Productions
At a glance: Our theaters
Powerhouse Theater: general seating, free admission, not open to the public
Martel Theater: (seating chart) free admission, open to the public
Streep Studio: very limited seating. Not open to the public.
2018
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Original Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, Suggested by a Film by Ingmar Bergman
Originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince
Stage Direction by Christopher Grabowski, Music Direction by Miriam Charney
Choreography by Teddy Kern
Presented by The Experimental Theater and the Music Department of Vassar College
These performances are in honor of the Inaugural year of Elizabeth H. Bradley as Eleventh President of Vassar College
Special arrangements to produce provided by Music Theatre International (MTI)
This production is supported in part by The Joan Kostick Andrews '52 Fund for Musical Theater
In turn of the century Sweden, trysts abound. The lawyer Fredrik Egerman has married the virginal 18-year old Anne, with whom Fredrik’s son, the melancholy academic Henrik, has fallen in love. Desiree Armfeldt, a stage actress of great beauty (and a reputation for taking on as many lovers as she does is involved with the buffoonish Count Carl Magnus Malcolm, the husband of the cynical and wryly comedic Countess Charlotte Malcolm. When Desiree spots her old flame Fredrik Egerman in the audience of her most recent production, however, her interest in him is immediately rekindled. All parties meet for a “Weekend in the Country” at Desiree’s mother, Madame Armfeldt’s, estate, where the tangled web of romantic involvements continues to surprise us with its twists and turns.
Open to the Public - Free/Ticketed assigned seats - Reservations required - email boxoffice@vassar.edu
Thurs. March 1 7:30pm, Sat., March 3 2:00pm, Sun., March 4 2:00pm
March 1, 3 and 4 2018 (Note: NO performance on Friday, March 2!)
Martel Theater, Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film
The White Moth - A devised piece by senior project members
a senior project in Drama: Caleb Featherstone '18, Rebecca Slotkin '18, and Matt Stein '18
Co-Directed by Darrell James and Alexandra Hatch '20
Callie and her best friend Benson were together at the hospital over Winter Break when his mother died, but their friendship seemed unsalvageable when Callie avoided the funeral. Back at college, however, a dream visit by a ghost convinces her: she must reach out to Benson again, at all costs.
8:00pm
Campus only
April 12, 13, 14 2018
Powerhouse Theater
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
by WIlliam Shakespeare
presented by Actors from the London Stage
Artists in Residency Program
About the Actors From The London Stage: Actors From The London Stage is one of the oldest established touring Shakespeare theater companies in the world. Housed and workshopped in England with academic tours booked through the auspices of Shakespeare at Notre Dame (housed in the Marie P. DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Notre Dame), this program is truly unique. Offering a tour in the spring and another in the fall, we visit approximately 16-20 universities in a year, giving students and faculty around the country a chance to experience our dynamic and enriching performing arts program.
Sponsored by The Office of the Dean of the Faculty, the Drama Department and the English Department
8:00pm
Reservations are required. Open to the Public
Online reservations available here: https://vassardrama.tix.com
April 5, 6, 7, 2018
Martel Theater, Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film
WHITE IS NOT DEFAULT
an original play by Alexandria Smalls '18
senior project in Drama
A staged reading
White is Not Default revolves around a Black, female, college junior who is struggling with her identity as a minority at a predominantly white institution. By way of an advanced poetry course that is focused on social justice and artistic expression in the age of the Black Lives Matter Movement, led by her professor and mentor, she is able to put voice to her feelings of anger, despair, and confusion about racial issues in America.
7:00pm
April 28, 2018
Martel Theater, Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film
(essay)e
A senior presentation in Drama by Sofia Gutierrez '18
as a core team of three, we are creating performance pieces and spaces to facilitate collective encounters. we will use music, poetry, dance, visual art and more in a freeform manner to develop a pedagogy that encourages the exploration of half-formed dreams. ‘essay e’ is an interactive, continuous reflection on aesthetic and visceral modes of communication. we will practice different ways of existing and resist dominant methods of knowledge production. this will be a space of encounters!
7:00PM
No reservations necessary / First Come-First Serve
April 20, 21 2018
OLD BOOKSTORE in College Center