2022–23 Season
Tickets are available online three weeks in advance through the Herberger Institute Box Office. Ticket prices and venues vary.
Music Theatre and Opera program: Season
Daughter of the Regiment
Sept. 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 25 at 2 p.m.
Evelyn Smith Music Theatre
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François
English dialogue by Ruth and Thomas Martin
Songs from Liquid Days
(student lab production)
Oct. 28 and 29, 7:30 p.m.
Evelyn Smith Music Theatre
Music by Philip Glass
Libretto by Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, David Byrne, and Laurie Anderson
Head Over Heels
Nov. 17,18 and 19, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 20, 2 p.m.
Evelyn Smith Music Theatre
Songs by The Go-Go's
Based on 'The Arcadia' by Sir Philip Sidney
Conceived by, Original Book by Jeff Whitty
Adaptation by James Magruder
Holiday Cabaret
Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Evelyn Smith Music Theatre
Little Women, the Broadway Musical
(student lab production)
January 13 and 14, 7:30 p.m.
January 15, 2 p.m.
Evelyn Smith Music Theatre
Book by Allen Knee
Music by Jason Howland
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
Color Cabaret
Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 5, 2 p.m.
Evelyn Smith Music Theatre
The Rake's Progress
Feb. 24 and 25, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 26, 2 p.m.
Evelyn Smith Music Theatre
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman
Into the Woods
April 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22, 7:30 p.m.
April 16 and 23, 2 p.m.
Evelyn Smith Music Theatre
Book by James Lapine
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Musical Theatre Showcase
April 25, 7:30 p.m.
location TBD
The Rake’s Progress is presented by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.
Into the Woods is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
Past seasons
"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
Music and lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
The Last Five Years (student production)
Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown
"Healing Wars" (a collaboration with music, dance and theatre)
Conceived by Liz Lerman
Directed and choreographed by Keith Thompson
"Hansel and Gretel"
Music by Engelbert Humperdinck
Libretto by Adelheid Wette
The Color Cabaret (student production)
Opera Double Bill
"We’ve Got Our Eye On You"
A chamber opera
Music and story by Nkeiru Okoye
Libretto by David Cote
Note: The development of We’ve Got Our Eye On You was made possible in part by an OPERA America Discovery Grant for Female Composer program through the generosity of The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
"600 Square Feet"
A micro-opera
Music by Nkeiru Okoye
Libretto by David Cote
Note: 600 Square Feet was commissioned by Baldwin Wallace University Voice Performance in Collaboration with Cleveland Opera Theater and Onsite Opera.
"The Valley" (new work reading)
Book and lyrics by Jamie Maletz
Music by Eric Fegan
ASU Class of 2022 Cabarets
"Godspell" (student production)
Conceived and originally directed by John-Michael Tebelak
Music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Originally produced on the New York Stage by Edgar Lansbury / Stewart Duncan / Joseph Beruh
"Bright Star"
Music, book and story by Steve Martin
Music, lyrics and story by Edie Brickell
Musical Theatre Showcase
SunDevils in NYC
Feinstein's/54 Below
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
The Last Five Years is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
Godspell 2012 is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
600 Square Feet and We've Got Our Eye on You are presented by arrangement with Nkeiru Okoye.
Bright Star is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036.
Due to COVID-19 all productions were performed virtually or with social distancing or outdoors.
Zoom-A-Palooza
ASU Music Theatre and Opera YouTube Channel
Speed Dating Tonight
Music and lyrics by Michael Ching
Based on a concept by Dean Anthony
Alumni Cabaret
Seth Tucker and Sime Acosta
ASU Music Theatre and Opera Vimeo
Lizzie The Musical
By Steven Cheslik-deMeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan Stevens Hewitt
Opera Under the Stars
Runaways
Music, book and lyrics by Elizabeth Swados
Color Cabaret
The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace
Music by Kamala Sankaram
Libretto by Rob Handel
Service Provider
Music by Christopher Weiss
Libretto by John De Los Santos
Riders to the Sea
Music by Ralph Vaughn Williams
Based on the lay by J.M. Synge
The Impresario
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
English dialogue and lyrics by Dori Previn
Adapted by Dale Dreyfoos
Nayika
Music by Raiah Rofsky
Lyrics by Vaibhavi Mohan
[title of show]
Music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen
Book by Hunter Bell
It’s Only Life
Music and words by John Bucchino
Directed by Robert Kolby Harper
Choreography by Nicholas Flores
Music Direction by Kevin White
Music Theatre Showcase
Opera Scenes Program
New Work Reading
"An Evening with Carmel Dean"
"The Light in the Piazza"
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Book by Craig Lucas
"Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi"
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Holiday Cabaret
"35mm: A Musical Exhibition"
Music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver
Based on the photographs of Matthew Murphy
New Work Reading
"Hometown to the World"
Composer Laura Kaminsky
Librettist Kimberly Reed
"Street Scene"
Music by Kurt Weill
Lyrics by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice
Book by Elmer Rice, based on his play by the same name
"9 to 5 The Musical" - canceled due to COVID-19
Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton
Book by Patricia Resnick
Based on the Twentieth Century Fox film
Music Theatre Showcase - canceled due to COVID-19
Opera Gala - canceled due to COVID-19
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals.
“35mm: A Musical Exhibition” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.
STREET SCENE is used by arrangement with European American Music Corporation, agent for The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., the Rice Estate and the Hughes Estate.
9 TO 5, THE MUSICAL is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
New Work Reading
"An Evening with Carmel Dean"
"The Light in the Piazza"
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Book by Craig Lucas
"Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi"
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Holiday Cabaret
"35mm: A Musical Exhibition"
Music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver
Based on the photographs of Matthew Murphy
New Work Reading
"Hometown to the World"
Composer Laura Kaminsky
Librettist Kimberly Reed
"Street Scene"
Music by Kurt Weill
Lyrics by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice
Book by Elmer Rice, based on his play by the same name
"9 to 5 The Musical" - canceled due to COVID-19
Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton
Book by Patricia Resnick
Based on the Twentieth Century Fox film
Music Theatre Showcase - canceled due to COVID-19
Opera Gala - canceled due to COVID-19
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals.
“35mm: A Musical Exhibition” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.
STREET SCENE is used by arrangement with European American Music Corporation, agent for The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., the Rice Estate and the Hughes Estate.
9 TO 5, THE MUSICAL is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
“Marie Begins” (Ellen Fishman/Julia Curcio)
New Work Reading
“Kiss Me, Kate” (Cole Porter/Samuel and Bella Spewack)
“Trouble In Tahiti” (Leonard Bernstein)
Student Lab
“Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers” (Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Schwartz)
Musical Theatre Holiday Cabaret
“The Anxiety Project” (Rachel Dean/David Brush)
New Work Reading
“Xerxes” (George Frideric Handel/Silvio Stampiglia)
“The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)” (Eric Rockwell/Joanne Bogart)
Student Lab
“Triassic Parq” (Marshall Pailet/Bryce Norbitz/Steve Wargo)
Musical Theatre Showcase and Alumni Night
Opera Scenes
The Bartered Bride (Bedřich Smetana/ Marion Farquhar)
The Halloween Tree (Theo Popov/Tony Asaro)
New Works Reading
A New Brain (William Finn)
Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe (Jonathan Christenson)
Student Lab Production
The Breasts of Tiresias (Guillaume Apollinaire/Francis Poulenc)
The Fairy Queen (Henry Purcell/William Shakespeare)
Student Lab Production
Til Death (Amanda Prahl/Alexander Tom)
New Works Reading
Legally Blonde The Musical (Laurence O'Keefe/Nell Benjamin/Heather Hach/Amanda Brown)
Musical Theatre Showcase
Opera Scenes Performance
H.M.S. Pinafore (Gilbert and Sullivan)
Babe: An Olympian Musical (Andrea Jill Higgins/Carolyn Gage)
New Works Reading
Guys and Dolls (Loesser)
The Last Five Years (Jason Robert Brown)
Student Lab
Cendrillon (Viardot)
Student Lab
Grey Gardens (Wright/Frankel/Korie)
Student Lab
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Prism (Ellen Reid/Roxie Perkins)
New Works Reading
Collaboration with Beth Morrison Projects
Acis and Galatea (Handel)
Student Lab
Shrek The Musical (Tesori)
Company (Furth/Sondheim)
Guadalupe - an opera in two acts (DeMars/Doyle/Whitehead)
Grease (Jacobs/Casey)
Workshop Production
L'elisir d'amore/The Elixir of Love (Donizetti/Romani)
The Drowsy Chaperone (Martin/McKellar/Lambert/Morrison)
Opera Double Bill: Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) and La Serva Padrona (Pergolesi)
Children of Eden (Schwartz & Caird)
Reefer Madness (Murphy & Studney)
Workshop Production
Owen Wingrave (Britten)
Anything Goes (Porter)
Co–Production with Phoenix Theatre
La Périchole (Offenbach)
Smile: The Musical (Hamlisch & Ashman)
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine (Lazarus & Vosburgh)
Workshop Production
Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)
Sung in Italian
Rent (Larson)
Co–Production with Phoenix Theatre
Albert Herring (Britten)
Bat Boy: The Musical (O’Keefe, Farley, & Flemming)
The Fantasticks (Schmidt & Jones)
Workshop Production
Die Fledermaus (Strauss)
Sung in German
Little Women (Howland, Dickstein, & Knee)
You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Gesner) (Revised Version)
Le Nozze Di Figaro (Mozart)
Sung in Italian
Cabaret (Kander and Ebb, revised 1987)
Workshop Production
Ainadamar (Golijov)
Sung in Spanish
The Music Man (Willson)
Since 1964, the Lyric Opera Theatre program in the ASU Herberger Institute School of Music has produced a variety of productions including musicals, operas, operettas and revues.