Hair, Mainstage production, Fall 2007
photo by Kawakahi Amina '09
Each term the Department of Theater produces a play performed in the Moore Theater, a 480- seat proscenium house. Directed by members of the theater faculty or guest professional directors, the productions are open to all students, not just theater majors. The department is committed to presenting a variety of theater experiences. Everything from classical Greek to contemporary pieces finds its way to the mainstage. This year's line-up for academic year 09-10 includes Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show in fall 2009 and The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen for winter 2010. This sping 2010 the Theater Department is creating a new collaborative work Viscera, a new work performed by the Dartmouth Dance Theater Ensemble, directed by Ford Evans, Professor of Dance, in collaboration with Peter Hackett, Professor of Theater in Directing, Lorie Loeb, Research Associate Professor in Computer Science, and Dan Kotlowitz, Professor of Theater in Lighting Design.
Auditions are the first week of each term. Productions are open to all Dartmouth students; one does not have to be a Theater major, or enrolled in Theater courses, to participate onstage or backstage. The call list is posted on the bulletin board in Shakespeare Alley. Information is also posted in the blitz-mail bulletin.
