Wright Theatre

Join master actor/dramaturg Tina Packer as she deconstructs and conjures William Shakespeare’s most famous female characters in two funny and fierce shows that are part performance and part master class. On Saturday, Packer and costar Nigel Gore perform Force and Heat: The Early Plays. On Sunday, they present Chaos and Redemption: The Later Plays. “Marvelous!”–Ben Brantley, New York Times. Book signings after each show. Sponsored by the Performing Arts Series and the Theatre Program, in conjunction with the exhibition of Shakespeare’s First Folio at the Museum.

Rakugo is a traditional Japanese art of storytelling, where performers sit in front of the audience and tell humorous, scary, or moving dramatic stories using vivid facial expressions and body language to convey different characters. At the yearly Rakugo performance, professional Rakugo players perform classic stories while a traditional paper-cutter cuts any student’s request into a paper masterpiece. Students from the Rakugo club perform as well, and outside guests are welcome (basic English subtitles are provided). Sponsored by the Japanese School.

Terence Rattigan’s 1941 play, set in a hotel near an RAF Bomber Command airbase during WWII, is named for the flares that were used to light runways to allow planes to take off and land. The plot draws a love triangle between a pilot, his actress wife, and a famous film star. Other players including a Polish flier, his English wife, and a sextet of characters add to the many dramatic and comic moments of this very moving story. Directed by Richard Romagnoli. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Tickets: $12/10/6; on sale October 19

Terence Rattigan’s 1941 play, set in a hotel near an RAF Bomber Command airbase during WWII, is named for the flares that were used to light runways to allow planes to take off and land. The plot draws a love triangle between a pilot, his actress wife, and a famous film star. Other players including a Polish flier, his English wife, and a sextet of characters add to the many dramatic and comic moments of this very moving story. Directed by Richard Romagnoli. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Tickets: $12/10/6; on sale October 19

Terence Rattigan’s 1941 play, set in a hotel near an RAF Bomber Command airbase during WWII, is named for the flares that were used to light runways to allow planes to take off and land. The plot draws a love triangle between a pilot, his actress wife, and a famous film star. Other players including a Polish flier, his English wife, and a sextet of characters add to the many dramatic and comic moments of this very moving story. Directed by Richard Romagnoli. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Tickets: $12/10/6; on sale October 19

Join the students and facilitators from the January Term Collaboration in the Arts course and see how their month of making together has culminated in their final project showings! The students and facilitators draw from assignments, mini-projects, reflections, and their explorations in dance, theater, visual art, writing, and their various areas of study to create this finale event! Free

Join director Richard Romagnoli and his cast and crew for a presentation about the upcoming production of Terence Rattigan’s 1941 play. $5 donation suggested; free to Middlebury College ID cardholders

This play by Tom Stoppard is a compelling blend of science, mathematics, literature, and landscape architecture; the magnetic force connecting them is sex, “the attraction that Newton left out.” Featuring Associate Professor of Theatre Alex Draper ’88; directed by Cheryl Faraone. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Tickets: $12/10/6

This play by Tom Stoppard is a compelling blend of science, mathematics, literature, and landscape architecture; the magnetic force connecting them is sex, “the attraction that Newton left out.” Featuring Associate Professor of Theatre Alex Draper ’88; directed by Cheryl Faraone. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Tickets: $12/10/6

This play by Tom Stoppard is a compelling blend of science, mathematics, literature, and landscape architecture; the magnetic force connecting them is sex, “the attraction that Newton left out.” Featuring Associate Professor of Theatre Alex Draper ’88; directed by Cheryl Faraone. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Tickets: $12/10/6