Exploring sustainability, joy, and physicality, this contemporary circus show is a creative collaboration between Princeton students and guest artists from Trenton, led by Princeton senior Ruth Schultz ‘22 with sets/lights by Ricky Feig '22. Open to Princeton students, faculty and staff. Free tickets required through University Ticketing.
The BIPOC* Theater-Makers Group is a space that is held for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, and Multiracial identifying theater makers at Princeton University. We offer this casual, drop-in weekly space to help center the voices and needs of BIPOC students involved in theater. FREE; for Princeton students only.
What the heck is a stage manager? Who arranges those awesome lights at all those on-campus dance shows? What about that set? If you've asked yourself those questions or wondered how to get involved in the performing arts without stepping in the spotlight, then join Angelica Qin '23 to learn about design/production roles. FREE; open to all Princeton students.
A series of drop-in workshops led by translator-in-residence Jeremy Tiang, for theater in translation. Bring along pages from your play translations to hear them read out loud, or just show up to participate. Come explore what happens to theater when it moves across boundaries of language and culture. No experience in theater or translating required. Held on select Mondays throughout the semester. FREE; for Princeton students only. *3/28 class held in Godfrey Kerr Studio
Lia, an original play based loosely on Shakespeare's "Hamlet," tells Ophelia's untold story, drawing on and ultimately subverting many elements of the original play. Written by senior Meigan Clark '22 and directed by senior Ines Aitsahalia '22. FREE and open to University community; tickets required.
The Bittersweet Ballad of Blessed & Messiah. Girl meets boy. Or boy meets girl. Boy falls in and out of. And girl falls through. Blessed fell for somebody who spoke in her own language—metaphors and rhymes. However, she realizes words are just words sometimes. Nothing more. Nothing less. A new interdisciplinary work created by Silma Berrada '22. Open to University community; free tickets required. Art installation also on view in CoLab from 12-6 PM on 2/19.
Nora thinks she is happy in her marriage until a past lie bubbles to the surface. "A Doll's House" is the story of how a woman finds her voice and takes agency over her own life. Theatre Intime's reimagining of Ibsen's classic play takes place in a literal doll's house. Open to public; tickets required.
A discussion with Princeton Belknap Fellow Soraya Nadia McDonald and Humanities Council Postdoc Research Fellow Dexter Thomas will explore finding purpose and passion in theater in a world where history keeps repeating itself with a look at 1921, 2021, and beyond. FREE and open to public; Zoom registration required.
Interested in summer internships in theater? Come and talk to Jane Cox, director of the theater program, as well as recent alumni and current students about summer internship opportunities in theater. FREE; open to all Princeton students.
In the town of Fuenteovejuna, the people rise up, led by the village women, when their rights are infringed upon by their malicious lord, the Comendador. Fuenteovejuna tells the story of how a united people successfully challenged and defeated their oppressor. This Spanish-language production is infused with an original live rock score and celebrates Hispanic and Latinx cultures and the aesthetic beauty of the Middle Ages. Open to public; tickets required.
Join the young artists and producers of London-based film and theater production company Khameleon Productions. Enjoy some pizza with the Program in Theater and participate in an informal conversation about starting a theater and production company right out of college as well as decolonizing the classics. FREE; open to Princeton students.
Set in Rome during the Second Punic War, this new play by senior Lydia Gompper follows Opimia, a young, vow-breaking Vestal Virgin, who becomes convinced that her illegally-conceived child will someday save Rome. FREE and open to University community; tickets required.
Watch a one-time only, free, live reading of the new comedy series penned by students in comedian and disability advocate Maysoon Zayid's spring course, “The Writers Room,” as the students share their hilarious midterms. FREE and open to public; tickets required.
