Theatre

Never Swim Alone by Daniel MacIvor is a story of male one-upmanship in which the characters Frank and Bill boast their alpha male personalities in a series of highly competitive “Rounds”, as one would see in a boxing match. The judge of the match is a girl in a blue bathing suit, who at the top of the show, lies dead under a sheet. MacIvor comments on toxic masculinity and how its implications harm everyone, especially women, and this production explores what this looks like when portrayed solely by actresses. Senior work for Elsa Marrian and August Siegel.

Never Swim Alone by Daniel MacIvor is a story of male one-upmanship in which the characters Frank and Bill boast their alpha male personalities in a series of highly competitive “Rounds”, as one would see in a boxing match. The judge of the match is a girl in a blue bathing suit, who at the top of the show, lies dead under a sheet. MacIvor comments on toxic masculinity and how its implications harm everyone, especially women, and this production explores what this looks like when portrayed solely by actresses. Senior work for Elsa Marrian and August Siegel.

Interested in acting in a faculty- or student-directed production? Then you’re in luck! ALL STUDENTS are invited to audition for These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich, directed by Michole Biancosino  and The Journey of the Saint by César De María’ directed by Olga Sanchez Saltveit  as well as senior and intermediate student projects.

Middlebury alums Dan O’Brien and J. M. Tyree return to the College having earned acclaim in creative writing since they began sharing their work with one another over thirty years ago as undergraduates. They are currently press-mates: Tyree has recently published his novella, The Haunted Screen with Deep Vellum, and O’Brien has published a memoir, From Scarsdale: A Childhood, and a collection of his plays, True Story: A Trilogy, with Dalkey Archive Press, an imprint of Deep Vellum.

The Dogteam Theatre Project, now in its third season, is a professional theatre company structured around alternating building and producing summers, with the former dedicated to script development and training and the latter to rehearsing and producing 2 plays in rep in NYC. For this building summer, we will welcome 12-16 students to join professional theatre makers for a two-week residency dedicated to script development and advanced training for actors, directors, designers, technicians, playwrights, and stage managers.

The Dogteam Theatre Project, now in its third season, is a professional theatre company structured around alternating building and producing summers, with the former dedicated to script development and training and the latter to rehearsing and producing 2 plays in rep in NYC. For this building summer, we will welcome 12-16 students to join professional theatre makers for a two-week residency dedicated to script development and advanced training for actors, directors, designers, technicians, playwrights, and stage managers.

The Dogteam Theatre Project, now in its third season, is a professional theatre company structured around alternating building and producing summers, with the former dedicated to script development and training and the latter to rehearsing and producing 2 plays in rep in NYC. For this building summer, we will welcome 12-16 students to join professional theatre makers for a two-week residency dedicated to script development and advanced training for actors, directors, designers, technicians, playwrights, and stage managers.

Theatre Workshop with The Acting Company
Mahaney Arts Center, Room 232

A workshop for Middlebury theatre students, led by Robert Cornelius (playing West in Two Trains Running) and other members of the The Acting Company. After an introduction to August Wilson, his Century Plays, and his overall impact on the American Theater, conversation will narrow in on the details of Two Trains Running, and the specific choices that created this production. Participants will also get up on their feet for theatre exercises.

An interactive textual analysis workshop for actors from on- and off-campus, led by Robert Cornelius (playing West in Two Trains Running) and other members of the The Acting Company. Free, but advanced sign up required.

A talk by Melissa Moschitto, Artistic Director of NYC’s theatre company: The Anthropologists.

This interactive presentation introduces students to methods for devising research-based theatre, using Case Studies from The Anthropologists’ performances.

Open to Middlebury students, faculty and staff only.