The following courses will be offered remotely with synchronous components in the fall term 2020. Theater and Soc. I, Movement Fundamentals, Acting I, Text Analysis, Contemporary Performance, Plays OnStage, Playwriting, Technical Production, Scene Design, Contemporary Theater Practices, and Theater of Ideas.

Savannah Miller '21's original play "The House" was recently chosen for the Young Playwrights' Theater's 2020-21 Young Playwrights in Progress new work development program. Her play will be receiving two workshop readings, the first of which will be livestreamed on February 3 & 4. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance!...

Stephanie Everett '19 will be performing her award-winning solo piece "It's Fine, I'm Fine" at Northern Stage this fall in one of the first in-person productions in the country since the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a national shutdown of the professional theater industry.

The Department of Theater is delighted to welcome playwright and performer Mfoniso Udofia and lecturer Samantha Lazar as Visiting Faculty for the 2020-2021 academic year.

The Department of Theater was saddened to learn of the recent death of Lorna C. Hill '73, an actor, playwright, poet, teacher, and activist. One of the first African American women to graduate from Dartmouth, Ms. Hill was a groundbreaking figure both in Hanover NH and in the broader theatrical community.

The Department of Theater salutes the 2020 revolution and acknowledges our complicity in systemic, cultural, and institutional racism. This moment demands concrete action and accountability. Read the full statement.

The 2020 Frost and Dodd Student Play Festival will take place August 8 & 14, 2020, performing via remote technology. Featuring the work of playwrights Naomi Lam '21, Armond Epps Dorsey '20, and Savannah Miller '21....

The annual alumni-driven summer festival of innovative, experimental, and daring new works-in-progress returns for the 8th consecutive year, with remote performances taking place throughout the month of July. Don't miss it!...

Associate Professor of Theater Dr. Monica White Ndounou recently published a powerful op-ed in the Burton Wire, titled "The Silence of White Theaters on Anti-Black Violence is Deafening." Read the full piece here....

Theater professor Dr. Monica White Ndounou and Joshua Bennett of the Dept of English will be moderating a conversation with scholars Eshter Armah, Ruha Benjamin, and Che Gossett on Wednesday June 17. The event is free and open to the public; sponsored by the depts of AAAS and Theater.