Productions
ArkType New Play Fest
Be the first to see new works by University of Arkansas M.F.A. playwrights, Connor
Johnson and Basil Parnell. Join us for a festival of ingenuity and originality of
thesis productions of two new plays*:
- Wildflower Season by Connor Johnson
- Camp Wyldwood by Basil Parnell
FEB. 27 - March 7, 2026
Global Campus Theatre
The plays run in repertory on alternating times and days during the festival:
- Fri 2/27 @ 7:30pm: Wildflower Season
- Sat 2/28 @ 7:30pm: Camp Wyldwood
- Sun 3/1 @ 2:00pm: Camp Wyldwood
- Sun 3/1 @ 7:30pm: Wildflower Season
- Thu 3/5 @ 7:30pm: Wildflower Season
- Fri 3/6 @ 7:30pm: Camp Wyldwood
- Sat 3/7@ 2:00pm: Wildflower Season
- Sat 3/7 @ 7:30pm: Camp Wyldwood
*Please be advised that these plays explore adult themes and mature content. Audience discretion is recommended.
Peter and the Starcatcher
by Rick Elice
Based on the best-selling novel, go on a journey full of whimsy and adventure. Follow along with a band of young boys that are trying to make it home after being captured by the evil King Zarboff. Finding new friends, treasure, and even pirates along the way, this play brings out the inner child in all of us.
APR. 10 - 18, 2026
University Theatre at the Fine Arts Center
Evolutions
Closing our fourth year of the Movement Dance Company at the University of Arkansas' campus this show will explore the progression and transformation of movement, both personal and collective, echoing how we have evolved over time and how individuals or communities grow through movement.
APR. 24 - 26, 2026
University Theatre at the Fine Arts Center
Twilight Bowl
by Rebecca Gilman
What defines success? Six women in a bowling alley on their last night together search for the answer. A celebration for one and the final night of freedom for another. All of them sit in the strange calm before their lives change forever, wondering if they will ever truly become the people they imagined.
SEPT. 26 - OCT. 5, 2025
Global Campus Theatre
Little Women
Music by Jason Howland. Lyrics by Mindi Dickenstein. Book by Allan Knee.
The musical adaptation based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, this story revolves around the lives of four sisters trying to define themselves during the time period of the Civil War. A powerful musical with a large story to tell and an even larger cast! Music by Jason Howland. Lyrics by Mindi Dickenstein. Book by Allan Knee.
NOV. 7 - 16, 2025
University Theatre at the Fine Arts Center