Theater and Dance Archives
Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025Bates College Artistic Director: Tristan KoepkeLighting Director and Designer: Courtney SmithCostume Director and Designer: Rebecca…
Tristan Koepke, “Above Water | All Images Will Disappear”
Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025Bates College Artistic Director: Tristan KoepkeLighting Director and Designer: Courtney SmithCostume Director and Designer: Rebecca…
Lisa “MonaLisa” Berman & Joseph “MN Joe” Tran, “In The Midst”
Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025Bates College Artistic Director: Tristan KoepkeLighting Director and Designer: Courtney SmithCostume Director and Designer: Rebecca…
Christina Robson, “Sounding Fray”
Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025Bates College Artistic Director: Tristan KoepkeLighting Director and Designer: Courtney SmithCostume Director and Designer: Rebecca…
THE ORDINARY AND THE POETIC: Bates theater stages Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull”
“There is an important, meta-theatrical aspect to The Seagull that I think is relevant for students who are creating art,…
As the multitalented stage manager for ‘The Seagull,’ Sophie Hafter ’25 barks up the right trees
Even though it’s winter, a new stand of birches has appeared on campus. But unlike their arboreal neighbors on Alumni…
Congratulations to the Theater + Dance students on their recent awards!
Bates Theater + Dance Students recently traveled to two conferences, KCATF (Kennedy Center of American Theater Festival) and ACDA (American College Dance Association), and…
Winter 2025 Updates
Check out these upcoming events and meet some new Theater + Dance faces!
Wheeler’s Wolf Play Wows Audiences
This past weekend saw the run of Wolf Play, written by Hansol Jung and directed by Sophie Wheeler ‘25. Beyond fulfilling…
Alumni Spotlight: Nate Stephenson ’18 stars in Angels in America-Part Two as Louis at Portland Stage.
Nate Stephenson (Louis) (he/him) is a Portland-based stage, screen, and voice actor. A 2018 graduate of Bates College’s Theater Department, Nate began working in Boston before relocating to Portland in 2021.