Fall 2024 Events
Additional Fall season events coming soon!
Auditions for the Fall Theater Production: A Collaborative Creation
Sept 6th, 6:00-8:00 pm
Sept 7th, 2:30-5:30 pm
Venue: Mainstage Theater (T121)
This fall, THDA Faculty and celebrated director and performer Bob Rosen will direct a devised piece in collaboration with an ensemble of student performers. If you’re interested in the process of developing and creating a piece of performance from the ground up in the room, then this is the piece for you. Performances will take place on November 22-24 and December 6-8.
Audition information: here
Sign up: here
Callbacks will be Sept 8th from 11:30 am-1:30 pm at the Mainstage Theater (T121)!
Auditions for the Fall Dance Concert
Sept 8th, 12:00-2:00 pm
Fox Studio (T120)
The Fall 2024 Dance Concert performances will take place November 7 – 10 and will be choreographed by a group of skilled student choreographers who have successfully completed Dance Composition or Contemporary Ensemble Choreography courses. Everyone is encouraged to audition, even if you are brand new to dance! Choreographers will be seeking dancers with a range of experiences and movement styles.
No advance sign ups are required, and you don’t need to prepare anything to audition – just bring yourself and clothing you can move in. Check in begins at 11:30am and be ready to go at noon.
Macfest
Fri, Sept 27th, 7:30-8:30 pm
Sat, Sept 28th, 7:30-8:30 pm
Venue: James A. Williams Theater (T004)
Come join us for plays written and performed by current Macalester students. There will be three ten minute plays shown each night. Make sure to come see both shows, as different plays will be performed each night! Tickets will be first come, first serve.
Northern Boundary States United States Institute for Theatre Technology Conference
Fri, Oct 4th,
Sat, Oct 5th,
Sun, Oct 6th,
Venue: TBD
The Macalester Theater and Dance Department will be hosting the NBS USITT Conference for multiple days, showcasing our students’ talent, offering detailed tours of our space, and bringing our community together to celebrate technical theater. Times and Venues TBD.
Dance Placement Workshop + Open House
Mon, Oct 21st, TBD
Venue: Fox Studio (T120)
Want to dance at Macalester? No matter your skill level, the Theater and Dance Department has enriching and engaging dance technique classes for you! The Theater and Dance department will be hosting a Dance Open House and Placement Audition where you will meet Dance department faculty and other Mac students interested in dance, try out some of the many styles of dance offered at Macalester, and discover what Dance classes might be right for you.
Auditions for the Spring Theater Productions
Fri, Oct 25th, 6:00-8:00 pm
Sat, Oct 26th, 2:30-5:30 pm
Venue: Mainstage Theater (T121)
Auditions for the spring mainstage production, a collaboration between Macalester students and a Twin Cities based guest director, will be held this weekend! Additionally, this is your chance to audition for Cláudia Tatinge Nascimento’s spring acting course, which will put on a show on April 25-27.
Callbacks will be Sunday, Oct 27th, at 11:30 am-1:30 pm in the Mainstage Theater (T121)!
Dance Concert
Thurs, Nov 7th, 7:30-9:30 pm
Fri, Nov 8th, 7:30-9:30 pm
Sat, Nov 9th, 7:30-9:30 pm
Sun, Nov 10th, 2:00-4:00 pm
Venue: James A. Williams’ Theater
Macalester Department of Theater and Dance presents the Fall Dance Concert 2024 where students and student choreographers show their premiere work. Hosted every semester, Mac THDA is delighted to show the creative process of our amazing Fall 2024 Dance students!
Fall Theater Production: A Collaborative Creation
Fri, Nov 22nd, 7:30-9:30 pm
Sat, Nov 23rd, 7:30-9:30 pm
Sun, Nov 24th, 2:00-4:00 pm
Fri, Dec 6th, 7:30-9:30 pm
Sat, Dec 7th, 7:30-9:30 pm
Sun, Dec 8th, 2:00-4:00 pm
Venue: Mainstage Theater (T121)
THDA Faculty and celebrated director and performer Bob Rosen will direct a devised piece in collaboration with an ensemble of student performers. If you’re interested in new, exciting, and innovative theater devised, written and performed by current Macalester students then this is the piece for you.
Directing Collaboration
Tues, Dec 3rd, 7:30-9:30 pm
Thurs, Dec 5th, 7:30-9:30 pm
Venue: James A. Williams Theater (T004)
Join us for an evening of dance and theater as our talented students showcase their work in playwriting, dance, design, acting, and directing! Admission is free on a first-come, first-served basis.
Dance Technique Showcase
Fri, Dec 6th, TBD
Venue: TBD
Macalester Department of Theater and Dance welcomes you to our Dance Technique Showcase! This informal demonstration of technique by students in Fall 2024 Dance Technique courses is open to all, with free admission as space allows.