Theatre Tickets
2025-2026 Theatre Performances
Carroll College Theatre announces its 2025-2026 season to be produced in the FLEX Theatre in the lower level of the Carroll College Campus Center.
Puffs
September 19-October 5, 2025
by Matt Cox runs September 19-October 5, Fridays and Saturdays (except September 27) at 7:30 pm, Sundays and Saturday, September 27 at 2:30 pm.
- For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs... who just happened to be there too. A tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world.
- Content warning: This is not a kids' show. PG-13 for strong, mature language, themes of fantasy violence, murder and sexual content.
She Persisted
November 20-22 at 7:30 pm
- She Persisted is a compilation of ten minute one act plays that students of Carroll's Women in Theatre class have selected. In addition to choosing each play, Carroll students are assistant directing, costuming, building props, designing projections, sound and lighting for the performance.
Anthropology
February 20-Mar 1, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
- Merrill has been spending more time with her sister Angie lately, but she’s not ready for anyone to know about it. At least, not until she’s ready to explain that Angie is an AI creation she developed to cope with her sister’s disappearance and death. When virtual Angie offers the possibility that the real Angie might be still alive, Merril does everything she can to work with her creation to find her sister. But as the search continues, it becomes less and less clear whether an AI creation that Merril programmed to help her might have developed motives of its own.
A Year with Frog and Toad (Theatre for Young Audiences)
April 17-26, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
- Waking from hibernation in the Spring, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. The two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special. Part vaudeville, part make believe... all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons.
Past Shows
Untitled Calamity Jane Play
February 21-March 2, 2025
by Kati Frazier runs February 21-March 2, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2:30 pm (without live music).
Eighty-minute run time followed by an hour of live music, dancing, and cash bar hosted by Headwaters Crafthouse. The FLEX theatre will be transformed into a lively Wild West saloon, featuring rustic tables and bar seating for an immersive show experience.
This play invites audiences to experience the legend of the iconic cowboy, pioneer, and outlaw like never before. Part memory play, part Wild West spectacle, the play blurs the lines between history and folklore. Set in Deadwood, South Dakota, this comedic play tells the story of the famous sharpshooter Calamity Jane. Split into two characters, Calamity and Jane, this production travels back in time to address what is true, what is false, and what might be slightly exaggerated about the daring adventures of her past.
Ticket Prices include drink vouchers (every show) and live music cover charge (evening performances). Friday and Saturday general admission tickets are $20, with discounted rates available for students, seniors, and veterans at $18. Children aged 2-12 and those with a Carroll ID are $14.
For Sunday matinees, general admission is $15, with student, senior, and veteran tickets priced at $13. Children aged 2-12 and those with a Carroll ID are $9.
The play includes strong language and violence.
Directing Scenes
November 20-22, 2024
Little Women Broadway Musical
September 20-October 6, 2024
Book by Allan Knee, Music by Jason Howland, Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
In a world where women are expected to act a certain way and only allowed to do certain things, one young woman dares to dream beyond those expectations. Set in Civil War America, Jo March creates fantastical stories of heroics and romance. With her sisters, Meg, Beth and Amy, and her best friend Laurie, Jo writes and performs her imaginative stories with the hopes of one day selling them and becoming a world famous writer. But growing up in a society that has expectations isn’t easy. The March sisters must lean on each other to become who they are meant to be while also finding their own place both separately and in their family structure. Based on Louisa May Alcott's book, Little Women is a story of four girls who are fighting to become women in their own way and in their own time. Familial bonds, love, loss, heartbreak and courage will help them along the way.
100-year play reading: Seven Keys to Bald Pate Inn
November 2, 2024
This year will be our fifth presentation of a relic from Carroll’s theatre past. This 100-year reading will honor the Carroll Theatre tradition by reading a play that was performed here 100 years ago. November 1913 is the first record of a play performed by the Dramatic Club under the direction of Reverend Turnbull. This is staged with minimal rehearsal and stage elements, radio style.
We have planned this year's play, Seven Keys to Bald Pate Inn, for the evening of Nov 2nd at 7:30 p.m. Seven Keys was performed at Carroll in May of 1925.
The event is free and coincides with Founder's Day.
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
September 21 - October 8, 2023
by Joe Tracz and Rob Rokicki. This dynamic musical adaptation of Rick Riordan's bestselling book opened on Broadway in 2019. When teenager Percy Jackson discovers he's a demigod, he and his friends embark on an epic journey to find Zeus' missing lightning bolt and prevent a war among the gods. Associate Professor and Department Chair, Kim Shire will direct. Music Direction by Anna Milburn and Choreography by Brandon Taylor.
Photos by Ross Peter Nelson
She Persisted 2023
November 30 - December 2, 2023
A festival of scenes by Carroll’s women in theatre class will select scenes written by women to produce in this evening of short theatrical works.
Men on Boats
February 23 - March 3, 2024
by Jaclyn Backhaus runs February 23 through March 3, 2023. Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men On Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Associate Professor and Department Chair Kim Shire will direct.
Seussical the Musical
April 12-28, 2024
Seussical TYA by Tony-winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty runs April 12 through 28, 2024. The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge – not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family, and community are challenged and emerge triumphant. Associate Professor and Department Chair Kim Shire will direct.
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