About WilliamsTheatre
Current Productions
Williamstheatre
Studio Series Presents:
October 2 | 7:00 PM | Directing
Studio
October 3 | 3:00 PM | Directing Studio
As part of the Department of Theatre's Studio Series, we are
pleased to present an evening of four "tiny new plays," short
twenty-minute or less works-in-progress written and directed by students in the
Class of 2010: Jesse Gordon, Eva Flamm, Amanda O'Connor, and David Blitzer.
Written by
Robert Patrick and Directed by David Eppel
October 15 , 16 | 7:30 PM |
CenterStage
October 17 | 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM | CenterStage
Five people in a New
York bar on Valentine’s Day, 1974, think about their
lives in the 1960s which brought them to their point of paralysis and
stagnation. An insightful look at the convulsions of the post-summer of love
era and its consequences for the decades to come.
Music and Lyrics
by Stephen Sondheim Directed by Jean-Bernard Bucky
November 12 , 13 , 14 | 8:00 PM |
MainStage
Company, first produced in 1970, was acknowledged to
be a new model for musical theatre quite
unlike the conventional book musical. It is a theatrical montage, which attempts to explore the inner
worlds of memory and desire by mobilizing
well known musical forms—jazz, lyrical ballads, marches, comic vamps, and patter songs—often in ironic
confrontation with the show’s characters and
their urbane, witty and ambiguous lyrics. Company won six Tony
Awards, and it remains one of Sondheim’s
most beloved and most frequently produced works.
Dialogue ONE
Theatre Festival 2009
Directed by Omar
Sangare, Co-directed by David Eppel
December 4 | 7:30 PM |
CenterStage
December 5 | 2:00pm, 3:30pm, 6:00pm, and 7:30pm |
CenterStage
Motto:
There are
no monologues. You are involved in dialogue at least with the Universe itself.
Omar Sangare
Dialogue ONE is an international theatre festival
of solo performances located at the ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance at
Williams College, MA. Solo performers will explore essential dramatic themes,
such as intellectual and emotional complexity, the subject of solitude, and the
uniqueness of human imperfection. The festival features performances by Williams College
students, as well as professional artists from the US and abroad.
Participation:
To apply, send the following materials:
- one-page artist’s (or company) bio
- contact sheet (address, email, phone #)
- one-page introduction to the performance (author,
plot, run time, history of performances, awards)
- press reviews (if available)
- technical requirements sheet
- filmed performance (preferably the entire piece
on DVD)
All materials must be
received no later than July 31, 2009. If you submitted materials last year for
the 2008 festival and would like to have your work reconsidered, please send a
letter to the effect; materials do not need to be resubmitted. The final list
of participants will be made in fall of 2009 and the festival will contact the
artists or companies individually.
Received materials will NOT be sent back to
applicants. No fees. Stipend provided.
Send materials to:
Dr. Omar
Sangare
Department
ofTheatre
Williams College
1000 Main Street
Williamstown, MA 01267
USA
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Directed by
Robert Baker-White
March 11 , 12 | 7:30 PM |
CenterStage
March 13 | 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM | CenterStage
Often considered the most antic of Shakespeare’s comedies,
Twelfth Night interweaves shipwreck with saturnalia, melancholy with mistaken
identity, clowning with cross-dressing, and desire with desperation. Join the
Countess Olivia, her wayward cousin Sir Toby Belch, the fervent Andrew
Aguecheek, and the ever-resourceful Viola in a hilarious comedy that mocks the
conventions of theatre, gender, society, and, of course, fashion.