KU Theatre & Dance unveils 2026-27 season of five shows
KU Theatre & Dance’s five-show season spans a fall farce, a dance concert and an all-ages SpongeBob Musical.
Songs for a New World opens KU Theatre & Dance’s five-show 2026-27 season on Oct. 2, 2026, in Crafton-Preyer Theatre. KU Theatre & Dance unveiled the season July 8, and tickets for the 2026-2027 University Theatre season go on sale Aug. 25.
Jason Robert Brown’s off-Broadway musical is about people standing at pivotal moments and facing decisions that can alter their futures. KU has scheduled the show for Oct. 2, 4, 9, 10 and 11, 2026, in Crafton-Preyer Theatre.
KU then moves into The Emperor of the Moon, a Restoration farce and spectacle of a love story by Aphra Behn that has been edited by KU doctoral student Gillian Genardo. The production leans into a midcentury modern and futuristic visual style, with scenography inspired by both architecture and science fiction. Performances are set for Oct. 30, 31 and Nov. 1, 3, 4 and 5, 2026, in William Inge Memorial Theatre.
The fall dance concert follows in Crafton-Preyer Theatre on Nov. 20, 21 and 22, 2026, and includes ballet, modern contemporary and free-improvised dance styles. The program includes work by choreographic fellow Junichi Fukuda, along with a collaboration between KU professor Jane Barnette and Ariel Nereson of the University at Buffalo.
The spring half of the season turns to Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, which reimagines the Greek myth from the heroine’s perspective and follows Eurydice and her father as they struggle against fading memories in the underworld. KU has set performances for March 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11, 2027, in William Inge Memorial Theatre. The season closes with The SpongeBob Musical, an all-ages production in Crafton-Preyer Theatre on April 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18, 2027, as SpongeBob and friends race to save their community from a volcanic threat.
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