Free Performances
Closer
By Patrick Marber
Directed by Eric Hill
April 3, 4, 5 at 7pm
Merrick Theater
Set in 90's contemporary London, "Closer" takes a cynical and painfully accurate look at relationships. Both romantic comedy and brutal analysis of modern love, it is a play about the kindness of strangers and the cruelty of desire.
Senior Thesis Festival
April 18 - 22
The Brandeis Department of Theater Arts is proud to sponsor a festival of work by graduating theater arts students who will present the culmination of their studies through a senior thesis performance. They will participate in a variety of roles, including actor, director, writer and costume designer. We hope you will join us in celebrating their accomplishments as they prepare to graduate.
*Festival Schedule*
Wednesday, April 18
7:30-8:30pm - Blind Dates (includes talkback following the show)
Thursday, April 19
6:30-8:30pm - Elegies: A Song Cycle
8:30-10:30pm - Speech & Debate
10:30-11:30pm - Blind Dates
Friday, April 20
7-8pm - To You Alone: A creative movement work of isolation and connection
8:30-10:30 - Elegies: A Song Cycle (includes talkback following the show)
Saturday, April 21
3-4pm - To You Alone: A creative movement work of isolation and connection
4-4:30pm - Senior Thesis Festival Talkback (Laurie Theater)
4:30-6pm - Festival Reception (Main Lobby)
7-9pm - Speech & Debate
Sunday, April 22
2-3pm - Made for You
3-3:30pm - Talkback with April Marie Kolb
4-5pm - Made for You
*Performances*
Blind Dates
Written and Directed by Talya Davidoff
Merrick Theater
Elegies: A Song Cycle
by William Finn
Directed by Leah Carnow
Musical Direction by Mindy Cimini
Laurie Theater
Made for You
A dance piece devised by April Marie Kolb
Merrick Theater
Speech & Debate
by Stephen Karam
Starring Jordan Brown & Sara Wiesenfeld
Merrick Theater
To You Alone: A creative movement work of isolation and connection
Created by Kayla Dinces
Merrick Theater
Beyond the Boundaries
Saturday, April 28 at 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, April 29 at 2pm
Mainstage Theater
Modern dance collaborates with sculpture and music. Part abstraction, part storytelling and entirely original, this innovative, category-breaking event sees the performing and visual arts unite for a creative encounter beyond your imagination. In their first performance collaboration, choreographer Susan Dibble and sculptor Tory Fair seek to discover how the placement of sculpture in a theatrical setting can set the stage for sound, movement and dance.
Undergraduate Singing Party
Monday, April 30 at 7pm
Laurie Theater
Graduate Singing Party
Wednesday, May 2 at 5pm
Laurie Theater
"It's De-lightful, it's De-licious and De-lovely" - An invitation to the final Singing Parties for our undergraduates and graduates. Under the watchful care and skill of singing professor and soprano Nancy Armstrong, students perform a wide range of music and songs in an informal cabaret-style party. The event is exhilarating and guaranteed to delight you!