Theater and Dance Archives
On the Schaeffer Theater stage, a group of students are warming up, rhythmically stepping and swinging together to “SOS” by…
Peek Behind the Curtain (Ep. 4): Setting the Schaeffer Stage
One level below the Schaeffer Theatre stage, the carpenter shop is buzzing with sound. Natalia Jacobs ’26 of Amherst, Mass.,…
Peek Behind The Curtain (Ep. 3): Not just clowning around
“Clowns are poets of the heart,” Wesley Broulik tells the Bates students sitting on the Schaeffer Theatre stage. “It’s amazing…
Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance, Tristan Koepke, Performs with the Portland Ballet
Looking for something to do Friday night? Check out this performance of Uncommon Accord with the Portland Ballet on February 3rd and…
Peek Behind The Curtain (Ep. 2): Maine takes the main stage
A pair of iconic Bean boots. A bright yellow sou’wester. A bucket hat covered in colorful fly-fishing lures. They aren’t…
Sally Wood’s Direction of Sweet Goats and Blueberry Señoritas at Portland Stage Gets Rave Reviews!
Sally Wood is currently teaching two sections of Acting here at Bates, and the play she recently directed at Portland…
A Peek Behind The Curtain: Contents of a costume shop
Stepping into the costume shop tucked under the stairs in Schaeffer Theatre is like entering a whole new world: colorful…
By taking on this risky play, Mad Horse makes its point about censorship
Alumni Nate Stephenson is a guest artist for Mad Horse’s production of “Quills,” by Doug Wright!
AUDITION NOTICE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Attention all in the Bates Community! Everyone is enthusiastically invited to audition tomorrow (monologues) and Thursday (scenes) for William’s Shakespeare’s classic…
SLIDESHOW: DIONYSUS COMES TO MAIN STREET AMERICA WITH ‘HURRICANE DIANE’
The god of vegetation, wine, partying, madness, and theater is back, brought to life on the Gannett Theater stage in Hurricane Diane,…