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The Circle or Prophetic Dream, a dance performance

December 5

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Gaucho: A New Musical

December 8

Theater & Music Theater

Staged reading of Christmastown, a new musical by Sydney Hwang ’24

December 8

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Readings from The Princeton Comics Notebook

December 6

Theater & Music Theater

When Pages Breathe: Immersive Elocution of Literature Exhibition

November 28

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Colorful collage of overlapping book covers.

Exhibition — In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library presents an exhibition featuring wide-ranging selection of rarely-seen materials—from a first edition of Shakespeare’s "Love’s Labour's Lost" to Morrison’s handwritten manuscript drafts of "Desdemona"—that offer glimpses into the relationship between author, book, and reader and invite the visitor to discover not just Shakespeare but all good books. Open to the public weekdays 10 AM-6 PM; weekends 11 AM-6 PM.

Campus Partners
Milberg Gallery, Princeton University Library
Colorful, changing projections line three walls of the CoLab space.

When Pages Breathe: Immersive Elocution of Literature Exhibition

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Theater lecturer Chesney Snow and students in his fall course, “The Oral Interpretation of Toni and William,” present a multimedia oral interpretation of literature installation that examines speech as an aspect of fine art. In collaboration with Firestone Library’s special collections exhibition, "In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison." Gallery open daily 10 AM - 8 PM.

Theater & Music Theater
Free
CoLab, Lewis Arts complex
Star-shaped stained glass ceiling of chancellor green rotunda on the Princeton campus.

Fall 2023 Student Reading

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Selected students from fall courses in Creative Writing read from their work in fiction, poetry, screenwriting and literary translation as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series, presented by the Program in Creative Writing. Open to public; no tickets required.

Creative Writing
Creative Writing, Free
Chancellor Green Rotunda
john doyle

Conversation with Broadway director John Doyle

After 10 years on the Princeton Program in Theater faculty, Tony Award-winning Broadway theater director John Doyle concludes his final semester in December. On Monday, December 4, Professor of Theater Stacy Wolf will interview Doyle about his work and his Princeton legacy.

Theater & Music Theater
Conversation, Free
Godfrey Kerr Theater Studio, Lewis Arts complex
Colorful collage of overlapping book covers.

Exhibition — In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library presents an exhibition featuring wide-ranging selection of rarely-seen materials—from a first edition of Shakespeare’s "Love’s Labour's Lost" to Morrison’s handwritten manuscript drafts of "Desdemona"—that offer glimpses into the relationship between author, book, and reader and invite the visitor to discover not just Shakespeare but all good books. Open to the public weekdays 10 AM-6 PM; weekends 11 AM-6 PM.

Campus Partners
Milberg Gallery, Princeton University Library
Colorful, changing projections line three walls of the CoLab space.

When Pages Breathe: Immersive Elocution of Literature Exhibition

Featured

Theater lecturer Chesney Snow and students in his fall course, “The Oral Interpretation of Toni and William,” present a multimedia oral interpretation of literature installation that examines speech as an aspect of fine art. In collaboration with Firestone Library’s special collections exhibition, "In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison." Gallery open daily 10 AM - 8 PM.

Theater & Music Theater
Free
CoLab, Lewis Arts complex
A quijada musical instrument, which is fashioned from large ivory bones from a donkey's jaw.

The Circle or Prophetic Dream, a dance performance

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The Circle or Prophetic Dream is anthropological research on how the body and sound inhabit social space as new forms of nomadism. Princeton Arts Fellow Christopher "Unpezverde" Núñez and students in his fall course, “Introduction to Vortex: A Sacred Dance Practice,” excavate memory through psychospiritual embodiment to experience collective trance, community and empowerment. Join at 6:45 p.m. for an installation experience; 7 p.m. performance. No tickets required.

Dance
Free
Hearst Dance Theater, Lewis Arts complex
Two men hold a woman by the arms in between them, like a prisoner.

L’Avant-Scène presents Fragments XXIII

Directed by Florent Masse, students enrolled in FRE/THR 211 perform scenes from Dom Juan, Le Tartuffe, and Le Malade imaginaire by Molière, Andromaque and Britannicus by Racine, and excerpts from Ionesco, Koltès and Lagarce as well as Baptiste Amann, Penda Diouf, and Mohamed El Khatib. Performed in French. Registration encouraged.

Theater & Music Theater
Free
Godfrey Kerr Theater Studio, Lewis Arts complex
Colorful collage of overlapping book covers.

Exhibition — In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library presents an exhibition featuring wide-ranging selection of rarely-seen materials—from a first edition of Shakespeare’s "Love’s Labour's Lost" to Morrison’s handwritten manuscript drafts of "Desdemona"—that offer glimpses into the relationship between author, book, and reader and invite the visitor to discover not just Shakespeare but all good books. Open to the public weekdays 10 AM-6 PM; weekends 11 AM-6 PM.

Campus Partners
Milberg Gallery, Princeton University Library
Colorful, changing projections line three walls of the CoLab space.

When Pages Breathe: Immersive Elocution of Literature Exhibition

Featured

Theater lecturer Chesney Snow and students in his fall course, “The Oral Interpretation of Toni and William,” present a multimedia oral interpretation of literature installation that examines speech as an aspect of fine art. In collaboration with Firestone Library’s special collections exhibition, "In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison." Gallery open daily 10 AM - 8 PM.

Theater & Music Theater
Free
CoLab, Lewis Arts complex

Fall 2023 End of Semester Showings in Dance

End of semester showings of dance works and new student choreography created during fall dance courses, including showings from courses in ballet, choreography workshops, multidisciplinary performance, and “The American Experience and Dance Practices of the African Diaspora.” Open to University community.

Dance
Free
Lewis Arts complex
The Princeton Comics Notebook features 12 illustrated headshots of students.

Readings from The Princeton Comics Notebook

Students in E.S. Glenn’s fall Princeton Atelier course, “How to Write a Graphic Novel,” read from The Princeton Comics Notebook, an anthology of stories created over the course of the semester combining drawings and text. All audiences attending will receive a published copy of the graphic anthology. Open to public; no tickets required.

Atelier
Free
Labyrinth Books
Bill Bowers smiles and stares with black-lined eyes at camera while applying white mime makeup to his cheeks and chin.

Memory: Movement and Media

Movement artist Bill Bowers, multi-disciplinary extended reality artist LaJuné McMillian, and director Scott Illingworth have worked with students in building stories through movement and embodied technologies. In this Atelier class showing, watch students perform final pieces on memory, using long established mime techniques and multimedia. Open to University community.

Atelier
Free
New South, Room 110
Colorful collage of overlapping book covers.

Exhibition — In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library presents an exhibition featuring wide-ranging selection of rarely-seen materials—from a first edition of Shakespeare’s "Love’s Labour's Lost" to Morrison’s handwritten manuscript drafts of "Desdemona"—that offer glimpses into the relationship between author, book, and reader and invite the visitor to discover not just Shakespeare but all good books. Open to the public weekdays 10 AM-6 PM; weekends 11 AM-6 PM.

Campus Partners
Milberg Gallery, Princeton University Library

Fall 2023 End of Semester Showings in Dance

End of semester showings of dance works and new student choreography created during fall dance courses, including showings from courses in ballet, choreography workshops, multidisciplinary performance, and “The American Experience and Dance Practices of the African Diaspora.” Open to University community.

Free
Lewis Arts complex
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