Theatre company on stage under lights, viewed from behind
Welcome to SRC Theatre/STAGE for 2026–2027

Cartoon graphic of pitcher of coffee being poured into a coffee cup in a long streamFall 2026

A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, the 1981 Off-Broadway comedy hit by John Ford Noonan. Suburban Westchester County’s Maude is having a bit of a day. Her husband is on an out-of-town holiday with his secretary, and her neighbor Hannah Mae, a recent transplant from Texas, is forcing her way into Maude’s kitchen and into her life. November 13-15, 2026.

CAST & CREW opportunities: STAGE selects CAST (actors) and CREW (tech staff) at the same audition/interview sessions. For Fall 2026 production, prospective actors will read and tech staff will interview at two OPEN sessions, Sept. 1 & 2, 4:00-6:00 p.m., in the Taylor Hall Theatre (T209) on the SRC Canton Campus. Actors can download the audition sides here. Paper copies of audition sides will be available at open auditions. Participation in STAGE productions is open to current SRC students and any resident of the Spoon River College district. To apply for a CAST or CREW position, complete the online application form. For more information about SRC Theatre/STAGE, contact Director Douglas Okey.

Spring 2027:

For the first time, STAGE will be producing an original play by an SRC Theatre Program alum! More details will be announced this fall. Performance dates will be March 5-7, 2027.

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.