2025 Green Innovation Grants Support Greater Sustainability for Theater by Liz Coyer
June 18, 2025 Staff and faculty from the Department of Theater and Dance hope that their Green Innovation…
Six Bates Dance Students Receive Major Honor from ACDA & Jacob’s Pillow by Liz Coyer
May 23, 2025 We are thrilled to share that six Bates Dancers have been selected to perform their…
Announcing the 2025-26 Bates Theater + Dance Season by Liz Coyer
May 21, 2025 We are thrilled to unveil our 2025-26 Theater + Dance Season, a dynamic lineup of…
Gesel Mason, “En Route” by Liz Coyer
May 12, 2025 Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025Bates College Artistic Director: Tristan KoepkeLighting Director and Designer: Courtney…
Tristan Koepke, “Above Water | All Images Will Disappear” by Liz Coyer
May 12, 2025 Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025Bates College Artistic Director: Tristan KoepkeLighting Director and Designer: Courtney…
Lisa “MonaLisa” Berman & Joseph “MN Joe” Tran, “In The Midst” by Liz Coyer
May 12, 2025 Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025Bates College Artistic Director: Tristan KoepkeLighting Director and Designer: Courtney…
Christina Robson, “Sounding Fray” by Liz Coyer
May 12, 2025 Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025Bates College Artistic Director: Tristan KoepkeLighting Director and Designer: Courtney…
THE ORDINARY AND THE POETIC: Bates theater stages Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” by Liz Coyer
March 18, 2025 “There is an important, meta-theatrical aspect to The Seagull that I think is relevant for…
As the multitalented stage manager for ‘The Seagull,’ Sophie Hafter ’25 barks up the right trees by Alexandra DeMarco
March 18, 2025 Even though it’s winter, a new stand of birches has appeared on campus. But unlike…
Congratulations to the Theater + Dance students on their recent awards! by Liz Coyer
March 18, 2025 Bates Theater + Dance Students recently traveled to two conferences, KCATF (Kennedy Center of American Theater Festival)…
Winter 2025 Updates by Liz Coyer
January 6, 2025 Check out these upcoming events and meet some new Theater + Dance faces!
Wheeler’s Wolf Play Wows Audiences by Max Olson
November 13, 2024 This past weekend saw the run of Wolf Play, written by Hansol Jung and directed by…
Alumni Spotlight: Nate Stephenson ’18 stars in Angels in America-Part Two as Louis at Portland Stage. by Liz Coyer
October 21, 2024 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.
Welcome Fall 2024 by Liz Coyer
August 29, 2024 We are thrilled to welcome everyone back for the 2024-25 academic year!
Introducing Rebecca Armstrong, Costume Director by Liz Coyer
August 29, 2024 The Department of Theater and Dance is excited to introduce our new Costume Director, Rebecca…
Introducing Courtney Smith, Associate Professor of Design, Technology, and Management by Liz Coyer
May 10, 2024 The Department of Theater and Dance is thrilled to announce that Courtney Smith will be…
Alumni Spotlight: Nate Stephenson ’18 stars in Angels in America-Part One Millennium Approaches as Louis at Portland Stage. by Liz Coyer
May 10, 2024 Nate Stephenson ’18 played Prior in the 2018 Bates production of Angels in America-Part One Millennium Approaches.…
Alumni Spotlight: Brouhaha Theater Project – created by a team of Bates Alumni by Liz Coyer
May 10, 2024 A multi-room experience spanning all of The Attic @ The Tank APRIL 18-MAY 18, 2024…
Preview: Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2024 by Liz Coyer
March 26, 2024 The Bates Dance Festival and Bates College Theater and Dance Department have collaborated on the Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert, which will run at the Schaeffer Theatre April 5-8, 2024.
Preview: nomeacuerdo (or how i lost the cradle) by Liz Coyer
March 26, 2024 Devised and Directed by Miguel Ángel Pacheco ’24 | March 28 – 31
Humanity Comes First in Casting Students for Bates Theater’s ‘The Gravediggers Union’ by Deirdre Stires
March 8, 2024 Actor, director, and educator Kevin R. Free carried a binder with the script for The Gravediggers Union around the Gannett Theater stage, reading alongside Bates students as he filled in for an absent cast member in a dress rehearsal.
Embodying Activism 2023 by Liz Coyer
February 6, 2024 A narrative and photographic profile of select Maine-based activists who served as community educators for the First Year Seminar, Embodying Activism, during Fall 2023.
Introduction to the Fall Dance Concert 2023 by Liz Coyer
January 5, 2024 “I appreciate Bates’ dance department so much because of the free create reign that we’re given during this past semester” – Lola Buczkowski ’25
Winter 2024 Updates by Liz Coyer
December 15, 2023 There is a lot to look forward to for Winter 2024! Check out our upcoming January events, and meet a few of our exciting guest artists.
Bates faculty member Kati Vecsey helps give voice to a fellow Hungarian’s right-to-die case by Jay Burns
November 16, 2023 So he turned to a fellow Hungarian who is a Bates faculty member: Kati Vecsey, a senior lecturer in theater, vocal director for all Bates theater productions, and a noted speech and language pathologist and therapist.
Hilarious and Provocative, ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ is a Bates Production that ‘Has To Be Done’ by Deirdre Stires
November 9, 2023 It’s about four white actors, two of whom are teachers and all of whom consider themselves liberal, woke, and forward-thinking, and how they go about rehearsing a Thanksgiving pageant that celebrates Native American Heritage Month for elementary school students.
Faculty Updates by Liz Coyer
April 25, 2023 We are delighted to welcome two new tenure-track faculty to the department, and to celebrate the promotion of one of our beloved faculty!
Thesis Preview: “R&R (Rest & Resistance)” by Lauren Reed ’23 by Liz Coyer
April 6, 2023
Thesis Preview: “Pareidolia” by Maya Golden ’23 by Liz Coyer
April 6, 2023
Peek Behind the Curtain (Ep. 6): The curtain has risen on a spectacular Much Ado About Nothing by Freddie Wright
March 17, 2023 After taking peeks behind the Schaeffer Theatre curtain since January, exploring the preparations for an ambitious…
Peek Behind the Curtain (Ep. 5): Places, People, Places! by Freddie Wright
March 9, 2023 On the Schaeffer Theater stage, a group of students are warming up, rhythmically stepping and…
Peek Behind the Curtain (Ep. 4): Setting the Schaeffer Stage by Freddie Wright
March 2, 2023 One level below the Schaeffer Theatre stage, the carpenter shop is buzzing with sound. Natalia…
Peek Behind The Curtain (Ep. 3): Not just clowning around by Freddie Wright
February 10, 2023 “Clowns are poets of the heart,” Wesley Broulik tells the Bates students sitting on the…
Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance, Tristan Koepke, Performs with the Portland Ballet by Liz Coyer
February 3, 2023 Looking for something to do Friday night? Check out this performance of Uncommon Accord with the Portland…
Peek Behind The Curtain (Ep. 2): Maine takes the main stage by Freddie Wright
February 2, 2023 A pair of iconic Bean boots. A bright yellow sou’wester. A bucket hat covered in…
Sally Wood’s Direction of Sweet Goats and Blueberry Señoritas at Portland Stage Gets Rave Reviews! by Liz Coyer
January 31, 2023 Sally Wood is currently teaching two sections of Acting here at Bates, and the play…
A Peek Behind The Curtain: Contents of a costume shop by Freddie Wright
January 27, 2023 Stepping into the costume shop tucked under the stairs in Schaeffer Theatre is like entering…
By taking on this risky play, Mad Horse makes its point about censorship by Eric Russell
January 23, 2023 Alumni Nate Stephenson is a guest artist for Mad Horse’s production of “Quills,” by Doug…
AUDITION NOTICE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by Tim Dugan
January 16, 2023 Attention all in the Bates Community! Everyone is enthusiastically invited to audition tomorrow (monologues) and Thursday…
SLIDESHOW: DIONYSUS COMES TO MAIN STREET AMERICA WITH ‘HURRICANE DIANE’ by Freddie Wright
November 4, 2022 The god of vegetation, wine, partying, madness, and theater is back, brought to life on the…
Bates receives $500,000 grant to fund major arts and technology project by Mary Pols
October 28, 2022 Scheduled for a fall 2023 opening, the college’s new Immersive Media Studio — a focal…
Call for Artists! by Liz Coyer
September 1, 2022 The Theater & Dance Department invites you to join the cast of Back to Bates:…
Theater & Dance Department Newsletter | Summer 2022 by Liz Coyer
August 17, 2022 Announcing the 2022-23 Season, introducing new faculty, providing information on upcoming events, and more!
Gratitude – Professor Carol Dilley by Liz Coyer
April 14, 2022 If we could sum up our feelings for Carol Dilley in one word it would…
Video: Noah Pott ’22 and the Romance Between Theater and Music by Freddie Wright
April 1, 2022 For Noah Pott ’22, what started as a fun way to kill time in the…
Slideshow: Not your traditional ‘Antigone’ by Freddie Wright
March 17, 2022 “What happens when we are deprived of the ability to grieve?” That’s the question the…
Professors, Inspired by a Bates Play, Offer Lessons in American Redlining and Racism by Freddie Wright
October 29, 2021 Bates professors offer a range of perspectives on racial justice, reparations, and housing inequity during a discussion inspired by the Bates production of the play The Luck of the Irish.
Video: For Erick Gredonia ’21, Dance Creates the ‘Best Version of Myself’ by Jay Burns
June 10, 2021 Motion defines dance. Yet for Erick Gredonia ’21, a defining dance experience at Bates was…
Acting with a mask, a story about Bates theater in three parts by Eleanor Vance ’21
May 5, 2021 For many people, the idea of standing under the spotlight and reciting lines to a…
Q&A: You needn’t know Chekhov’s ‘Seagull’ to appreciate this ‘Stupid F**king Bird’ by Doug Hubley
March 3, 2020 The contrast in titles alone ought to tell you something. On the one hand, there’s The…
Staff and faculty from the Department of Theater and Dance hope that their Green Innovation…
We are thrilled to share that six Bates Dancers have been selected to perform their…
We are thrilled to unveil our 2025-26 Theater + Dance Season, a dynamic lineup of…
Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025Bates College Artistic Director: Tristan KoepkeLighting Director and Designer: Courtney…
Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025Bates College Artistic Director: Tristan KoepkeLighting Director and Designer: Courtney…
Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025Bates College Artistic Director: Tristan KoepkeLighting Director and Designer: Courtney…
Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert 2025Bates College Artistic Director: Tristan KoepkeLighting Director and Designer: Courtney…
“There is an important, meta-theatrical aspect to The Seagull that I think is relevant for…
Even though it’s winter, a new stand of birches has appeared on campus. But unlike…
Bates Theater + Dance Students recently traveled to two conferences, KCATF (Kennedy Center of American Theater Festival)…
Check out these upcoming events and meet some new Theater + Dance faces!
This past weekend saw the run of Wolf Play, written by Hansol Jung and directed by…
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.
We are thrilled to welcome everyone back for the 2024-25 academic year!
The Department of Theater and Dance is excited to introduce our new Costume Director, Rebecca…
The Department of Theater and Dance is thrilled to announce that Courtney Smith will be…
Nate Stephenson ’18 played Prior in the 2018 Bates production of Angels in America-Part One Millennium Approaches.…
A multi-room experience spanning all of The Attic @ The Tank APRIL 18-MAY 18, 2024…
The Bates Dance Festival and Bates College Theater and Dance Department have collaborated on the Marcy Plavin Spring Dance Concert, which will run at the Schaeffer Theatre April 5-8, 2024.
Devised and Directed by Miguel Ángel Pacheco ’24 | March 28 – 31
Actor, director, and educator Kevin R. Free carried a binder with the script for The Gravediggers Union around the Gannett Theater stage, reading alongside Bates students as he filled in for an absent cast member in a dress rehearsal.
A narrative and photographic profile of select Maine-based activists who served as community educators for the First Year Seminar, Embodying Activism, during Fall 2023.
“I appreciate Bates’ dance department so much because of the free create reign that we’re given during this past semester” – Lola Buczkowski ’25
There is a lot to look forward to for Winter 2024! Check out our upcoming January events, and meet a few of our exciting guest artists.
So he turned to a fellow Hungarian who is a Bates faculty member: Kati Vecsey, a senior lecturer in theater, vocal director for all Bates theater productions, and a noted speech and language pathologist and therapist.
It’s about four white actors, two of whom are teachers and all of whom consider themselves liberal, woke, and forward-thinking, and how they go about rehearsing a Thanksgiving pageant that celebrates Native American Heritage Month for elementary school students.
We are delighted to welcome two new tenure-track faculty to the department, and to celebrate the promotion of one of our beloved faculty!
After taking peeks behind the Schaeffer Theatre curtain since January, exploring the preparations for an ambitious…
On the Schaeffer Theater stage, a group of students are warming up, rhythmically stepping and…
One level below the Schaeffer Theatre stage, the carpenter shop is buzzing with sound. Natalia…
“Clowns are poets of the heart,” Wesley Broulik tells the Bates students sitting on the…
Looking for something to do Friday night? Check out this performance of Uncommon Accord with the Portland…
A pair of iconic Bean boots. A bright yellow sou’wester. A bucket hat covered in…
Sally Wood is currently teaching two sections of Acting here at Bates, and the play…
Stepping into the costume shop tucked under the stairs in Schaeffer Theatre is like entering…
Alumni Nate Stephenson is a guest artist for Mad Horse’s production of “Quills,” by Doug…
Attention all in the Bates Community! Everyone is enthusiastically invited to audition tomorrow (monologues) and Thursday…
The god of vegetation, wine, partying, madness, and theater is back, brought to life on the…
Scheduled for a fall 2023 opening, the college’s new Immersive Media Studio — a focal…
The Theater & Dance Department invites you to join the cast of Back to Bates:…
Announcing the 2022-23 Season, introducing new faculty, providing information on upcoming events, and more!
If we could sum up our feelings for Carol Dilley in one word it would…
For Noah Pott ’22, what started as a fun way to kill time in the…
“What happens when we are deprived of the ability to grieve?” That’s the question the…
Bates professors offer a range of perspectives on racial justice, reparations, and housing inequity during a discussion inspired by the Bates production of the play The Luck of the Irish.
Motion defines dance. Yet for Erick Gredonia ’21, a defining dance experience at Bates was…
For many people, the idea of standing under the spotlight and reciting lines to a…
The contrast in titles alone ought to tell you something. On the one hand, there’s The…