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Wig & Buckle Theater Company

Live Theater, by Students

Founded in 1935, the Wig and Buckle Theater Company is proud of its tradition of providing quality live theater produced and performed by students for the LVC campus and the central Pennsylvania community.

The oldest continually operational student organization on campus, Wig and Buckle annually produces three to four shows a year. Wig and Buckle also serves as the resident theater company for the LVC English Department’s Theater Concentration, playing a vital co-curricular role in the training and application of students’ theater skills.

Wig and Buckle is open to all LVC students and meets every Friday at 4 p.m. in Leedy Theater.

Wig & Buckle Theatre art for Romeo and Juliet show

Wig & Buckle presents Romeo & Juliet

An age-old vendetta between two powerful families erupts into bloodshed. A group of masked Montagues risk further conflict by gatecrashing a Capulet party. A young lovesick Romeo Montague falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet, who is due to marry her father’s choice, the County Paris. With the help of Juliet’s nurse, the women arrange for the couple to marry the next day, but Romeo’s attempt to halt a street fight leads to the death of Juliet’s own cousin, Tybalt, for which Romeo is banished. In a desperate attempt to be reunited with Romeo, Juliet follows the Friar’s plot and fakes her own death. The message fails to reach Romeo, and believing Juliet dead, he takes his life in her tomb. Juliet wakes to find Romeo’s corpse beside her and kills herself. The grieving families agree to end their feud.

Show Dates

  • Friday, Feb. 16, & Saturday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, Feb. 17, & Sunday, Feb. 18, at 1 p.m.

Meet the Team

President – Melissa West (maw008@lvc.edu)

Vice President – Andrew Santoro (ams038@lvc.edu)

Producer – Lucey Walton (lmw005@lvc.edu)

Treasurer – Marina Biltcliff (meb018@lvc.edu)

Tech Director – Ethan Tucker (egt001@lvc.edu)

Front of House – Thomas Stankard (ts012@lvc.edu)

Secretary – Meg Arnold (mla002@lvc.edu)

Historian – Katherine Buerke (kab018@lvc.edu)

Publicity – Victoria Frederickson (vrf001@lvc.edu)

Events – Nick Neagu (nin002@lvc.edu)

Shayani Bhattacharya (shayanib@lvc.edu)

Dr. Bhattacharya is an Assistant Professor of English who is thrilled to take on the role of Faculty Advisor for Wig and Buckle. She has over twelve years of international theatrical experience in political street theater, competitive theater, and proscenium “group theatre.” Her experience in acting and directing has been honed in diverse cultural milieu. She has been part of award-winning productions that have toured internationally. Some of her notable theatrical experience is with Kolkata-based ensemble theater troupes, notably Ensemble and TinCan. Schooled in both formal and workshop productions, Dr. Bhattacharya’s philosophy of theater is rooted in disrupting status quos through creative discourse. Her scholarship focuses on representing minoritized memories and experiences in unconventional narratives. Her research and teaching interests lie in Science Fiction, World Literature, Adaptations, Memory Studies, Global film, Postcolonial Literature, etc.

Past Productions

2022–23

  • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Fall 2022)
  • The Crucible (Winter 2023)
  • She Kills Monsters (Spring 2023)

2022-23 Wig and Buckle season production posters

 

2021–22

  • The Cripple of Inishmaan – Directed by Dr. Kevin Pry
  • Macbeth – Directed by Ryan Dennehy
  • Bonnie and Clyde – Directed by Chiara Meyers
  • Noises Off – Directed by David Deitz

Wig & Buckle Theatre Company 2021-22 season posters

2010–11

  • And Then There Were None – Directed by Jamie Latshaw
  • An Adult Evening With Shel Silverstein – Directed by Brian Stefaniak
  • Anything Goes – Directed by Katy Raines
  • The First Annual Showcase
  • You Can’t Take It With You – Directed by Lisa Roberts

2010-2011 Production Posters

2011–12

  • Wild Oats – Directed by Chris Ulicny
  • Second Annual Showcase
  • Chicago – Directed by Andrew Ferrie
  • Vinegar Tom – Directed by Jenna Dutton

2011-2012 Production Posters

2012–13

  • Into The Woods – Directed by Laura Gingerich
  • Third Annual Showcase
  • The Comedy of Errors – Directed by Keifer Kemmerly
  • Dog Sees God – Directed by Rosemary Bucher

2012-2013 Production Posters

2013–14

  • Chess – Directed by Rosemary Bucher
  • Private Lives – Directed by Dr. Kevin Pry
  • Fourth Annual Showcase 
  • Proof – Directed by Anthony Hoover
  • A Doll’s House – Directed by Dee Bogert

2013-2014 Production Posters

2014–15

  • Curtains – Directed by Aileen Koch
  • Fifth Annual Showcase
  • All My Sons – Directed by Dr. Kevin Pry
  • Tartuffe – Directed by Lacey Eriksen

2014-2015 Production Posters

2015–16

  • Company – Directed by Shannon Kane
  • Picasso at Lapin Agile
  • Last Of The Red Hot Lovers – Directed by Jarrod Goss
  • Flight of the Mahabharata
  • Blithe Spirit

2015-2016 Production Posters

2017–18

  • Nice Work if You Can Get It – Directed by Jennifer Summy
  • Lion in Winter – Directed by Dr. Kevin Pry
  • Gaslight – Directed by Sydney Furhman
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner – Directed by Maddy Lenhart

2017-2018 Production Posters

2018–19

  • Little Shop of Horrors – Directed by Maddy Lenhart
  • Twelfth Night – Directed by Amanda Schwinger
  • Murder on the Nile – Directed by Alex Mora

2018-2019 Production Posters

2019–20

  • Godspell – Directed by Hannah Gale
  • Almost Maine – Directed by Chiara Meyers
  • The Curious Savage – Directed by Amanda Schwinger

2019-2020 Production Posters

2000-2001

  • Peter Pan
  • Threepenny Opera
  • Checkmate

2001-2002

  • Harvey
  • Guys and Dolls
  • Laundry and Bourbon and Lone Star

2002-2003

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
  • Forum
  • The Crucible

2003-2004

  • The Mousetrap
  • Sweeney Todd
  • The Misanthrope

2004-2005

  • Moon Over Buffalo
  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • Lysistrata

2005-2006

  • The Real Inspector Hound
  • La Mandragala
  • Cabaret
  • Much Ado About Nothing

2006-2007

  • Plaza Suite
  • Urinetown
  • Fuddy Meers

2007-2008

  • The Importance of Being Earnest
  • I Think You Should
  • Oklahoma!
  • The Laramie Project

2008-2009

  • Dracula – Directed by Jamie Latshaw
  • The Pirates of Penzance – Directed by Ben Long
  • Spring Awakening – Directed by Stephanie Henrich

2008-2009 Production Posters

2009-2010

  • Rabbit Hole – Directed by Arlene Reiter
  • Dead Man’s Cell Phone – Directed by Dr. Kevin Pry
  • Aida – Directed by Sean Deffley
  • The Taming Of The Shrew – Directed by Karen Oulahan

2009-2010 Production Posters

 

 

1995-1996

  • Rumors
  • Torch Song Trilogy
  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All

1996-1997

  • Crimes of the Heart
  • A Girl’s Guide to Chaos
  • Nunsense

1997-1998

  • Steel Magnolias
  • Hello Dolly!
  • Jake’s Women

1998-1999

  • Sylvia
  • Into the Woods
  • The Heidi Chronicles

1999-2000

  • Brighton Beach Memoirs
  • Pippin
  • Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night