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Welcome Fall 2024

We are thrilled to welcome everyone back for the 2024-25 academic year!

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Welcome Rebecca Armstrong

The Department of Theater and Dance is excited to introduce our new Costume Director, Rebecca Armstrong!

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Welcome Courtney Smith

The department is thrilled to welcome Courtney as Associate Professor of Design, Technology, and Management!

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DEPARTMENTAL HAPPENINGS

Wolf Play by Hansol Jung

October 31 – November 4
Martin Andrucki Black Box Theater

Fall Dance Concert

November 15 – 17
Schaeffer Theatre

The Living Room

December 5 – 6
Gannett Theater

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#FacultyFriday new faculty edition! Welcome to Reb

#FacultyFriday new faculty edition! Welcome to Rebecca Armstrong (she/they), our new Costume Director. We are so excited to have your plethora of expertise and passion here at Bates, and to see what wonderful things you create!

Graphic Design: Sophie Hafter ‘25
Photo Credits: Rebecca’s website

Dance Artists, join us this Saturday for Open Danc

Dance Artists, join us this Saturday for Open Dance Day!

This is an opportunity for the Bates Dance community to gather and move together. Come prepared to meet each other, sweat, and learn about all the amazing opportunities to dance throughout this academic year.

Photo from 2023 Fall Dance Concert by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College

Come check out what we do behind the scenes in The

Come check out what we do behind the scenes in Theater and Dance! If you're interested in working with us or getting involved in one of our shows or just want to check out what it is we do, we'd love to have you join us for our first "Behind the Scenes Open House!" We'll be chatting about all the unseen things we do to make a performance happen. See you there!

Our first auditions for the 2024-25 season are nex

Our first auditions for the 2024-25 season are next week! All are invited to audition for WOLF PLAY by Hansol Jung, Directed by Sophie Wheeler '25. Auditions will take place on September 5 & 6 from 4:15-7pm in Gannett Theater. Join us either day at 4:15pm - no preparation is needed.

Please note that per the playwright, "Cast should be racially diverse. Wolf should be of East Asian descent." Auditions are open to all performers regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, or ability, and are open to all regardless of experience.

For more information, including the script and audition slides, check out the link in our bio!

There's so much to look forward this Fall! Join us

There's so much to look forward this Fall! Join us next week to celebrate the start of the new year and meet faculty, staff, guest artists, and student club leaders. We'll chat about fall course offerings, upcoming auditions, and student employment opportunities.

Photo of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, taken by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College

We are excited to announce the performances for ou

We are excited to announce the performances for our upcoming 2024-25 season! This year will highlight work made by Bates students and guest artists. We are thrilled to be able to collaborate with such a wonderful group of writers, makers, and choreographers. We hope you'll be able to join us!

Congratulations to the Bates Class of 2024, especi

Congratulations to the Bates Class of 2024, especially our wonderful Dance, Theater, and Interdisciplinary Seniors!⭐️

Dance: Katherine Buetens, Anntonia Taylor, Claire Kaminski, Miguel Ángel Pacheco
Theater: David Walker, Sydney Childs, Miguel Ángel Pacheco, Caroline Cassell, Mingzheng Wang, Paige Magid, Alex Voight-Shelley. Not pictured: David Allen
Interdisciplinary: Miguel Ángel Pacheco, Grace Acton

Photo credit: Maia Seigerman ‘26

May Memories… Moments of Marcy Plavin Spring D

May Memories…

Moments of Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert! Thank you again to all of repertory artists; Kate Marchessault, Kyle Marshall,Staycee Pearl and Tristan Koepke who was also our amazing artistic director. Congratulations once again to our incredible company and crew!

Photo Credit: Phyllis Graber Jensen

May Memories… Nobody’s forgetting nomeacuerd

May Memories…

Nobody’s forgetting nomeacuerdo (or, how did i lose the cradle)! Thank you to the wonderful cast and crew, especially our thesis student Miguel Ángel Pacheco who directed the performance!

Photo credit: Phyllis Graber Jensen