Interested in being a part of the WiRED 24-hour playwriting experience this winter? Come create and perform in your own original work this month! The event begins at 8:00 pm on Friday January 17, and ends 24 hours later with a public performance in the Bentley Theater.
News and Events
November 04, 2019
Lucas Hnath's smart and stylish play about swimming, survival of the fittest, and the American dream of a level playing field - or of leveling the field yourself. Performances in the Bentley Theater November 15-17, 2019. Directed by Adam Riegler '20....
October 24, 2019
Anthony Clarvoe's deeply moving play follows a handful of London residents struggling to retain their humanity and their morality amidst the cataclysm of a now-infamous epidemic. Performances in the Moore Theater, November 8-10 and 15-17....
October 02, 2019
Love, sex, death, grief, ice picks, and de-salted saltines!! All five utterly hilarious stages of grief in three short plays directed as staged readings by Katie Orenstein '22. Saturday and Sunday, October 12-13 in the Bentley Theater....
October 02, 2019
A staged reading of Bla(n)ck Piranha:An Exploration into the Sexual Terrorscape of Black Femininity an original work written by Stella Asa '22, will be presented in the Bentley Theater on Friday October 18 at 7:30 pm. The performance is part of the Department's Fall 2019 New Works Weekend. The piece uses spoken word poetry, interlude, epilogues, music, and dialogue to tell a story of love, self-actualization, and the consequences of asserting individuality in a society that erases black female identity....
October 02, 2019
A staged reading of Tires of a Dream, an original work written by Nick Gutierrez '20, will be presented in the Bentley Theater on Saturday October 19 as part of the Department's Fall 2019 New Works Weekend. An aspiring professional clown, an investment banker, and their immigrant parents navigate a chaotic world as they all prepare for their biggest nightmare– family dinner....
July 15, 2019
Award-winning, student-written one-act plays will be performed as both staged readings and complete productions over the course of the July 26-28 weekend during the annual summer Frost & Dodd Student Play Festival. In the Bentley Theater....
July 11, 2019
The New York Theatre Workshop will be in residence at Dartmouth July 29-August 17, developing and performing six new new works-in-progress by some of today’s most innovative professional playwrights and directors....
June 26, 2019
The performances of VoxFest 2019 will take place July 6 & 7 in the Bentley Theater. The annual alumni-driven summer festival of innovative, experimental, and daring new works-in-progress returns for the 7th consecutive year. All performances free to the public....
May 24, 2019
An original solo work written and performed by Brooke Goldner '19, Suspended follows a young woman forced to examine her past in order to carve out her path forward. Performing May 24-25, in the Bentley Theater....