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Theater & Music Theater

2024-25 Theater & Music Theater Season Announced

Students, faculty, guest artists contribute to diverse and creative year

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Theater and Music Theater

LCA's Jane Cox wins Tony Award

Cox wins for Best Lighting Design of a Play

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Collaboratorium Hosts The Radical Practice of Black Curation

Watch day 1 of Symposium in its entirety

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Lewis Center Celebrates the Class of 2024

Class Day recognizes graduates & awards top prizes in the arts

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Campus Partners

Freedom Reads, Princeton Partnership Set to Open NJ Prison Libraries

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Lewis Center for the Arts Wins CASE Award

Video on access, inclusion, disability justice awarded Circle of Excellence

Upcoming Events

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Dance

Dance Placement Class

3pm

Sep
2
Mon

Dance

Performance Opportunity Workshops: Explore Spring’s Senior Dance Projects

4:30pm - 6:20pm

Sep
3
Tue

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Theater & Music Theater

Try on Theater Days

6pm - 9pm

Sep
3
Tue

A large crowd of students stands together and lifts both arms to the ceiling in a dark theater at Try on Theater Days.

Theater & Music Theater

Try on Theater Days

6pm - 9pm

Sep
4
Wed

Dance

Performance Opportunity Workshops: Explore Spring’s Senior Dance Projects

4:30pm - 6:20pm

Sep
5
Thu

A large crowd of students stands together and lifts both arms to the ceiling in a dark theater at Try on Theater Days.

Theater & Music Theater

Try on Theater Days

6pm - 9pm

Sep
5
Thu

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Dance Placement Class is Sept. 2, 2024

Save the Date: Dance Placement Class 9/2

July 26

Guest Choreographer Auditions are Sept. 7, 2024

Save the Date: Guest Choreographer Auditions 9/7

July 26

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Join the Princeton Playhouse Ensembles!

July 26

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Jul 26, 2024

Video by Lewis Center for the Arts Wins a 2024 CASE Circle of Excellence Silver Award

Jul 26, 2024

Applications Now Being Accepted for Two Artist Fellowship Programs at Princeton University

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Jun 26, 2024

Jane Cox wins Tony Award!

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Jun 26, 2024

Theater Program Director Jane Cox and alum Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ’06 win Drama Desk Awards

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Jun 26, 2024

Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts selects Poet Maya Marshall for Holmes National Poetry Prize

Jun 26, 2024

Films by 9 Princeton Students Win Awards at 50th Annual New Jersey Young Filmmakers’ Festival

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May 26, 2024

Princeton Arts Alumni Celebrates 10 Years at Annual Reunions Gathering

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May 26, 2024

In connection with Felon theater project, Freedom Reads partners with Princeton University to open libraries in NJ prisons

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May 26, 2024

On Class Day, the Lewis Center for the Arts Celebrates the Class of 2024

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May 26, 2024

Once Upon a Time: Senior Tanaka Dunbar Ngwara Brings a Dream to Life in Creating Paivapo ’76

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May 26, 2024

Lewis Center Faculty Members Awarded 2024-25 Grants from Princeton University’s Humanities Council

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May 26, 2024

Playwright Lloyd Suh to Join Lewis Center for the Arts’ Faculty at Princeton University

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May 26, 2024

Daniel Drake ’24 shares about filmmaking at Princeton

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May 26, 2024

Lewis Center for the Arts awards more than $177,000 for summer projects in the arts to 55 Princeton students

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May 26, 2024

Michael Cadden and Susan Wheeler Retire from Princeton Faculty

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Opportunities

Lewis Center Venues & Studios

The Lewis Center for the Arts is housed in several buildings across the Princeton University campus

Learn about our spaces

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Opportunities

Attention High School Poets & Playwrights

Learn more about the Leonard L. Milberg ’53 High School Poetry Prize and the Princeton University Ten-Minute Play Contest

Details & Applications