Join us for ROCK OF AGES June 19-28, 2026!
ROCK OF AGES takes you back to the time of big rock with big egos playing big guitar solos and flaunting even bigger hair! This Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical features the hits of bands including Bon Jovi, Journey, Foreigner, Joan Jett, Whitesnake, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister and more.
Auditions for ROCK OF AGES will be held on Sunday, 4/12 from 1:00-4:00pm, and will be open to current Carroll University students (including confirmed/deposited incoming students!) and Carroll University alumni. Watch this page for more audition and show information soon!
ROCK OF AGES is performed with permission by Concord Theatricals.
Book by Chris D’Arienzo
Arrangements and Orchestrations by Ethan Popp
Directed by Prof. Jenn Dobby
Music Direction by Julie Johnson '98
Choreography by Erin Ashenhurst '21
Stage Management by Taylor Venden '25
It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock ’n’ roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it’s too late? Only the music of hit bands Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and more hold the answer.
Rehearsal Commitment:
Some April music/staging rehearsals TBD
Monday-Thursday
6:00-9:00pm
Monday, May 11 - Thursday, June 11
6:00-9:00pm
Some Fridays
4:00-6:00pm
Tech Week and Performance Dates Commitment:
Final Run - TBD
Sunday, June 14 - 5-10pm for Sitzprobe
Monday, June 15 - 6-10pm for Tech
Tuesday, June 16 - 6-10pm for Photo Dress
Wednesday, June 17 - 6-10pm for Tech
Thursday, June 18 - 6-10pm for Preview (curtain 7pm)
Friday, June 19 - 6-10pm for Opening night (curtain 7pm)
Saturday, June 20 - 3-7pm for 4pm show
Sunday, June 21 - 1-4pm for 2pm show
Thursday, June 25 - 6-10pm (curtain 7pm)
Friday, June 26 - 6-10pm (curtain 7pm)
Saturday, June 27 - 1-4pm for 2pm show
Auditions for ROCK OF AGES will be held on Sunday, 4/12 from 1:00-4:00pm, and will be open to current Carroll University students (including confirmed/deposited incoming students!) and Carroll University alumni. Watch this page for more audition and show information soon!
ROCK OF AGES is performed with permission by Concord Theatricals.
Book by Chris D’Arienzo
Arrangements and Orchestrations by Ethan Popp
Directed by Prof. Jenn Dobby
Music Direction by Julie Johnson '98
Choreography by Erin Ashenhurst '21
Stage Management by Taylor Venden '25
It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock ’n’ roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it’s too late? Only the music of hit bands Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and more hold the answer.
Rehearsal Commitment:
Some April music/staging rehearsals TBD
Monday-Thursday
6:00-9:00pm
Monday, May 11 - Thursday, June 11
6:00-9:00pm
Some Fridays
4:00-6:00pm
Tech Week and Performance Dates Commitment:
Final Run - TBD
Sunday, June 14 - 5-10pm for Sitzprobe
Monday, June 15 - 6-10pm for Tech
Tuesday, June 16 - 6-10pm for Photo Dress
Wednesday, June 17 - 6-10pm for Tech
Thursday, June 18 - 6-10pm for Preview (curtain 7pm)
Friday, June 19 - 6-10pm for Opening night (curtain 7pm)
Saturday, June 20 - 3-7pm for 4pm show
Sunday, June 21 - 1-4pm for 2pm show
Thursday, June 25 - 6-10pm (curtain 7pm)
Friday, June 26 - 6-10pm (curtain 7pm)
Saturday, June 27 - 1-4pm for 2pm show