VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University Theatre & Dance is wasting no time.

Just days after completing the 2017-18 season with senior student showcases, the university-based theatre program announced its 2018-19 season.

The season features musicals, plays and dance productions, according to university officials.

The performances will be presented in theatres located in the VSU Fine Arts Building, corner of Oak and Brookwood. More information: Call (229) 333-5973 or visit www.valdosta.edu/comarts.

The 2018-19 Season

— “Hands on a Hardbody” by playwright/composer/lyricist Amanda Green, Doug Wright, Trey Anastasio. The production is a “truck-winning-competition musical,” according to VSU. The musical is based on a documentary film about people who stand with their hands on a truck. The last one still standing with a hand on the truck wins the truck. It is scheduled to run Sept. 20-25, Lab Theatre.

— Fall Dances: “Diverge” and “Pihos: A Moving Biography,” a dual program of alternating performances. The annual dance show will feature two shows. “Diverge” will reportedly be the more traditional dance revue show of several pieces choreographed by VSU dance faculty and performed by student dancers. “Pihos” is a work by faculty member Melissa Pihos about the life of her father, Pete Pihos, who played professional football for the Philadelphia Eagles. The shows are scheduled to alternate Oct. 18-21, Sawyer Theatre.

— “The House of Desires” by playwrights Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, adapted by Catherine Boyle. It is VSU Theatre & Dance’s seasonal period production; this time a comedy from the Spanish Golden Age, according to university officials. Written in the 1800s and more recently adapted to English here, the play is a romantic farce of a brother and sister caught in a web of desires with four other people. It is scheduled to play Nov. 8-13, Sawyer Theatre.

— “Tortoise vs. Hare 2: This Time It’s Personal” by playwright Sean Abley. The show is the annual Theatre for Youth production. “Everyone knows that the slow-and-steady Tortoise beat the bragging Hare in the famous race — but when their great-grandkids Ro-Shell the tortoise and Jack Rabbit are talked into a rematch, anything could happen. The race will be on live TV and their friends have a lot of ideas about how Ro-Shell and Jack can beat one another, but only good sportsmanship can win the day in this zany, lighthearted retelling of the classic fable,” according to a synopsis by Playscripts. The show will travel to schools throughout South Georgia and North Florida during February. Tour dates are available, according to university officials. Public performances are scheduled for Feb. 8, 9, 2019, Sawyer Theatre.

— “Intimate Apparel” by Lynn Nottage, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. A lonely black seamstress sews intimate apparel for mostly white customers at the start of the 20th century. She saves money and dreams of opening a salon that will treat black women like the white women who are her sewing customers. She also falls in love. The play is reportedly based on the life of the playwright’s great-grandmother. It is scheduled to run Feb. 21-26, 2019, Lab Theatre.

— “The Mystery of Edwin Drood: A Musical” by Rupert Holmes. Described as a “Dickensian who-done-it,” the musical is based on Charles Dickens’ unfinished final novel. The show turns the unfinished murder mystery into a comedy that interacts with the audience.

The show is scheduled to run April 4-11, 2019, Sawyer Theatre.