Bowling Green State University

Wolfe Center for the Arts, Bowling Green, OH 43403

https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/theatre-and-film.html

The Wolfe Center for the Arts is part of the BGSU Arts Corridor, located between the Fine Arts Building and the Moore Musical Arts Center.  The 100,000-square-foot facility provides a space for collaborative work and study between all the fine and performing arts. The building includes the offices for the Department of Theatre and Film Home, classrooms, a 400-seat theatre, a black box actor’s theatre, sound stage and production support areas, electronic recording studio, student technology center and collaborative vocal music, school of art and dance studios.

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Upcoming Events (5)

Head Over Heels

Thu, Nov 20, 2025 8pm

Wolfe Center for the Arts, Thomas B. and Kathleen Donnell Theater

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Head Over Heels is the bold new musical comedy from James Magruder and Jeff Whitty—the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is inspired by a 16th century pastoral poem by Sir Philip Sidney titled, Arcadia, and set to the music of the 1980’s all-female rock band the Go-Go’s, including their iconic songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” and “Vacation,” as well as Belinda Carlisle’s solo hits, “Heaven is a Place on Earth” and “Mad About You.” A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, Head Over Heels follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction—only to discover the key to their realm’s survival lies within each of their own hearts. (Broadway Licensing)  

Head Over Heels

Fri, Nov 21, 2025 8pm

Wolfe Center for the Arts, Thomas B. and Kathleen Donnell Theater

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Head Over Heels is the bold new musical comedy from James Magruder and Jeff Whitty—the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is inspired by a 16th century pastoral poem by Sir Philip Sidney titled, Arcadia, and set to the music of the 1980’s all-female rock band the Go-Go’s, including their iconic songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” and “Vacation,” as well as Belinda Carlisle’s solo hits, “Heaven is a Place on Earth” and “Mad About You.” A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, Head Over Heels follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction—only to discover the key to their realm’s survival lies within each of their own hearts. (Broadway Licensing)  

Head Over Heels

Sat, Nov 22, 2025 2pm

Wolfe Center for the Arts, Thomas B. and Kathleen Donnell Theater

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Head Over Heels is the bold new musical comedy from James Magruder and Jeff Whitty—the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is inspired by a 16th century pastoral poem by Sir Philip Sidney titled, Arcadia, and set to the music of the 1980’s all-female rock band the Go-Go’s, including their iconic songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” and “Vacation,” as well as Belinda Carlisle’s solo hits, “Heaven is a Place on Earth” and “Mad About You.” A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, Head Over Heels follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction—only to discover the key to their realm’s survival lies within each of their own hearts. (Broadway Licensing)  

Head Over Heels

Sat, Nov 22, 2025 8pm

Wolfe Center for the Arts, Thomas B. and Kathleen Donnell Theater

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Head Over Heels is the bold new musical comedy from James Magruder and Jeff Whitty—the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is inspired by a 16th century pastoral poem by Sir Philip Sidney titled, Arcadia, and set to the music of the 1980’s all-female rock band the Go-Go’s, including their iconic songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” and “Vacation,” as well as Belinda Carlisle’s solo hits, “Heaven is a Place on Earth” and “Mad About You.” A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, Head Over Heels follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction—only to discover the key to their realm’s survival lies within each of their own hearts. (Broadway Licensing)  

Head Over Heels

Sun, Nov 23, 2025 2pm

Wolfe Center for the Arts, Thomas B. and Kathleen Donnell Theater

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Head Over Heels is the bold new musical comedy from James Magruder and Jeff Whitty—the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is inspired by a 16th century pastoral poem by Sir Philip Sidney titled, Arcadia, and set to the music of the 1980’s all-female rock band the Go-Go’s, including their iconic songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” and “Vacation,” as well as Belinda Carlisle’s solo hits, “Heaven is a Place on Earth” and “Mad About You.” A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, Head Over Heels follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction—only to discover the key to their realm’s survival lies within each of their own hearts. (Broadway Licensing)  
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Someplace Warm

Sat, Nov 8, 2025 8pm

Wolfe Center for the Arts, Eva Marie Saint Theatre

In this play by Peter Macklin, a rape survivor who finds she is pregnant must decide if she wants to raise the child with help from her best friends, a gay couple who long for a child of their own. (Concord Theatricals)  
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Someplace Warm

Fri, Nov 7, 2025 8pm

Wolfe Center for the Arts, Eva Marie Saint Theatre

In this play by Peter Macklin, a rape survivor who finds she is pregnant must decide if she wants to raise the child with help from her best friends, a gay couple who long for a child of their own. (Concord Theatricals)  
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BG Opera Theatre: Handel's Acis and Galatea

Sun, Nov 2, 2025 3pm

Wolfe Center for the Arts, Donnell Theatre

$10 General Admission
The BGSU Opera Theatre and the Department of Theatre and Film will present Handel's Acis and Galatea. Tickets are $10 general admission and may be purchased here. Free admission for BGSU students with ID card at the door.  
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BG Opera Theatre: Handel's Acis and Galatea

Fri, Oct 31, 2025 8pm

Wolfe Center for the Arts, Donnell Theatre

$10 General Admission
The BGSU Opera Theatre and the Department of Theatre and Film will present Handel's Acis and Galatea. Tickets are $10 general admission and may be purchased here. Free admission for BGSU students with ID card at the door.  
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An Evening with Toledo Filmmaker Nick Corbin

Thu, Oct 9, 2025 7:30pm

Wolfe Center for the Arts, Thomas B. and Kathleen Donnell Theater

Free and open to the public
Moderated by Dr. Cortland Rankin, Associate Professor, BGSU Department of Theatre and Film Filmmaker Nick Corbin screens his documentaries about his hometown of Toledo and discusses topics ranging from local independent filmmaking to his recent work for Netflix and Amazon.    
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Creative Minds 2025: Elevator Repair Service Residency

Wed, Oct 8, 2025 7pm

Wolfe Center for the Arts, Thomas B. and Kathleen M. Donnell Theatre

Free and open to the public
  Elevator Repair Service (ERS) is a New York City–based company that creates original works for live theater with an ongoing ensemble. The company’s shows are created from a wide range of texts that include found transcripts of trials and debates, literature, classical dramas, and new plays. ERS will create new, ensemble-based short theater pieces with BGSU students. The public event will include a performance of these new works and a presentation by ERS about the company’s history and process. Founded in 1991, ERS has created an extensive body of work. These have earned the company a loyal following and made it one of New York’s most highly acclaimed experimental theater companies. The company is best known for Gatz, its award-winning verbatim staging of the entire text of The Great Gatsby. ERS has received numerous awards and distinctions, including Lortel awards, a Bessie award, and an OBIE award for Sustained Excellence, as well as a Guggengheim Fellowship and Doris Duke Performing Artist Award for Artistic Director John Collins. 

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I took my 34 year old daughter, and two granddaughters, ages 10 and 4. We all LOVED it! We each enjoyed it for different reasons, and at different levels. My granddaughters giggled through it, as did my daughter and myself. But, being a grammy, it eventually brought tears to my eyes. A's facial expressions were beyond comical, engaging and heartbreaking! Everyone did an amazing job. Thanks for the opportunity to share theater with my grandchildren at such a low price, too.

I loved the show! Especially the passion of the character Orin! He was absurd and proud! !

Audience was annoying, laughing at anything remotely blue, even lines which weren't even remotely funny. The play might be good, but you would never know it from this performance. Perhaps the material, as I said above, was to advanced for the cast.

Leading lady was miscast, a good actress, but a character actress, not a leading lady. (I am intentionally non PC, I use actor and actress aviator and aviatrix). Material was beyond the ability of the cast, although they did, in some scenes rise to the occasion–hospital room scene, barroom scene. Dad actor needed to project more; I missed a lot of his lines.

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