Theatre company on stage under lights, viewed from behind

SRC Theatre Announces Season for 2025-2026

Fall 2025

A storm at sea. A plot to usurp a throne. A new love. And a sorcerer on an island, commanding an army of faeries, with the fate of his enemies in his hands…

The Tempest, a revenge fantasy that ultimately takes a comic turn, is the last play known to be entirely from William Shakespeare’s own pen. With many of the features of a tragedy in place at the start, The Tempest explores betrayal, redemption, mercy, and forgiveness—without asking whether it’s been earned. SRC Theatre’s Fall 2025 production of this “late romance” of Shakespeare’s will perform November 14-16.

Spring 2026

“Nothing to be done.” Or is there?

Step into a world where time stands still, and anything—or nothing—can happen. In Waiting for Godot (1952), Samuel Beckett’s iconic tragicomedy, two vagabonds wait on a desolate road beneath a solitary tree for the mysterious Godot. Blending dark humor with poignant insight, Waiting for Godot is a theatrical landmark that redefined modern drama. This Spring 2026 production from SRC Theatre performs March 6-8.

For more information about the SRC Theatre Program, contact Douglas Okey at 309-649-6308 or Email Douglas Okey.

SRC Drama Program

The SRC Drama Program has an academic curriculum that includes acting courses as well as drama-oriented classes for humanities and fine-arts credit. Each academic year, student-centered performance opportunities are available with planned productions in both fall and spring semesters. The Drama Program offers performing grants (scholarships) to recognize and reward the work of talented students.

Spokesong practice: director working with student actors rehearsing for a play

In the academic year 2015-16, the student organization STAGE: SRC Theatre Artists Group for Education was created. The group has as its advisor SRC drama and English instructor Douglas Okey. STAGE provides support and awareness for the program as well as a pool of interested and talented students to participate in theatre productions.

The SRC Drama Program has produced graduates who have gone onto careers in performance, including TV and film actor David Pires and, most recently, New York stage performer Kyle Motsinger. A student from the 1990s, Jacob Welch, is a theatre professor and award-winning lighting designer.

In the years since founding director Bob Gorg retired in 2008, the program has undergone various transitions. Most recently, in the 2013-14 academic year, the program had been in hiatus for the purpose of rebuilding. During that year, our “black-box” theatre production space was extensively renovated and updated through the expert consultation of SRC graduate Jacob Welch.

For more information about upcoming productions and opportunities in the SRC Drama Program, contact Douglas Okey or by phone at (309) 649-6308.