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  • 2024-2025

    Theater and Dance Open House
    Fri, Sept 6th, 5:00 pm
    Venue: Mainstage Theater (T121)
    Get to know the theater and dance community and tour our work spaces!


    Auditions for the Fall Theater Production: A Collaborative Creation
    Fri, Sept 6th, 6:00-8:00 pm
    Sat, Sept 7th, 2:30-5:30 pm
    Venue: Mainstage Theater (T121)
    This fall, THDA Faculty member 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 collaboratively creating an original performance piece, and having a lot of fun in the process, then this is the show for you! It will be performed November 22-24 and December 6-8.

    Audition information: here
    Time slots: here

    Callbacks
    Sun, Sept 8th, 11:30 am-1:30 pm
    Venue: Mainstage Theater (T121)


    Auditions for the Fall Dance Concert
    Sun, Sept 8th, 12:00-2:00 pm
    Venue: 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.


    Film Screening
    On Tuesday, September 17, at 5 p.m. in the Mainstage Theater at Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester THDA will stream a performance of Amarillo, a dance piece that explores the troubles of immigration, identity, and culture.

    Description from the company: A man departs for the US–Mexican border and vanishes before reaching his destination: Amarillo, Texas. Through stunning projected images, bilingual monologues and a sea of displaced objects and natural elements, this renowned company reconstructs his journey in a multimedia performance that travels imagined landscapes of both geography and cultural identity. The absent man takes on multiple faces and names as he comes to symbolize the thousands of disillusioned travelers who have suffered a similar fate. Amarillo touches on the complex nature of individual and national identity in a time of exodus—both for those who leave and those who are left behind.

    Film runs for one hour. All are welcome.


    Auditions for A Forgotten Mind: A Spring 2025 Honors Production
    Auditions for Nick Suchomel’s A Forgotten Mind: A Spring 2025 Honors Production will take place on Friday Oct. 4 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. in the James A. Williams Theater T004. Call backs are Sunday Oct. 6 from 1-4 p.m. in the James A. Williams Theater T004. Please sign up to audition!


    Afro-Cuban Dance Masterclass
    Friday, Sept. 27, 4:45-6:00 p.m.
    Venue: Fox Dance Studio (T120)
    Born in Matanzas, Cuba, Yeniel ‘Chini’ Perez Domenech has been a professional dancer for over twenty five years. A graduate of the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Arte and a member of Afrocuba de Mantanzas, this passionate dance educator now performs and choreographs Rueda de la Calle and his own Chini Company. Join Yeniel to learn about Afro-Cuban Dance! Sign up here.


    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 at each performance. Make sure to come see both shows, as different plays will be performed each night! Tickets will be 1st come 1st serve.


    Northern Boundary States United States Institute for Theatre Technology Conference
    Saturday, Oct 5
    Macalester will host the Northern Boundary Section of USITT’s annual regional conference. The goal of the fall conference is to offer education and connection at a manageable and affordable level. There will be workshops, tours, creative work displays, networking, and social events.  Sign up here.


    Guest Speaker Jeffrey Mosser from Milwaukee Repertory Theater
    Thursday October 10, 1:20 pm
    Venue: James A. Williams ’77 Theater
    Join us for a conversation with Jeffrey Mosser, artistic producer, who will share both his professional expertise and opportunities with Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s Emerging Professional Residency. This residency is an apprenticeship program that serves as a bridge into the professional theater world. Geared towards those dedicated to careers in the performing arts, it creates the opportunity to connect with professionals from around the country and spend a season working in one of America’s foremost regional theaters. Residents will participate in crucial roles on and off-stage through close collaboration with established theater professionals, while learning about the business of theater from guest artists and experts in the field. Residencies are available in the areas of acting, directing, education and engagement, costume construction and stage management.


    Film Screening
    Tuesday, October 22 at 7:00 pm
    Venue: JBD (CC lower level)
    Join us for a film screening of The English National Ballet’s Giselle choreographed by Akram Khan. Giselle is a story of love, betrayal, and redemption, boldly reimagined. It is atmospherically mesmerizing as it conjures up a condemned factory and the vengeful ghosts that appear in its shadows.


    Community Lunch
    Thursday, Oct 24, 11:30 am
    Venue: T205
    Come enjoy lunch and connect with professors and other students in the department to learn about upcoming classes and auditions for Spring 2025! Open to all in the THDA department! RSVP


    Dance Masterclass: Breaking with Lue Thao
    Friday, Oct. 25, 4:45 pm
    Venue: Fox Dance Studio, T120
    Lue Thao is a professional dancer, instructor, and performer with a passion for breaking and supporting the dance community. In 2017, Lue founded Cypher Side with support of from Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center. In 2021, he opened Cypher Side Dance School, realizing his vision of creating a space for dance and community.


    Auditions for the Spring Theater Productions
    NEW DATE ADDED: Sunday, Nov 3, 3-5:30 pm
    Wed, Nov 6, 4:45-6:45 pm (full)
    Thurs, Nov 7, 4:45-6:45 pm (full)
    Callbacks: Sat Nov 9, 3-5 pm
    Venue: Fox Dance Studio, T120
    Guest director Noël Raymond will direct Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really by Kate Hamill. Cláudia Tatinge Nascimento will direct Holmes and Watson by Jeffrey Hatcher. See more scheduling details and sign up for an audition time slot here.


    Dance Concert: Untethered
    We will begin an in-person waitlist 30 minutes before each show, please come see if we can accommodate you!
    Thurs, Nov 7, 7:30 pm (sold out!)
    Fri, Nov 8, 7:30 pm (sold out!)
    Sat, Nov 9, 2:00pm (limited availability) and 7:30pm (sold out!)
    Sun, Nov 10, 2:00pm (limited availability) and 7:30pm (sold out!)
    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! Seating will be limited to 50 people per performance and free advanced ticket reservations will be required.

  • 2023-2024

    Spring 2024 Events

    AUTOCAD Workshop with Kelly Pursley
    February 2-4, various times
    Venue: Design Studio (THDA 006)
    You will leave this workshop with the skills and tools to be able to use AutoCAD to draft scenic elements, with a foundation to dig deeper into the vast array of tools this program has to offer. While the focus is on drafting for stage and entertainment design, the skills are applicable to any sort of drafting, including architectural, museums and more. Sign up here.


    Krump with Cecil Neal
    Feb 9, 4:45-6:15pm
    Fox
    This workshop will be an introduction to the core movement techniques of the Krump dance style. With key elements of stomping, popping, swinging, and isolating body parts, Krump has developed into a popular African-American style street dance. Join Cecil Neal to begin to explore these expressive and energetic movements. Sign up


    THDA Performance Trip
    February 9, 7:00pm
    Walker Arts Center
    Current Theater and Dance students, faculty and staff are invited to attend The Mood Room by Annie-B Parson’s Big Dance Theater at the Walker Arts Center on Friday, February 9 at 8pm. The deadline to sign up is 5pm Wednesday February 7.


    Theater and Dance Honors production: A Patchwork Pillowfort
    February 15-18, 7:00pm each night
    James A. Williams Theater
    A Patchwork Pillowfort is a mishmash of thirty different plays over the course of ninety minutes, presented in an order chosen by the audience (you!). This show aims to bring back the nostalgia and comfort of childhood nonsense while also adding touches of adult humor and existential questions. Each play was written, designed, and directed by the performers you will see onstage – meaning every one of these pieces is filled to the brim with personality, humor, and emotion. The James A. Williams Theater is located on the lower level of the theater wing in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center. Entry is free on a first come, first served basis, and seats are limited. Audience participation is optional, but encouraged.


    Dance Showing
    Feb 24, 9:00am
    Fox
    Choreographers creating work for the Spring 24 dance concert gather for an informal showing of works-in-progress to share feedback. All THDA faculty are invited to attend. Not open to the general public.


    Playwriting: Revisions with Jarek Pastor
    Feb 24, 2:00pm
    T006 Design Lab
    You’ve finished the first draft of a play. Now what? Rewriting can feel tricky and intimidating. You’ve earnestly poured every hope and intention into that first draft, but intention is only a part of expression, and what is a play if it does not communicate with an audience? Whether you’re slowly rescripting in solitude or reworking moments during breaks from rehearsal, revision makes up the bulk of a playwright’s work.
    In this workshop, we will discuss tools and techniques to strength-test what you’ve put on the page and its relation to performance, experiment with revision strategies, explore lenses you can use to dig into the dramaturgy of your play, and engage in exercises to illuminate what you already have from new perspectives. This workshop is for those who have scripts they’d like to develop further, want to think more dramaturgically, or don’t even know where to begin when it comes to revision. Sign up here.


    THDA Performance Trip
    Feb 25, 12:00pm
    Guthrie Theater
    THDA is sponsoring a trip to see On Beckett at the Guthrie Theater on Sunday, February 25 at 1pm. The deadline to sign up is 12pm Friday, February 16. The show’s run time is 80 minutes. We will gather back on campus after the show to share a meal and reflect on the performance. All THDA students are invited to attend, including those in courses, majors, minors, workstudy, cast and crew. Sign up here.

    Below is a short description of the production from the Guthrie Website:
    “Tony Award-winning actor and master clown Bill Irwin has spent a lifetime captivated by Samuel Beckett. The depth of his devotion for the famed Irish writer plays out onstage in a nonstop display of jovial verbal and physical comedy that has become Irwin’s signature. With little more than a microphone and a podium, Irwin lets the audience in on the creative process of engaging with Beckett’s undeniably rich language, providing a primer in clowning along the way. In addition to exploring texts by one of the most influential theater voices of the past century, audiences will fall in love with Irwin’s unique and endearing approach to Beckett’s work.”


    Open Showing for Eurydice, directed by Randy Reyes
    Feb 27, 6:15 pm
    Mainstage Theater, T121
    Join the cast for a sneak peek at THDA’s spring Mainstage Theater production. A 20 minute excerpt of this work in progress will be followed by a 20 minute feedback and discussion session. Additional information on the Theater and Dance Department will be available, including Fall 24 course offerings and performance opportunities.


    THDA Performance Trip
    Feb 29, 6:00pm
    Northrup Auditorium
    THDA is sponsoring a trip to see Ada/Ava by Manual Cinema at the Northrop on Thursday, February 29 at 7pm. The show’s run time is 60 minutes followed by a 30 minute Q and A. All THDA students are invited to attend, including those in courses, majors, minors, workstudy, cast and crew. The deadline to sign up is 12pm Thursday, February 22.

    Below is a short description of the production from the Northrop Website:
    “Bereaved of her twin sister Ava, Ada marks time in the patterns of a life built for two, until a traveling carnival’s mirror maze plunges her—and you—into a journey set in the New England gothic landscape. “This Chicago troupe is conjuring phantasms to die for in an unclassifiable story of spectral beauty” raves The New York Times. Manual Cinema creates handspun cinema combining shadow puppetry, cinematic techniques, and innovative sound—all in plain view. Aaron David Miller adds to this magical mixture playing Northrop’s historic pipe organ. This event includes a live Q&A with the artists following the show.” Advisory: This performance includes loud music and flashing lights.


    Theater And Dance Honors Production: Anti-Cartesian Variety Show
    March 1-2
    Friday at 7:30, Saturday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
    James A. Williams Theater
    In Anti-Cartesian Variety Show, collaged, written and directed by Jess Nguyen, you’ll experience an avant-garde solo performance, a cozy movie night, a standup comedy show, a documentary and autoethnography, and a philosophical address rolled into one. Informed by the author and director’s research into the Vietnamese Avant-Garde, this show explores how language, place, and identity collide within all of us through an autobiographical, interactive multimedia experience. The result is a journey that is both delightful and powerfully moving. The James A. Williams Theater is located on the lower level of the theater wing in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center. Entry is free on a first come, first served basis, and seats are limited.


    Grants and Grant Writing Workshop I with Masami Kawazato
    March 2, 1:00-4:00pm
    THDA Classroom T101
    You will learn about the process of finding, reading and understanding grants, including the details you need to consider beyond the narrative of the application. You will examine a sample grant application, and then will be given 6 weeks (a very typical application period) to submit an application as practice. You will begin to learn the skills and vocabulary for understanding grant applications and writing grants. You will leave the first session with a sample grant to work on, and we will discuss a selection of the submissions of participants in order to improve our understanding and writing of grants in the second.


    Open Showing for Eurydice, directed by Randy Reyes
    March 5, 6:15 pm
    Mainstage Theater, T121
    Join the cast for a sneak peek at THDA’s spring Mainstage Theater production. A 20 minute excerpt of this work in progress will be followed by a 20 minute feedback and discussion session. Additional information on the Theater and Dance Department will be available, including Fall 24 course offerings and performance opportunities.


    Dance Masterclass with Ao (Aloe) Liu from CAAM Chinese Dance Theater
    March 22, 4:45pm
    Fox Dance Studio
    Ao Liu works with CAAM Chinese Dance Theater to perform and celebrate Chinese cultural heritage through the universal language of dance. Chinese dance styles are plentiful and dynamic, from powerful movements inspired by martial arts to vibrant steps of ethnic dance to the flowing movements of classic dance. This workshop will be an introduction to the varied dance styles of Chinese dance. All levels of experience are welcome. Sign up here to join the waitlist.


    Dance Open House and Placement Workshop
    Wednesday, March 27, 4:45pm – 6pm
    Thursday, March 28, 3pm – 4:30pm
    Want to dance at Macalester? No matter your skill level, the Theater and Dance Department has enriching and engaging dance technique classes for you! At the Open House, 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. All are welcome, no previous experience required. Sign up here


    Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Randy Reyes
    Friday, March 29 at 7:30pm
    Saturday, March 30 at 2pm and 7:30pm

    Immerse yourself in a captivating reimagining of the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. This isn’t just Orpheus’ journey – it’s Eurydice’s tale of love, loss, and resilience. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice embarks on an extraordinary journey to the underworld. Experience her reunion with her father, the challenges she faces, and the struggle to remember her lost love. This isn’t the story you read in high school; it’s laced with contemporary characters, unexpected plot twists, and emotional themes. Discover a fresh perspective on a timeless love story. Don’t miss the chance to be part of this enchanting theatrical experience! More information and ticket reservations can be found at this link.


    Dance Showing 2
    March 30, 9:00am
    Fox Dance Studio, T120
    Choreographers creating work for the Spring 24 dance concert gather for an informal showing of works-in-progress to share feedback. All THDA faculty are invited to attend. Not open to the general public.


    THDA Community Pizza Lunch
    April 2, 11:30 am
    T204
    Welcome back from Spring Break! The Theater and Dance department will be having a community lunch on April 2 from 11:30-12:30 pm. We’ll serve pizza for lunch and talk about next year’s classes, audition opportunities, and events! All students enrolled in a THDA course of any kind (class, production) are welcome to attend. There will also be time for students to meet with and talk to the THDA Student Reps. You can sign up to attend here. All are welcome!


    Movement Workshop with Dr. Alessandra Williams
    April 2, 4:45 pm
    Fox Dance Studio, T120
    The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship is inviting Macalester’s Mellon Mays alumna Dr. Alessandra Williams to give a keynote address. She is a dance scholar and artist at Rutgers University and affiliated with Ananya Dance Theatre. She has graciously offered to facilitate a movement workshop, as described below:
    WORKSHOP: We use our voices, bodies, and breath according to our abilities on a daily basis, but can we take time to create rituals to better our physical wellness and reflect on personal memories? This workshop will immerse students in exercises designed to meditate on familial stories across generations and be attentive to gestural expression in everyday life. With demonstrations, concrete examples, and individualized and communal guidance provided by the instructor, participants will learn very simple gestures, introductory physical postures, and basic vocal work to carefully craft their practice. The workshop will be informed by the instructor’s enduring engagement with the Yorchhā technique of Ananya Dance Theatre and rooted in the vinyasa style of yoga which aligns physical postures with breath. Our soundwork includes audible breath, song, and vocalization so that participants can choose the practices that are suitable for their ritual. Our goal is to build a sound-movement practice, which will integrate sound and movement as a unified experience. No prior movement or vocal experience is necessary. All physical abilities are encouraged. Sign up here.


    Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Randy Reyes
    Friday, April 5 at 7:30pm
    Saturday, April 6 at 2pm and 7:30pm
    Sunday, April 7 at 2pm
    Immerse yourself in a captivating reimagining of the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. This isn’t just Orpheus’ journey – it’s Eurydice’s tale of love, loss, and resilience. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice embarks on an extraordinary journey to the underworld. Experience her reunion with her father, the challenges she faces, and the struggle to remember her lost love. This isn’t the story you read in high school; it’s laced with contemporary characters, unexpected plot twists, and emotional themes. Discover a fresh perspective on a timeless love story. Don’t miss the chance to be part of this enchanting theatrical experience! More information and ticket reservations can be found at this link.


    Honors Festival
    April 5-6, 4:00pm-6:00pm
    Spaces throughout the Theater wing

    Four talented seniors present the results of their year-long research projects. Jessica Chen has designed and built an immersive installation, empowering the audience to explore and discover stories as they move independently throughout the world. Kitty Jiang has designed a story featuring Chinese traditional folktales presented through Chinese shadow puppetry, in which Kitty creates all visual elements of puppets, costumes, lighting and video creation. Lily Turner presents a brief fashion show and talk highlighting sustainable fashion design and clothing culture in the wake of environmental collapse and global crisis, and the importance of circular design. Nicola Wong’s exposure to a range of movement practices such as Butoh serves as inspiration for her own work, which considers ways we connect to ourselves, to community, and to our greater environment.


    Contemporary Dance Masterclass with Sean Scantlebury
    April 12, 4:45-6:15pm
    Fox Dance Studio, T120
    Sean Scantlebury, a member of Battery Dance since 2003, is a performer and teacher equally adept in modern, ballet, and contemporary. He also teaches and performs with Ballet Co. Laboratory and other area companies. Sign up here to join the waitlist.


    THDA Performance Trip: 10,000 Dreams: A Celebration of Asian Choreography
    Saturday, April 13 at 2pm, bus leaves JWall circle promptly at 1pm
    Northrop Auditorium
    “A blossoming initiative to recognize and elevate Asian creatives working in ballet, this program of Asian and Asian American choreography—co-curated by Final Bow for Yellowface’s Phil Chan—features The Washington Ballet, BalletMet, and Oakland Ballet Company. These performances celebrate the 75th anniversary of Singaporean choreographer Choo San Goh (1948-1987) who brought The Washington Ballet international acclaim, plus works by BalletMet’s Edwaard Liang—the first Asian Artistic Director for a major American ballet company, Phil Chan and Caili Quan for Oakland Ballet Company, and the Minnesota debut of choreographer Brett Ishida.”

    All THDA students are invited to attend, including those in courses, majors, minors, workstudy, cast and crew. After the 60 minute performance, we will gather back on campus to share a meal and our impressions. The deadline to sign up is 12pm Friday, April 5.


    Grants and Grant Writing Workshop II, with Masami Kawazato
    Sunday, April 14th from 1-4pm.
    THDA Classroom T101
    Attendance at 1st session is required for attendance at 2nd session
    This second session will review the practice applications developed using the framework presented in the first session. You will discuss methodology used to assess grants, in order to improve your understanding and writing of grants.


    Dance Technique Showing
    April 19, 5:00pm
    Fox Dance Studio, T120
    All of this semester’s dance technique classes gather to share the culmination of their movement practice this spring. Featuring demonstrations of Modern, Ballet, Capoeira, Improvisation, and Breaking movement styles.


    Spring 2024 Dance Concert
    April 26 at 7:30pm
    April 27 at 2:00pm and 7:30 pm
    This spring’s dance performance, curated by NTT Assistant Professor Jill Lile, journeys through an array of styles and perspectives, ranging from the classical romantic ballet of Anton Dolin’s 1945 Pas De Quatre restaged by Lile, to original contemporary choreography created in collaboration with Macalester students by professional guests Leila Awadallah, Tumelo Khupe, and Marciano Silva Dos Santos. Current students Cassandra Wright, and Nicola Wong are also developing original dances. Tickets are available here.


    Final Showing: Puppetry
    May 2,  8:00-10:00am
    James A. Williams Theater, T004
    Join Sofía Sáenz Padilla’s students as they perform the results of this semester’s hands-on exploration of the vast possibilities of puppetry as a storytelling theatrical form. Students perform original short scenes using various types of puppets constructed during the course, ranging from shadow, rod, and hand puppets, and marionettes.

  • 2022-2023

    Student Productions for Family Fest
    October 14 & 15, 2022

    HAIR
    November 11-13, 17-19, 2022

  • 2021-2022
  • 2020-2021

    Spring 2021 Dance Concert – Inside Out
    April 28, May 1 & 2, 2021

    Publicity poster for I'm Going to Go Back There Someday

    I’m Going to Go Back There Someday – Directed by Asher de Forest
    April 29, May 1 & 2, 2021

    Publicity poster for Como la Tierra

    Como La Tierra – Directed by Gretta Marston-Lari
    April 30, May 1 & 2, 2021

    Touching Queerness: Performing Utopia in a Public Bathroom – Created by Adar Kamholtz-Roberts
    April 20, 2021

    Portals publicity poster

    Portals – Directed by Beth Cleary
    March 5, 6, 7, 2021

    Performer sits in hallway surrounded by red flowers

    Perspectives– Directed by Robert Rosen and Darrius Strong
    November 11, 2021

  • 2019-2020

    Student Productions for Family Fest
    October 11-12, 2019

    The Rocky Horror Show. Directed by Harry Waters Jr.
    October 31-November 9, 2019

    Fall 2019 Dance Concert
    December 6-7, 2019

    UBUNTU Black Joy Showcase

    February 28th, 2020

    Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
    Canceled due to COVID-19.

    A seated dancer supports another as they lean backwards

    Spring 2020 Dance Collaborative
    Canceled due to COVID-19.

  • 2018-2019

    Two crouching dancers flip another over their backs

    Fall Dance Concert: Breath Bound
    November 9-10, 2018

    Distracted by Lisa Loomer. Directed by Jack Reuler.
    December 7-15, 2018

    currently untitled. Written, directed, and produced by Macalester students.
    February 28-March 2, 2019

    Several dancers stand in a V formation on stage

    Spring Dance Concert: Open Despite
    April 11, 12, 14, 2019

    Letters|Home actors in a cirle, view from above

    Letters|Home. Co-directed by Wynn Fricke and Cláudia Tatinge Nascimento.
    April 25-May 4, 2019

  • 2017-2018

    Venus in Fur by David Ives, A staging project of Richard Graham ’19, Emily Nadel ’18, and Miller Shor ’19.
    September 8–9, 2017.

    Actor wearing red crouches and holds the handle of a mop

    No Child by Nilaja Sun. Guest directed by Faye Price ’77 with Niara Williams ’18.
    October 13–14, 2017

    The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. Directed by Beth Cleary.
    November 2–5, 2017

    Fall Dance Concert: Ghost Light
    November 2-5, 2017

    SLUT The Play publicity poster

    SLUT: The Play by Katie Capiello. Directed by Signe Harriday.
    February 16–18, 2018

    Three performers wearing yellow sweaters stand in front of a light brick wall

    Dirk (and others still with us) by Anna Bruijn.
    March 23–24, 2018

    Spring Dance Concert: Perennial
    April 27-28, 2018

  • 2016-2017

    Urinetown by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis. Directed by Harry Waters Jr.
    November 4-6, 10-12, 2016

    Fall Dance Concert: Bodies in the Balance
    December 2-3, 2016

    Medea, The music performed by the full Macalester Orchestra conducted by Director of Instrumental Activities Mark Mandarano, together with original choreography by Director of Dance Wynn Fricke interspersed with scenes from the play by Euripides, translated and adapted by guest director Barbra Berlovitz
    February 17-18, 2017

    Acute Care, Directed by Beth Cleary
    April 6-9, 2017

    Spring Dance Concert: Eclipsed
    April 28-29, 2017

  • 2015-2016

    Green: An Elegy to Summer by Carson Kreitzer. Directed by Harry Waters Jr.
    October 1-4, 2015

    As You Like It by William Shakespeare. Guest directed by Barbara Berlovitz.
    November 6-14, 2015

    Fall Dance Concert: Dreaming the World Forward
    December 4-5, 2015

    The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl. Guest directed by Steven Yoakam ’75.
    February 25-27, 2016.

    The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Directed by Beth Cleary.
    April 14-16, 2016

    Spring Dance ConcertAwake
    April 29-30, 2016

  • 2014-2015

    Actor in a green vest makes a grotesque face as three others stand around watching

    The Cradle Will Rock by Mark Blitzstein. Directed by Harry Waters Jr.
    November 6-8, 2014

    Several dancers kneel on stage in a line

    Fall Dance ConcertTime Pieces
    November 21-23, 2014

    Two actors lie on the floor of a living room set

    Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act by Athol Fugard. Directed by James A. Williams.
    February 19-21, 2015.

    Fahrenheit 451, A work devised by Professor Kanta Kochar-Lindgren & Students
    April 9-11, 2015

    Dancer kneels on stage, holding a hand to their chest

    Spring Dance ConcertStitchworks
    April 24-25, 2015

Archives

For the most information about past seasons, please contact the Macalester College Archives, or browse the Theater and Dance Collection database.