Dartmouth College Department of Theater

Welcome to the Department of Theater!

Offering a B.A. in Theater

• Dedicated exclusively to undergraduates
• No competition with graduate students for roles, etc.
• First Year students (freshmen) may get cast in mainstage productions
• Summer internships with the New York Theatre Workshop in residence at Dartmouth
• Educational partners with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
• Outstanding Faculty with both professional and academic experience

Winter Highlights

• A Workshop performance of THE RELUCTANT LESBIAN by Kate Mulley '05

  Bentley's Nose, an alumni theater group, presents a workshop performance of "The Reluctant Lesbian" a comedy of manners that explores sexuality and power in the early 1960s. Written by Kate Mulley '05, directed by Thom Pasculli '05 and featuring Matthew Cohn '08, Courtney Davis '09, Jamie Horton, Professor of Theater and Amanda Jones '97. Bentley Theater, this Saturday, 4 pm. Free Admission.

• Applications re-opened for summer Foreign Study Program in London. Please visit the Off Campus Programswebsite to apply. 
• WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE EMAIL CONCERNING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SCENE SHOP? Click here to be added to the Shop email list. 
• YOUR SPACE, provides students with a new venue for performance. Click here for an on-line application. Projects for winter term have already been selected. Please consider applying for spring term.  Each artist, performer or group will have access to a theater space for one week to prepare and present a performance. A faculty or staff advisor will act as liaison between the individual/group and the Theater Department to answer questions and facilitate logistics. Spaces are limited so stop by Shakespeare Alley. Click here for a convenient copy of printable guidelines.

Spring Highlights

• INTERESTED IN AN ACTING CLASS? Cllck here for more information on all Instructor Permission Courses being offered in spring term 2012. 
• New courses offered this spring include THEA 10.5/ LATS 35.1: Contemporary U.S. Latina/o Theater and Performance, and THEA 10.3: Acting for Film and Television. Please visit our "Courses" section of the website. 
• The VOICES offering for spring term is a production of The African Company Presents Richard III, by Carlyle Brown, directed by visiting professor Baron Kelly. Please visit the VOICES web page for more information.

READ ABOUT OUR NEW PROGRAM "YOUR SPACE" AS FEATURED IN THE DARTMOUTH. Here are the guidelines and here is an on-line application.

Videos of Department Activities

• Take a video tour of our winter 2011 production: The Making of Eurydice
• Watch two student video projects created in the Theater 10 course Unveiling the Harem Dancer, winter 2011, with Lecturer Maral Yessayan. This course will be offered again in winter 2012: A Day in the Life of Middle Eastern Woman, and Where Does Aladdin Take Place?

Directions to the Theater Department

Enter Hopkins Center Lobby. Head towards the Moore Theater and follow to the left. Look for a glass door with white lettering announcing "Shakespeare Alley". Go through the glass door. Professors' offices, the Green Room, and the Theater Department offices are located in this hallway.