Theatre

Join us on Friday, September 16th from 6-9pm in MAC 232 to audition for the First Year Show. For 27 years and counting, we’ve welcomed incoming students by inviting them to be part of the First Year Show. This faculty-directed, ensemble production featuring scripts by Middlebury students comes together quickly—just in time for Fall Family weekend. It’s supported by a team of student designers and crew, making the show a great introduction to the department and the college.

In Don Taylor’s new translation of Euripides’ classic tragedy, women survivors wait to be shipped abroad from the industrial port of a war-torn city. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once queen, watches as her remaining family is taken from her one by one. The city burns around them. First performed in 415 BC, this lyrical poem of grief and savage irony is as relevant today as it was then. Directed by Vanessa Mildenberg. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Tickets: $12/10/6; on sale April 17

In Don Taylor’s new translation of Euripides’ classic tragedy, women survivors wait to be shipped abroad from the industrial port of a war-torn city. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once queen, watches as her remaining family is taken from her one by one. The city burns around them. First performed in 415 BC, this lyrical poem of grief and savage irony is as relevant today as it was then. Directed by Vanessa Mildenberg. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Tickets: $12/10/6; on sale April 17

In Don Taylor’s new translation of Euripides’ classic tragedy, women survivors wait to be shipped abroad from the industrial port of a war-torn city. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once queen, watches as her remaining family is taken from her one by one. The city burns around them. First performed in 415 BC, this lyrical poem of grief and savage irony is as relevant today as it was then. Directed by Vanessa Mildenberg. Sponsored by the Theatre Program. Tickets: $12/10/6; on sale April 17

Two men wait by the side of the road for the arrival of the mysterious Godot in this absurdist tragicomedy. Kean Haunt (’17) and Jackson Prince (’17) senior 700 work in acting, Sally Seitz (’17) 500 Work in directing, and Iram Asghar (’18) 500 work in costume design.

Two men wait by the side of the road for the arrival of the mysterious Godot in this absurdist tragicomedy. Kean Haunt (’17) and Jackson Prince (’17) senior 700 work in acting, Sally Seitz (’17) 500 Work in directing, and Iram Asghar (’18) 500 work in costume design.

Two men wait by the side of the road for the arrival of the mysterious Godot in this absurdist tragicomedy. Kean Haunt (’17) and Jackson Prince (’17) senior 700 work in acting, Sally Seitz (’17) 500 Work in directing, and Iram Asghar (’18) 500 work in costume design.

Two men wait by the side of the road for the arrival of the mysterious Godot in this absurdist tragicomedy. Kean Haunt (’17) and Jackson Prince (’17) senior 700 work in acting, Sally Seitz (’17) 500 Work in directing, and Iram Asghar (’18) 500 work in costume design.

An exploration of a girl’s sexuality, as told through the stories of four people who know her intimately. This is the devised 700 Work of Leah Sarbib and Tosca Giustini. Ensemble: Leah Sarbib, Tosca Giustini, Kean Haunt, Lorena Neira, Kathleen Gudas, Caitlyn Meagher, Will Lupica, Anna Parker, Bjorn Peterson, Lucy Killian, Iram Ashgar, Ben Rose, Andrew Goulet

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.