Performing Arts Productions
Current Productions

2022 - 2023 Theatrical Season
An adaptation of poems by a hard-of-hearing Ukrainian-American writer; a celebration of Thomas Warfield’s twenty-five years at NTID; a modernization of a fifteenth-century morality play; and a musical about New Yorkers finding joy in daily life are all part of a new collaborative season produced by NTID Performing Arts Department and the new School of Performing Arts in the College of Liberal Arts. Due to renovations in NTID Performing Arts spaces, some shows will take place in venues across campus.
Dates | Production |
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October 14 & 21 Movie October 14-16 & 21-23 Live Streamed |
Deaf Play Creators Festival
Deaf Play Creators Festival 2022 features "Plumb Crazy Pipe Dream" by Aimee Chou and "Pushing Buttons" by Robert Roth. Chou and Roth were selected to expand their scripts for DPCF during the 2021 MAP-Deaf Theatre 10-Minute Play Festival. "Plumb Crazy Pipe Dream" was produced as a 10-minute play by Deaf Spotlight. "Pushing Buttons" was produced as a 10-minute play by Deaf Austin Theatre. Plumb Crazy Pipe Dream – A couple struggle to maintain a husband and wife relationship as the water crisis in Flint, Michigan effects their daily lives and has tragic consequences for both of them. Can they find a way to move past the tragedy and renew their hope for a future together? Pushing Buttons – Danny has grown up trying to meet his mother’s expectations. As he discovers more about his Deaf experience and his personal identity the relationship between mother and the son becomes increasingly difficult. Especially as Dany discovers a love interest that doesn’t meet his mother’s expectations. |
Nov 11-13, 2022 |
Everybody Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Please note: this production contains adult content and strong language and is intended for mature (17+) audiences only. Additionally, some scenes utilize a flashing light effect that may affect photosensitive viewers. |
Feb 24-26, 2023 |
Twenty-Five Years Through Movement and Space Directed by Marc Holland |
Mar 31 - Apr 2, 2023 |
Ordinary Days Written by Adam Gwon This play is presented in full spoken English with open captions. |
Apr 14-16, 2023 |
Deaf Republic Stage Play Written by Ilya Kaminsky Deaf Republic takes place in an unspecified time of political unrest in an occupied territory. The story unfolds in episodic poems, opening with the shooting of a young deaf boy at a protest. In response, the entire town adopts deafness as a strategy of resistance. The poems explore how language enables resistance to power and how the lives of the townspeople are scarred by political violence. Written in English by Ilya Kaminsky, a hard-of-hearing Ukraine immigrant who grew up in Rochester, Deaf Republic is performed in ASL as part of the 2023 Big Read organized by NTID. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. * Due to renovations of department production spaces, Deaf Republic will be staged in the RIT Inn and Conference Center’s Henrietta Ballroom. This large space will be transformed into a small theater with platform seating for good sightlines. Only 100 tickets are available for each show. RIT shuttles run to the RIT Inn regularly. Schedules can be found here: https://www.rit.edu/parking/campus-shuttles#schedules |
Apr 28-30, 2023 |
Singring and the Glass Guitar Developed and Directed by Thomas Warfield and Joe Geigel |
For more information on the entire season, please visit:
https://www.rit.edu/performingarts/theatre-arts-at-rit#productions
Ticket Information

For events requiring a fee
- Purchase tickets:
- On campus: RIT University Arenas, 200 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester NY 14623
- Online: http://www.rittickets.com (type the event name in the Search Events box)
- By phone: 585-475-4121
- Tickets also will be available on performance days two hours prior to curtain.
- Prices:
- $5.00 for Student, Senior (60+), and Children under age of 12
- $10.00 for RIT Faculty/Staff/Alumni
- $12.00 for General Public