Theatre

Theatre Department lecture by Lynda Paul, Ph.D., Yale University Candidate for Assistant Professor in Theatre The Ballets Russes (1909-1929) brought together some of modernist Europe’s most consequential choreographers (Fokine, Nijinsky, Balanchine), most influential composers (Debussy, Stravinsky), most renowned visual artists (Picasso, Matisse, Braque), most cutting-edge fashion designers (Chanel), and most innovative writers (Cocteau).

Audition for two faculty-directed fall 2016 productions (THEA 0210A & THEA 0210B). This is the only audition for anyone wanting to act in a departmental show for the fall term, so come get involved in theatre at Middlebury! Please come around 9:45 AM and sign up for a time slot. Complete info at go/theatre.

This performance is a collage of scenes exploring the thin, permeable line between sanity and madness. Senior directing work of Kristin Corbett ’16.5. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. (Please note the venue change; originally scheduled for the Hepburn Zoo Theatre.)

This performance is a collage of scenes exploring the thin, permeable line between sanity and madness. Senior directing work of Kristin Corbett ’16.5. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. (Please note the venue change; originally scheduled for the Hepburn Zoo Theatre.)

This performance is a collage of scenes exploring the thin, permeable line between sanity and madness. Senior directing work of Kristin Corbett ’16.5. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. (Please note the venue change; originally scheduled for the Hepburn Zoo Theatre.)

Editors from The BreakBeat Poets of Chicago facilitate a short open mic, featuring participants from the afternoon workshop and members of the local poetry and hip hop community. The editors then perform an interactive reading from The BreakBeat Poets, discussing the anthology’s genesis, impact, and the role of BreakBeat poetics in contemporary literature. Sponsored by the Theater Department, Black Student Union, Oratory Now, Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life, and Department of English

Richard Romagnoli directs this prologue and five short plays, four of which were written by women playwrights of color. Each takes a spin on the original Greek tragedy about a young woman who defies the state to uphold a religious principle—the unwritten law of the gods—condemning herself to death. Not tragedies in the classical sense, these contemporary plays are sometimes broadly comical, serious, and warmly human. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Tickets: $12/10/6; on sale October 10

Richard Romagnoli directs this prologue and five short plays, four of which were written by women playwrights of color. Each takes a spin on the original Greek tragedy about a young woman who defies the state to uphold a religious principle—the unwritten law of the gods—condemning herself to death. Not tragedies in the classical sense, these contemporary plays are sometimes broadly comical, serious, and warmly human. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Tickets: $12/10/6; on sale October 10

Richard Romagnoli directs this prologue and five short plays, four of which were written by women playwrights of color. Each takes a spin on the original Greek tragedy about a young woman who defies the state to uphold a religious principle—the unwritten law of the gods—condemning herself to death. Not tragedies in the classical sense, these contemporary plays are sometimes broadly comical, serious, and warmly human. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Tickets: $12/10/6; on sale October 10

Play by Aaron Posner, “sort of” adapted from Anton Chekov’s The Seagull. It’s The Seagull on steroids: Con hates his mother. Nina, the girl he adores, lusts after his mother’s lover, and he after her. Mix equal parts art, ambition, sex, and alcohol, and what you get is a recipe for madness. “…In scope of ambition, wit, insight, power of observation, beauty of language it is as good as anything you’ve seen…”—DC Theatre Scene. Music by James Sugg, directed by Cheryl Faraone. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Buy Tickets: $12 Public/$10 Middlebury ID holders/$6 Middlebury students.