Theater and Dance Season 2011-2012
A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen
- Directed by Elizabeth Castellano ’12 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Senior Thesis in Theater.
- 7:30pm Thursday – Saturday March 8, 9, 10
- 2pm Saturday – Sunday March 10, 11
- 7:30 pm Monday March 12
- Societal obligations and expectations are shattered in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House as individuality and gender equality take center stage. Set in an era of well defined gender roles and established social mores, A Doll’s House sheds light on the strength and perseverance of the individual, and exposes the stark contrast between social responsibility and personal awakening.
- Schaeffer Theater
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball
- Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is an audacious comedy by Alan Ball, writer of the Academy Award-winning American Beauty and the hit HBO series Six Feet Under and True Blood. Taking refuge from a wedding reception in an upstairs bedroom, the reluctant bridesmaids learn that despite their many differences, they all share a common bond that runs much deeper than their identical dresses.
- Directed by Kati Vecsey
- 7:30 Friday – Saturday March 16, 17
- 2 pm Sunday March 18
- Gannett Theater
- free, no reservations
Bates College Modern Dance Company
- 7:30, Friday March 30
- 5pm, Sat March 31
- 2pm, Sun April 1
- 7:30, Mon April 2
- Featuring new choreographic works by student choreographers from DANC 251 Dance Composition and DANC 351 Advanced Composition Seminar.
- Schaeffer Theater
Spike Heels by Theresa Rebeck
- April 3rd at 7:30pm
- April 4rd at 7:30pm
- April 5th at 7:30pm
- Students in Prof. Katalin Vecsey’s advanced voice and speech course perform final project.
- Gannett Theater
- Free, no reservations
red, black and GREEN: a blues by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
- 7:30 pm, Friday – Saturday April 27, 28
- a multi-media performance by spoken word and movement artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Produced in collaboration with the Bates Dance Festival.
- Schaeffer Theater
- Ticket info TBD.
Theater Production Workshop
- 7:30 pm, Thursday – Saturday May 19 – 21
- 2 pm, Sunday May 22
- Inspired by and with in collaboration with the above mentioned Marc Bamuthi Joseph, student will stage an earlier text of his for an evening of spoken word and dance.
- Gannett Theater
Short Term Dance Variety Show
- 5 pm, Wed May 23
- This student produced concert offers a wide variety of genres, from Bollywood to contemporary choreographic projects reflecting the cultural diversity of the dancing population at Bates College.
- Schaeffer Theater
- free, no reservations
Tickets are $6 general admission/ $3 Bates faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Bates students, free to Bates students except as indicated above.
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