Theatre Productions

Five Decades of Memorable Performances

The jewel of the Goppert Performing Arts Center is the Goppert Theatre. Built in 1974, the theatre is named after Vita Goppert ’72, the “First Lady” of Avila. The Bill and Jean ’76 Buchanan Stage is home to four student theatrical productions a year, plus choir and orchestra concerts, lectures, and workshops, Goppert Theatre is also a popular venue for other theatre troupes, including a long-time relationship with Theatre for Young America.

2023 – 2024 Season

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Past Productions

CLUE on Stage!
Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn, written by Sandy Rustin, additional material by Hunter Foster & Eric Price

A creepy mansion. Six mysterious guests. And a dinner party with murder and blackmail on the menu. It’s a madcap murder mystery.

Voices

Avila Theatre presents a staged reading presentation to bring awareness to the issue of human trafficking and to highlight local organizations which are addressing this abuse as part of our mission of social justice and care for the Dear Neighbor.

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

To what extent should the government legislate sexuality? In this timely play, depravity and vice are running rampant as a sanctimonious deputy finds himself in control of enforcing the city’s old immorality laws.

She Loves Me
Book by Joe Masteroff, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

Before Bumble, before DM, there were “pen pals”, and romance blossomed through pen and paper. In this Tony award winning best musical, a pair of pen pals fall anonymously in love on paper. When they meet in person, it’s not just romantic sparks that fly.