SUNY Plattsburgh Theatre Dept

06/17/2025

Have you always wanted to take an Improv Class?...with Merritt Billiter AND get college credit???? (I mean, who hasn't?) Well, here's your chance! This fall, we are offering a 5-week course with Merritt on Wednesday evenings, 6-8:30pm, starting on August 27th and ending with an improv-stravaganza showcase on Friday, September 26th in the Hartman Theatre. If you would like to take the class and NOT enroll in a 4-year degree program, you can - here's the application to do that: https://machform.plattsburgh.edu/view.php?id=301716 (non-matriculating student form). If you have any questions about the class, please reach out to us.

Completion of this form does NOT register the student into courses. After the Registrar processes this form, you will then be sent further information via a second email.

06/10/2025

Summer is in full swing, but we are still working! Professor Erika Guay is working on Bunnicula scenic and costume designs while looking forward to seeing students make this show happen this fall!

05/17/2025

A great time of year! We get to celebrate all our students both at the awards ceremony on Friday and at graduation today! Dr. Kelty read names with Dr. Guzzio, Professors Guay and Swick made sure to catch our Majors and Certificate students, and emerti professor Kim came to walk and cheer on our graduates! We even caught some of awesome department friends before they head on to their next adventures

05/09/2025

What a great 53rd Ringing Down the Curtain!
Professor Devine kicks off our 53rd spring Ringing Down the Curtain and her 106 students get things rolling with The Dating Game with the Pope, a drug dealer, and Professor Devine.
Professor Devine’s 106 students “stage coach” with cats, horsey co***ne, Dora the Explorer, nerds, and existential dread. “The fourth wall is so thin."
Fantastic scene work - performance and adaptation- from Professor Devine students.
Kathy Koester’s 217/317 students homage to the Grammys - fans, stars, security, and best artist of the year awarded
Erika Guay's THE 104 created the mural on point with the Grammy theme
And our tech students provided lighting and sound support!

04/30/2025

Tomorrow is the day! Come join us downtown for seven ten minutes plays in two venues directed by our students!

04/11/2025

A few candid and not so candid shots of our nursing simulation standardized patients hard at work this week. Props for the wound work! We are so excited to have this interdisciplinary collaboration between nursing and theatre. Theatre skills transfer to the medical world.

04/07/2025

THE104, working on grid translation paintings. See the final results at Ringing Down the Curtain in May.

03/18/2025

AUDITIONS
for the Department of Theatre's 10-Minute Play Festival

Friday, March 28 from 1pm to 3pm in the Hartman Theatre

Auditions are for the following 10-minute plays (available to read on New Play Exchange via Feinberg Library):

Matriarchy by Robin Berl

Can Superman Smash the Klan? by Sarah Bowden

Dirty Dishes by Eric Braman

As the Crow Flies by Zack Hancock

Mimo by Luis Herrera

Spoons by France Violet Jones

An Honest Lesson in Self-Defense by Patricia Lynn

There are 14-16 roles available in these new 10-minute plays. All SUNY Plattsburgh community members are welcome to audition. We have roles representing a wide variety of identities and experiences.

If you want to read short summaries about the plays and their characters, follow the QR code.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the scripts and are open to all SUNY Plattsburgh community members, regardless of major or experience.

03/10/2025

Professor Erika Guay and Professor Emerti Kim Hartshorn attended the Nationals USITT conference this past week. They enjoyed workshops. Kim brought an antique scrim from our stock to display, and Erika presented and connected for her work as the book review editor for USITT TD&T. It was a busy time for all!

03/10/2025

A huge BRAVO for End Days!