Theater and Dance Archives
Meet the 2026 Repertory Artists
We are thrilled to introduce our 2026 Repertory Artists: Jenna Riegel, Alfonso Cervera, and Ogemdi Ude!
2025 Green Innovation Grants Support Greater Sustainability for Theater
Staff and faculty from the Department of Theater and Dance hope that their Green Innovation Grant initiative will inspire more…
Six Bates Dance Students Receive Major Honor from ACDA & Jacob’s Pillow
We are thrilled to share that six Bates Dancers have been selected to perform their piece “Sounding Fray” as part…
Announcing the 2025-26 Bates Theater + Dance Season
We are thrilled to unveil our 2025-26 Theater + Dance Season, a dynamic lineup of exhilarating performances! Whether you’re a…
Gesel Mason, “En Route”
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…