UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, October 24 • 8pm live on Zoom

State vs. Natasha Banina

Sponsored by the Committee on the Arts and the Engaged Listening Project

Free

“Critic’s Pick! A bracing trial by Zoom…Riveting!” - Maya Phillips, The New York Times

From Boston's award-winning Arlekin Players Theatre, this interactive digital production is set inside a live "ZOOM courtroom," where the virtual audience serves as the jury. Performer Darya Denisova gives a “mesmerizing portrayal” (The Boston Globe) of Natasha Banina, a teen orphan on trial for a crime of passion, whose alluring testimony reveals her dreams for love, family, and freedom.

This inventive digital production that began in May 2020 as a living room experiment and went on to earn critical acclaim from The New York Times is based on Natasha’s Dream by the Russian playwright Yaroslava Pulinovich. Says director Igor Golyak, “We are creating a new art form to overcome social distancing, the pandemic, and ultimately unite people in one virtual space by merging theater, cinematography, and video games.” A leading example of innovation in virtual theater, State vs. Natasha Banina is evidence that live performance can engage audiences even when experienced at home.

State vs. Natasha Banina is followed by a discussion with the artists and audience.

Based on Natasha’s Dream by Yaroslava Pulinovich
Performer: Darya Denisova
Translator: John Freedman
Director and Video Design: Igor Golyak
Production Associate: Marianna Golyak
Animator: Anton Iakhontov
Music Composor: Vadim Khrapatchev
Produced by Igor Golyak & Sara Stackhouse

November 6 • 3:30-5pm via Zoom.

Intimacy for Stage and Film

Join us for a talk and demonstration by Broadway and Regional Theatre Fight and Intimacy Directors, Michael Rossmy and Kelsey Rainwater.

Join Broadway and Regional Theatre Fight and Intimacy Directors, Michael Rossmy and Kelsey Rainwater for an introductory workshop in the pedagogy and practice of Intimacy for Stage and Film. In this workshop we will discuss the foundations of building a consent-run-room, the guideposts for approaching intimate work in the classroom and onstage, and group exercises to facilitate consent based choreography. Moderated by Michole Biancosino, Assistant Professor of Theatre.

Please register here

This program is being funded by the Engaged Listening Program.

October 30 • 1:50 – 2:40pm • Zoom

Costumes from Design to Body

with Anita Yavich, Costume Designer and

Jai Alltizer, Production Supervisor

This presentation is offered in conjunction with Middlebury College’s Department of Theatre’s FA20 course, Page to Stage. It is a private session for class members and guests by invitation, so please email for Zoom invitation: cbwood@middlebury.edu

Rehearsal Spaces

The Theatre Department has two spaces students may use for rehearsing:

Sunderland Basement, and Room 232 in the MAC.

Please check for availability in the calendars below.

Starting Monday 8:30 am, space can be reserved for the current week including the weekend. Stop by the Theatre office or e-mail Mirjam (mbrett@middlebury.edu) before 2:30 pm on Thursday.

For Friday – Sunday rehearsal needs that have not been scheduled in advance, please use the sign-up sheets posted on the bulletin board next to Rm 232. The sheets go up Thursday afternoon.

You may sign up for one hour at a time.

Please show up on time and vacate the room on time, leaving enough time clean-up at the end of your session. It is expected that you leave the room in good condition and return furniture to the walls.

Select a Calendar:

Facilities

The Middlebury Theatre Department has two main performance spaces: the Seeler Studio Theatre in the Center for the Arts, and Wright Memorial Theatre. Theatre students also make frequent use of the Hepburn Zoo Theatre, a small student-run black-box theatre funded by Student Activities. Read more below, or download ground plans or light plots. (Mac files require Stuffit Expander version 5, available free from Aladdin Systems; PC files require WinZip or other unzipping utility.)

The Seeler Studio Theatre

The Seeler Studio Theatre is a modern black-box theatre with flexible seating for up to 165 audience members, a full catwalk system, and a fully-equipped shop adjacent to it. The lighting system is an ETC Expression board connected to 372 2.4 Kw dimmers.

View a 3D panorama of the Studio Theatre (requires QuickTime).

View the Studio Theatre's Lighting Instrument Inventory

Wright Memorial Theatre

Wright Memorial Theatre is a 350-seat proscenium theatre with a full fly system, lighting grid, and removable fore stage. It is adjacent to a fully equipped scene shop. The lighting system is an ETC Expression3 board capable of controlling moving lights connected to 191 2.4 Kw dimmers.

View the Wright Theatre's Lighting Instrument Inventory

Download a ground plan of Wright Theatre in VectorWorks 8 (for Mac) or DXF v.12 (for Mac or for PC) format.

The Hepburn Zoo Theatre

Learn more about the Zoo here.

Department of Theatre

Mahaney Arts Center
72 Porter Field Road
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753

Middlebury

State vs. Natasha Banina

Intimacy for Stage and Film

Join us for a talk and demonstration by Broadway and Regional Theatre Fight and Intimacy Directors, Michael Rossmy and Kelsey Rainwater.

Costumes from Design to Body

with Anita Yavich, Costume Designer and

Jai Alltizer, Production Supervisor

Rehearsal Spaces

Facilities

The Seeler Studio Theatre

Wright Memorial Theatre

The Hepburn Zoo Theatre

Department of Theatre

"American Idiot"

American Idiot

Art

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"One Flea Spare" Emily Ma and Katie Marshall

Julius Caesar

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One Flea Spare

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The Bacchae 2.1 Poster

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Baltimore Waltz

Baltimore Waltz

Men on Boats