Theatre

“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.

Discussion with Playwright Amina Henry
Do you wonder what it takes to make it as a playwright? What are some tricks to writing a play? What can you do once you have written a play?
Grab a coffee and join us for a Q&A with professional playwright, Amina Henry. Moderated by Michole Biancosino, Assistant Professor of Theatre.
Free

The Theatre senior reception is being held in conjunction with the Dance reception at 4:30pm in MCA 232.

In Charles Mee’s update of the classic Greek play, Dionysus comes to Thebes where the city’s ruler refuses to acknowledge him as a god. Mee creates striking images of obscenity and beauty in this poetic, quiltlike piece, composed in the way that Max Ernst made his “fatagaga” pieces at the end of World War I. Directed by Michole Biancosino ’98. Tickets: $15/12/8/6; on sale October 14