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The Welkin

Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin is a sweeping, provocative drama that plunges audiences into an isolated 18th‑century English village where justice, morality, and womanhood collide. Set in 1759 rural England, a young woman, Sally Poppy, is convicted of murder and claims she is pregnant to escape execution.  A jury of local women is assembled to decide whether she truly carries new life or faces the gallows. What unfolds is a gripping examination of power, privilege, and the silenced voices of women, as each juror’s own history, hardship, and belief shapes the verdict. By turns tense, surprising, and darkly witty, The Welkin asks urgent questions about who gets to decide truth, whose lives are valued, and how personal experience becomes political. The Welkin asks: What does justice look like when women are finally allowed to speak? And who gets to decide the truth when belief itself becomes a battlefield?

Performance Dates
October 16-17 & 23-24 at 7:30 p.m.
October 18 & 25 at 2:00 p.m.
Toland Theatre, Lowe Center for the Arts
Assigned Seating.
Contains mature content and themes.

ONLINE TICKETS: $20 adults; $18 senior citizens/non UWL students/military; $8 UWL students.  Online tickets will have a small credit card processing fee added at checkout.  Patrons are encouraged to buy their tickets online and download the tickets to their phone/email.  Tickets may be purchased online at www.uwlax.edu/theatre-and-dance    beginning October 1, 2026. 

IN PERSON/PHONE TICKETS:  $22 for adults, $20 for senior/non UWL students/military and $10 for UWL students (processing/printing fee already included in the price).  Tickets are available for purchase in person at the box office in the Lowe Center for the Arts or by calling 608.785.6696. Box office hours are Monday through Friday 1:00-3:00 p.m. and one hour prior to each performance during the run of the show (October 12-25).

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When

  • 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16
  • 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17
  • 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18
  • 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23
  • 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24
  • 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25

Where

Toland Theatre, 150 Lowe Center for the Arts

UWL campus map for building location and nearby parking lots.

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Lowe Center for the Arts

If you go

  • Cost required, purchase ahead of time or at door
  • Details

Contact

For questions about this event or to request disability accommodations , contact Krista Shulka at 608.785.6701 or kshulka@uwlax.edu.

Parking

Payment may be required. No permit?
Use Passport Parking.

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