“There is an important, meta-theatrical aspect to The Seagull that I think is relevant for students who are creating art, for artists who are building something.” — Joshua N Hsu, the guest director for the…
Even though it’s winter, a new stand of birches has appeared on campus. But unlike their arboreal neighbors on Alumni Walk, these trees aren’t rooted in soil.
Bates Theater + Dance Students recently traveled to two conferences, KCATF (Kennedy Center of American Theater Festival) and ACDA (American College Dance Association), and earned well-deserved recognition for their hard work and dedication to the craft!
This past weekend saw the run of Wolf Play, written by Hansol Jung and directed by Sophie Wheeler ‘25. Beyond fulfilling the requirement for her senior thesis, the piece perfectly showcases Wheeler’s brilliant creativity and proficiency…
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.
The Department of Theater and Dance is excited to introduce our new Costume Director, Rebecca Armstrong. She will be leading the team in the Theater and Dance Costume Shop and designing many of our Dance…
The Department of Theater and Dance is thrilled to announce that Courtney Smith will be joining us as Associate Professor of Design, Technology, and Management beginning in the 24-25 academic year! He will be offering…
Nate Stephenson ’18 played Prior in the 2018 Bates production of Angels in America-Part One Millennium Approaches. Now he is portraying Louis at Portland Stage. The production is running from May 1 – May 26 at the Portland…
A multi-room experience spanning all of The Attic @ The Tank APRIL 18-MAY 18, 2024 For the first time in its history, The Vicky Archives is opening up its doors to the outside world. An…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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,…
“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,…
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 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…
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…
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…
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,…
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 —…
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…
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…
“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…
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 a moment of quiet stillness, tinged with despair. Bates had announced on March 13, 2020, that all students had to…
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…
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…
“There is an important, meta-theatrical aspect to The Seagull that I think is relevant for students who are creating art, for artists who are building something.” — Joshua N Hsu, the guest director for the…
Even though it’s winter, a new stand of birches has appeared on campus. But unlike their arboreal neighbors on Alumni Walk, these trees aren’t rooted in soil.
Bates Theater + Dance Students recently traveled to two conferences, KCATF (Kennedy Center of American Theater Festival) and ACDA (American College Dance Association), and earned well-deserved recognition for their hard work and dedication to the craft!
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 Sophie Wheeler ‘25. Beyond fulfilling the requirement for her senior thesis, the piece perfectly showcases Wheeler’s brilliant creativity and proficiency…
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 Armstrong. She will be leading the team in the Theater and Dance Costume Shop and designing many of our Dance…
The Department of Theater and Dance is thrilled to announce that Courtney Smith will be joining us as Associate Professor of Design, Technology, and Management beginning in the 24-25 academic year! He will be offering…
Nate Stephenson ’18 played Prior in the 2018 Bates production of Angels in America-Part One Millennium Approaches. Now he is portraying Louis at Portland Stage. The production is running from May 1 – May 26 at the Portland…
A multi-room experience spanning all of The Attic @ The Tank APRIL 18-MAY 18, 2024 For the first time in its history, The Vicky Archives is opening up its doors to the outside world. An…
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 Bates theater production, the curtain has been raised. And what a sight to behold.
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…
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,…
“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,…
Looking for something to do Friday night? Check out this performance of Uncommon Accord with the Portland Ballet on February 3rd and 17th!
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 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…
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…
Alumni Nate Stephenson is a guest artist for Mad Horse’s production of “Quills,” by Doug Wright!
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…
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,…
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 —…
The Theater & Dance Department invites you to join the cast of Back to Bates: An Artistic Showcase!
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 be: GRATITUDE. Our beloved Professor and Director of Dance will be retiring at the end of the 2022 academic year…
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…
“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…
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 a moment of quiet stillness, tinged with despair. Bates had announced on March 13, 2020, that all students had to…
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…
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…