BACKSTAGE | Theatre Productions

Dramaturgy is the study of dramatic composition and dramaturgs use research and writing to assist the cast, production team, and audience to understand the main elements of a script. Designers bring characters to life with clothes and an environment. Our students are involved with every part of a production, from renderings to rehearsals to closing.

The Wolves

Dramaturg's Note

Scenes from the Odyssey

Dramaturg's and Director's Notes September 2020

Fun Home

Dramaturg's Note

Fun Home

A Family Tragicomic

The Boys and The Nuns

Spring 2020

Making Our Town Accessible

Gianni Carcagno's research project increases the accessibility and inclusivity of the Theatre Program. (2019)

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Assistant Director and Dramaturg Lexi James shares the new life that came to Our Town during the first weekend of public performances. (2019)

Staging Loyola's Our Town

Learn how the words of Our Town's script were brought to life through staging and dialect. (2019)

The Home of Grover's Corners

Go through a history of Peterborough, the inspiration for Thornton Wilder's Grover's Corners. (2019)

Shakespearean comedy in the Newhart

What makes a "Shakespearean comedy" a comedy? (2019)

Renaissance Dance in Much Ado

Loyola's production of Much Ado About Nothing incorporates Renaissance Dances, including a sword dance! (2019)

The Making of Time

Clocks are the heartbeat of Failure: A Love Story. Learn the history of clock making in this latest piece! (2019)

Chamber Theater and Epic Theatre

Explore the several theatre-making methods utilized in the creation of Failure: A Love Story. (2019)

Expressionism in the Newhart

Machinal explores expressionism on the Newhart Stage (2018).

Ruth Snyder's Trial

Look into the true story behind the Young Woman in Sophie Treadwell's Machinal. (2018)

Mr. Burns and Mythology

Dramaturg Elijah Cox talks Mr. Burns and mythology. (2017)

The Simpsons are coming to Loyola

Get an introduction to Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play from Elijah Cox. (2017)

Student Designers of Doubt

Three well-rounded students take on our faculty-directed season opener. (2017)

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Step into the world of Doubt: A Parable. (2017)

Meet the Tintypes Characters

Meet the characters and their historical counterparts. (2017)

Tintypes and the Super Bowl Collide

The use of patriotic music in nationwide events mirrors Tintype's ode to the turn-of-the-twentieth century United States.

She Kills Monsters Article

Student-directed show celebrates queer identity and nerd culture. The sold out Second Stage production was recently featured in a Loyola Phoenix article written by theatre student Elijah Cox.(2017)

Costume renderings for Monsters

See student designer Emily Swanson's renderings for She Kills Monsters (2016)

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