The Crescent Theatre is Clayton State University’s theatrical stage featuring productions by students in the Theatre program. This beautifully renovated 149 seat theatre serves as a performance and classroom space.
The Crescent Theatre
2023 Fall Season
One-Act Play Festival
Standin’ in the Sun
By Je’Cori Neal
Set in 1940s Atlanta, Standin’ in the Sun is a one-act play that tells the story of a boy who navigates his way through sibling rivalry, parental adversity, and self-discovery as a beautiful love story unfolds. This play focuses on the idea of standing in your truth despite the obstacles and pain that life presents.
Performances: 10/26 & 27 @ 7:30 pm, 10/28 @ 2:30 pm
Tickets:
Adults: $7
Students attend free with Laker ID
*This production contains adult content.
UTOPIA
By Carol Welter
Utopia is a revenge drama. When Guy was ten years old, his father confessed to being gay. The story follows the quest of Guy, who develops a multimillion-dollar conglomerate with a focus on destroying as many gay people as possible. This journey causes him to cross paths and fall in love with a bi-sexual woman Molly, and to affiliate with an open-minded therapist Dr. Pringle. Guy is challenged by her theory of…each person being of all sexualities and of the soul having no sexuality.
Performances: 11/2 & 3 @ 7:30 pm, 11/4 @ 2:30 pm
Tickets:
Adults: $7
Students attend free with Laker ID
*This production contains adult content.
Fixed *Dates Changed
By Tatiyana Mixon
Tiffany, a 15-year-old, struggles with their gender identity in a country where anything other than cisgender heterosexuality is legally punished by the "Maintenance Commission." Their MOTHER is the new interim Maintenance Commissioner, and Tiffany must decide whether to stay in the closet and keep the peace or choose to live in their truth and risk their freedom.
Performances: 11/16 & 17 @ 7:30 pm, 11/18 @ 2:30 pm
*Note original dates changed. Previously purchased tickets will be honored.
Tickets:
Adults: $7
Students attend free with Laker ID
*This production contains adult content.
See All Three Performances!
Receive a discounted price of $15 instead of $21 when you purchase a ticket to all three productions.
Senior Theatre Capstone Cindora Starr
The Spanglish Improv Show
The show will be an interactive improvisational performance on the study abroad process and journey. This performance will contain roleplay scenarios of improv.
Clayton State Theatre is committed to ensuring that our theatre is accessible to all individuals with or without disabilities. The Crescent Theatre is equipped with wheelchair seating, listening devices for the hearing impaired, and an access ramp leading to the stage.