Event is free to students, faculty, and staff! Just show us your ID at the box office! Non-RU people may purchase tickets at the door. November 3-6, 2022, (Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m.) Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center Director, Deborah Mogford These Shining Lives is based on the true story of Catherine Donahue and...
Free for RU students, Faculty, and Staff. Tickets can be purchased at ticketor.com/rockforduniversity for non-RU attendees November 18, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center Directors, Prof. Timm Adams & Tim Anderson Join Rockford University choirs and special guest Camerata Emanon in a glorious fall concert celebrating the power of singing to uplift and...
February 23 – 26, 2023 (Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm) Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center Director, Prof. Deborah Mogford Wilde referred to this play as “a trivial comedy for serious people.” This is a farcical comedy with witty, quick paced dialogue and situations dealing with love, lovers, mistaken identity, an outrageous parent, and a...
April 27-30, 2023 (Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m.) Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center Guest Director, Stephen Schellhardt Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics...
Pure Imagination: A Night at the Movies May 5, 2023, 7:30 p.m. Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center Director/Conductor, Prof. Timm Adams Escape to a sensational evening of unforgettable songs from...
September 21-24, 2023 (Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm) Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center Director, Prof. Deborah Mogford First produced in 1963 starring Alec Guinness and successfully revived to great acclaim on Broadway in 2009, this absurdist exploration of ego and mortality is set in the crumbling throne-room of the palace in an unnamed country...
Admission is free with a $20 suggested donation. This show consisting of songs inspired by travel will be in CHEEK THEATRE at 4pm and 10pm. Cheek Theatre is located in the Clark Arts Center on Rockford University Campus (5050 East State Street) in the lower level. Can't attend the event? Donate here: https://www.givecampus.com/tzx0ta Directed By...
November 9-12, 2023 (Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm) Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center Director, Prof. Timm Adams Based on the novel, The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo by Michael Butterworth, Lucky Stiff is an offbeat, hilarious murder mystery farce, complete with mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds and a corpse...
December 8, 2023 (Friday, 7:30 pm) Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center Director, Prof. Timm Adams A performance featuring Rockford University choirs.
February 22-25, 2024 (Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm) Cheek Theatre, Clark Arts Center Director, Stephen Schellhardt Writer and composer Jason Robert Brown transports his audience from the deck of a 1492 Spanish sailing ship to a ledge, 57 stories above Fifth Avenue, to meet a startling array of characters that range from a young...
