Productions and Events

Theatre invites new and returning students to meet the majors and minors, the faculty and staff of the department and learn what we have planned for this semester and beyond. 

There will be pizza and beverages!

Have you ever wanted to try acting but weren’t sure how to start? This is your chance to jump in, have fun, and be part of something exciting, creative, and full of laughs!

We’re putting together a night of short, high-energy scenes for our Fall First Year Show, and we’re looking for actors of all experience levels — especially first-timers!

Directed by: Ashley Nicole Baptiste (our Artist-in-Residence)
Performances: October 2- 4

A Night of Scenes, Comedy, and Lots of Fun!

What happens when you take classic themes, original voices, and a whole lot of creativity — and toss them into one wildly entertaining night of theatre? You get The Truth Remixed. Also, this is the sister show to Echoes of Truth First Year show in Fall 2024. 

A Night of Scenes, Comedy, and Lots of Fun!

What happens when you take classic themes, original voices, and a whole lot of creativity — and toss them into one wildly entertaining night of theatre? You get The Truth Remixed. Also, this is the sister show to Echoes of Truth First Year show in Fall 2024. 

A Night of Scenes, Comedy, and Lots of Fun!

What happens when you take classic themes, original voices, and a whole lot of creativity — and toss them into one wildly entertaining night of theatre? You get The Truth Remixed. Also, this is the sister show to Echoes of Truth First Year show in Fall 2024. 

A Night of Scenes, Comedy, and Lots of Fun!

What happens when you take classic themes, original voices, and a whole lot of creativity — and toss them into one wildly entertaining night of theatre? You get The Truth Remixed. Also, this is the sister show to Echoes of Truth First Year show in Fall 2024. 

Translated by Rose E. Cano
Directed by Olga Sanchez Saltveit

As part of Trailblazing 2025, Dogteam presents a benefit reading of a new translation of Cesar de Maria’s play.

Directed by Elsa Marrian ‘25

As part of Trailblazing 2025, Dogteam presents a benefit reading of a new play by current student Emma Dobson.

It’s 1924, and under the steaming Southern sun, secrets simmer. A husband vanishes, and five women must decide what silence truly costs. Gritty, lyrical, and unflinching, The Standard unearths buried truths of love, rage, and survival in a world that expects women to endure.

 

Translated & Directed by Gerard Watkins

As part of Trailblazing 2025, Dogteam presents a benefit reading of a new play by award-winning playwright Gerard Watkins.

Directed by Amanda Whiteley ‘19

As part of Trailblazing 2025, Dogteam presents a benefit reading of a new play by alum Sally Seitz.

Emily, Elena, and Becca, are three friends in their late twenties who meet every Friday night on a back porch in Austin, TX to drown beers and avoid growing up. Yet their weekly ritual is jeopardized by a lurking, particularly vocal Barn owl, who calls into question the stability of their chosen family. This play exists in that special time at night where reality brushes with myth, magic, fable, and faith. 

 

Remarks & awards for graduating seniors and their guests. 

By Griselda Gambaro
Directed by Cláudio Medeiros

By Griselda Gambaro
Directed by Cláudio Medeiros

By Griselda Gambaro
Directed by Cláudio Medeiros

By Griselda Gambaro
Directed by Cláudio Medeiros

Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph tells the story of Kayleen and Doug, two people who find themselves at age eight, coming in and out of each other’s lives just when they need the other the most. Join us for this non-chronological whirlwind of a love story, starring Mandy Berghela and Aidan Armstrong. Senior thesis work in directing for Sophie Butler-Rahman and independent intermediate work for Alex Garcia in lighting design and Juli Valle in costume design.

Purchase Tickets Here

Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph tells the story of Kayleen and Doug, two people who find themselves at age eight, coming in and out of each other’s lives just when they need the other the most. Join us for this non-chronological whirlwind of a love story, starring Mandy Berghela and Aidan Armstrong. Senior thesis work in directing for Sophie Butler-Rahman and independent intermediate work for Alex Garcia in lighting design and Juli Valle in costume design.

Purchase Tickets Here

Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph tells the story of Kayleen and Doug, two people who find themselves at age eight, coming in and out of each other’s lives just when they need the other the most. Join us for this non-chronological whirlwind of a love story, starring Mandy Berghela and Aidan Armstrong. Senior thesis work in directing for Sophie Butler-Rahman and independent intermediate work for Alex Garcia in lighting design and Juli Valle in costume design.

Purchase Tickets Here

Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph tells the story of Kayleen and Doug, two people who find themselves at age eight, coming in and out of each other’s lives just when they need the other the most. Join us for this non-chronological whirlwind of a love story, starring Mandy Berghela and Aidan Armstrong. Senior thesis work in directing for Sophie Butler-Rahman and independent intermediate work for Alex Garcia in lighting design and Juli Valle in costume design.

Purchase Tickets Here

Middlebury alums Dan O’Brien and J. M. Tyree return to the College having earned acclaim in creative writing since they began sharing their work with one another over thirty years ago as undergraduates. They are currently press-mates: Tyree has recently published his novella, The Haunted Screen with Deep Vellum, and O’Brien has published a memoir, From Scarsdale: A Childhood, and a collection of his plays, True Story: A Trilogy, with Dalkey Archive Press, an imprint of Deep Vellum.

Never Swim Alone by Daniel MacIvor is a story of male one-upmanship in which the characters Frank and Bill boast their alpha male personalities in a series of highly competitive “Rounds”, as one would see in a boxing match. The judge of the match is a girl in a blue bathing suit, who at the top of the show, lies dead under a sheet. MacIvor comments on toxic masculinity and how its implications harm everyone, especially women, and this production explores what this looks like when portrayed solely by actresses. Senior work for Elsa Marrian and August Siegel.

Never Swim Alone by Daniel MacIvor is a story of male one-upmanship in which the characters Frank and Bill boast their alpha male personalities in a series of highly competitive “Rounds”, as one would see in a boxing match. The judge of the match is a girl in a blue bathing suit, who at the top of the show, lies dead under a sheet. MacIvor comments on toxic masculinity and how its implications harm everyone, especially women, and this production explores what this looks like when portrayed solely by actresses. Senior work for Elsa Marrian and August Siegel.

Never Swim Alone by Daniel MacIvor is a story of male one-upmanship in which the characters Frank and Bill boast their alpha male personalities in a series of highly competitive “Rounds”, as one would see in a boxing match. The judge of the match is a girl in a blue bathing suit, who at the top of the show, lies dead under a sheet. MacIvor comments on toxic masculinity and how its implications harm everyone, especially women, and this production explores what this looks like when portrayed solely by actresses. Senior work for Elsa Marrian and August Siegel.

Never Swim Alone by Daniel MacIvor is a story of male one-upmanship in which the characters Frank and Bill boast their alpha male personalities in a series of highly competitive “Rounds”, as one would see in a boxing match. The judge of the match is a girl in a blue bathing suit, who at the top of the show, lies dead under a sheet. MacIvor comments on toxic masculinity and how its implications harm everyone, especially women, and this production explores what this looks like when portrayed solely by actresses. Senior work for Elsa Marrian and August Siegel.

A play by Gina Femia. Directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre, Sheila Bandyopadhyay.

The Virtuous Fall of the Girls from Our Lady of Sorrows, is an exploration of teenage revolution in the face of petty authoritarianism. Set in a Catholic girls’ school, the play recounts the ripple effects caused by one student’s decision to produce M4M2, a controversial sequel to Measure for Measure.

Please join us for a post-show talk back with the director and company after the Friday performance.

A play by Gina Femia. Directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre, Sheila Bandyopadhyay.

The Virtuous Fall of the Girls from Our Lady of Sorrows, is an exploration of teenage revolution in the face of petty authoritarianism. Set in a Catholic girls’ school, the play recounts the ripple effects caused by one student’s decision to produce M4M2, a controversial sequel to Measure for Measure.

Please join us for a post-show talk back with the director and company after the Friday performance.

Interested in acting in a faculty- or student-directed production? Then you’re in luck! ALL STUDENTS are invited to audition for These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich, directed by Michole Biancosino  and The Journey of the Saint by César De María’ directed by Olga Sanchez Saltveit  as well as senior and intermediate student projects.

A play by Gina Femia. Directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre, Sheila Bandyopadhyay.

The Virtuous Fall of the Girls from Our Lady of Sorrows, is an exploration of teenage revolution in the face of petty authoritarianism. Set in a Catholic girls’ school, the play recounts the ripple effects caused by one student’s decision to produce M4M2, a controversial sequel to Measure for Measure.

Please join us for a post-show talk back with the director and company after the Friday performance.

The Dogteam Theatre Project, now in its third season, is a professional theatre company structured around alternating building and producing summers, with the former dedicated to script development and training and the latter to rehearsing and producing 2 plays in rep in NYC. For this building summer, we will welcome 12-16 students to join professional theatre makers for a two-week residency dedicated to script development and advanced training for actors, directors, designers, technicians, playwrights, and stage managers.

The Dogteam Theatre Project, now in its third season, is a professional theatre company structured around alternating building and producing summers, with the former dedicated to script development and training and the latter to rehearsing and producing 2 plays in rep in NYC. For this building summer, we will welcome 12-16 students to join professional theatre makers for a two-week residency dedicated to script development and advanced training for actors, directors, designers, technicians, playwrights, and stage managers.

The Dogteam Theatre Project, now in its third season, is a professional theatre company structured around alternating building and producing summers, with the former dedicated to script development and training and the latter to rehearsing and producing 2 plays in rep in NYC. For this building summer, we will welcome 12-16 students to join professional theatre makers for a two-week residency dedicated to script development and advanced training for actors, directors, designers, technicians, playwrights, and stage managers.

An interactive textual analysis workshop for actors from on- and off-campus, led by Robert Cornelius (playing West in Two Trains Running) and other members of the The Acting Company. Free, but advanced sign up required.

Theatre Workshop with The Acting Company
Mahaney Arts Center, Room 232

A workshop for Middlebury theatre students, led by Robert Cornelius (playing West in Two Trains Running) and other members of the The Acting Company. After an introduction to August Wilson, his Century Plays, and his overall impact on the American Theater, conversation will narrow in on the details of Two Trains Running, and the specific choices that created this production. Participants will also get up on their feet for theatre exercises.

Theatre invites new and returning students to meet the majors and minors, the faculty and staff of the department and learn what we have planned for this semester and beyond. 

There will be pizza and beverages!

Open to Middlebury students only.

Professors Claudio Medeiros (Theatre) and Jerry Philogene (Black Studies) will lead a cozy book club session about August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. Refreshments provided. This event is a lead-up to the production at Wright Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 13, performed by The Acting Company and presented by the Middlebury Performing Arts Series.

NOTE: Sign-up for this event is now closed as capacity for attendance has been reached.

A Hands-on Devising workshop by The Anthropologists Theatre Company

Led by Melissa Moschitto, Artistic Director, in this hands-on workshop, students will learn concrete tools for generating content in the rehearsal studio using physical theatre techniques, visual storytelling and source material analysis.

Open to Middlebury students, faculty and staff only.

A talk by Melissa Moschitto, Artistic Director of NYC’s theatre company: The Anthropologists.

This interactive presentation introduces students to methods for devising research-based theatre, using Case Studies from The Anthropologists’ performances.

Open to Middlebury students, faculty and staff only.

Directed by Michole Biancosino.

An aging monarch plans to divide his kingdom between his three daughters. But when he asks them first to prove how much they love him, he sets off a series of events which turn the daughters into enemies, the state into a maelstrom. One of the greatest tragedies ever written, in a new adaptation featuring music by Clint Bierman ’97 and Professor of Theatre Alex Draper in the title role.

Please join us for a post-show talk back with the director and company after the Friday performance.

Directed by Michole Biancosino.

An aging monarch plans to divide his kingdom between his three daughters. But when he asks them first to prove how much they love him, he sets off a series of events which turn the daughters into enemies, the state into a maelstrom. One of the greatest tragedies ever written, in a new adaptation featuring music by Clint Bierman ’97 and Professor of Theatre Alex Draper in the title role.

Please join us for a post-show talk back with the director and company after the Friday performance.

Join us for a workshop, conversation and pizza with visiting artist, Antu Yacob. We’ll explore alternate rehearsal methods that disrupt the assumed hierarchical patterns in the rehearsal room. Yacob will lead us through some ways of transforming the rehearsal process to allow for true collaboration.

Open to Middlebury students only.

Directed by Michole Biancosino.

An aging monarch plans to divide his kingdom between his three daughters. But when he asks them first to prove how much they love him, he sets off a series of events which turn the daughters into enemies, the state into a maelstrom. One of the greatest tragedies ever written, in a new adaptation featuring music by Clint Bierman ’97 and Professor of Theatre Alex Draper in the title role.

Please join us for a post-show talk back with the director and company after the Friday performance.

Join us in celebrating our ancestors and departed loved ones on Día de los Muertos.  Meet outside the Anderson Freeman Center (Carr Hall) as of 7pm.  Along the procession there will be music, performances, dance, and much more. Visit: go/ddlm24/ for more information. Bring along a memento of your loved one, a photo, favorite food, an object to honor your dead on the Procession… open to all!

Interested in acting in a faculty- or student-directed production? Then you’re in luck!

Come and audition for THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE by Timberlake Wertenbaker directed by Sheila Bandyopadhyay, and THE WALLS by Griselda Gambaro directed by Claudio Medeiros as well as senior and intermediate student projects.

Join the Makerspace and 3-D print your own sugar skulls! Decorate your ofrenda with this traditional imagery honoring those who lived fruitful lives and whose memory sweetly lives on…

Register here.

More information on DDLM’24 here.

LOCATION: Wright Theatre Costume Shop (lower level).

Come learn how to create your own traditional Calavera face painting design for the Procession! Materials provided!

More information here.

Come prepared to move. Wear clothing that allows for freedom of movement. No prepared choreography necessary. Open to Middlebury students only.

Please note new date, Saturday, October 12 and location in AXN 232!

In this Day of the Dead classic, aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.

The newly devised theater production, titled “Echoes of Truth,” embarks on a profound exploration of the intricate relationship between truth and humanity. Through a series of interconnected scenes, the performance weaves together diverse narratives that challenge perceptions and provoke introspection. Each vignette presents a unique lens on truth—be it personal, societal, or existential—inviting the audience to witness the conflicting realities of its characters.

The newly devised theater production, titled “Echoes of Truth,” embarks on a profound exploration of the intricate relationship between truth and humanity. Through a series of interconnected scenes, the performance weaves together diverse narratives that challenge perceptions and provoke introspection. Each vignette presents a unique lens on truth—be it personal, societal, or existential—inviting the audience to witness the conflicting realities of its characters.

The newly devised theater production, titled “Echoes of Truth,” embarks on a profound exploration of the intricate relationship between truth and humanity. Through a series of interconnected scenes, the performance weaves together diverse narratives that challenge perceptions and provoke introspection. Each vignette presents a unique lens on truth—be it personal, societal, or existential—inviting the audience to witness the conflicting realities of its characters.

The newly devised theater production, titled “Echoes of Truth,” embarks on a profound exploration of the intricate relationship between truth and humanity. Through a series of interconnected scenes, the performance weaves together diverse narratives that challenge perceptions and provoke introspection. Each vignette presents a unique lens on truth—be it personal, societal, or existential—inviting the audience to witness the conflicting realities of its characters.

Join renowned fiction and non-fiction author Emily Raboteau for an environmentally-minded reading and talk in Axinn 232.

Never been on a stage at Middlebury? Then this is for YOU! Get ready to showcase your talent in this fast-paced, ensemble production directed by our Artist in Residence faculty member, Ashley Nicole Baptiste. Come prepared with a 1-2 min monologue that represents you as an actor. You will be cast in scenes based on your audition.
Backed by a team of passionate student designers and crew, this production offers an exciting opportunity to dive into the vibrant world of the Theatre Department.

The Department of Theatre invites new and returning students to CURTAIN UP!

Meet the students who love theatre, the staff and faculty of the department and learn what we have planned for this semester and beyond.

Psst, there will be pizza and beverages!

By María Irene Fornés, directed and translated by Olga Sanchez Saltveit

Join the The Dogteam Theatre Project for an Open Rehearsal of this world premiere production before it travels to NYC!

By Sam Collier ’09, directed by Rebecca Wear ’10.5

Join the The Dogteam Theatre Project for an Open Rehearsal of this world premiere production before it travels to NYC!