyper-violent hypocritical male rhetoric. However will modern audiences relate.
This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world.
It's a true story.
Or total fiction.
Or a play about a play.
Or a raucous resurrection...that ends in a song and a scaffold.
Gonzaga University Theatre Sports (GUTS) Improv Performances
Date: Multiple shows each semester, March Performance:
Saturday, March 2, 2024, 9:00pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $1 suggested donation
Our student comedy improv group showcases family friendly humor for a singular experience every show you attend!
Suggested donations taken in advance or at the door. Seating is general admission.
The Odyssey: Theatre for Young Audiences Mainstage Production
Production:
Based on the epic poem by Homer
Adapted by Blake Anthony Edwards
Dates:
March 22, 2024, 7:30 pm
March 23, 2024, 2:00 pm*
March 23, 2024, 7:30 pm
March 24, 2024, 2:00 pm*
*Relaxed Performances-The performances on March 23 and 24 at 2 pm will be relaxed performances. House lights will be partially up, and families are welcome to move, exit, re-enter, and whisper or talk lightly as needed.
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $15 for adults, $10 for students/youth. Special pricing available for groups of 8+. Please contact theatre@gonzaga.edu for more information about group pricing as well as the educational matinees.
The Odyssey is an irreverent retelling of Homer’s epic poem, reimagined as a piece of Theatre for Young Audiences. Odysseus and his faithful servant Dumbocles must complete their long, winding journey home after the Trojan War, but many pitfalls await! Bring the whole family to this special Gonzaga TYA production.
2022-2023 Events
24 Hour Theatre Festival Performance
Date: September 3, 2022, 7:00pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: Free
24 hours to write, cast, stage, and perform a show!
No tickets necessary for this FREE performance. Seating is General Admission on a first come, first served basis.
Dance Season Opener
Date: September 24, 2022, 7:30pm
Location: Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Cost: Free
Featuring Artist Residency guest Ashley Menestrina. Join us for the kickoff celebration of our 2022 - 2023 dance season.
30 Neo-Futurist Plays from Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes)
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $10
60 minutes. 30 plays. If we sell out, we order pizza. Experience this epic Chicago theatre tradition, produced by GU students, as part of Fall Family Weekend!
60x60
Date: October 7, 2022, 6:00pm
Location: Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Cost: $10
Our annual 60x60 show features 60 works, each running 60 seconds long. Each piece of music is composed by a Gonzaga student and all choreography is done by student, faculty, and community volunteers.
Gonzaga University Theatre Sports (GUTS) Improv Performances
Date: October 8, 2022, 9:30pm, November 5, 2022, 10:00pm, December 3, 2022, 9:00pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $1 - Suggested Donation
Our student comedy improv group showcases family friendly humor for a singular experience every show you attend!
No tickets necessary for these performances. Seating is General Admission on a first come, first served basis.
Boone Street Hooligans Sketch Comedy Show
Date: October 14 & 15, 2022, 7:30pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $5 - Suggested Donation
Celebrating its 19th edition, Boone Street Hooligans is a student led sketch comedy show that performs twice a year with original scripts written by the students!
No tickets necessary for these performances. Seating is General Admission on a first come, first served basis.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Date: November 4 & 5, 2022, 7:30pm, November 10-12, 2022, 7:30pm*
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $10 - GU Students, $12 - GU Faculty, Staff, Alumni, $15 - General Admission
Wealthy city leaders. Four young lovers. Fledgling performers. Magical fairy creatures. And beads. Lots and lots of beads. Shakespeare's classic comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream is transported to present-day New Orleans, where the party goes all through the night. Love is at the center of this dreamlike story, but the dichotomies between harmony and discord, appearance and reality, and mankind's often dual nature play central roles in a New Orleans setting, which often serves as a destination for people who wish to temporarily shake off the common customs of "civilized" society. Join us! Don't be an ass.
*November 6, 2022, 2:00 pm performance has been cancelled
Dance Presents!
Date: November 19, 2022, 7:30pm
Location: Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Cost: $15
This year's Dance Presents! show features a performance from the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company is Utah's most established institution for contemporary dance. The Company actively embraces and commissions the work of contemporary choreographers, tours worldwide, and develops dynamic education and community outreach programming. Additionally, the Gonzaga University Repertory Dance Company will be performing a work by Ashley Menestrina and company director CarliAnn Forthun-Bruner.
Gonzaga University Theatre Sports (GUTS) Improv Performances
Dates: October 8, 2022, 9:30pm, November 5, 2022, 10:00pm, December 3, 2022, 9:00pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $1 - Suggested Donation
Our student comedy improv group showcases family friendly humor for a singular experience every show you attend!
No tickets necessary for these performances. Seating is General Admission on a first come, first served basis.
Snowflake Showcase
Date: December 2, 2022, 6:00 and 8:00pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $10
Celebrate the season with the Gonzaga Dance Club winter concert. Featuring work from the Boundless Student taught dance classes, Academic Technique classes like Jazz and Modern, and the premiere works for the Gonzaga Repertory Dance Companies, there is something for everyone in this annual, student produced event.
Tickets bit.ly/TicketCenterDance
Musical Theatre Dance Revue
Date: January 27-28, 2023 7:30pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $10
This show will consist of a compilation of student choreographed and student produced musical theatre numbers.
Tickets: bit.ly/TicketCenterDance
pool (no water) by Mark Ravenhill
Date: February 9 & 10, 2023, 7:30pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $8
In this staged reading, directed by Blake Edwards and featuring the THEA 216 Acting II class, a famous artist invites her old friends to her luxurious new home. For one night only, the group is back together. But celebrations come to an abrupt end when the host suffers a horrific accident. As the victim lies in a coma, an almost unthinkable plan starts to take shape: Could her suffering be their next work of art? pool (no water) is a visceral and shocking new play about the fragility of friendship and the jealousy and resentment inspired by success. Written in a unique style and flexible for any number of performers of all identities, this work celebrates the theatrical form while asking some of the hardest questions we face as artists.
"Pool (No Water)" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Rated R for mature themes and language
Tickets: bit.ly/TicketCenterTheatre
Celebrate EveryBODY
Date: February 11-15, 2023
Location: Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Cost:
Kick off the week with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company (2/11) then come see this year's film festival (2/15) with live adjudication of screendance submissions, as well as a showcase of this year's dance companies' works in honor of Celebrate EveryBODY Week!
Tickets: bit.ly/TicketCenterDance
Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco
Date: March 24 & 25, 2023 - 7:30pm, March 26, 2023 - 2:00pm, March 30 & 31, 2023 - 7:30pm, April 1, 2023 - 7:30pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $10 - GU Students, $12 - GU Faculty, Staff, Alumni, $15 - General Admission
Translated by Martin Crimp and directed by guest artist Josh Stamoolis, Gonzaga University's Spring 2023 theatre mainstage is Eugene Ionesco's 1959 masterwork, Rhinoceros! A meditation, among others, on the spread of dangerous ideologies and baseless beliefs, the denizens of a small provincial town begin turning, one by one--to the increasing alarm of our protagonist--into rampaging pachyderms. Join us as we explore this classic midcentury play that remains absurdly funny and rings shockingly fresh.
This translation of Rhinoceros was first produced by the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre on 21 September 2007.
Tickets: bit.ly/TicketCenterTheatre
Student Choreography Concert
Date: April 14-15, 2023, 7:30pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $10
Enjoy the variety of work presented by the Student Choreography class of 2023. This concert is sure to impress as students showcase creativity, vision, and leadership through completed dance works performed by students.
Tickets: bit.ly/TicketCenterDance
Symposium
Date: April 20, 2023, time TBD
Location: TBD
Cost: TBD
Featuring a collaboration between the Philosophy, Women and Gender Studies, and Theatre and Dance departments, this devised performance reimagines Plato’s Symposium around the theme of “Eros” and a contemporary feminist/intersectional lens.
Tickets: TBD
Boone Street Hooligans 20
Sketch Comedy Show
Date: April 21 & 22, 2023, 7:30
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $5 - Suggested Donation
Celebrating its 20th edition, Boone Street Hooligans is a student led sketch comedy show that performs twice a year with original scripts written by the students!
Tickets: Seating is General Admission on a first come first served basis.
Gonzaga University Theatre Sports (GUTS)
Improv Performances
Dates:
February 4, 9:00pm
March 4, 9:00 pm
April 22, 9:30 pm*
May 6, 9:00 pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $1 Suggested Donation
Our student comedy improv group showcases family friendly humor for a singular experience every show you attend!
*Blue Show containing PG-13 humor
Tickets: Seating is General Admission on a first come first served basis.
21st Annual Spring Dance Concert
Date: April 28, 2023, 7:30 and 29th 2:00 and 7:30
Location: Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Cost: $15
The Spring Dance Concert is an accumulation of spring semester classes and GURDC works. This year's concert will include works from 2023 Spring Classes: Ballet III, Jazz III, Modern III, Pop Culture Dance, Musical Theatre Tap, and our Student Choreographers.
Tickets: bit.ly/TicketCenterDance
Directing 1
Student Showcase
Date: May 5, 2023, 7:30
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: Free
Come view a series of short plays directed by the students of our Directing I course.
Tickets: Seating is General Admission on a first come first served basis.
Gonzaga University Theatre Sports (GUTS)
Improv Performances
Dates:
February 4, 9:00pm
March 4, 9:00 pm
April 22, 9:30 pm*
May 6, 9:00 pm
Location: Magnuson Theatre
Cost: $1 Suggested Donation
Our student comedy improv group showcases family friendly humor for a singular experience every show you attend!
*Blue Show containing PG-13 humor
Tickets: Seating is General Admission on a first come first served basis.
Past Events
2021-2022 Events
February 10 and 11, 2022 — The Waiting Room by Lisa Loomer
On February 10, stay after the show for a talkback with Communication Studies professors, Dr Kris Morehouse and Dr Heather Crandall, as well as the show’s director, Prof Leslie Stamoolis, and members of our student cast.
Location: Magnuson Theatre, College Hall
Cost: $8 for students and public (fees included)
Date: February 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. | Reserve Ticket
February 15, 2022 — Dance as Cura Personalis, GURDC Showcase
Location: Myrtle Woldson PAC, Fr Bernard J Coughlin, S.J. Theater
Cost: FREE and open to the public, donations accepted
Date: Tuesday Feb. 15 — 7:30 p.m. | Reserve Tickets
February 16, 2022 — Dance as Cura Personalis, Annual ScreenDance Film Festival
Location: Myrtle Woldson PAC, Fr Bernard J Coughlin, S.J. Theater
Cost: FREE and open to the public, donations accepted
Date: Tuesday Feb. 16 — 7:30 p.m. | Reserve Tickets
March 17-20, 2022 — A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner
Location: Magnuson Theatre, College Hall
Cost: $10 for students, $15 for public (fees included)
Dates: March 17, 18, 19, at 7:30 p.m; March 20 at 2:00 p.m.| Buy Tickets
April 8 & 9, 2022 — Student Choreography Concert
Location: Magnuson Theatre, College Hall
Cost: $5.00 All Ages
Two Performances: Friday, Apr. 8 and Saturday, Apr. 9, 2022 — 7:30 p.m.| Buy Tickets
April 22 & 23, 2022 — 20th Anniversary Spring Dance Concert
Location: Myrtle Woldson PAC, Fr Bernard J Coughlin, S.J. Theater
Cost: $12.00 all ages
Three Performances:
Friday, Apr. 22, 7:30 p.m. | Buy Tickets
Saturday, Apr. 23, 2:00 p.m. | Buy Tickets
Sunday, Apr. 23, 7:30 p.m. | Buy Tickets
October 1, 2021 — Season Showcase
Informal showcase featuring Guest Artists from Spectrum Dance Theatre along with Dance leaders and Faculty. Learn about opportunities, performances, and ways to engage with Gonzaga Dance during this evening of celebration.
Location: Myrtle Woldson PAC, Fr Bernard J Coughlin, S.J. Theater
Cost:FREE and open to the public
Date:
Friday Oct. 1 — 7:30 p.m.
October 8, 2021 — 60x60
This informal concert of 60 second pieces is presented by the Dance Club. Student work will be shown through live performance, ScreenDance, and student composed music! This entertaining and fast-paced concert is sure to delight.
Location: Myrtle Woldson PAC, Fr Bernard J Coughlin, S.J. Theater
Cost: $4.50 all ages
Date:
Friday Oct. 8 — 6 p.m.
November 11-14, 2021 — The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Department of Theater and Dance presents Rupert Holmes' musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The musical explores the various possible endings of Charles Dickens' final, unfinished whodunit. Drawing on all the bells and whistles inherent to the stage, Drood is an irreverent celebration of all things theatre - as the actors and audience alike conspire to solve the caper.
Location: Myrtle Woldson PAC, Fr Bernard J Coughlin, S.J. Theater
Cost: $15.00/Adult, $10.00/Student
Four Performances:
- Thursday, Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m.
- Friday, Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, Nov 13, 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, Nov 14, 2 p.m.
November 20, 2021 — Dance Presents!
Spectrum Dance Theater was founded to bring dance of the highest merit to a diverse audience composed of people from different social, cultural, ethnic and economic backgrounds. Join us for the professional Dance event of the season.
Location: Myrtle Woldson PAC, Fr Bernard J Coughlin, S.J. Theater
Cost: $17.00/Adult, $12.00/Student, $12.00/Faculty-Staff
Date:
Saturday, Nov 20, 2021 7:30 p.m.
December 3 & 4, 2021 — Snowflake Showcase
Celebrate the season with the Dance Club winter concert. Featuring work from student taught classes, Academic classes, and the premiere works for the Gonzaga Repertory Dance Companies (GURDC), there is something for everyone in this annual, student produced event.
Location: Magnuson Theatre, College Hall
Cost: $5.00 all ages
Friday, Dec. 3 & Saturday, Dec. 4 — 7:30 p.m.
2020-2021 Events
The Wolves
By Sarah DeLappe | Directed by Erin Sellers
The Wolves, by Sarah DeLappe, directed by Erin Sellers, is the story that is seldom told: that of the female warrior. A modern, ensemble-driven coming-of-age story, The Wolves focuses a gritty and honest lens on a pack of nine teenage girls preparing to head onto the soccer field for battle. Through their pre-game warm-ups, we see the girls grapple with the big questions of life as they score goals, debate politics and deal with victories and losses on and off the field. The show is rooted in Greek drama and, in a return to traditional theatre, will take place outdoors in an arena-style performance on Mulligan Field.
Seating is first come first served, but there is an abundance of standing room and audience members are welcome to bring their own lawn chairs.
Rated PG-13 for crude language and discussion of mature themes and situations. Content warning for brief discussion of sexual assault and suicide, and portrayals of mental illness, eating disorders, and two uses of the r slur in Scene Two.
April 29-30 and May 1st at 7:30pm
Mulligan Field, Gonzaga University
Suggested Donation $5
19th Annual Spring Dance Concert
Artistic Director Suzanne Ostersmith and the dance faculty present the annual Spring Dance Concert featuring a combination of faculty and student choreography and all student performances. The concert showcases a variety of dance styles from ballet to jazz, musical theatre to modern and more.
Friday, April 23rd at 7:30pm - Livestream
Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center, Gonzaga University
View our digital program at: https://bit.ly/3xgcMiV
Florence Tour and Musical Theatre Dance Performance
Join us April 10th at 7:30pm as this evening's performance will be comprised of two very different theatrical dance experiences, each just over a half hour long. Gonzaga Dance has been working with professional artist Noelle Price to develop a work titled "Pay the Price" that will be presented in Florence at the Gonzaga Law School's Human Rights Conference themed Black Lives Matter as a Global Movement. The company of eight dancers accompanied by Dr. Kevin Hekmatpanah on cello has been exploring such challenging and important topics as Historic Oppression, Difficult Conversations, and Privilege. The evening will begin, however, with a Musical Theatre Workshop Presentation, featuring song and dance with a graduating senior and junior Dance majors who hope to continue their career in Musical Theatre.
Saturday, April 10th at 7:30PM
Livestreamed from the Magnuson Theatre
Student Choreography Concert
Join us for our annual Student Choreography Concert on Friday, April 9 at 7:30pm via livestream. Each spring, students enrolled in the Student Choreography Course learn the skills and techniques needed to develop their own choreography and then put it into practice! Auditions are held, the company is cast, and students have been rehearsing their pieces for weeks. Time to shine!
Friday, April 9th at 7:30PM
Livestreamed from the Magnuson Theatre
Antigone by Jean Anouilh
Translated by Christopher Nixon | Directed by Josephine Keefe
Join the Gonzaga Theatre & Dance Department for our upcoming production of Sophocles’ Antigone. The finale to a three-part trilogy which explores the fateful events of a royal family’s end, this timeless drama has been historically set as the barometer with which we view the tragedy genre. Jean Anouilh’s Antigone was first performed in Paris in 1944, under Nazi occupation, where he made several significant changes to his source material to create a play that speaks directly to the social and political situation in France at the time, and which continues to speak powerfully to our modern American society.
Anouilh’s ambiguous adaptation proposed the quest for justice was not black and white as the original text read, but rather messy, complicated, and uncertain. Our heroine Antigone, a child of war, journeys through the course of the play with a moral fortitude and impenetrable focus on the quest for justice despite all those around her calling for unity and peace. An audience member of the 21st century need not look far to consider and compare that of Antigone’s world with their own. In what ways have we seen a moral and ethical divide break apart countries, communities, and families for the sake of justice?
This play forces us to reckon with complex moral questions with no easy answers. It pits old against young, male against female, and compromise against certainty. As viewers, we have to ask ourselves how to move forward in a world where no one is entirely right or entirely wrong and there are no simple heroes and villains.
Antigone will be performed on-stage on Friday, March 26th and Saturday, March 27th at 7:30pm followed by a 2pm matinee performance on Sunday, March 28th. These free performances will be livestreamed from the Magnuson Theatre.
Love Your Body Week (Feb 8th - 13th, 2021)
Join the Gonzaga University Dance Program and the Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation in celebrating all of the amazing things our bodies can do during our Annual Love Your Body Week! This event, which runs from February 8th-13th will include body-positive activities across campus.
2/8 Panel Discussion
Join us in a panel discussion via zoom on Monday, February 8th from 12:00-1:00pm presented by Gonzaga University Dance Council. This discussion will feature three distinguished guest speakers who specialize in different topics related to Love Your Body Week, such as mental health, nutrition, dance, and self-care. All are welcome to attend this event and we look forward to hearing from experts in our community!
Monday, February 8th, 2021
12 - 1pm PST
Zoom Event
2/8 Workshop with Noelle Price
Join Noelle Price for an exciting workshop on Monday, February 8th from 6:30-8:00pm. A small number of students will be able to register to participate live in the studio, while Zoom will be available for the rest of the students and the greater Spokane dance community. Noelle is a contemporary creator and founder/director of PRICEarts, a multidisciplinary arts organization. Noelle is working with a small group of students through the spring to create a piece to perform in April in Spokane and June in Florence, Italy for the Human Rights Conference exploring Black Lives Matter as a Global Movement.
Monday, February 8th, 2021
6:30 - 8:30pm PST
Zoom Event
2/9 Gonzaga University Repertory Dance Company Performance
The Gonzaga University Repertory Dance Company will perform their 2020-2021 touring works on Tuesday, February 9th from 7:00-8:00pm. Gonzaga Students will be invited to register to attend the live performance in the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, while the public is invited to join via Zoom. This year’s GURDC work was developed by Adjunct Professor, CarliAnn Bruner, and is an exploration of our relationship to this land, our ancestors, each other, and the future. The company will be on tour through the spring with Spokane Public Schools and other community members.
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
7 - 8pm PST
Zoom Event
2/11 Gonzaga Dance Film Festival
The Gonzaga Dance Film Festival is presented by the Gonzaga Theatre & Dance Department’s Dance Program. The objective is to celebrate the national Love Your Body Week campaign by presenting dance on film with the primary focus to explore, Cura Personalis, or care of the whole person. Filmmakers were encouraged to submit films about how the various components of the human body - talents, abilities, physical attributes, personalities, desires, hearts, faith, and minds are all equally worthy of care and attention. Loving your body expands far beyond the physical, but rather, a reciprocal exchange between mind and spirit.
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
General Screening at 6:30pm PST
Showcase & Discussion at 7:30pm PST
Livestreamed from the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
2/12 Dance as Cura Personalis with Julianne Hough
Join Gonzaga University’s Dance Program and the School of Leadership Studies for an evening of dancing and discussion with Julianne Hough – Actress, Dancer, Singer, Producer, Emmy Award-Winning Choreographer and CEO / Founder of KINRGY, a movement experience inspired by the elements that utilizes dance, breathwork, meditation and strength training to focus the mind, sculpt the body and ignite your life. Centered around the concept of Cura Personalis (a Latin phrase that translates as "care for the entire person"), the discussion will focus on bringing this concept to life through movement, self-love and how to embrace dance in elements of your own life.
Friday, February 12th, 2021
Movement Class at 6:15pm PST
Gonzaga in Florence Touring Company Performance & Julianne Hough at 7pm PST
Livestreamed from the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
2/13 Dance for Parkinson's Class
Join us Saturday, February 13th from 11:00-12:15 for a Love Your Body Week themed Dance for Parkinson’s Class via Zoom. Open to the public, this class moves through a series of dance inspired movement exercises to challenge the mind and body. Funds raised during Love Your Body Week help support the Dance for Parkinson’s program through Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation.
Saturday, February 13th, 2021
11 - 12:15am PST
Zoom
Dance Presents! (Virtual)
Join the Gonzaga Theatre & Dance Department on Saturday, November 14th, 2020 for our second annual Dance Presents! featuring original choreography by Kyle Davis, Principal Dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet, and the Gonzaga Ballet Ensemble. Set to Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a by Anton Arensky, Davis’ rich choreography features bold and contemporary movements highlighting the lines of the human body in motion. As Arensky’s score, inspired by Richard Henry Stoddard’s poem Roses and Thorns, merges with expressive movement, viewers will find themselves transported into the flower gardens of their childhood memories.
Prior to the Gonzaga Ballet Ensemble’s performance, Kyle Davis will premiere two original screendances and be joined by faculty member and Costume Designer, Leslie Stamoolis, to discuss their inspiration and the process behind taking a design from paper to stage.
You can watch the free livestream on YouTube.
Event Details:
Saturday, November 14th
7:30 – 8:30pm PST
Livestreamed from the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Please visit - https://www.gonzaga.edu/.../theatre-dance/dance/support-us
In January 2020 Gonzaga Dance hosted the Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet, Peter Boal, as he held regional auditions for PNB School’s Summer Intensive. At that time, he also taught a master class for Gonzaga dance students and began discussions of possible future collaborations with Program Director, Suzanne Ostersmith.
The Ballet Ensemble is composed of 12 dedicated dance students from a variety of majors and minors selected to represent Gonzaga Dance. These students have continued to develop their technique in preparation for this performance under the guidance of dance faculty members Pam Erickson and Sarah Glesk.
High school students interested in learning more about the Gonzaga Dance Program are invited to attend virtual dance classes, meet dance students and faculty, and learn more about our Dance Major + Minor before streaming Dance Presents! Please visit Fall Dance Day to learn more and register.
Fall Family Weekend:
60 x 60 Dance Festival (Virtual)
Back by popular demand! Join the Gonzaga Theatre & Dance Department for our Second Annual 60x60 Dance Performance – a 60min Choreography Festival featuring sixty 60sec. performances choreographed and performed by Gonzaga students, faculty, and alumni. This year's virtual event will be livestreamed from the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center and will include a mixture of live, socially distanced performances and pre-recorded screendances.
Friday, October 9, 2020 @ 6pm
Free
10 Minute Play Festival (Virtual)
Join the Gonzaga Theatre & Dance Department for an evening of original works at our virtual 10 Minute Play Festival. Each hour-long performance will feature a new lineup of 10 minute plays written, directed, and performed by GU Students in our Fall playwriting, directing II, and acting I courses.
Friday, October 9, 2020 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, October 10, 2020 @ 7:30pm
Free
Fall Dance Residency Showcase Performance with Dancing Earth (Virtual)
This showcase will featured the Gonzaga University Repertory Dance Company performing solos exploring the concepts of our identity and relation to the land at the intersection of Native American and contemporary dance and is a culmination of a week-long virtual residency with Dancing Earth Artistic Director, Rulan Tangen.
Livestreamed from the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Saturday, September 26, 2020 @ 7:30pm