Out Loud

Sit back and read plays aloud written by both student and professional playwrights. Sign up to read a character. Pause the reading for discussion. Hear fellow attendees lend their voice to the show.

Ryan Vasconcellos, author of Respawn. Runner up for the 2022 Creative Artist Award.

RESPAWN by Ryan Vasconcellos

Friday, September 2, 7:00pm
Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre

Respawn is a one-act comedy about treasure, glory, death, betrayal, doctors, romance, goblins, and friendship…

A party of adventurers journey to a labyrinth in search of treasure and glory, but their journey is cut short by arrows and incineration. They are awoken by the Dark Figure of Mystery and learn they are trapped in a cycle of life and death. Each time they are revived they must try to clear the labyrinth. If they die, they are respawned at the beginning, but keep the knowledge they gain on their way. Will these four adventurers make it out alive? Will they get the fame and fortune they seek? Will they ever find a bathroom?!

National Banned Book week image, Sept. 18-24, 2022

BANNED BOOKS

Friday, September 23, 7:00pm
Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre

In collaboration with NC State Libraries, talented NC State students will present scenes and monologues from banned and challenged books as part of National Banned Books Week. Celebrate your freedom to read!

Interested in joining as a reader? Follow the link above (desktop); below (mobile). Additionally, attend an interest meeting Monday, Sept. 12 from 4-5pm in the lobby at Thompson Hall.

Evil Dead: The Musical “Listening Party”

Friday, October 21, 7:00pm
Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre

We will be hosting a ‘listening party’ for Evil Dead: The Musical by Reinblatt, Cipolla, Bond and Morris. We will do our traditional reading of the text with volunteers from the audience, interspersed with hearing the original cast recording of the music for the full experience.

Five college students go to an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s all up to Ash (a housewares employee turned demon-killing hero) and his trusty chainsaw to save the day. Blood flies. Limbs are dismembered. Demons tell bad jokes … and all to music.

Wyat Hamilton, author of "Lethean", winner of the 2023 Creative Artist Award

LETHEAN by Wyat Hamilton

Friday, January 27, 7:00pm
Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre

Agno arrives in the Underworld wholly bereft of his memory making it impossible to decide his fate in the afterlife. He must journey through Hell accompanied by Philo, the Philosopher, and the Fury Electra to rediscover his past in this new one-act play.

Recipient of the 2023 Creative Artist Award – Honorable Mention

Mackenzie Cayco, Creative Artist Award honorable mention for "Light of Jupiter"

LIGHT OF JUPITER by Mackenzie Cayco

Friday, February 17, 7:00pm
Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre

This celestial dramedy follows Equuleus, embodiment of the Little Horse constellation, as they descend to earth to recover Sirius from the earthly realm. Castor and Pollux decide to beat Equuleus to the lost star and gain status of their own. These cosmic beings fall upon our campus and meet an array of quirky and lovable students who help them in unexpected ways.

Recipient of the 2023 Creative Artist Award – Honorable Mention

University Theatre presents a reading of D.W. Gregory's Radium Girls April 14, 2023.

RADIUM GIRLS by D.W. Gregory

Friday, April 14, 7:00pm
Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Radium Girls offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science. Inspired by a true story.

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For questions and additional information, contact

Mia Self

Asst Director

mlself3@ncsu.edu