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CINEMA 7x7
The 6th Annual 49 Hour Film Festival
A TheatreXpress Student Production
Sep. 12-14 Production Weekend
Sep. 26 Public Showcase @ 7:00 PM
The Studio Theatre
Free General Admission: No tickets required
Modeled after the international 48 Hour Film Project, which hosts events all around the globe, the students of TheatreXpress are proud to produce their own version—complete with one extra hour for good measure. Participation is open to all TLU community members and their network of family and friends. Beginning on a Friday evening, entrants will receive the basic parameters of the competition. You draw a genre from a hat. You’re assigned a required character, line of dialogue, and prop. The rest is up to you, as you make a movie in one intense weekend. Completed films are due just 49 hours later and will be screened for the public on September 26th.
Viewer discretion advised: may contain mature subject matter.
Viewer discretion advised: may contain mature subject matter.
CHEMICAL IMBALANCE: A JEKYLL AND HYDE PLAY
by Lauren Wilson
Oct. 24, 25, 31, and Nov. 1 @ 7:30 PM
Oct. 26 & 31 @ 2:30 PM
The Studio Theatre
This clever farce and dark comedy adapts the famous novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Set against the empire and backdrop of Victorian England, a group of compelling characters release their repressed inhibitions with increasing ferocity, animalistic abandon, and comic chaos. At the center of it all is Dr. Henry Jekyll, a talented physician with the ambition to discern and master the chemical formula for human good and evil, using himself as the test patient. As his experiments proceed, his alter ego (Mr. Hyde) becomes progressively violent and difficult to control. In the hands of writer Lauren Wilson, the results are equally hilarious and horrific, as she uses comedy to captivate the audience while exploring the universal themes from Stevenson’s classic. The result is a fast-paced romp as the characters walk the tightrope between civility and depravity. You’ll laugh out loud and then question why you’re laughing!
Suitable for most ages.
Suitable for most ages.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, concert edition
Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken
A Collaboration with the TLU School of Music
Jan. 15—17 @ 7:30 PM
The Studio Theatre
This deviously delicious hit of stage and screen has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years, becoming one of the most popular shows in the world. In this concert edition, TLU Dramatic Media joins with The TLU School of Music to share the songs and story that audiences love!
The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant, naming it "Audrey II" after his coworker crush. This irreverent, R&B-singing carnivore promises fame and fortune to the down-and-out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it... BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!
The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant, naming it "Audrey II" after his coworker crush. This irreverent, R&B-singing carnivore promises fame and fortune to the down-and-out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it... BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!
THEATRE 5x5
The 2nd Annual 25 Hour Play Festival
A TheatreXpress Student Production
Rescheduled for Spring of 2026, Dates and Times TBA
Inspired by our popular Cinema 7x7 Film Festival, and modeled after similar 24-hour play festivals, the students of TheatreXpress will produce a whirlwind event we call THEATRE 5x5! Beginning on a Friday evening at 6:30 PM, participants will convene and begin creating original short plays. The results will be showcased to the public a mere 25 hours later! Participation is open to all TLU community members and their network of family and friends.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by William Shakespeare
Feb. 20, 21, 27, & 28 @ 7:30 PM
Feb. 22 & 27 @ 2:30 PM
The Studio Theatre
The course of true love never did run smooth! In A Midsummer Night’s Dream—Shakespeare’s whimsical tale of love, magic, and mistaken identities— four young lovers flee the oppression of an arranged Athenian marriage, escaping into an enchanted forest. There, they cross paths with the fairy kingdom, as King Oberon and Queen Titania wage a quarrelsome battle that threatens the balance of the human world. When the mischievous fairy Puck applies a love potion to the wrong mortals, comic bedlam ensues. The laughs are amplified by a group of “rude mechanicals”— working class laborers who retreat to the forest to practice a play for the Duke of Athens. As these worlds collide, Shakespeare creates an environment of chaotic friction between reason and passion, logic and lust, law and nature, authority and rebellion… love and hate! Filled with sparkling humor, poetic beauty, and a touch of dreamlike wonder, this popular classic invites audiences to celebrate love’s power to both confound and delight!
THE BEST OF THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW
A TheatreXpress Student production, in partnership with The Texas Theater
Mar. 27 & 28 @ 7:30 PM
Mar. 28 & 29 @ 2:30 PM
The Stephen & Mary Birch Texas Theater • Seguin, TX
Carol Burnett is known as one of the most brilliant comedians of all time, and her CAROL BURNETT SHOW ran for 11 years, garnering 25 prime-time Emmy awards and inclusion on Time magazine’s list of “100 Best TV Shows of All Times.” This event features the actual scripts to some of her best comedy sketches, as they were performed by the unsurpassed comedy team of Burnett, Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, and Vickie Lawrence. Not a word in these scripts has been changed, bringing the brilliance of the sketches to a new generation of performers and audience members. Produced by the students of TheatreXpress, in partnership with The Stephen and Mary Birch Texas Theater, this showcase promises to be a blend of nostalgia and laugh-out-loud fun for all!
GHOST LIGHT
an original movie, produced as part of The Moving Pictures Project
Premiering during XpressFest.26
The Studio Theatre
When a small theatre troupe completes rehearsal, the stage manager begins the ritual process of securing the space for the night. It’s a familiar and uneventful task… until they turn on the “ghost light”— a lamp placed onstage to provide some degree of safety in the dark. What follows is dark indeed, however, and certainly not safe! Premiering at XpressFest.26, GHOST LIGHT is part of The Moving Pictures Project, a regular initiative to produce original film content that promotes collaboration between students, faculty members, and regional professional artists.
Viewer discretion advised: may contain mature subject matter.
Viewer discretion advised: may contain mature subject matter.
Viewer discretion advised: may contain mature subject matter.
Viewer discretion advised: may contain mature subject matter.
XPRESSFEST.26
A TheatreXpress Student Production
Admission is free to all events
Apr. 17-19, 24-26, Times TBA
The Studio Theatre
The 26th annual XpressFest showcases original student plays, movies, and class projects. Join the student artists of TheatreXpress for this culmination of their annual work, including senior capstone projects.
Viewer discretion advised: may contain mature subject matter and language.
Viewer discretion advised: may contain mature subject matter and language.
All dates, times, and content are subject to change.
