Fall 2026

Horse Girls by Jenny Rachel Weiner

Directed by Maggie Raker

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 1-3 at 7:30pm and Sunday, October 4 at 2:00pm in Olin Studio Theatre (downstairs)

Twelve-year-old Ashleigh rules the Lady Jean Ladies, South Florida's most exclusive horse club. News that her family's stables are being sold and their horses killed for meat throws the Ladies into crisis in this dark comedy of middle school deception and lies. Horse Girls is a play about pre-teens: their obsessions, their insecurities, and their desperate need to find a place in the world.

Content advisory: This production contains depictions of bullying, violence, bloodshed, and singing.

FREE tickets for all Roanoke College students, faculty, and staff. Tickets are $10 for general admission, or $5 for seniors/students. Limited seating for this production, so get your tickets early. Tickets are available by calling 540-375-2333 or by emailing boxoffice@roanoke.edu.

Horse Girls is presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.

The Welkin by Lucy Kirkwood

Directed by Nelson Barre

Thursday, November 12 through Saturday, November 14 at 7:30 p.m in Olin Theater

Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley's Comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinour murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she's telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the noose. With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood outside, the matrons wrestle with their new authority and the devil in their midst.

Content advisory: this production contains references to violence against children and miscarriage.

FREE tickets for all Roanoke College students, faculty, and staff. Tickets are $10 for general admission, or $5 for seniors/students. Tickets are available online here or by calling 540-375-2333 or by emailing boxoffice@roanoke.edu.

The Welkin is presented through special arrangement with Cassarotto on behalf of Lucy Kirkwood.

Winter 2026

The Velveteen Rabbit adapted by Patrick Flynn

Thursday, Feb. 18 through Saturday, Feb. 20 at 6:30pm in Olin Theater

Directed by Danielle Barre

When the Child receives the sawdust-filled toy Rabbit as a gift, she can't possibly know all the adventures they'll have together. But soon they are inseparable. This delightful retelling of the classic tale by Margarey Williams reminds us of the incredible powers of love and play to make even impossible things Real.

FREE tickets for all Roanoke College students, faculty, and staff. Tickets are $10 for general admission, or $5 for seniors/students. Tickets are available by calling 540-375-2333 or by emailing boxoffice@roanoke.edu.

The Velveteen Rabbit is presented through special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide.

Spring 2026

The Language Archive by Julia Cho

Thursday, April 8 through Saturday, April 10 at 7:30pm in Olin Theater

Directed by Nelson Barre

George is a man consumed with preserving and documenting dying languages of far-flung cultures. Closer to home, though, language is failing him. He doesn't know what to say to his wife Mary to keep her from leaving him, and he doesn't recognize the deep feelings that his lab assistant Emma has for him.

FREE tickets for all Roanoke College students, faculty, and staff. Tickets are $10 for general admission, or $5 for seniors/students. Tickets are available by calling 540-375-2333 or by emailing boxoffice@roanoke.edu.

Audition information coming soon.