Recipient of the
American Theatre Wing
National Theatre Company Award
Our Mission
Our mission is to create the highest quality theatre possible,
challenging, stretching, and invigorating our community. We emphasize
LANGUAGE by placing primary value on quality language and literature,
ENSEMBLE by developing performers who seek continuous improvement and
creating an academy for training ourselves and emerging theatre artists, and
CHALLENGING IDEAS by presenting plays which offer complex and provocative
points of view related to important social, political, and personal issues.
NEXT AT THE ROGUE
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
PRODUCTION SPONSORS:
Jack Wahl & Mary Lou Forier
Shawn Burke
Directed by Christopher Johnson
Music Direction by Russell Ronnebaum
April 25–May 18, 2025
Friday & Saturday 7:30 P.M.,
Saturday & Sunday 2:00 P.M.
Romeo is a Montague, and Juliet a Capulet. Their families are enmeshed in a feud, but the moment they meet, the two fall in love. One of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies is finally given a passionate rendering at The Rogue.
Please join us for The Rogue Theatre’s
“What’s going on here?”
Sponsored by Sally Krusing
Five-play season packages are now available
Individual tickets go on sale in early August
Tartuffe
by Moliere
translated/adapted by Richard Wilbur
September 5–28, 2025
Cloud 9
by Caryl Churchill
October 31–November 23, 2025
Peter and the Starcatcher
by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
adapted by Rick Elice
January 9–February 1, 2026
The River
by Jez Butterworth
February 20–March 15, 2026
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
April 24–May 17, 2026
The John & Joyce Ambruster Play-Reading Series
2024–2025
New this season: Two performance of each reading to choose from: Saturday AND Sunday!
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
by Sam Steiner
2 PM Saturday, March 29, 2025
2 PM Sunday, March 30, 2025
No Man’s Land
by Harold Pinter
2 PM Saturday, May 24, 2025
2 PM Sunday, May 25, 2025
The John & Joyce Ambruster Play-Reading Series 25–26
Four-reading subscription packages are now on sale.
Individual tickets for The Sun Also Rises will go on sale July 1,
and tickets for the other three readings will go on sale in August.
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
adapted by Christopher Johnson & Sophie Gibson-Rush
2 PM Saturday, July 19, 2025
2 PM Sunday, July 20, 2025
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
2 PM Saturday, October 4, 2025
2 PM Sunday, October 5, 2025
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
adapted by Marilyn Campbell & Curt Columbus
2 PM Saturday, March 28, 2026
2 PM Sunday, March 29, 2026
Shining City
by Conor McPherson
2 PM Saturday, May 23, 2026
2 PM Sunday, May 24, 2026
2024–2025
Intro to our 20th Season
Our 20 Year History
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Patrick Baliani, Professor at the W.A. Franke Honors College at the University of Arizona, presents his essay 'The Ends of the World,' introducing The Rogue's 20th Anniversary Season.
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A history of The Rogue Theatre on the eve of its 20th Anniversary Season, with a photo from every play we've produced since 2005 and some of the remarkable milestones achieved along the way. Photos by Tim Fuller.
Recent news articles heralding the start of our 20th Season
The Rogue Theatre's Anniversary Season Celebrates 20 Years of Pushing Boundaries
The company has achieved two decades of innovation and excellence.
20 Years of Shining a Light: Tucson’s Rogue Theatre marks a milestone season
Cynthia Meier and Joe McGrath had a very clear vision when they launched Rogue Theatre in 2005: To stage works that were being overlooked in Tucson’s theater space.
20th Anniversary Season Coloring Book
Illustrations by Christopher Johnson
from photographs by Tim Fuller
Purchase a coloring book and pick it up at the box office or have it mailed to you for an additional cost.
The Rogue Theatre at The Historic Y
300 East University Boulevard, Suite 150
Tucson, Arizona 85705-8033
Free Off-Street Parking
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I am constantly amazed by [The Rogue Theatre’s] creativity and ability to show our human propensities and mysteries in such a way as to catch our souls.
— Dottie Davis, audience member
A Look Back at The Rogue Theatre’s 2022–2023 Season
We hope you'll enjoy this look back at our 2022–2023 Season, featuring video footage of the five plays and four play-readings we staged this year.
The Rogue in Action!
Enjoy audio storytelling with Rogue Radio, and watching The Rogue in action on video with backstage tours and stop-motion animation!
LATEST: Charles Dickens’ The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton on Rogue Radio