Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections

Theater and the Arts

A Black student choir sings in a room on campus while clapping their hands. They are standing in two rows. There is one women standing in front of the choir and singing into a microphone.

A performance by a Black student choir (1974)

Two women sewing different costumes that are draped on mannequins. There are a few more mannequins standing behind them.

Two students work on costumes for an upcoming production (September 20, 1983)

A large number of people wearing choral robes stand in two rows at the back of a recital hall. They are holding sheet music. In front of the choir, musicians, including violinists, flutists, and a cellist, sit in a semicircle, and there is a male conductor in front of them. A large crowd sitting in chairs in front of the musicians and singers is watching the performance.

A choir and orchestra concert in Slosberg Recital Hall (December 20, 1961)

A woman and a man are painting different set pieces for a theater production. The woman is painting building arches, and the man is painting a portrait of a woman. There are paint cans next to them. In the background is a shelf with more paint and a large cabinet beneath the shelves. Another man is standing in the background next to a very tall ladder.

Students paint backdrops in the theater paint shop for an upcoming production (December 1985)

Men and women are singing and clapping in a large room. They are standing in two rows with the men in one row behind the women. They are all wearing choir robes that have the letters, BSC, embroidered vertically on them. The conductor is standing in front of them with her back to the camera. She is wearing the same robes as the singers.

The Brandeis gospel choir performs in Slosberg (January 1989)

Three male performers and one female performer are acting in a theater production. They are all located behind a table with decorations. One man is standing and talking, while the other performers are sitting and look concerned.

A student production of the play "Waters of Babylon" by John Arden (1966)

A male and female performer stand on stage. The man is wearing a suit and the woman is wearing a dress. They are facing each other and the man has his hand on the woman's face. There is a suitcase on the floor behind them.

Two students act in the student production of the play "Waters of Babylon" by John Arden (1966)

Male and female performers dressed in formal historical clothing stand on a stage. They are standing in diagonal lines with one women at the center in front of the two lines. The other performances are looking at her. A man with a powdered wig is standing at the back.

A performance by the musical comedy troupe, Hi Charlie, which was founded in 1950 as an all-male variety show and later became co-ed in its third year (February 17, 1958)

Female students are performing a modern dance routine on a tiered stage. Three women are holding onto the arms of another women as they all lean back with one leg behind the other. Two women in the background are sitting on folding chairs with their heads bowed on a raised part of the stage. There are two other chairs visible on the stage.

Students perform a modern dance routine (1964)

Student performers doing a play on a stage. They are wearing medieval-themed clothing, with some dressed as royalty and the upper class and others dressed as laborers. Several of the performers are standing in a line with their hands clasped in front of them. A women dressed as a queen is laying on the ground in front of them. In front of both the group and the women is a performer dressed as an old man talking towards the audience.

Student performers put on a play for the new students during orientation week (September 27, 1967)

A male performer dressed as a king and a female performer dressed as a queen are sitting on two thrones. The women is talking and gesturing her hand while the man looks frustrated. A performer is sitting on the steps below them and is looking up at them.
A woman and a man are sitting on a couch, and another woman is standing in front of the couch on the right side. They are all looking, shouting, and pointing at a man walking on the left side of the couch towards a hat stand. There is a nightstand with a lamp on it on the right side of the couch and a rug on the floor.

Small student theater productions (April 3, 1984)

A man and a woman are sitting on a couch. The woman is sitting to the right with her legs underneath her and is facing the man who is sitting to her left. The man is sitting with his legs spread wide and is raising a bottle in the air while screaming. He is wearing sunglasses and a fedora.
A student film crew stands outside a pizza restaurant with the name "Athens Pizza." There are two people working the film camera, another person holding a boom mic, and two actors being filmed. The actor is handing a sheet of paper to the actress. A man is holding a very large white sheet of paper or cardboard behind the actors. There are a few other people standing in the background and a man standing to the left in the foreground.

Students film scenes outside of Athens Pizza on Moody Street in Waltham, MA (January 12, 1998)