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HBB Current Season

2024 - 2025 Performance Season

 

FALL 2024

DNA STORY: A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE CAPTURED ON VIDEO

Written by Vince LiCata & directed by Patricia A. Suchy

September 12 - 13, 2024

The story of the discovery of the structure of DNA, for which Jim Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins won a Nobel Prize - and Rosalind Franklin did not. A hybrid of true quotes, real science, and imagined interactions injected into an array of different performance genres from game shows to Beckett to split personality characterizations, "DNA Story" originally premiered in the HBB in 2009 and now returns re-staged for video.

 

GRADUATE STUDENT & FACULTY SHOWCASE

Produced by Hal Lambert

September 24, 2024

 

FAR HALCYON DAYS

Created by Travis Brisini

October 23 - 27, 2024

On an island in the Gulf of Mexico, the painter Walter Inglis Anderson set out to realize humanity and the natural world as an artistic and spiritual circuit. Sixty years later, as the Gulf faces threats both industrial and climatic, this performance looks to art for guidance in (re)developing our relationship with the more-than-Human waters of the American South. 

 

THE PLACE OF PERFORMANCE LECTURE

By Dr. Craig Gingrich-Philbrook with Dr. Shelby Swafford

November 19, 2024

The Place of Performance Lecture is a collaboration between the HBB and the Department of Communication Studies to celebrate the place of live, aesthetic performance in academic research. The annual series brings to campus a distinguished scholar/artist who has placed performance practice at the center of their career for a public lecture on their work.

FALL SHOWCASE

Produced by Autumn Passman and Jess Kintigh

December 3, 2024

 

 

SPRING 2025

PERVIRGIN

Written and performed by Nkechi Chibueze & directed by Alex Jennings and Cynthia Sampson

January 22 - 26, 2025

Nkechi is a 35 year old woman who has never been kissed...and she REALLY wants to talk about it. Join her as she lays out the blueprint to becoming a supervirgin, recounts cringeworthy crushlationship stories, and takes a deep dive into discovering what is stopping her from creating the romantic connections she desires and deserves.

CRACKED CLASSICS: NIFTY FIFTIES NUTCRACKER

Adapted and directed by Jessica Kintigh

February 19 - 23, 2025

Don’t change that dial! This 1950s re-telling of the classic Nutcracker and Mouse King book from 1816 is a swinging good time for the whole family! Follow Mary Stallburgh as she and her new doll travel into the television into a world of dancing, sitcoms, and good ol’ 1950s nostalgia! 

A HUGEONIC POP! CULTURE EXTRAVAGANZA

Created by Tracy Stephenson Shaffer

April 23 - 27, 2025

How might humans explain the importance of pop culture to extraterrestrials? Since we probably don’t speak the same language, we should show them, rather than tell them. Join us for a passionate, irreverent, and touching performance of all things POP! 

SPRING SHOWCASE

Produced by Ibrahim Yusif and Ethan Hunter

April 29, 2025

 

 

 

Reservation Information

Seat reservations for the current production can be made at www.bit.ly/reservehbb.

There is no charge to attend HBB events but donations of any amount are kindly accepted at the door. One-time and reocurring donations can also be made online through the LSU Foundation by searching for "performance studies area enhancement fund." 

Seating

The HBB is a fairly intimate space with chair-on-riser seating. Audience capacity ranges between 50-100 people, as determined by the director of each show. All seating is general, although accommodations are made for people who need or request them. Typically, we open theatre doors to the house 10 minutes before the start of each show. When attendance is heavy, patrons are admitted according to their ticket numbers, the lowest numbers first. As the director prefers, late arrivals may or may not be admitted to the theatre once the show starts.

Parking

There are parking lots directly adjacent to Coates Hall. For the Friday and Saturday night shows and the Sunday matinee, the lots are typically free of traffic and you'll find plenty of places to park. For the Wednesday and Thursday night shows, these same lots are busy and finding a place to park is more difficult. If the lots are full, we suggest you try the union parking lot located directly across the street from Coates Hall or additional spaces on Tower Drive.

To access Coates Hall by wheelchair, park in the north or south lots of Coates Hall.