The Department of Theater is proud to announce the 2018 Black Theatre Summit, which will take place on and around campus September 26-29. Hosted by Professor Monica White Ndounou, the event is a reconvening and a commemoration of August Wilson's legendary 1998 Summit at Dartmouth.
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Auditions will take place June 22 and June 24 for the productions and performances of this summer's upcoming Frost and Dodd Student Playwriting Festival. No experience necessary. We hope to see you there!
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The performances of VoxFest 2018 will take place June 29 & 30 in the Bentley Theater. Alongside current students and faculty, Dartmouth alumni spend a week developing and performing innovative new theatrical works-in-progress. All performances free to the public.
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An alumnus of the Mark Morris Dance Group and the founder of Dance Heginbotham, Professor John Heginbotham teaches THEA 28 & 29 and directs the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble. He is has just been honored with a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography.
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Written by Lela Gannon '18 an Honors Thesis project, The Houses With Ramps tells the story of a decades-long battle against environmental racism that reached all the way to the Supreme Court. Performances May 25 & 26 in the Bentley Theater.
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A one-play adaptation of Shakespeare's Wars of the Roses as seen through the eyes of Queen Margaret of Anjou, senior Claie Feuille's honors thesis She-Wolf of France will perform in the Bentley Theater May 19-20.
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Born exactly 50 years ago in times just as turbulent as today, the iconic American musical will be performed on the Moore stage May 11-13. Directed and choreographed by Virginia Ogden '18 as part of an honors thesis project.
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Analyzing Spring Awakening, Dear Evan Hansen, and Heathers: The Musical, Senior Matthew Treiber's honors thesis presentation examines the power of theatrical representations of teenage mental health and suicide. Wednesday May 9 from 5-6 pm, the Bentley Theater.
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The department's Senior Spring season begins with Citrus, a Senior Fellowship Project by Celeste Jennings '18. An original choreopoem following struggles and resilience of Black women from mid-19th century to present day, Citrus performances will be May 4-6.
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The Winter 2018 MainStage production of George Orwell's unsettling "1984" is a contemporary production for the contemporary world. Read about the show and about cast member Kate Budney '21, a Hanover native recently featured in the Valley News.
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