The Department's winter term performance project will stream via YouTube April 8 & 9. A uniquely collaborative, three-part examination of how music, movement and theater can be tools for creative exploration and personal liberation. Directed by Carol Dunne, Jarvis Green, and Rebecca Martínez.
Submissions of original student-written one-act plays are now being accepted or the 2021 Frost & Dodd Student Play Competition. Winning plays will be produced as part of the Frost & Dodd Student Play Festival in July 2021; winners will also receive a cash prize.
Eisa Davis's Pulitzer Prize-nominated play about a multiracial girl with a gift for clairvoyance growing up in rural, white 1950's America will be presented as a radio play performance, Saturday April 17 at 7:30 pm. Directed by Lexi Warden '21 as part of an honors thesis project.
Auditions fora staged reading performance of 'Rat Race' will take place April 5-6 via Zoom. An original work written by Naomi Lam '21 as part of an honors thesis project, 'Rat Race' follows three generations of a Taiwanese-American family as they navigate what it means to be an American.
Auditions for a spring term remote performance of "Jane" will take place March 31-April 1 via Zoom. An original piece based on the life of Jane Fonda and written by Savannah Miller '21 as part of an honors thesis project, the final performance will stream in in early May 2021.
An original devised work initially conceived by Kate Budney '21 as part of an honors thesis project, "Asynchronous Mission #6" follows six young adults as they wade awkwardly and virtually into the world of modern romance, bug facts, and cosmetic contemplation. Performing live via a TBD remote performance platform, Friday April 23 at 7 pm.
An original work written by Savannah Miller '21, "Jane" examines the public and personal lives of Jane Fonda: activist, actress, fitness mogul, mother, woman. Performing Sunday May 2 at 5 pm via a TBD remote platform.
An original pop musical written and music directed by Matt Haughey '21 as part of an honors thesis project, "Flourtown" follows a young man growing up and facing the expectations of his small, insular hometown. Streaming Friday May 14 at 8 pm.
An original work written by Naomi Lam '21 as part of an honors thesis project, 'Rat Race' follows three generations of a Taiwanese-American family as they navigate what it means to be an American. A staged reading performance, streaming Friday May 28.
A solo show about religion, anxiety...and what happens when the two come together. An original work written and performed by Naomi Lam '21, "Literally Obsessed" will stream on YouTube on Friday April 2 at 8:00 pm.
