Previous Production Seasons

2024-2025

Almost, Maine, by John Cariani, Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Scott Borish
No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre, Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Tobias Pfluke
Zodiaque Dance Company Celebration 50 Fall Program, Drama Theatre, Dir. Kerry Ring & Michael Deeb Weaver
Ride The Cyclone, The Musical, Black Box Theatre, Dir. Doug Weyand, Music Dir. Matt Marco
Three Sisters, by Anton Checkov, New Version by Sarah Ruhl, Rehearsal Workshop, Dir. Lana Sugarman
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Black Box Theatre, Dir. Anne Burnidge
Fabulation, Drama Theatre, Dir. Thembi Duncan
MFA Dance Showcase, Black Box Theatre, Fac Advisor Rebecca Chaleff

2023-2024

Gruesome Playground Injuries, by Rajiv Joseph, Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. John DellaContrada
Puffs, by Matt Cox Haddon, Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Moriah Armstrong
Zodiaque Dance Company (Fall), Drama Theatre, Dir. Kerry Ring & Michael Deeb Weaver
Renascence, Black Box Theatre, Dir. James Beaudry, Music Dir. Matt Marco
Emerging Choreographers Showcase,
Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Anne Burnidge
Outrage, by Itamar Moses, Drama Theatre, Dir. Mason Beggs
MFA Fall Dance Concert, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Fac Advisor Melanie Aceto
The Intruder, by Maurice Maeterlinck, Rehearsal Workshop, Dir. Ian Downes
The 39 Steps, Adapted by Richard Barlow, Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Moth Medina
The Odd Couple, By Neil Simon, Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Julia Witt
Zodiaque Dance Company (Spring), Drama Theatre, Dir. Kerry Ring & Michael Deeb Weaver
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, Black Box Theatre, Dir. Scout Davis, Music Dir. Matt Marco
Henry VI, Part 2, by William Shakespeare, Adapted and Directed by Dr. Danielle Rosvally, Rehearsal Workshop
ChoreoLab, Black Box Theatre, Dir. Jenna Zavrel
MFA Dance Thesis Concert,
Black Box Theatre, Dir. Anne Burnidge
9 to 5 The Musical,
Drama Theatre, Dir. Eric Deeb Weaver, Music Dir. Matt Marco
Dancers Workshop, Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre,
Dir. Lily Colligan
Senior Dancer Showcase, Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre,
Dir. Morgan Mahoney and Mia Pierce

2022-2023

Zodiaque Dance Company (Fall), Drama Theatre, Dir. Kerry Ring & Michael Deeb Weaver
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Thomas Hughes Bellavigna
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Black Box Theatre, Dir. Terry Berliner, Music Dir. Matt Marco
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Drama Theatre, Dir. Anne Burnidge
Noises Off, by Michael Frayn, Drama Theatre, Dir. Greg Natale
MFA Dance Concert, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Fac Advisor Ariel Nereson
Zodiaque Dance Company (Spring), Drama Theatre, Dir. Kerry Ring & Michael Deeb Weaver
C'est la Vie, Student Directed Series,
Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Derrian Brown and Aneesah Karam
Eurydice, by Sarah Ruhl,
Black Box Theatre, Dir. Jon Elston
ChoreoLab,
Black Box Theatre, Dir. Jenna Zavrel
MFA Dance Thesis,
Drama Theatre, Fac. Advisor Ariel Nereson 
Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella,"
Drama Theatre, Dir. James Beaudry
Dancers Workshop, Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Lily Colligan
Senior Dancer Showcase,
Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Natasha Skidmore and Madison Temple

2021-2022

Zodiaque Dance Company (Fall), Drama Theatre, Dir. Kerry Ring & Michael Deeb Weaver
0 Degrees Alcestis, By Ian Downes, Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Kaylie Horowitz
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Drama Theatre, Dir. Joyce Lichtenberger
MFA Dance Concert, Katharine Cornell Theatre
Red Bike, By Caridad Svich, 
Drama Theatre, Guest Dir. Victoria Pérez
Zodiaque Dance Company (Spring), Drama Theatre, Dir. Kerry Ring & Michael Deeb Weaver
Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry, Student Directed Series,
Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Tioga Simpson
ChoreoLab, Drama Theatre,
Dir. Jenna Del Monte Zavrel
MFA Dance Thesis,
Drama Theatre, Faculty Advisor Ariel Nereson 
Twelfth Night,
Black Box Theatre, Dir. Danielle Rosvally
Vinegar Tom, Theatre Studio Ensemble, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Guest Dir. Kelli Bocock-Natale
Violet, Drama Theatre, Dir. Alison d'Amato
Dancers Workshop, Katharine Cornell Theatre
Senior Dancer Showcase,
Katharine Cornell Theatre

2020-2021

UB Dance New Horizons, Virtual Production on CFA YouTube, Dir. Jenna Del Monte Zavrel, Jeanne Fornarola, Kerry Ring 
UB Music Theatre Song Workshop, Virtual Production on CFA YouTube, Virtual Production on showtix4u.com, Dir. Nathan R. Matthews
MFA Dance Thesis Concert, Virtual Production on CFA YouTube, Dir. Ariel Nereson
Everbody, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Virtual Production on showtix4u.com, Dir. Lindsay Hunter
The Center in Motion (dance), Virtual Production on CFA YouTube, Dir. Kerry Ring 
Shutter Speed (dance) , Virtual Production on CFA YouTube, Dir. Jenna Del Monte
Pipeline, by Dominique Morisseau , Student Directed Series, Virtual Production on showtix4u.com, Dir. Sydné Jackson, Tioga Simpson
Living in Topsy Turvy World,
Virtual Production on CFA YouTube, Dir. Gary John LaRosa
Trifles, by Susan Glaspel, Virtual Production on showtix4u.com, Dir. Meredith Conti

2019-2020

The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Suess, Adapted by Katie Mitchell, Student Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, Dir. Kerry Ring 
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Theatre, Dir. Vincent O'Neill 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Joyce Lichtenberger 
Guys and Dolls, Drama Theatre, Dir. Keith Andrews
MFA Dance Concert, Katharine Cornell Theatre 
Everybody, By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Black Box Theatre, Dir. Lindsay Hunter (postponed due to COVID-19)
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, Dir. Kerry Ring (postponed due to COVID-19)
UB ChoreoLab, Drama Theatre, Dir. Jenna Del Monte (postponed due to COVID-19)
Merrily We Roll Along, Drama Theatre, Dir. Nathan R. Matthews (postponed due to COVID-19)
The Lover, by Harold Pinter, Student-Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre (postponed due to COVID-19)

2018-2019

Pippin, By Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson, Drama Theatre, Dir. Paul Stancato 
The Cherry Orchard, By Anton Chekhov, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Bella Poynton 
45 Plays for 45 Presidents, Black Box Theatre, Dir. Lindsay Hunter 
Zodiaque Dance Company: Celebration 45, Drama Theatre, Dir. Kerry Ring 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Katharine Cornell Theatre, Dir. Joyce Lichtenberger 
MFA Dance Concert, Katharine Cornell Theatre 
Julius Caesar, By William Shakespeare, Main Stage Theatre, Dir. Danielle Rosvally 
Zodiaque Dance Company: ZODIAQUE DANCES ON, Drama Theatre, Dir. Kerry Ring 
UB ChoreoLab, Drama Theatre, Dir. Trebien Pollard 
The Threepenny Opera, By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Drama Theatre, Dir. Nathan R. Matthews 
Student-Directed Series, Katharine Cornell Theatre

2017-2018

Zodiaque Dance Company: The 44th Season Fall Program, Drama Theatre, Dir. Kerry Ring 
MEN ON BOATS, Black Box, Dir. Eero Laine 
Green Day's American Idiot, Drama Theatre, Dir. Paul Stancato 
Emerging Choreographer's Showcase, Katharine Cornell Theatre 
Zodiaque Dance Ensemble, Drama Theatre 
Hamlet, Drama Theatre 
Zodiaque Dance Company: The 44th Season Spring Program, Dir. Kerry Ring 
Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, Drama Theatre, Dir. Nathan R. Matthews 
Student-Directed Series: THE LARAMIE PROJECT, Alumni Arena 190, Directed and Produced by Joe Wood & Sawyer Matheny

2016-2017

Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Kerry Ring 
Return from the Forbidden Planet, Black Box, dir. and choregraphed by Terry Berliner 
Graceland and Asleep on the Wind*, KCT, dir.Gianna Palermo 
Midsummer Night's Dream, Drama Theatre, dir. Stephen Wisker 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, KCT, dir. Melanie Aceto 
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Kerry Ring 
10 out of 12, Black Box dir. Eero Laine 
Zodiaque Dance Ensemble, Black Box, dir. Jeanne Fornarola 
Dog Sees God and Quick/Hide*,  KCT, dir. Emma English and Jes Tokarski 
My Fair Lady, Drama Theatre, dir. Vincent O'Neill

*Student Directed Productions

2015-2016

Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tress Gorman and Tom Ralabate 
Who Will Carry the World, Black Box, dir. Kathleen Golde 
Gruesome Playground Injuries / Scenes from The Glass Menagerie, KCT, dir. Chloe Barg and Connor Graham 
Legally Blonde, Drama Theatre, dir. and choreographed by Keith Andrews 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, KCT, dir. Melanie Aceto 
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tressa Gorman Crehan and Tom Ralabate 
Zodiaque Dance Ensemble, Black Box, dir. Kerry Ring and Anne Burnidge 
Machinal, KCT, dir. Eero Laine 
Into the Woods, Drama Theatre, dir. Nathan Matthews 
A Ring Never Ends, Black Box, written and dir. by Sean Graney

2014-2015

Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tressa Gorman Crehan & Tom Ralabate 
Hot L Baltimore, KCT, dir. Jerry Finnegan 
How We Did It, Drama Theatre, dir. Doug Fitch 
The Man Who Would Be King, Black Box, dir. Nathan Matthews, choreographer DJ Salisbury 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, KCT, dir. Melanie Aceto 
Almost Maine, KCT, dir. Dani Joselon 
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tressa Gorman Crehan & Tom Ralabate 
Spring Awakening, Drama Theatre, dir. Nathan Matthews, choreographer Jon Lehrer 
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, KCT, dir. Jocelyn Girigorie 
Showing #1, KCT, coordinated by Kate LoConti 
Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble,
Black Box, dir. Anne Burnidge 
Savage in Limbo, Black Box, dir. Maria Horne

2013-2014

Rocky Horror Show, Drama Theatre, dir. Josh Walden 
Blood Wedding, Black Box, dir. Vincent O'Neill 
Zodiaque Dance Company Celebration 40, Drama Theatre, dir. Tom Ralabate and Tressa Gorman Crehan 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Black Box, dir. Anne Burnidge 
Zodiaque Dance Company Celebration 40 dances on..., Drama Theatre, dir. Tom Ralabate and Tressa Gorman Crehan 
The Tempest by William Shakespeare, Black Box, dir.Kazimierz Braun 
Les Misérables, Drama Theatre, dir. Nathan Matthews 
Zodiaque Dance Ensemble, Black Box, dir. Melanie Aceto 
The Collection, KCT, dir. Antonio Dougherty

2012-2013

Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tressa Gorman Crehan 
Road to Glory, Black Box, dir. Kaz Braun 
The Three Penny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, Drama Theatre, dir. Vincent O’Neil, music dir. Nathan R. Matthews 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Black Box, dir. Melanie Aceto 
Life Under Water by Richard Greenberg, KCT, dir. Chelsea Bath 
A Simple Pay by Max Archimedes Levitt, KCT, dir. Max Archimedes Levitt 
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tom Ralabate and Tressa Gorman Crehan 
Forgiving John Lennon, Black Box, dir. Stephen McKinley Henderson 
Zodiaque Dance Ensemble, Black Box, dir. Anne Burnidge 
Urinetown the Musical, Drama Theatre, dir. and choreographed by D.J. Salisbury, music dir. Nathan R. Matthews 
Michi’s Blood/Sexual Perversity in Chicago, KCT, dir. Jerry Finnegan 
Autobahn, KCT, dir. Tyler Brown and Sarah Kost

2011-2012

Hedda Gabler, Black Box, dir. Kevin Leary 
It Goes Like It Goes - The Music of David Shire, Music by David Shire, Drama Theatre, co-dir. and choreographed by Terry Berliner, co-dir. and music dir. by Nathan R. Matthews 
Talk To Me, KCT, dir. Maria Horne 
FEN, Black Box, dir. Jerry Finnegan 
Grease, Drama Theatre, dir. Greg Natale 
Mr. Marmalade, KCT, dir. Robert Knopf 
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tressa Gorman Crehan 
Zodiaque Dance Ensemble Company, Black Box, dir. Melanie Aceto 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Black Box, dir. Anne Burnidge

2010-2011

Cabaret, Drama Theatre, dir. Gary John LaRosa 
Oleanna, David Mamet, Black Box, dir. Kazimierz Braun 
Side Man, Warren Leight, Drama Theatre, dir. Robert Knopf 
A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim, Black Box, dir. Nathan Matthews 
Rumors, KCT, dir. Greg Natale 
Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley, KCT, dir. Jerry Finnegan 
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tressa Gorman-Crehan 
Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble Company, dir. Melanie Aceto 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase,
Black Box, dir. Anne Burnidge

2009-2010

Tattoo Girl, Naomi Iizuka, Black Box, dir. Sarah Bay-Cheng 
Rent, Jonathan Larson, Drama Theatre, dir. Nathan Matthews, choreo. Tom Ralabate 
A Night Out, Harold Pinter, Black Box, dir. Vincent O'Neill 
Our Town, Thornton Wilder, Drama Theatre, dir. Jerry Finnegan 
Scarcity, Lucy Thurber, KCT, dir. Stephen McKinley Henderson 
Little Shop of Horrors, KCT, dir. Greg Natale 
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tressa Gorman-Crehan 
Fall Guest Choreographers: Barb Denny, Cathy Allen, David Earle, Jon Lehrer, Karen Schupp 
Spring Guest Choreographers: Jon Lehrer, David Earle, Lindsay Guarino, and Teena Custer 
Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble Company, dir. Melanie Aceto 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Black Box, dir. Anne Burnidge

2008-2009

On the Town, Black Box, dir. Nathan Matthews 
Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare, Drama Theatre, dir. Robert Knopf 
The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekhov, Black Box, dir. Kazimierz Braun 
The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Rupert Holmes, Drama Theatre, dir. Gary John LaRosa 
Melancholy Play, Sarah Ruehl, KCT, dir. Kate LoConti 
Bug, Tracey Letts, KCT, dir. Jerry Finnegan 
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tom Ralabate 
Fall Guest Choreographers: Tim Goodman, Chanon Judson, Eileen and Michael Lambert 
Spring Guest Choreographers: Jon Lehrer and Gina Pero 
Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble Company, dir. Joyce Miller-Lichtenberger 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Black Box, dir. Melanie Aceto

2007-2008

City of Angels, Drama Theatre, dir. Erica Gould 
The Shape of Things, Neil LaBute, Black Box, dir. Robert Knopf 
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, Drama Theatre, dir. Vincent O’Neill 
Baby, Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire, Black Box, dir. Jerry Finnegan 
Spring Awakening, Frank Wedekind, KCT, dir. Kate LoConti 
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tressa Gorman-Crehan 
Fall Guest Choreographers: Rebecca Guile and Jon Lehrer 
Spring Guest Choreographers: Terry Fillips and Mark Santillano 
Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble Company, dir. William Thomas 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Black Box, dir. Melanie Aceto

2006-2007

The Exonerated, dir. Fortunato Pezzimenti 
Card Index Scattered, Tadeuz Rozewicz, Black Box, dir. Kazimierz Braun 
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde, Drama Theatre, dir. Greg Natale 
Berlin to Broadway, Kurt Weill, Black Box, dir. Sarah Bay-Cheng, Choreographer: Tracy Navarro 
She Loves Me, Drama Theatre, dir. Kent Paul 
Hot L Baltimore, Lanford Wilson, Black Box, dir. Jerry Finnegan 
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tom Ralabate 
Fall Guest Choreographers: Joseph Celej, Joe Cipolla, and Leslie Wexler. 
Spring Guest Choreographers: Joseph Celej, Jon Lehrer, Roberto Villanueva and Leslie Wexler 
Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble Company, dir. William Thomas 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Black Box, dir. Melanie Aceto

2005-2006

Myths and Hymns, Adam Guettel, Black Box, dir. Daniel Pelzig 
A Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare, Drama Theatre, dir. Saul Elkin 
Merrily We Roll Along, Stephen Sondheim, Drama Theatre, dir. Marcia Milgrom Dodge 
The Trial, Stephen Berkoff, Black Box, dir. Vincent O'Neill 
Zodiaque Dance Company, Drama Theatre, dir. Tom Ralabate 
Fall Guest Choreographers: Margaret Duffy, Student choreographers: Brittney Griffin and Claire Jacob-Zysman, Spring Guest Choreographers: Bill Evans and Elaine Gardner 
Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble Company, dir. William Thomas 
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Black Box, dir. Melanie Aceto