The Furman University Department of Theatre Arts has announced its 2026-2027 season. Join Furman Theatre as the university celebrates its bicentennial with Furman Made, a season featuring returning alumni artists, commissioned new work and bold theatrical storytelling.<\/p>\n
All shows take place in The Playhouse on campus. Season flex passes and fall single tickets<\/a> are on sale now. Single ticket prices are $20 general admission, $15 for seniors and $10 for students except for \u201cFurman Fringe Festival,\u201d which has a general admission of $8. A Fringe Pass option gives access to all four Fringe shows for $25.<\/p>\n Furman Theatre Arts Performances \u201cTheatre\/Theater\u201d The drama doesn\u2019t stop when the curtain goes up. Go behind the scenes of a Southern regional theatre company mounting \u201cRomeo and Juliet,\u201d where the real action isn\u2019t always onstage. From box office to backstage, from donor events to dressing rooms, personalities collide, egos bruise, and alliances shift as the production barrels toward opening night. With sharp wit and affectionate insight, this fast-moving comedy captures the beautifully chaotic world of theatre-making, where timing is everything, nothing goes quite as planned and the offstage drama can rival Shakespeare\u2019s own. It\u2019s messy. It\u2019s hilarious. It\u2019s all too real. Run time is approximately 90 minutes. Sponsored by the Furman Humanities Center.<\/p>\n \u201cThis Is How You Say I\u2019m Sorry\u201d Sometimes love means facing the past\u2026even the parts you\u2019d rather forget. In this cosmic romantic comedy, one deeply flawed man is given an impossible task: apologize to every woman he\u2019s ever hurt before he can be with the person he truly loves. Guided (and occasionally tormented) by an angel and his best friend, he stumbles through awkward confessions, supernatural interventions, unexpected musical moments and revelations he never saw coming. Funny and a little chaotic, \u201cThis Is How You Say I\u2019m Sorry\u201d explores love, regret and the terrifying vulnerability of becoming a better person. Run time is approximately 90 minutes. Sponsored by the Communications Studies Department.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Beheading of Helene Gillet\u201d History repeats itself. Loudly. Inspired by true events, \u201cThe Beheading of Helene Gillet\u201d reimagines the story of a young woman condemned by a society eager to control her body, her voice and her fate. Set in 17th-century France and pulsing with music, movement and dark theatricality, this haunting new work explores faith, resistance and the extraordinary courage required to survive injustice. Centuries later, its questions remain painfully relevant. Tickets on sale Jan. 1. Run time is approximately 90 minutes. Co-sponsored by the History, Religion, Music, and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Departments.<\/p>\n \u201cFurman Fringe Festival\u201d Bold ideas. Unexpected performances. Anything can happen. The Furman Made season concludes with the inaugural \u201cFurman Fringe Festival,\u201d a celebration of experimentation, collaboration and creative risk. Featuring guest performances by Furman alumni Bob Beshere \u201903, Jax Pratt \u201922, and Regina Wells \u201916, alongside a new student-devised fringe production, this festival embraces theatre at its most immediate, inventive and alive. Blending performance, experimentation and artistic exploration, the \u201cFurman Fringe Festival\u201d invites audiences into a space where emerging ideas take center stage and the unexpected becomes part of the experience. Tickets on sale Jan. 1. Run time for each show is approximately 45 minutes. General Admission $8.<\/p>\n
\n2026-2027<\/p>\n
\nby Randall David Cook \u201991
\ndirected by Rhett Bryson
\nOct. 15-16 and 20-22 at 7:30 p.m.
\nOct. 17 and 18 at 2 p.m.
\nOct. 23 at 5 p.m. as part of the Fine Arts Homecoming Feature<\/p>\n
\nby Imani-Grace King \u201919
\ndirected by Caroline Jane Davis \u201913
\nNov. 18-21 at 7:30 p.m.
\nNov. 21 and 22 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
\nbook by Margaret Rose Caterisano
\nmusic and lyrics by Elli Caterisano \u201918
\ndirected by Maegan McNerney Azar
\nmusic directed by Elli Caterisano \u201918
\nFeb. 17-18, 20, 23-25 at 7:30 p.m.
\nFeb. 19 at 10:30 p.m. (double feature with Furman Music\u2019s Sarah Reese Lyric Theatre)
\nFeb. 21 at 5 p.m. (double feature with Furman Music\u2019s Sarah Reese Lyric Theatre)<\/p>\n
\nwith guest artists and alumni
\nRegina Wells \u201916 (Show A)
\nBob Beshere \u201903 (Show B)
\nJax Pratt \u201922 (Show C)
\nand a devised production by Furman students (Show D)
\nApril 12-18, See ticket page<\/a> for evening and matinee show times in repertoire.<\/p>\n