Mainstage

Angels in America
Part One: Millennium Approaches
Winter 2012
by Tony Kushner
Directed by Carol Dunne

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 12-13 includes Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner and The Liar by David Ives.

In spring 2010,  the Theater Department created 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. Another new collaborative work was presented in spring 2011, Undue Influence, dealing with the issue of sexual assault on college campuses. 

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 on our Theater Department website.

A brief listing of past mainstage productions:

Winter 2013            The Liar, by David Ives, directed by Jamie Horton
Fall 2012                Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner, directed by Carol Dunne

Spring 2012             Undue Influence, Presented in partnership with the Office of the President and the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program (SAAP),
                            this repeat engagement asks "What goes on-and what goes wrong?" in a college social environment.
                            The culminating performance event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, spring 2012.

Winter 2012            Hairspray, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman &
                           book by Mark O'Donnell &Thomas Meehan, Directed by Carol Dunne
Fall 2011                Breaking E.D.E.N. conceived by Christian Kohn and Jamie Horton, directed by Christian Kohn
 

Spring 2011            Undue Influence by the Dartmouth Dance Theater Ensemble
Winter 2011           Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Fall 2010               Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare 

Spring 2010           Viscera, a new collaborative work by the Dartmouth Dance Theater Ensemble 
Winter 2010           The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen
Fall 2009               Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show

Spring 2009         pool (no water) by Mark Ravenhill (senior culminating experience)
Winter 2009        The Grapes of Wrath, based on the novel by John Steinbeck, adapted by Frank Galati
Fall 2008            Stop Kiss by Diana Son

Spring 2008        A Midsummer's Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (senior culminating experience)
Winter 2008       Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Fall 2007           Hair, book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, music by Galt MacDermot