During this “JanPlan” exploratory mini-mester, The Department of Theater and Dance was proud to produce two student-led devised works. One of these was developed through our ‘Colby On Tour’ Jan Plan Course, and the resulting production, ‘Tick Tock: Memory Metamorphosis,’ was produced at the Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts in Boston,...
During this “JanPlan” exploratory mini-mester, The Department of Theater and Dance was proud to produce two student-led devised works. The first was The Passion Project, which had a preview performance at the Pugh Center on January 25th and had its main run at Portland Stage Company‘s Black Box Theatre on January 30 and 31. This is...
Colby Theater and Dance Alums find outlets to exhibit their talents and skills in the field, in Maine and beyond. The Sound Inside, a world premiere play featuring Will Hochman ’14 has been included in The New York Times’ annual list of the best theater of 2018. Written by Adam Rapp and Directed by David Cromer,...
On Friday November 30 and Saturday December 1, The Department of Theater and Dance put on its annual student and faculty showcase Fall Performance Projects, in Strider Theater. With Associate Professor and Department Chair Annie Kloppenberg serving as Artistic Director, Fall Performane Projects included new works by four student choreographers; highlighted First Year students in the First Year...
On November 7, Theater and Dance major Bethany Okezie ’20, student dancer Sarah Vaughan ’20, and Professor Annie Kloppenberg danced as part of (AO), a special performance-based art exhibit featuring visiting Guest Artist Torkwase Dyson. The event, held at the lobby of Colby Museum of Art, consisted of a series of short performances including dance, poetry, and open conversation...
Theater and Dance Visiting Assistant Professor Thomas Oldham will be featured at a regional theater event. Sunday, November 11, Oldham will deliver a post-show talk following the Everyman Repertory Company (Rockland, Maine)’s production of A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath. Tickets to this production are still available at The Everyman Repertory Theatre Online Box Office....
On Halloween, Theater and Dance Professors Annie Kloppenberg and Tsiambwom “T” Akuchu organized a student flash mob to the tune of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ in Pulver Union. It was a ghoulishly fun event! Thank you to all who participated! (Photos courtesy Chris Kasprak ’12) ______________________________________________________________________ More Department News Back to Main Page
On Tuesday, October 30th, members of the Dance Exchange, a Maryland-based non-profit arts organization, visited our Department to give an ‘Animated Keynote,’ where they performed for us and told us about their amazing work. Over their forty-two year history, Dance Exchange has remained committed to breaking boundaries between stage and audience, theater and community, movement and language, tradition...
On Thursday, October 25th, Strider Theater hosted opening night of the Department of Theater and Dance Fall Play, ‘Set in the Living Room of a Small Town American Play.’ Written by Jaclyn Backhaus and directed by Colby Guest Artist Toby Vera Bercovici, Set in the Living Room of a Small Town American Play is the story of...
On Wednesday, October 10, the American Shakespeare Center (ASC) brought their touring production of Sophocles’ Antigone to the Strider Theater Stage. The Department was excited to welcome the ASC, a theater group with which the Department has a long and successful history of hosting productions. Antigone was a moving, splendid production that left a nearly sold-out audience enthralled. Thank you...
