On October 8, 2016, Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts and the Department of Music celebrate the launch of a new Program in Music Theater with a day-long symposium organized by Professor of Theater Stacy Wolf, Director of the new Program in Music Theater, and a committee of faculty, alumni, students, and staff.
Join Princeton alumni, faculty, and student music theater performers, directors, writers, composers, producers, musicians, choreographers, designers, dramaturgs, and music theater historians for a series of panels on Princeton’s music theater past, present, and future.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
10:00 a.m. | WELCOME
10:15-11:00 a.m. | HISTORY OF MUSIC THEATER AT PRINCETON
Moderators: Katie Welsh ’15, Abby Jean-Baptiste ’18, Joe Fonseca, Program Associate for Music Theater
- Paul Anthony Stewart ’89
- Kelvin Dinkins, Jr. ’09
- Catherine Cohen ’13
- Izzy Kasdin ’14
- Ethan Heard, Lecturer in Theater
11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. | “WHY MUSIC THEATER?”
Moderators: AJ Jones ’17, Kathy Zhao ’17, Emma Watkins ’18
- Robert Lee ’92
- Pete Mills ’95
- Cara Reichel ’96
- Sam Kaseta ’15
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | KEYNOTE: Jordan Roth ’97 Interview/Q & A with Stacy Wolf, Professor of Theater
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | LUNCH
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | VOCAL STYLES IN MUSIC THEATER
Instructor: Martha Elliott, Performance Faculty, Department of Music
Participants: Alex Daniels ’17, Zach Levine ’17, Jared Hopper ’18, Emma Watkins ’18
Accompanist: Marc Fishman ’17
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | COLLABORATION + DESIGN
Moderators: Sydney Becker ’17, Hillel Friedman ’18
- Alex Mannix ’12
- Wesley Cornwell ’16
- Jane Cox, Director of the Program in Theater
- Anya Klepikov, Lecturer in Theater
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | CHOREOGRAPHY
Moderators: Pilar Castro ’10, Sam Gravitte ’17
- Marlo Hunter ’99
- Whitney Mosery ’08
- Adam Hyndman ’12
- Adin Walker ’16
- Emily Libresco ’17
5:00 p.m. | RECEPTION
All events are in the James M. Stewart ’32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street on the Princeton University campus. The symposium is free and open to the public but reservations are encouraged through EventBrite. Reserve free tickets now…
The Program in Music Theater is a collaboration of the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Programs in Theater and Dance, as well as Princeton University’s Department of Music.
