It’s scary when fiction syncs up so snuggly with real life. But with the recent solar eclipse, we are fittingly ready for an alien invasion from a highly invasive, man-eating plant.

First performed around 1606, “Macbeth” is the story of the brave Scottish general Macbeth, who chances on a prophecy from three witches that he will one day become king of Scotland.

Set in the early 2000s, “Speech & Debate” follows three high school misfits in the conservative community of Salem, Oregon, as they form a speech and debate club to expose a sex scandal within their school.

The URI Theatre Department opens its 2023-24 season with David Adjmi’s “Marie Antoinette,” a contemporary look at the doomed queen that is full of fashion, fun and revolution.

Two years into a pandemic, there’s probably no better time for a full-on party – a riotous, romantic comedy full of music, mistaken identity, separated and reunited twins, a bevy of clowns, and a love triangle that may be more of a quadrangle.

Audrey Visscher’s work as lighting designer for URI’s Fall 2021 production of “Silent Sky” was the basis of a poster that took top honors among presenters in the social sciences, arts and humanities category in the Showcase 2021 of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work.

If you’ve played the game or seen the film, you know the basics. On a fittingly dark and stormy night, the usual suspects with colorful nicknames – Mrs. Peacock, Mrs. White, Prof. Plum, and Mr. Green, along with Scarlet and Mustard – are mysteriously summoned by Mr. Boddy to his mansion.

Written in 2015, “Silent Sky” tells the true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt and her fellow female researchers – or “computers” – in the Harvard University observatory who set the standard still used today for measuring distances in space while discovering thousands of stars.

In her video clip (segment 5), Theatre major Alana Parrott shares all the ways that she has been able to combine her love of the performing arts with her academics, research, and social justice.