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  • Bates faculty member Kati Vecsey helps give voice to a fellow Hungarian’s right-to-die caseNovember 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’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 UpdatesApril 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 ’23April 6, 2023
  • Thesis Preview: “Pareidolia” by Maya Golden ’23April 6, 2023
  • Peek Behind the Curtain (Ep. 6): The curtain has risen on a spectacular Much Ado About NothingMarch 17, 2023
    After taking peeks behind the Schaeffer Theatre curtain since January, exploring the preparations for an ambitious Bates theater production, the curtain has been raised. And what a sight to behold.
  • Peek Behind the Curtain (Ep. 5): Places, People, Places!March 9, 2023
    On the Schaeffer Theater stage, a group of students are warming up, rhythmically stepping and swinging together to “SOS” by Rihanna.  They’re the cast of the Bates theater production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing — which…
  • Peek Behind the Curtain (Ep. 4): Setting the Schaeffer StageMarch 2, 2023
    One level below the Schaeffer Theatre stage, the carpenter shop is buzzing with sound. Natalia Jacobs ’26 of Amherst, Mass., is busy vacuuming dust from a set of French doors, recently pulled out of storage,…
  • Peek Behind The Curtain (Ep. 3): Not just clowning aroundFebruary 10, 2023
    “Clowns are poets of the heart,” Wesley Broulik tells the Bates students sitting on the Schaeffer Theatre stage. “It’s amazing how close tears and laughter are to each other.” It’s a Friday afternoon, and Broulik,…
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance, Tristan Koepke, Performs with the Portland BalletFebruary 3, 2023
    Looking for something to do Friday night? Check out this performance of Uncommon Accord with the Portland Ballet on February 3rd and 17th!
  • Peek Behind The Curtain (Ep. 2): Maine takes the main stageFebruary 2, 2023
    A pair of iconic Bean boots. A bright yellow sou’wester. A bucket hat covered in colorful fly-fishing lures.  They aren’t your typical costume props for a Shakespearean play, but “they all belong in Maine,” says…
  • Sally Wood’s Direction of Sweet Goats and Blueberry Señoritas at Portland Stage Gets Rave Reviews!January 31, 2023
    Sally Wood is currently teaching two sections of Acting here at Bates, and the play she recently directed at Portland Stage is a “melding of Cuba and Maine, explored through food and family ties.” Check…
  • A Peek Behind The Curtain: Contents of a costume shopJanuary 27, 2023
    Stepping into the costume shop tucked under the stairs in Schaeffer Theatre is like entering a whole new world: colorful fabrics cover the walls, along with photos of costumes from past productions, spools of colored…
  • By taking on this risky play, Mad Horse makes its point about censorshipJanuary 23, 2023
    Alumni Nate Stephenson is a guest artist for Mad Horse’s production of “Quills,” by Doug Wright!
  • AUDITION NOTICE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGJanuary 16, 2023
    Attention all in the Bates Community! Everyone is enthusiastically invited to audition tomorrow (monologues) and Thursday (scenes) for William’s Shakespeare’s classic comedy MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING!  To access a video introduction from the director, sides for…
  • SLIDESHOW: DIONYSUS COMES TO MAIN STREET AMERICA WITH ‘HURRICANE DIANE’November 4, 2022
    The god of vegetation, wine, partying, madness, and theater is back, brought to life on the Gannett Theater stage in Hurricane Diane, a play by Madeleine George and directed by theater major Kush Sharma ’23 of Delhi,…
  • Bates receives $500,000 grant to fund major arts and technology projectOctober 28, 2022
    Scheduled for a fall 2023 opening, the college’s new Immersive Media Studio — a focal point of a major new arts and technology project funded by a $500,000 grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation —…
  • Call for Artists!September 1, 2022
    The Theater & Dance Department invites you to join the cast of Back to Bates: An Artistic Showcase!
  • Theater & Dance Department Newsletter | Summer 2022August 17, 2022
    Announcing the 2022-23 Season, introducing new faculty, providing information on upcoming events, and more!
  • Gratitude – Professor Carol DilleyApril 14, 2022
    If we could sum up our feelings for Carol Dilley in one word it would be: GRATITUDE. Our beloved Professor and Director of Dance will be retiring at the end of the 2022 academic year…
  • Video: Noah Pott ’22 and the Romance Between Theater and MusicApril 1, 2022
    For Noah Pott ’22, what started as a fun way to kill time in the summer before seventh grade — by acting in a community production of the musical Oliver! — culminated in a proud but terrifying…
  • Slideshow: Not your traditional ‘Antigone’March 17, 2022
    “What happens when we are deprived of the ability to grieve?” That’s the question the cast and crew of Antigonick, now in a sold-out run at Schaeffer Theatre, asked in January as they set out to…
  • Professors, Inspired by a Bates Play, Offer Lessons in American Redlining and RacismOctober 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’June 10, 2021
    Motion defines dance. Yet for Erick Gredonia ’21, a defining dance experience at Bates was a moment of quiet stillness, tinged with despair. Bates had announced on March 13, 2020, that all students had to…
  • Acting with a mask, a story about Bates theater in three partsMay 5, 2021
    For many people, the idea of standing under the spotlight and reciting lines to a dimly seen audience is a daunting task.  Now imagine giving an onstage monologue in a mask that hides your mouth…
  • Q&A: You needn’t know Chekhov’s ‘Seagull’ to appreciate this ‘Stupid F**king Bird’March 3, 2020
    The contrast in titles alone ought to tell you something. On the one hand, there’s The Seagull, Anton Chekhov’s late 19th-century play, a tale of art and romance, striving and frustration, ripe with unexpressed thought and…

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