Theatre

Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. This play by Jaclyn Backhaus is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River (and in 2018, it’s women in those boats). Directed by Cheryl Faraone. Tickets $15/12/8/6; on sale November 12

Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. This play by Jaclyn Backhaus is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River (and in 2018, it’s women in those boats). Directed by Cheryl Faraone. Tickets $15/12/8/6; on sale November 12

Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. This play by Jaclyn Backhaus is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River (and in 2018, it’s women in those boats). Directed by Cheryl Faraone. Tickets $15/12/8/6; on sale November 12

“SILENCE=DEATH.” The AIDS epidemic was responsible for more deaths in the 1980s than the Vietnam War. Come watch the heart-wrenching story of the activists of gay liberation in this tragic era. “How to Survive a Plague” is a 2012 American documentary film about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, and the efforts of activist groups ACT UP and TAG.

Richard Romagnoli directs five short and shorter funny, chilling plays by Václav Havel, Samuel Beckett, and Harold Pinter. The evening explores the challenges of exercising individual conscience and the consequences of making unpopular though principled choices. Such choices deny the herd. A Theatre Program event. Tickets: $15 Public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students; on sale October 22.

Richard Romagnoli directs five short and shorter funny, chilling plays by Václav Havel, Samuel Beckett, and Harold Pinter. The evening explores the challenges of exercising individual conscience and the consequences of making unpopular though principled choices. Such choices deny the herd. A Theatre Program event. Tickets: $15 Public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students; on sale October 22.

Richard Romagnoli directs five short and shorter funny, chilling plays by Václav Havel, Samuel Beckett, and Harold Pinter. The evening explores the challenges of exercising individual conscience and the consequences of making unpopular though principled choices. Such choices deny the herd. A Theatre Program event. Tickets: $15 Public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students; on sale October 22.

Join us for the 25th Annual First Year Show streaming live. This year’s show is a 24-hour new play festival featuring plays written, directed, designed, and performed in a 24-hour period. The event showcases the talent of over 50 Middlebury students!


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Play by Caryl Churchill, directed by Cheryl Faraone, featuring Nesba Crenshaw, Caitlin Duffy ’15.5, Ro Boddie, and Lilah May Pfeiffer. A punchy dystopian drama (that) seems so prescient it’s hard not to imagine the playwright had her own crystal ball when she wrote it in 2000…this twisted fairytale clearly demonstrates that if you declare war on the world, the world will declare war on you. Free

Premieres Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 7:30 PM ET; streaming through Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 11:59 PM ET at https://ptpnyc.org/

In this gallery talk, visiting artist Alison J Carr will discuss her recent work, inspired by mid-century pinup artist Zoë Mozert.