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AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY THEATER ARTS DEPT

701 E. Foothill Blvd.
Azusa, CA 91702

Upcoming Shows

Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
Mar 19 – Mar 28, 2026

Azusa Pacific University Unveils a Heartfelt Production of Steel Magnolias: A Story of Resilience, Wit, and Unbreakable Bonds Azusa Pacific University’s Theater Arts Department continues its...



Review: AKHNATEN at Los Angeles Opera


by Andrew Child - March 13, 2026

Glass feels to be in direct conversation with grand opera, layering incantations from the chorus over triangulations of notes played nearly ad nauseam on violas to evoke something of the mystery that shrouds ancient Egypt in western culture....

Review: BEETLEJUICE at Hollywood Pantages


by Evan Henerson - March 13, 2026

With all its visual delights on full display, the non-Equity production directed by Catie Davis (from the original direction by Alex Timbers) is a carnival of the macabre....

Review: Arthur Miller’s THE PRICE at Pacific Resident Theatre through April 12


by Shari Barrett - March 09, 2026

Thanks to de Santos’ insightful direction, the on-going dialogues never seem to drag and the action flows at a pace which keeps the audience interested in just what happens between these well-written characters....

Review: RED HARLEM at Company Of Angels


by Evan Henerson - March 06, 2026

In the premiere of RED HARLEM at Company of Angels, director Bernadette Speakes’s production offers some frequently dynamic staging which is brought down by a mixed bag of acting performances and the heavy-handed messaging of Henderson’s script....

Review: HONOUR by Ruskin Group Theatre


by Shari Barrett - March 01, 2026

Director Max Mayer keeps the action authentic and story realistically contrite after helping execute the play’s workshop, making this production an especially meaningful return to the material....

Review: RICHARD III at A Noise Within


by Evan Henerson - February 27, 2026

Embodied by the exciting Ann Noble and surrounded by a solid cast, Richard and his dastardly deeds are every inch at home within the world of Guillermo Cienfuegos’s sweet and seedy production of RICHARD III for A Noise Within....

Review: Patti LuPone's MATTERS OF THE HEART at LA Opera


by Andrew Child - March 02, 2026

LuPone has woven an unexpected, eclectic musical collage that leads to two clear conclusions; she knows what sounds good in her voice and she knows how to sell a song....

Review: NATURAL SELECTION AT THE ZEPHYR THEATRE at Zephyr Theatre


by Tracey Paleo - February 25, 2026

NATURAL SELECTION is an excessive existential exploration of the ways women encounter their own subjectification.  Playwright Stacy Adelman, gets the point across – in the first 20 minutes. ...

Review: British Farce THE COTTAGE At Torrance Theater Company


by Shari Barrett - February 24, 2026

Hilarity ensues as alcohol is consumed, leading to brilliant cat and mouse games during which laughs abound....

Review: HERE LIES LOVE at Mark Taper Forum


by Evan Henerson - February 22, 2026

With so many delights and leaning heavily into both the political moment that is recounts and what America is experiencing in the here and now, HERE LIES LOVE rocks as aggressively as it rallies....

Past Shows

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Feb 13 – Feb 28, 2026

Enter a world where dreams and reality collide, where love tangles and untangles in the moonlit woods of Athens. As Theseus, Duke of Athens, prepares...

Babette's Feast
Babette's Feast
Nov 6 – Nov 15, 2025

Azusa Pacific University’s Theater Arts Department continues  the 2025-26 season with an adaptation of the beloved film, Babette’s Feast.    When Babette arrives in a tight-knit, austere...

Anastasia, the musical
Anastasia, the musical
Oct 10 – Oct 25, 2025

From Tony Award winners Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty, and Lynn Ahrens—the brilliant team behind Broadway hits like Ragtime and Once On This Island—comes a sweeping musical journey that...

Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice
Feb 13 – Feb 22, 2025

 Step into the elegant world of Regency England and expereince Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan's acclaimed adapatation of Jane Austen's beloved novel, Prdie and Prejudice....

Silent Sky
Silent Sky
Apr 11 – Apr 20, 2024

AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY THEATER ARTS  DEPARTMENT The season concludes with Lauren Gunderson’s  SILENT SKY Azusa Pacific University’s Theater Arts Department cocludes the 2023-24 season with Silent...

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