HBB Current Season

FALL 2026
48 Hour Film Scramble Produced by Nathaniel Aron & Mitchell Kahalley AUGUST 38-30, 2026 This celebration of creative collaboration brings participants together with randomly assigned teammates to conquer writer's block and the existential dread of not knowing what to do for the weekend. The challenge culminates in a public premiere and a celebration of the completed films on Sunday night. Any LSU student is welcome to participate, regardless of experience! So whether you're looking to connect with fellow students, explore your creativity, or simply try something new, get ready to scramble!
Graduate Student & Faculty Showcase Produced by Hal Lambert SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
DOUBLE BILL SEPTEMBER 16-20, 2026 Devotional Apparatus Written & Directed by Saint Lange Defying orders to disband, a cloistered order of nuns seek divine guidance. But when their prayers yield intercessions that question the ethos of their faith, they must decide if their devotion truly dwells within the Church. The Satan Hunter: A Daring Lecture with Tom Wedge Created by Ben Holmes Directed by Ethan Hunter Are your neighborhood teens participating in strange rituals? Have animals turned up missing all their blood? Is your local Walmart selling DnD? Then you might have a Satanist problem, and there’s only one man who has the answers.
GUEST ARTISTS Lessons from Black Mountain College Featuring Melanie O'Meara and Sarah Jackson Produced by Ethan Hunter SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 2, 2026 O’Meara and Jackson will guide participants through the methodologies of some of Black Mountain College’s legendary teachers and students, such as Ruth Asawa, Anni Albers, M.C. Richards, and Mary Parks Washington. Mirroring BMC’s core philosophy of ‘process over product,’ you will learn to integrate art, labor, and community to build better performances today. The residency concludes with a one-night-only showcase!
THE PLACE OF PERFORMANCE LECTURE Edgy Spaces and Thorny Mystics: Performing Matterphor in the High Desert Featuring Tami Spry Produced by Travis Brisini OCTOBER 13, 2026 The Place of Performance is an annual lecture series that celebrates the performing arts in Communication and Performance Studies. Each year the HBB invites a prominent scholar/artist who has put performance practice at the center of their career to deliver a public presentation about their work.
In Altum Adapted & Directed by Travis Brisini OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 1, 2026 The deep sea is Earth’s final frontier: a world of perpetual darkness that covers more than half of the planet’s surface but remains 99.999% unseen by human eyes. Yet it is an imperiled place, faced with the looming threat of deep-sea mining and the struggle for public regard and attention. Climb aboard for this reimagining of Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” that explores the marvels and mysteries of the abyss and the potential tradeoffs—for our planet and our souls—that are asked by competing visions of our green future.
Fall Showcase Produced by Nathaniel Aron & Saint Lange DECEMBER 1, 2026

FALL 2026

48 Hour Film Scramble

Produced by Nathaniel Aron & Mitchell Kahalley

AUGUST 38-30, 2026

This celebration of creative collaboration brings participants together with randomly assigned teammates to conquer writer's block and the existential dread of not knowing what to do for the weekend. The challenge culminates in a public premiere and a celebration of the completed films on Sunday night. Any LSU student is welcome to participate, regardless of experience! So whether you're looking to connect with fellow students, explore your creativity, or simply try something new, get ready to scramble!

Graduate Student & Faculty Showcase

Produced by Hal Lambert

SEPTEMBER 1, 2026

DOUBLE BILL

SEPTEMBER 16-20, 2026

Devotional Apparatus

Written & Directed by Saint Lange

Defying orders to disband, a cloistered order of nuns seek divine guidance. But when their prayers yield intercessions that question the ethos of their faith, they must decide if their devotion truly dwells within the Church.

The Satan Hunter: A Daring Lecture with Tom Wedge

Created by Ben Holmes
Directed by Ethan Hunter

Are your neighborhood teens participating in strange rituals? Have animals turned up missing all their blood? Is your local Walmart selling DnD? Then you might have a Satanist problem, and there’s only one man who has the answers.

GUEST ARTISTS

Lessons from Black Mountain College

Featuring Melanie O'Meara and Sarah Jackson
Produced by Ethan Hunter

SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 2, 2026

O’Meara and Jackson will guide participants through the methodologies of some of Black Mountain College’s legendary teachers and students, such as Ruth Asawa, Anni Albers, M.C. Richards, and Mary Parks Washington. Mirroring BMC’s core philosophy of ‘process over product,’ you will learn to integrate art, labor, and community to build better performances today. The residency concludes with a one-night-only showcase!

THE PLACE OF PERFORMANCE LECTURE

Edgy Spaces and Thorny Mystics:
Performing Matterphor in the High Desert

Featuring Tami Spry
Produced by Travis Brisini

OCTOBER 13, 2026

The Place of Performance is an annual lecture series that celebrates the performing arts in Communication and Performance Studies. Each year the HBB invites a prominent scholar/artist who has put performance practice at the center of their career to deliver a public presentation about their work.

In Altum

Adapted & Directed by Travis Brisini

OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 1, 2026

The deep sea is Earth’s final frontier: a world of perpetual darkness that covers more than half of the planet’s surface but remains 99.999% unseen by human eyes. Yet it is an imperiled place, faced with the looming threat of deep-sea mining and the struggle for public regard and attention. Climb aboard for this reimagining of Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” that explores the marvels and mysteries of the abyss and the potential tradeoffs—for our planet and our souls—that are asked by competing visions of our green future.

Fall Showcase

Produced by Nathaniel Aron & Saint Lange

DECEMBER 1, 2026

SPRING 2027
Myother Tongue Created by Emily Graves JANUARY 13-17, 2027 An exploration of our postures toward our first language, some of which are made knowable by pursuing a second language. This show invites you to embrace how learning a new language creates intimacies with your first language, challenges you to feel close to the second language, and suspends a space in between. There will be a clown.
Taste My Metal Written & Directed by Logan Meredith FEBRUARY 17-21, 2027 During a session with her therapist, a woman is pulled into a meta-horror nightmare of iconic slasher scenes with the girls who are trapped inside. To survive, she must use her knowledge of horror movies to break the rules of the genre. This Final Girl isn’t running—she’s packing heat.
Zoobalu Directed by Nathaniel Aron MARCH 17-21, 2027 Step right up for the most astonishing expedition to ever pass through the gates of the Baton Rouge Zoo! Witness not merely beasts, but the strange pageant of those who gaze upon them! Experience the journey of wide-eyed travelers, heroic wanderers, and true wilderness! A colossal adventure of wonder, commotion, and the wild tales of Zoobalu awaits!
If It's Too Loud for You, Move Back! Created by Hal Lambert APRIL 21-25, 2027 Some people say punk music began in New York City. Some will say Detroit, Ohio, or London. However, people in the know will say it began in the HopKins Black Box. Join us as we attempt to make sense of the origins of punk music through adaptation, performance, and live visuals.
Spring Showcase Produced by Jessica Kintigh & Ben Holmes APRIL 27, 2027
Speech & Debate Team Showcase Produced by Ashley Mack APRIL 29, 2027 Come and see your national championship speech & debate team at this annual showcase. Students will perform events that they have competed with throughout the tournament season, including events in public address, limited preparation, and oral interpretation

SPRING 2027

Myother Tongue

Created by Emily Graves

JANUARY 13-17, 2027

An exploration of our postures toward our first language, some of which are made knowable by pursuing a second language. This show invites you to embrace how learning a new language creates intimacies with your first language, challenges you to feel close to the second language, and suspends a space in between. There will be a clown.

Taste My Metal

Written & Directed by Logan Meredith

FEBRUARY 17-21, 2027

During a session with her therapist, a woman is pulled into a meta-horror nightmare of iconic slasher scenes with the girls who are trapped inside. To survive, she must use her knowledge of horror movies to break the rules of the genre. This Final Girl isn’t running—she’s packing heat.

Zoobalu

Directed by Nathaniel Aron

MARCH 17-21, 2027

Step right up for the most astonishing expedition to ever pass through the gates of the Baton Rouge Zoo! Witness not merely beasts, but the strange pageant of those who gaze upon them! Experience the journey of wide-eyed travelers, heroic wanderers, and true wilderness! A colossal adventure of wonder, commotion, and the wild tales of Zoobalu awaits!

If It's Too Loud for You, Move Back!

Created by Hal Lambert

APRIL 21-25, 2027

Some people say punk music began in New York City. Some will say Detroit, Ohio, or London. However, people in the know will say it began in the HopKins Black Box. Join us as we attempt to make sense of the origins of punk music through adaptation, performance, and live visuals.

Spring Showcase

Produced by Jessica Kintigh & Ben Holmes

APRIL 27, 2027

Speech & Debate Team Showcase

Produced by Ashley Mack

APRIL 29, 2027

Come and see your national championship speech & debate team at this annual showcase. Students will perform events that they have competed with throughout the tournament season, including events in public address, limited preparation, and oral interpretation

Reservations

Seat reservations for the current production can be made at www.bit.ly/reservehbb.

Donations

There is no charge to attend HBB events but donations of any amount are kindly accepted at the door. One-time and recurring donations can also be made online through the LSU Foundation by searching for "performance studies area enhancement fund."

Seating

The HBB is a fairly intimate space with chair-on-riser seating. Audience capacity ranges between 50-100 people, as determined by the director of each show. All seating is general, although accommodations are made for people who need or request them. Typically, we open theatre doors to the house 10 minutes before the start of each show. When attendance is heavy, patrons are admitted according to their ticket numbers, the lowest numbers first. As the director prefers, late arrivals may or may not be admitted to the theatre once the show starts.

Parking

There are parking lots directly adjacent to Coates Hall. For the Friday and Saturday night shows and the Sunday matinee, the lots are typically free of traffic and you'll find plenty of places to park. For the Wednesday and Thursday night shows, these same lots are busy and finding a place to park is more difficult. If the lots are full, we suggest you try the union parking lot located directly across the street from Coates Hall or additional spaces on Tower Drive.

To access Coates Hall by wheelchair, park in the north or south lots of Coates Hall.