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Alternate College Theatre is the only fully student-run theater group on campus and offers the opportunity to direct, perform, design, produce, stage-manage, or work within any other production aspect of theatre!
Alternate College Theatre鈥檚 mission is to create a positive community space where 51小黄车 students, no matter their theatrical experience, can be exposed to all aspects of theatre through hands-on technical and artistic opportunities. ACT strives to create an environment that encourages professional and personal growth through application, communication, accountability, and collaboration. ACT is committed to treating all people, in and outside of the ACT & 51小黄车 communities, with respect, equity, inclusion, and justice.
ACT hosts a season kick-off pizza party each September and produces both a straight play in the fall and a musical in the spring under the auspices of the Department of Theatre and Dance. ACT also hosts a number of events throughout the year, including but not limited to Midnight Theatre, Cabaret Nights, Improv Nights, and Master Classes. Club members vote on the following season鈥檚 shows each May; election of board members and production teams for the upcoming year are also made during the spring semester.
Information about Fall Auditions听
at the Pizza Party!
2024-25 Season
"At the Wedding"
by Bryna Turner
Directed by Patrick O'Konis
The Pit听- O'Kane 037
November 21, 23, 24 at 7:30 p.m.
(There is no Friday evening performance.)
Matinees November 23-24 at 2:00 p.m
Bryna Turner's zany one-act follows Carlo as she decides to crash her ex-girlfriend's wedding (to a man). 听In her plight to win Eva back, Carlo must try to navigate her mistakes, regrets, and insecurities through stereotypical wedding traditions, awkward interventions by family and friends and - most importantly - an open bar. 听We are delighted to welcome back as guest director Patrick O'Konis, who teaches Basic Acting in the Department of Theatre and Dance and is an alumnus from the class of 2016. 听
Please reserve tickets by calling (508) 793-3536 or emailing act@g.holycross.edu. You may also stop by our Hogan Lobby Table 11/18-11/22 from noon-4:00 p.m. $5 HC / $10 General - Cash at the door only
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"Alice by Heart"
Book by Steven Sater & Jessie Nelson
Music by Duncan Sheik
Lyrics by Steven Sater
The Pit - O'Kane 37
March 20-22 at 7:30 p.m.
Matinees March 22 & 23 at 2:00 p.m.
Act's musical this year is an offbeat retelling of Alice in Wonderland set in a London tube station in 1941, in the early days of the Blitz, when the city was enduring nightly bombings by the Nazi forces. 听Alice and a ragtaggle crew of other displaces young Londoners inhabit a makeshift shelter in the Underground. 听Lew Carroll's fantasy classic becomes Alice's means of consoling and transporting her lifelong friend Alfred, who is suffering from tuberculosis. 听Directed by Mike Sheehan '25.
Ticket information in February.
2023-2024 Executive Board Members听
Co-Chair of Production: Maggie Baum '25
Co-Chair of Programming: 听Rachel Golden '25
Vice Chair: Erin Ledwith '26
Secretary: Julia Divine '26
Treasurer:听 Kelly Burke '25
Social Media & Publicity Manager: Bridget Campbell '25
Board Members: Hillary Boadu 鈥25, Lizzie Connelly 鈥25, Mary Grace Kelly '25, Vincent Sekafetz '25, Frank Amuso '26, Adele Feldberg 鈥26, Emily Fox 鈥26, Lily Jaramillo 鈥26, Meredith Shaw 鈥27, Victor Torres 鈥27
Contact: ACT@g.holycross.edu