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Stupid F***ing Bird

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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.

Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

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Stupid F***ing Bird

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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.

Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

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Portrait Unveiling: Jean Seeler-Gifford '60

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Please Join Us for a Special Event at the Mahaney Center! We will unveil the new portrait of Jean Seeler-Gifford ‘60, friend and supporter of the Theatre Department and of the arts at Middlebury College. All are welcome. No RSVP required

Please note: the opening performance of The Women of Troy is at 7:30 PM. Tickets are available at the Box Office.

Mahaney Arts Center Upper Lobby

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A Masterclass in Persuasion with Speech Consultant Jay Heinrichs '77

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Come watch the NYTimes bestselling author of Thank You For Arguing do for Midd students what he does for corporations, college fundraisers, and TED Talk speakers across the nation: use the principles of classical rhetoric to pinpoint their message for its target audience. We’ve invited students to pitch an idea of their own, or to advocate for a student org or activity in which they believe. So we’ll hear a variety of two-minute proposals, recruitment pitches, mission statements, SGA resolutions, etc., then watch as Jay helps hone the message for maximum impact.

Axinn Center 229

BPTP/NYC Work-in-Progress: No End of Blame

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Play by Howard Barker. directed by Richard Romagnoli. After three weeks of rehearsal, PTP/NYC offers informal showings of its 2016 summer season. Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, this Off-Broadway theatre company specializes in creating socially and politically acute theatre for the 21st century. Read more at www.ptpnyc.org. The performance is approximately 2 hours 30 minutes including intermission. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

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PTP/NYC Work-in-Progress: Good

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Play by C. P. Taylor, directed by Jim Petosa. After three weeks of rehearsal, PTP/NYC offers informal showings of its 2016 summer season. Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, this Off-Broadway theatre company specializes in creating socially and politically acute theatre for the 21st century. Read more at www.ptpnyc.org. The performance is approximately 2 hours 30 minutes including intermission. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

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PTP/NYC: Pity in History

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Play by Howard Barker, directed by Richard Romagnoli. After three weeks of rehearsal, PTP/NYC offers informal, works-in-progress showings of its 2017 summer season. This off-Broadway theatre company specializes in creating socially and politically acute theatre for the 21st century. Free. Read more at www.ptpnyc.org.

Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

Post Traumatic Super Delightful

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A one-woman show that uses clowning techniques to bring humor to conversation around sexual assault

Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

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Patchwork Panchatantra

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With an unknown calamity raging outside the windows, and her parents unaccountably absent, Maya wants answers, but Joe, a mysterious visitor, tells stories instead. Three Panchantantra tales emerge from under his umbrella, spinning a nightmare from which Maya may never awake. Akhila Khanna (’17) senior 700 work in devising, and Nolan Ellsworth (’17) senior work in playwriting.

Hepburn Zoo

Tickets $5 through the Middlebury College box office. Go/Boxoffice.
Open to the Public

Patchwork Panchatantra

Sponsored by:
Theatre
With an unknown calamity raging outside the windows, and her parents unaccountably absent, Maya wants answers, but Joe, a mysterious visitor, tells stories instead. Three Panchantantra tales emerge from under his umbrella, spinning a nightmare from which Maya may never awake. Akhila Khanna (’17) senior 700 work in devising, and Nolan Ellsworth (’17) senior work in playwriting.

Hepburn Zoo

Tickets $5 through the Middlebury College box office. Go/Boxoffice.
Open to the Public