2016 - 2017 Season

Fall 2016

Artistic Director: Fredrick Earl Mosley

      • Unjust Reasoning - Choreography: Germaul Barnes
      • Ebb and Flow - Choreography: Clifton Brown
      • Lifted - Choreography: Brian Harlan Brooks
      • "Motherless Child" (excerpts from SOULS The Calah) - Choreography: Walter Rutledge
      • Take/Care - Choreography: Nathaniel Hunt
      • The Firepit - Choreography: Artis Smith
      • Journey Draft MSU! - Choreography: Fredrick Earl Mosley
      • Running Spirits - Choreography: Fredrick Earl Mosley
      • Reflection - Choreography: Amy Jordan
      • The Soldier's Tale - Choreography: Christian von Howard
      • Forest - Choreography: Julian Barnett
      • Mix_Tape 2016 - Choreography: Edwin Rodriguez
      • Wounded Spirit - Choreography: Fredrick Earl Mosley
      • Nago/Xiango - Choreography: Roderick Jackson

Memorial Auditorium / September 10 & 11, 2016

Book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls and David Henry Hwang; Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice

Director: Gary John La Rosa; Choreographer: Todd L. Underwood; Music Director: Gregory J. Dlugos

Memorial Auditorium / October 19 - 23, 2016

by Euripides; Translated by Don Taylor

Director: Heather Benton

Alexander Kasser Theatre / November 3 - 6, 2016

Artistic Directors: Lori Katterhenry, Lynne Grossman

      • Mad Rush (Premiere!) - Choreographer: Larry Keigwin
      • Excerpts from Terraloop (2017) - Choreographer: Kathleen Kelley
      • Polka (1992) - Choreographer: Mark Morris
      • Journey Men I - Choreographer: Fredrick Earl Mosley
      • Undone (1990) - Choreographer: Lori Katterhenry
      • By The Sea (2011) - Choreographer: Maxine Steinman
      • Excerpts from Brahms Waltzes (1961) - Choreographer: Charles Weidman
      • to the teeth (Premiere!) - Choreographer: Christian von Howard
      • Sprinting with Scissors (Premiere!) - Choreographer: Jessica DiMauro
      • New Second Line (2006) - Choreographer: Camille A. Brown

Memorial Auditorium / November 17 - 20, 2016

Book by Rachel Sheinkin; Music and Lyrics by William Finn; Conceived by Rebecca Feldman; Additional Material by Jay Reiss

Director/Choreographer: Robin Levine; Music Director: Sarah Brett England

L. Howard Fox Theatre / December 7 - 11, 2016

Spring 2017

Musical in Concert; Lyrics & Music by Jason Robert Brown; Concept by Daisy Prince

Director: John Housley; Music Director: Meg Zervoulis; Music Supervisor: Gregory J. Dlugos

Leshowitz Recital Hall / February 2 - 5, 2017

Based on a Conception of Jerome Robbins; Book by Arthur Laurents; Music by Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Director: Mark Hardy; Choreographer: James Kinney; Music Director: Gregory J. Dlugos

Alexander Kasser Theatre / February 25 - March 3, 2017

New Works Initiative

Created by Meghan Finn and Julia May Jones

Director: Meghan Finn; Text and Lyrics by Julia May Jones

L. Howard Fox Theatre / March 23 - 26, 2017

Artistic Directors: Lori Katterhenry, Lynne Grossman

      • Mad Rush (2016) - Choreographer: Larry Keigwin
      • Excerpts from Terraloop (2017) - Choreographer: Kathleen Kelley
      • Polka (1992) - Choreographer: Mark Morris
      • Journey Men I (2016) - Choreographer: Fredrick Earl Mosley
      • American Baroque (Premiere!) - Choreographer: Nancy Lushington
      • By The Sea (2011) - Choreographer: Maxine Steinman
      • to the teeth (2016) - Choreographer: Christian von Howard
      • New Second Line (2006) - Choreographer: Camille A. Brown

Alexander Kasser Theatre / April 6 - 9, 2017

by Simon Stephens

Director: Susan Kerner

L. Howard Fox Theatre / April 20 - 23, 2017

Artistic Director: Maxine Steinman; Assistant Artistic Director: Kathleen Kelley

Memorial Auditorium / April 26 - 30, 2017