Theatre
The artist-scholar. That is the animating principle behind Middlebury Theatre, where students immerse themselves in all aspects of theatre making and in the rigorous study of theatre’s many histories, theories, practices, and literatures.
Interdisciplinary Curriculum
The Theatre Department offers a diversity of courses designed to provide a balance between the study of history, literature, and theory, and the making of theatre.
Theatre itself is inherently interdisciplinary, and our students enjoy exploring connections between classes offered in dramatic literature, visual creativity, the creative process, playwriting, acting (improvisation, scene study, acting styles), directing, set design, lighting design, and costume design. As a program in a liberal arts setting, students also reference classes taken outside the discipline in order to provide depth and context.
Through a process that is both creative and collaborative, students delve into the latest movements in theatre design, acting, stage management, playwriting, and directing.
At its core, the department aims to be an artistic home where students reimagine traditional distinctions and strive to become innovators and collaborators, capable of shaping our culture.
We are excited to welcome Assistant Professor in Playwrighting, Callie Kimball!
This Winter term and Spring semester Callie will teach the foundational playwrighting class (THEA 0218).
Callie Kimball is an award-winning, internationally produced playwright, educator, actor, director, and movement coach. Her plays have been produced and developed in New York, Chicago, LA, and DC, at the Kennedy Center, MCC Theater, Lark Play Development Center, Portland Stage Company, Washington Shakespeare Company, Washington Stage Guild, Project Y, Theater at Monmouth, The Drama League, and elsewhere. She is a MacDowell Fellow, has won the Goldberg Playwriting Award and Clauder Gold Prize, and has been a finalist for the O’Neill and Princess Grace Awards. She taught playwriting at Bates College for several years, and has taught or been a guest at Kings College London Shakespeare Centre, ACS International Schools in London, National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Bowdoin College, and Colby College. She earned her MFA at Hunter College, and her BA at the College of William and Mary.
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Introducing The Dogteam Theatre Project
The Dogteam Theatre Project provides transformative experiences for emerging and professional artists, creating meaningful theatrical engagements for diverse audiences. Among its programs, the Dogteam Theatre Project provides training opportunities for emerging theatre artists in all realms of the field, including but not limited to acting, directing, playwriting, and design disciplines. The Dogteam Theatre Project produces theatrical works, including works in translation, reflecting the stories of our more connected world.
Our Productions
Each year we stage numerous full-scale productions that involve theatre majors and faculty as well as others from the community who audition. We also offer workshops and smaller-scale performances featuring our many artists in residence. More about productions.
Our Facilities
The performing arts are central to Middlebury’s life and culture. Students have a multitude of facilities available for their use, including a design lab with plotters, drafting, and rendering stations, two scene and costume shops, a lighting lab equipped with a grid and an ETC Ion console, and acting labs. Venues include Wright Memorial Theatre, Seeler Studio Theatre, and Hepburn Zoo Theatre.
Auditions
Interested in being part of a theatre department production? Auditions are held near the end of each semester for all upcoming productions. More about auditions.
Featured Events
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Dogteam Theatre Project presents Disquiet by Ivan Vyrypaev
In the Manhattan penthouse of reclusive, Nobel-nominated writer Ula Richte, a carefully staged interview with a Polish journalist is meant to cement her legacy. With her agent and lawyer steering every word, the evening begins under tight control—until the script falls apart. What follows is an unguarded reckoning with the dark side of success, the cost of denying one’s roots, and the fierce, exhilarating courage it takes to tell the truth.
Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre
Open to the Public
Free
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Dogteam Theatre Project presents New Student Works!
The Dogteam Theatre Project provides transformative experiences for emerging and professional artists, creating meaningful theatrical engagements for diverse audiences. Among its programs, the Dogteam Theatre Project provides training opportunities for emerging theatre artists in playwriting and design disciplines.
Come see the new work!
Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre
Open to the Public
Free
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Dogteam Theatre Project presents The Oakwood Project by Lucas Kavner '06.5
Oakwood is a North Hollywood apartment complex that houses young performers and their guardians during brief, hopeful stays in Los Angeles. Around the kids linger the half-permanent residents of a transient industry: an aging acting coach, a struggling actress who never left, college kids drawn by the cheap rent and dorm-like atmosphere. In Oakwood, nearly everyone is passing through, and nearly everyone is under pressure—to succeed, to belong, and to make the sacrifices mean something.
Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre
Open to the Public
Free
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Día de muertos Celebration '26
Celebrate your loved ones & heroes throughout October and join us in a community Procession. We’ll walk past vibrant altars in honor of the dead and enjoy lively performances and tasty refreshments!
Anderson Freeman Resource Center
Open to the Public