Duke Players Productions
Duke Players is the student organization in the Department of Theater Studies.
Its members support the Department's productions by running auditions and working on production crews, promoting participation in theater by all Duke students, and by representing the interests of students who are involved in Theater Studies. Duke Players also produces one lab production each semester in addition to the Orientation Show it produces to acquaint incoming freshmen with the riches of theater at Duke. Learn more about Duke Players Laboratory.
Past Productions
Ain't Misbehavin': The Fats Waller Musical Show
Written By: Richard Maltby, Jr., music by Fats WallerDirected By: Sophie Caplin
Director Sophie Caplin (Once On This Island) comes back with another musical for Duke Players, a sassy, sultry musical celebration of legendary jazz great, Fats Waller. This staging is a passion project for producer Onastasia Ebright who has arranged for the...
Good Country People
Written By: Valerie MuenstermanDirected By: Ashley Ericson
From Flannery O'Connor's short story, sophomore Valerie Muensterman has created an original script centered on Hulga Hopewell's Southern Gothic misadventure with a travelling Bible salesman.
Production photos by Valerie Muensterman
For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls
Written By: Christopher DurangDirected By: Meredyth Albright
In this one-act parody of THE GLASS MENAGERIE, the fading Southern belle, Amanda, tries to prepare her hyper-sensitive, hypochondriacal son, Lawrence, for "the feminine caller." Terrified of people, Lawrence plays with his collection of glass cocktail stirrers. Ginny, the feminine caller, is...
Once On This Island
Written By: Lynn Ahrens and Stephen FlahertyDirected By: Sophie Caplin
From the Tony Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Seussical, Ragtime), comes the Olivier Award-winning Once on This Island. This highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale, The Little Mermaid...
The Curse of the Wendigo
Written By: Rory EgglestonDirected By: Sophie Caplin
Duke Players presents their first production in Sheafer Theater, a collaboration on Rory Eggleston's senior distinction project. Rory adapted, with the author's permission, the horror novel by Rick Yancey THE CURSE OF THE WENDIGO. Directed by Sophie Caplin, this bizarre and bloody tale is...