This talk will explore the lives and labors of Asian immigrants and their impact on the often-miswritten film histories of the Owens Valley, a slender stretch of high desert in Eastern California. Open to public.
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.
Join us for a mesmerizing performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's seminal work, The Great Gatsby, presented by Literature to Life with actor Bryce Foley. This compelling performance adapted and directed by Kelvin Grullon, promises to transport you to the Roaring Twenties—a time of opulence, jazz, and the complexities of the American Dream. In collaboration with Firestone Library’s special collections exhibition, "In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison." Free tickets required.
Critic, editor and poet Kwame Dawes, winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry, a Pushcart Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and author of the forthcoming collection Sturge Town, reads from his work along with six creative writing seniors. Free tickets required.
Join us for a deep dive into the art of adaptation and transforming The Great Gatsby into a theatrical treasure for the stage with Pulitzer Prize winner and 2018-19 Princeton Hodder Fellow Martyna Majok and theater lecturer Chesney Snow. In collaboration with Firestone Library’s special collections exhibition, "In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison."
The 2023 Princeton Dance Festival features new and repertory works by nationally and internationally recognized choreographers, performed by more than 50 Princeton dance students. The program includes choreography by Brian Brooks, Amy Hall Garner, Bill T. Jones staged by Catherine Cabeen, Ishita Mili, Shamel Pitts, and Donna Uchizono.
Award-winning writer Caoilinn Hughes (The Wild Laughter) reads from her work, including an excerpt from her forthcoming novel, The Alternatives (Riverhead, April 2024). Open to the public; no tickets required.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Students and guest actors will present table readings of their short original comedy scripts created in a Princeton Atelier course focused on the craft of comedic writing for television. Audience Q&A follows. Open to University community.
In the holly and jolly North Pole town of Christmastown, Mrs. Claus is in charge of making sure that Christmas operations run smoothly. Christmastown is a place where everything is perfect, and nobody ever wants to leave… until now. Mrs. Claus’s daughter Clara starts to dream about moving to California, and Christmastown is thrown upside down. With music inspired by carols, jazz, pop, and more, "Christmastown" is about family, friends, love, and the true meaning of Christmas. Staged reading of this new musical with book, music, and lyrics by Princeton senior Sydney Hwang. Free tickets required.
In this new musical set in 19th-century Argentina, a young gaucho named Mateo struggles to break free from his family’s dying way of life to become a writer. As modernity takes shape, Mateo is torn between dichotomies: his family or the one he could create, his culture or the movements of the world, his duty or his dreams. Advance tickets suggested.
This final presentation from a Princeton Atelier class showcases both student-created works and scenes from Sarah Kirkland Snider's first opera, based on the life of German Benedictine abbess and polymath Hildegard of Bingen. Open to University community.
The student artists of The Ceremony is You, a fall course taught by Princeton Arts Fellow edi kwon, present an embodied ritual performance that threads sound, music, dance, embodied movement, text, and collective visualization and that draws from each artist’s personal and cultural histories. Open to public; no tickets required.
Embark on the story of Mercedes Viñales, the grandmother of artist and Hodder Fellow Modesto Flako Jimenez, whose immigration journey to America and descent into dementia presents a powerful story of caregiving, love, loss, and resilience. The VR experience immerses its viewer in a multisensory medium with a visually stunning recreation of Mercedes’ Bushwick home. Registration required; lunch provided. Limited spots available for University community.
