2022-23 Season

Note: On campus at Moravian, masks are optional. That means that in the Arena Theatre, please anticipate unmasked audiences and performers.

Fall 2022 in the Arena Theatre

September 16-17

Fri, Sat @7:30pm
The Colorism Project
An original play about the colorism epidemic within the Black community. MFA student Krystal Danielle creates a new production, based upon the stories, thoughts, opinions and findings of the Black community from all over the Bethlehem and greater Lehigh Valley community; exploring the positive and negative implications of the many different shades and hues of Black.
Arena Theatre
Admission by donation 

September 24

Fri, @8pm
Bury The Dead by Irwin Shaw
Directed by student Josiah Dalpezzo, this will be a staged reading of a classic from 1936. This stirring and eloquent anti-war play employs imaginative theatricality to convey its timeless message. In the play, a military burial is disrupted when the dead soldiers rise up, pleading not to be buried, asking to be allowed to rejoin the living. Word of their insurrection spreads rapidly—to the soldiers in the field, the generals, the news media, with alarming effect. In a series of touching scenes the dead men talk with their loved ones of the days of living, now lost forever. But must the dead yield so easily? 
Arena Theatre
Admission by donation 

October 10

Monday 4-6PM
PRESENTATION & WORKSHOP: Indigenous Activism and Hip Hop in Ecuador: a shared struggle for peace and epistemic justice
A special event for Indigenous People's Day. Our modern world has excluded, devalued and invisibilized non-Western ways of thinking and being. In Ecuador, the hip hop and Indigenous communities have worked together to challenge systemic and symbolic violence through rap, graffiti and marches in the streets. This presentation/workshop explores the relationship between hip hop culture and recent Indigenous uprisings and their shared struggle for peace and social justice. Participants will engage in conversations and activities that ask us to collectively imagine what epistemic justice would look like in our lived realities.
Arena Theatre
Free Event

December 1 – 4

Thurs, Fri, Sat @8pm, Sun @2pm 
Violent Infrastructure An Immersive Installation
This immersive art experience explores the dispersion of war’s capacity to harm over an elongated time horizon. Audiences will see and hear elements that will evoke the experience of displaced persons, as they walk through a space transformed by projections and amplified sound.  Created by Christopher Shorr and Ariel Otruba, based on Otruba’s research in the Republic of Georgia.
December 1 8pm: Opening Performance with reception to follow
Arena Theatre
Admission by donation 

March 10

Fri @8pm
Mars Needs Women, But Not As Much As Arnold Schecter By Rich Orloff
Moravian Theatre's Friday Night Play Reading Series continues with a spring installment directed by Junior Hannah Kolonoski. The desperate love life of a New Jersey man takes an unexpected turn when he is forced to compete with an unconventional rival for the affection of the woman he loves.
Arena Theatre
Admission by donation 

April 13 – 14

Thurs, Fri @8pm
The Hound Show Student Cabaret
Join fellow hounds as they share their talent in an evening of music and comedy. The Arena Theatre will be transformed into a cabaret club, and snacks and drinks will be served.
Arena Theatre
Admission by donation 

***Moravian's Arena Theatre now includes a wheelchair accessible viewing area.***

Moravian University encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact the event sponsor (cshorr@moravian.edu), or call 610-861-1489.

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