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The first documented theatre production at Susquehanna University occurred in 1868, with one performance of the popular melodrama Ten Nights in a Bar Room staged by the Clionian Society. Today, the Department of Theatre sponsors a wide variety
of theatrical productions each year. All Susquehanna students, regardless
of year or major, are invited to audition or to serve in a technical capacity. Priority in casting and filling leadership positions in design and technology, however, goes to theatre majors and minors.
 
THE FALL MUSICAL
Each year, the University's Department of Theatre apresents The Fall Musical. A time-honored event of Susquehanna University's Family Weekend celebration, recent productions have included The Pajama Game, Oklahoma!, Seussical, Hello, Dolly!, On the Town, Chicago, Titanic, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Crazy for You, A Chorus Line, and Brigadoon.
 
THE ADVANCED ACTING WORKSHOP PRODUCTION
Directed by Dr. Doug Powers, the Advanced Acting Workshop Production, mounted in the 450-seat Degenstein Center Theater, showcases more advanced dramatic acting techniques. Recent stagings have included The Importance of Being Earnest, Dracula, Enchanted April, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Seagull, Waiting for Godot, The Little Foxes, and The Spirit of Life.
THE STUDENT-DIRECTED ONE ACT PLAY FESTIVAL
The Student-Directed One Act Festival, held in mid-February, allows students to direct, design, manage, and perform one-act plays presented in the Degenstein Center Theater. Recent productions have included Ahmend Ibrahim al-Fagih's The Singing of the Stars, Wendy Wasserstein's Man in a Case; Laurence Klavan's Freud's House; James Mclure's Laundry and Bourbon; J. M. Synge's In The Shadow of the Glen; Susan Glaspell's Trifles, Close the Book, and Suppressed Desires; Lady Gregory's The Rising of the Moon and The Bogeyman; Tennessee Williams's The Lady of Larkspur Lotion, The Gnadiges Fraulein, Hello From Bertha, I Can't Imagine Tomorrow; Terrence McNally's Tour, Full Frontal Nudity, Dusk, Bringing it All Back Home, and Witness; and Christopher Durang's For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls, The Actor's Nightmare , Naomi in the Living Room, Wanda's Visit, and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You .
THE SPRING PRODUCTION
A play is selected from the canon of world dramatic literature for the large Spring Production, held in the Degenstein Theatre and directed by Dr. Doug Powers. Richard III, Our Town, The Lark (L'Alouette) , The Grapes of Wrath, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, A Dybbuk, and I Remember Mama have all been produced in the recent past
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