The Experimental Theater Of Vassar College Drama Department presents
Spring 2009 Production Schedule
(all performances are student coursework)
Free Admission, General Seating, Reservations required.
Reservations for The Experimental Theater of Vassar College Drama Department performances are available through the Box Office located at the Powerhouse Theater (Next to the Admissions Building.)
Joan Gerardi, House Manager and Publicity Director
Box office Information:
Walk-In: Monday-Friday 1pm - 5pm
Email the box office: boxoffice@vassar.edu
Telephone: 845-437-5584 or 5599
Reservations are available two weeks prior to opening night. All drama department productions are complimentary admission.
Reservation details:
- Name of the performance
- Date you are requesting a reservation
- Time (matinee or evening)
- Your full name
- Status (faculty, student, family, community guest etc.)
- Phone number with area code
As a courtesy, please contact the box office if you are unable to attend a production you reserved. Your reservation will be voided 10 minutes prior to curtain if you and your guests have not checked in.
Special needs must be arranged at the time of reservation or we may not be able to accommodate your request.
Abanthis: A Woman About Whom Nothing Is Known
Adapted From Ann Carson’s “If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho”
Created and directed by Amanda Culp ‘09 *
Abanthis explores the intersections of Greek, Indian and Western theater traditions, through the untold narrative of Women and Desire. For five weeks the ensemble will work with familiar stories from Greek mythology, the fragmented poetry of Sappho and traditional Indian performance aesthetics to create the story of Abanthis: A Woman About Whom Nothing is Known (title is excerpted from Sappho's Fragment 22).
Where: performed on the Heinlein Stage (located at the Center for Drama and Film)
When: February 27th at 8:00pm, and February 28th at 6:00pm and 9:00pm
(Very Limited Seating)
Metamorphoses
By Mary Zimmerman
Directed by Christopher Grabowski
(parents weekend: some content may not be suitable for children)
Mary Zimmerman’s Tony award-winning play metamorphoses utilizes post-modern storytelling techniques to refashion ovid’s ancient myths. Metamorphoses explores the elemental and poetic aspects of these time-worn tales while underscoring the difficult, yet salutary, nature of change and changing. The Experimental Theater of Vassar College is excited to stage this profound and dreamlike production, and invites you to come and lose yourself in this performance.
Where: Performed in the Powerhouse Theater
When: April 2nd, 3rd and 4th at 8:00pm
(Very Limited Seating)
Badass: Fighting From Never/Land
Adapted from J.M. Barrie’s Peter and Wendy
Created, directed and choreographed by Julianna Allen ‘09*
A new theatrical adaptation of the novel, Peter and Wendy, by J. M. Barrie. This exploration into the unique world that Peter Pan inhabits and defines, takes flight, and fights along with and in between the lost boys, indians, pirates, and animals. Never/Land examines the connections of our childhood escapes with the roles we inhabit as adults.
Where: Performed in the Powerhouse Theater
When: April 29th, 30th, and May 1st at 8:00pm
* Denotes Senior Project in Drama