Accessing Shakespeare Workshop

Friday, November 8,

3:30-5:30pm at MAC 232

Tyrone Wilson, a 25 year veteran of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, will share his extensive experience.

On Camera Audition Workshop

Sunday, November 10, 2-5pm at Axinn 001:

This on-camera audition workshop will cover the basic foundational elements of a successful on-camera audition. We will begin with deciphering what is on the page - meeting the writer and beginning to collaborate with his intentions for the character, via the use of rhythm, punctuation, work choice, and logic. We will then begin to make choices about why the words and actions on the page appear in the specific orientation in which they are printed. The final step of our process will begin to consider how to bring a page to life in front of camera. We will explore the world of the camera - looking closely at how the lens translates three dimensional space into two dimensional space. We will also consider how the thoughts on the page affect the actors physicality and how the actors physical behavior can become a tool for stronger storytelling. We will conclude with a short Q & A about casting, the 'industry', and how to move forward as an actor after graduating.

Airswimming by Charlotte Jones

November 14 – 16 | Hepburn Zoo

AIRSWIMMING is based on the true story of two women (Miss Kitson and Miss Baker), who have been incarcerated in a hospital for the "criminally insane" for having borne illegitimate children. Forgotten by their families and not released until the 1970's, Dora and Persephone adopt alter-egos, Dorph and Porph, to enact their fantasies and survive the silence of incarceration.

Senior 700 work by Madeline Ciocci in acting.

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One Flea Spare by Naomi Wallace

November 21 – 23 | Wright Memorial Theatre

London. 1665. The Plague Year. As the city spirals toward disaster, a wealthy couple, Mr. and Mrs. Snelgrave, remains under quarantine inside two rooms of their lavish home. In the middle of the night two strangers sneak into the house: a mysterious sailor and a young girl. From now on, contained within the claustrophobic space of their confinement, the Snelgraves and their guests exist in an unexpected and uncomfortable intimacy. If outside the plague wreaks havoc, inside the central conflict is one of class. Who is master and who is servant when social barriers crumble? Which bodies are abused? Which desired? A dark, poetic and fiercely humorous play, One Flea Spare feels like an ultimatum for the present moment.

Directed by Claudio Medeiros.

Middlebury Theatre aspires to be a hothouse of intellectual creativity where traditional distinctions are reimagined, challenging students to become innovators and collaborators capable of shaping our culture.

We believe in the Artist-Scholar, whose aesthetic is forged by the interplay between making theatre and the rigorous examination of its history, theory and literature.

Opportunities for creative work abound, from introductory courses in acting, directing, playwriting and design, to working side by side with seasoned professionals at PTP/NYC, the College's Off-Broadway theatre company. Each year we produce a wide variety of student and faculty directed work, starting with the annual First Year Show. Through a combination of core and advanced elective courses, theatre majors prepare for their independent senior project: in this self-designed, capstone experience, students grapple with the complex aesthetic, social and personal decisions that go into any sustained act of creation.

Beyond the campus, Middlebury has a distinguished record of achievement, both regionally and nationally, at the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival. PTP/NYC introduces students into an extensive alumni network, and for many graduates has served as a springboard into theatre and related industries.

29 seasons with PTP/NYC!

Since 1987, Middlebury College has supported a professional theatre company that presents a two-month summer season in New York City featuring Middlebury College students working side by side with professional actors.

This video celebrates the company from summer 2015.

Recent critical response to our work:

“A blaze of fireworks.”
     -BEN BRANTLEY, New York Times

“PTP/NYC's summer season, with its dedication to weighty, language-centered work, can be a welcome change from our customary downtown fare—it’s like biting into thick steak after months of meticulously prepared sorbet.”
     -HELEN SHAW, Time Out New York

“PTP/NYC absolutely lives up to its reputation for providing exciting and provocative theater.”
     -HOWARD MILLER, Talkin’ Broadway

“Truly satisfying. The passions that surge in the plays are captivating.”
     -MARK BLANKENSHIP, Variety

“PTP/NYC’s outstanding production is everything theater should be: engaged, troubling, passionate, intellectual, and dedicated to the heat of the moment.”
     -DAN CALLAHAN, Brooklyn Magazine