A.S. Theatre Arts Program
Kingsborough Theatre Arts Production Seasons
Production Philosophy
Kingsborough Theatre Arts produces a season of plays and musicals each semester. The program aims to offer production experiences each year in both our Lighthouse Theatre, a 299-seat proscenium theatre, and our Acting Studio, an intimate, flexible performance space, seating audiences between 50-60 people. The program is dedicated to providing our students with educationally-centered and artistically-rich production experiences that explore a broad range of theatrical works. While we believe that it is important to feature works that have previously been seen as canonical, Kingsborough Theatre Arts also looks to question the theatrical canon by featuring theatrical works written by artists of color, queer artists, women artists and artists with varying abilities. We see our production season not only as a necessary educational laboratory for our theatre students but also as an artistic service to our community by providing theatrical productions that foster empathy, conversation, and connection across our college campus. It is through these production experiences that we strive to further the education of our students, enrich the artistic life of our college, and position theatre as a centerpiece of civic discourse in our college community.
Kingsborough Theatre Arts Production History (2007 – 2025)
2024-2025 Season: A Season of (Un)Shakespeare
A season of adaptations, commentaries, parodies, and reimaginings of/on the life and works of William Shakespeare
*ticket reservation information coming soon*
The Book of Will
by Lauren Gunderson
directed by Professor Paul Ricciardi
Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have literary masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. But without Henry Condell and John Heminges, we would have lost half of Shakespeare’s plays forever! After the death of their friend and mentor, the two actors are determined to compile the First Folio and preserve the words that shaped their lives. They’ll just have to borrow, beg, and band together to get it done. Amidst the noise and color of Elizabethan London, The Book of Will finds an unforgettable true story of love, loss, and laughter, and sheds new light on a man you may think you know.
Join us for this comedic thriller from one of American theatre’s most-produced playwrights. Winner of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, 2018
November 15-20, 2024
The Lighthouse Theater
November 15th at 7pm
November 16th at 2pm
November 18th, 19th, and 20th at 5pm
Download The Book of Will 2024-2025 Theatre Arts Production Season Poster
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]
by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
directed by Professor Thomas L. Rothacker
The cultural touchstone that is The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was born when three inspired, charismatic comics, having honed their pass-the-hat act at Renaissance fairs, premiered their preposterous masterwork at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1987. It quickly became a worldwide phenomenon, earning the title of London’s longest-running comedy after a decade at the Criterion Theatre. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is one of the world’s most frequently produced plays and has been translated into several dozen languages. Featured are all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, meant to be performed in 97 minutes, by a handful of actors. Fast paced, witty, and physical, it’s full of laughter for Shakespeare lovers and haters alike. The original version was followed by the 2010 Revised version, and this latest Revised Again version includes changes that celebrate and encourage greater diversity and inclusivity in today’s theater!
March 12-15, 2025
The Acting Studio (M-103)
March 12th at 5pm
March 13th at 5pm
March 14th at 7pm
March 15th at 7pm
Download The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]
Twelfth Night, a musical
by Kwame Kwei-Armah & Shaina Taub
directed by Professor Ryan McKinney
musical direction by Professor Jessica Corbin
Named one of the best theatrical productions of 2018 by Time, The Hollywood Reporter and The Washington Post, Twelfth Night is a rousing contemporary musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy about mistaken identity and self-discovery. Twelfth Night tells the story of Viola, a young heroine who washes up on the shores of Illyria, disguises herself as a man, is sent to court a countess and falls hard for a Duke. As she navigates this strange and wonderful new land, she finds her true self and true love in the process. Featuring an original jazz-funk score by Shaina Taub (Broadway’s SUFFS), with a dynamic cast and running 90 minutes long, Twelfth Night is appropriate for all audiences and groups.
May 16-21, 2025
The Lighthouse Theater
May 16th at 7pm
May 17th at 2pm
May 19th, 20th, and 21st at 5pm
2023-2024 Season
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind by Greg Allen

Download Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind by Greg Allen Poster (PDF)
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical by Rob Rokiki and Joe Tracz

Download The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical by Rob Rokiki and Joe Tracz Poster (PDF)
2022-2023 Season (return to in-person performances & audience)
2021-2022 Season (live-streamed from the Lighthouse Theatre)
The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman & The Tectonic Theatre Project

2020-2021 Season (entirely online)
Language of Angels by Naomi Iizuka
We’re Gonna Die by Young Jean Lee
Far Away by Caryl Churchill
Lysistrata by Aristophanes, adapted by Ellen McLaughlin
2019-2020 Season
Sweat by Lynn Nottage (online)

[title of show] by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell (online)

Marisol by José Rivera

* Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu

2018-2019 Season
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin
Penny Pinball Presents The Beacons (university premiere) by Georgina Escobar
Download Penny Pinball Presents The Beacons (university premiere) by Georgina Escobar (PDF)
2017-2018 Season
The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman

Download The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman Poster (PDF)
Bent by Martin Sherman

Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman

Detroit ‘67 by Dominique Morrisseau

2016-2017 Season
Antigone, in a version by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Judith Malina
Download Antigone, in a version by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Judith Malina (PDF)
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Download "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis Poster (PDF)
First Date, Music and Lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner; book by Austin Winsberg
The Tennessee Williams Festival, An Evening of One-Act Plays by Tennessee Williams
2015-2016 Season
Violet by Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley, based on The Ugliest Pilgrim by Doris
Betts

The Solo Performance Festival, by KCC Theatre Students, led by Prof. Paul Ricciardi
Speech and Debate by Stephen Karam
Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca, translated by Lillian Groag
2014-2015 Season
Two Gentlemen of Verona adapted by John Guare & Mel Shapiro, Lyrics by John Guare, and Music by Galt MacDermot, based on the play by Shakespeare The Hot ‘L’ Baltimore by Lanford Wilson


2013-2014 Season
Big River by William Hauptman, from the novel by Mark Twain, Music/Lyrics by Roger Miller
Fabulation (or, The Re-Education of Undine) by Lynn Nottage
2012-2013 Season
Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory
2011-2012-Season
Working by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, and James Taylor, and lyrics by Schwartz, Carnelia, Grant, Taylor, and Susan Birkenhead
From Page to Stage Festival by John Cariani
2010-2011 Season
Smokey Joe's Café by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Download Smokey Joe's Café by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Poster (PDF)
2009-2010 Season
Once On This Island, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty
Download Once On This Island, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty
Poster (PDF)
The Trickeries of Scapin by Moliere
2008-2009 Season
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz, with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel
The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
2007-2008 Season
Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman Fall
The Vagina Monologues by Even Ensler
All in the Timing by David Ives
* Recipient of four national awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, including distinguished production of a play, distinguished ensemble, distinguished performance by an actor, and the citizen artist award.