Begin in the middle.
On the border.
On the crossing.
Begin in the place in between.

In her play Anon(ymous), Naomi Izuka retells Homer’s Odyssey in a contemporary landscape.  She reimagines the hero as the refugee Anon who was separated from his mother on the crossing to a new country.  The story begins “In the place in-between” – in the midst of an epic journey.  Anon, torn between two places, struggles to find his mother, to find himself, to find home. Izuka’s metaphor for the experience of many refugees reminds us of the struggle, the loss, and the strength, of those compelled to leave home in search of a safer place.

The Mater Center opened in August 2021 and includes a state-of-the-art 420-seat Cokie Boggs Roberts '60 Theater for musical, dance, and theatrical productions as well as lectures, assemblies, and classes. The second floor of the Mater Center houses classrooms for choral, orchestra, and band classes as well as practice rooms for all performing arts students. The dynamic visual arts program has brightly-lit studios for 3D and 2D art as well as a Photography Lab and Dark Room.

Stone Ridge is able to distinguish itself as a place where the stage can transform and electrify the audience. Every production is a learning experience in all aspects of the performance cycle. From pre-production planning, to set building, costume design and rehearsal, each production teaches students all facets of the production process. Students also have the opportunity to take leadership roles in every area of theatre production.