This new musical by Princeton theater and music senior Leila Abou-Jaoude '22 considers Clara Schumann's place in music history. Detailing her career, correspondences, and compositions, the musical traces her development as an artist and woman. FREE and open to University community; no tickets required.
*This event has been canceled* Join us for a celebration of queer theater to kick off Princeton Pride Month! Featuring acts from LGBTQ+ shows running throughout April (Princeton University Players’s Mangroves and The Art of Pleasing Princes and Theatre Intime’s The Laramie Project), this night will also include a panel of queer theatermakers, both faculty and student. Open to University community. FREE; registration through MyPrincetonU.
A new musical-in-progress about being transgender and searching for the kind of person you want to be... and horses. Conceived by Princeton Arts Fellow Will Davis, created by Will Davis and Truth Future Bachman. Featuring new music by Truth Future Bachman. Open to the public; FREE tickets required.
"Shalom Bayit" takes place across several months in the same kitchen, with all but one scene occurring on a Friday afternoon as a Modern Orthodox Jewish family prepares for the Jewish Sabbath. In the play, three siblings grapple with faith; identity; sexuality; mental illness; and trying to support their friends, their family, and themselves. FREE and open to University community; tickets required.
Join the artist Lashun Costor and Sarita Fellows, costume designer and lecturer in Theater at Princeton University, for a discussion about Costor’s use of symbolism to create sculptures and wearable art that critique social and cultural issues in the United States, particularly those she encounters as a Black immigrant woman. In-person and via Zoom. FREE; registration required.
Director John Doyle’s productions of Stephen Sondheim’s musicals broke new theatrical ground by completely reimagining Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, Assassins, and more. Join us for a conversation with Professor Doyle about his work on Sondheim’s musicals, moderated by Stacy Wolf, Professor of Theater and American Studies and Director of Princeton’s Program in Music Theater. FREE; open to University community.
Enjoy an informal evening of short personal stories by Princeton Students! This will be the culmination of a spring Princeton Atelier workshop course with comedian/storyteller Mike Birbiglia and actor/director Seth Barrish, “The Old Man and The Pool: Crafting a Long-form Monologue.” FREE; open to University community.
A platform performance of a new rock musical based on The Frogs by Aristophanes with music by Stew (Tony Award-winner for Passing Strange) and book and lyrics by Paul Muldoon (Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Princeton Professor), featuring students from the spring Atelier course, “Athens, Georgia,” and with guest appearances by Tyqaun Malik White as Little Richard and Roman Banks as Chuck Berry. Open to public; free tickets required.
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes company! Join Lewis Center Student Advisor Molly Bremer '22 and theater certificate student Jay White ’24 each week for a musical theater movie night. Offered each week on Thursday evenings, this series surveys and honors the work of the late great composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, featuring a different musical each week. Take advantage of a relaxing and fun opportunity to get together with fellow students and enjoy all-time-great works of art, whether you’re familiar with Sondheim’s work or not. Please, join us, for one week or for all. Attend the tale! FREE; no RSVP required. Open to all Princeton students.
In this new translation and adaptation of Friedrich Schiller’s "Mary Stuart" by Princeton senior BT Hayes, duty collides with the will of the masses, and two powerful rulers meet face to face in a story of death, betrayal, and hope. Open to Princeton students, faculty + staff; free tickets required.
"The Great Cloud: Stories and Songs" is an original song cycle devised by Princeton senior Alexandra Buzzini '22 from conversations with Christian students from American and international backgrounds about their life stories and spiritual testimonies. Open to University community; free tickets required.
In this new translation and adaptation of Friedrich Schiller’s "Mary Stuart" by Princeton senior BT Hayes, duty collides with the will of the masses, and two powerful rulers meet face to face in a story of death, betrayal, and hope. Open to Princeton students, faculty + staff; free tickets required.
In this new translation and adaptation of Friedrich Schiller’s "Mary Stuart" by Princeton senior BT Hayes, duty collides with the will of the masses, and two powerful rulers meet face to face in a story of death, betrayal, and hope. Open to Princeton students, faculty + staff; free tickets required.
Alex Volckhausen ’93, a professional Stage Manager and member of Actors’ Equity Association with 30 years of experience with management on Broadway, Off Broadway, Regional Theater, leads a seminar to explain the basics of stage managing for dance, non-musical, and musical theater. FREE; open to all Princeton students.
"The Great Cloud: Stories and Songs" is an original song cycle devised by Princeton senior Alexandra Buzzini '22 from conversations with Christian students from American and international backgrounds about their life stories and spiritual testimonies. Open to University community; free tickets required.
Recent theater and music theater program alumni discuss their experiences trying to make a go of it in the professional theater world. Share pizza and conversation and get to know each other after a more formal Q&A discussion. FREE; open to all Princeton students.
Come learn, play, design, sing and move! Try-on a bit of everything in the theater-making process including casting for early fall theater and music theater projects and theater design/production workshops. No experience needed. Free and open to all Princeton students.
Students enrolled in FRE 311-THR 312 Advanced French Theater Workshop will present their end-of-semester work during "Travaux d’Acteurs VIII" — a student recital of classical scenes by Marivaux and Alfred de Musset. In French. FREE; registration required.
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes company! Join Lewis Center Student Advisor Molly Bremer '22 and theater certificate student Jay White ’24 each week for a musical theater movie night. Offered each week on Thursday evenings, this series surveys and honors the work of the late great composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, featuring a different musical each week. Take advantage of a relaxing and fun opportunity to get together with fellow students and enjoy all-time-great works of art, whether you’re familiar with Sondheim’s work or not. Please, join us, for one week or for all. Attend the tale! FREE; no RSVP required. Open to all Princeton students.
A musical theater cabaret conceived by senior Chloe Horner that focuses on reclaiming the elements of the college experience that students missed out on during the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, student performers and audiences will explore the themes of friendship, love and relationships, and mental health. Open to University community; free tickets required.
A musical theater cabaret conceived by senior Chloe Horner that focuses on reclaiming the elements of the college experience that students missed out on during the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, student performers and audiences will explore the themes of friendship, love and relationships, and mental health. Open to University community; free tickets required.
Featuring well-known songs from musicals, innovative new arrangements for a variety of vocal configurations and chamber ensemble of instrumentalists…and perhaps some dancing too! Reception follows. FREE and open to public; tickets required.
