Fall 2019
Top Girls by Carol Churchill
Directed by Paul Bernstein
Hilarious and haunting, Caryl Churchill’s feminist masterpiece, set in Maggie Thatcher’s England, is a wildly innovative play about a country divided by its own ambitions. Marlene has reached the pinnacle of success as the head of the Top Girls Employment Agency—but at what price?
October 30 – November 3, 2019
Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30 P.M.; Sunday at 2:00 P.M.;
High School Matinee: Friday, November 1 at 10:00 A.M.
Walter K. Gordon Theater
The Student-Directed One-Act Play Festival
Brevity is the soul of wit, and this smorgasbord of short comedies and dramas directed by Rutgers students is sure to be both brief and witty!
December 5 – 8, 2019
Thursday – Saturday at 7:30 P.M.; Sunday at 2:00 P.M.;
Black Box Studio
Spring 2020
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Directed by Damon Bonetti
Called home from university to find his life turned upside down, his mother remarried and his uncle on the throne, Hamlet must avenge his father’s murder but is paralyzed by the prospect. This classic tragedy of indecision is the story of the most famous, and perhaps the greatest character of western drama.
February 12 – 16, 2020
Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30 P.M.; Sunday at 2:00 P.M.;
High School Matinee: Friday, February 14 at 10:00 A.M.
Walter K. Gordon Theater
Anything Goes
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton
And Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
Directed by Kenneth Elliott
All hands on deck as we set sail on a transatlantic voyage that features secret romance, mistaken identity, madcap hijinks and a sparkling score of glorious melodies as bubbly as a glass of champagne.
April 15 – 19, 2020
Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30 P.M.; Sunday at 2:00 P.M.;
High School Matinee: Friday, April 10 at 10:00 A.M.
Walter K. Gordon Theater
Past Productions:
At Rutgers–Camden, we have a long-standing history of staging diverse, significant works of theater for the benefit of our students and audiences. Here are some of our most recent productions:
Spring 2019 – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Bruce Norris
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
Additional Material by Jay Reiss
Originally directed on Broadway by James Lapine
Directed and choreographed by Ellie Mooney
Spring 2019 – Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
Fall 2018 – The Student Directed One-Act Play Festival
The Individuality of Street Lamps by Anna K. Gorisch
Directed by Doaa Ouf
The Lifeboat is Sinking by Shel Silverstein
Directed by Matt Giacomelli
Scheherazade by Emily Roderer
Directed by Brittany Onukwugha
Chow by Katrina Hall
Directed by Katrina Hall
Electric Roses by David Howard
Directed by Jenna Sharples
Fall 2018 – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Adapted by Austin Tichenor
Directed by Damon Bonetti and Charlotte Northeast
Spring 2018 – Avenue Q by Jeff Whitty
Directed & Choreographed by Ellie Mooney
Watch videos of the cast in rehearsal!
Spring 2018 – Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Professor Damon Bonetti
Fall 2017 – The Student Directed One-Act Play Festival
Directed by Rutgers—Camden students Eric Zavadksy, Kimmie Starts, Kelsey Brown, John Patouhas, Jenna Sharples, and Hunter Smith
Fall 2017 – The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Professor Paul Bernstein
Spring 2017 – Proof by David Auburn
Directed by Professor Damon Bonetti
Winter 2017 – Twelve Angry Jurors – by Reginald Rose, Adapted by Sherman Sergel
Directed by Professor Paul Bernstein
Fall 2016 – Little Shop of Horrors – Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Spring 2016 – Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Winter 2016 – The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute
Directed by Professor Damon Bonetti
Fall 2015 – The Student Directed One-Act Play Festival
Directed by Rutgers–Camden Students Alexis Cabrera, Bill Epstein, and Alex Scheinberg
Fall 2015 – The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
Directed by Jesse Bernstein
Spring 2015 – Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest
A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Winter 2015 – The Student Directed One Act Play Festival
Directed by Rutgers–Camden Students: Alexis Cabrera, Katrina Hall, Michael Hess, André Pajarillo, and Alex Scheinberg
Fall 2014 – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Professor Paul Bernstein
Filmic Design by Professor Robert A. Emmons Jr.
Fall 2014 – Hand Me Down the Silver Trumpet
A Red-Hot New Musical which celebrates the legacy of great African-American recording artists of the 1920s and 30s.
Directed and Written by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Music Arrangement and Direction by Professor Stefán Örn Arnarson
Choreography by Sammy Reyes
Spring 2014 – Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen
Singing, Dancing, and Revelery inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Musical Direction by Dr. Julianne Baird
Conducted by Prof. Stefán Örn Arnarson
Photo Credits: Bryan Park – Copyright 2014
Winter 2014 – Nickel and Dimed by Joan Holden
Based on Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Eherenreich
Directed by Prof. Aaron Oster
Fall 2013 – You Can’t Take It with You by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Spring 2013 – The Actor’s Nightmare & Other Comedies by Christopher Durang
A Series of One Act Plays Directed by Rutgers–Camden Students Cooper Gorelick, Jake Hufner, & Sean Quinn
Faculty Advisor – Aaron Oster
Winter 2013 – The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Fall 2012 – Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Spring 2012 – A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Fall 2011 – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Spring 2011 – Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Fall 2010 – Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Spring 2010 – Franz Kafka’s The Trial
Directed by Prof. Paul Berstein
Fall 2009 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Spring 2009 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Fall 2008 – Moliere’s Tartuffe
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Spring 2008 – Angels in America, Part I: Millenium Approaches by Tony Kushner
Directed by Dr. Kenneth Elliott
Fall 2007 – Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Technical Direction & Design by Prof. James H. Mobley,
Filmic Depiction by Prof. Robert A. Emmons Jr.
Spring 2007 – The Importance of Being Earnest
Directed by Prof. Larry Biren
Technical Direction by Prof. James H. Mobley
Theater Program – Spring Festival: Student Works
(Original and Student generated theater works, musicians in concert,
some dance, some video, a surprise special guest, an alumni blast
from the past and more.)
Fall 2006 – The Madwoman of Chaillot
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Spring 2006 – Theater Program – Spring Festival
Ensemble Marathon
Spring 2006 – Once Upon a Mattress
Directed by Prof. Larry Biren
Fall 2005 – As You Like It
Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Spring 2005 – Theater Program – Spring Festival
Ensemble Marathon
Spring 2005 – The Passenger List
Written and Directed by Prof. Paul Bernstein
Fall 2004 – Nunsense
Directed by Prof. Martin Dillon
Fall 2004 – A Slight Ache
Directed by student Kyle Jakubowski (senior project)
Spring 2004 – Something’s Afoot
Directed by Prof. Martin Dillon
Fall 2003 – Equus
Directed by student Mat Wright (RUT)
Spring 2003 – Noises Off
Directed by Prof. Larry Biren
Fall 2002 – 110 In The Shade
Directed by Martin Dillon