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University of Evansville Theatre announces 2025-2026 Season

Evansville, Ind. (05/19/2025) — The University of Evansville (UE) Theatre announces five productions for the 2025-2026 season in Shanklin Theatre and the May Studio Theatre. The Shanklin Theatre season kicks off with the emotionally captivating musical ONCE, book by Edna Walsh, music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, directed by Assistant Professor Wes Grantom '03, with musical direction by Tyler Simpson. UE Theatre's Rogue and Peasant Aces will again produce a free touring production, under the direction of Assistant Professor Stacey Yen, with William Shakespeare's MACBETH.

In the spring semester, Yen will take the helm of PASSAGE by Christopher Chen, and Wes Grantom will direct THE STEADFAST, by 2001 UE Theatre alumnus Mat Smart. Directing in the May Studio next year will be Antonio Cortes Roman '26, a theatre performance major from Metepec, Mexico and Landry Barker '26, a theatre performance major from Ft Worth, Texas.

Dates and subscription tickets for the three-play Shanklin Theatre series as well as the two-play May Studio Theatre series will be announced later this year.

The University of Evansville is a private, comprehensive university with a solid foundation in the arts and sciences and professional schools in business, engineering, education, and health sciences. Established in 1854, UE is recognized across the globe for its rich tradition of innovative, academic excellence and dynamic campus community of #Changemakers.

Home of the Purple Aces, UE is located in the southwestern region of Indiana and offers over 75 majors, 17 Division I sports, and a unique study abroad experience at Harlaxton, the University's very own Victorian manor located in the countryside of England. For more information, please visit evansville.edu.

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