Theater Performances

adapted by Robert Owens, Wilton E. Hall Jr. & William A. Miles Jr.

from the novel by George Orwell

directed by Malik Work ’98

1984 Project is an immersive theatrical exploration of George Orwell’s dystopian classic, a cautionary satire on totalitarianism. Forbidden love is at the center of resistance and revolution against Big Brother’s “doublethink” declarations: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, & Ignorance is Strength. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

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(Sophokles) translated by Anne Carson

directed by David Jaffe

Anne Carson’s version of Sophokles’ Antigone is uniquely her own. She forefronts the difficulty of translation, the disturbing inevitability of tragedy and flexes the boundaries of textual fidelity in service of generations of poets, writers, artists and humans who have wrangled with the questions of the play, “Who’s law?!” and “What’s the cost of protest?

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Our annual Theater Capstone Festival is a collective opportunity for seniors to finish their college careers with a major creative project. We invite them to take risks, to deepen their work, and to find their voices as artists and scholars. 

Please note that the festival contains adult subject matter:  Play content may include:  blasphemy, grief, hate language and slurs, sexual references,  suicidal ideation and violence.

An Honors Thesis in Stage Management by Maggie Sendlenski ‘26

Inspired by Our Town by Thornton Wilder, Heartbeat gives audiences a glimpse into how a play actually gets made through the eyes of the stage manager. Highlighting the hidden beauties of the theater, the stage manager seeks an answer as to why we continue to return to the fleeting art form

A Capstone in Costume Design and Construction by Ainsley Cornwall ‘26

A handmade costume exhibit exploring the connections of Ancient Greek dress by investigating and creating representations of different eras (ancient, early regency and modern) historical dress. This exhibit explores the challenges of classical and fashion scholarship on greek dress and the perceptions that popular culture presents and creates a new modern take on a greek ensemble.

by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier

A Capstone in Performance by Ava Mary Aloia ‘26 and Nell Hamilton ‘26

An aspiring young actress. A sensitive playwright. A fading grand dame of the theater. A vacationing literary genius. Each attracted to the idea of love, like a seagull is attracted to the water. What happens when we don’t get the attention we crave?

Stories We Tell by Elora Maxwell & A Day Without Sunshine by Sophia Bianchi – A Double Bill 

A Capstone in Performance and Playwriting by Elora Maxwell ‘26 and Sophia Bianchi ‘26

There are six ways to write a story…or is it thirty six? Either way, Max can’t seem to write one to save their life. Stories We Tell is an emotional and comedic look at the struggle between a young author and the characters they have created. In the colorful chaos that ensues, they all have to grow beyond their archetypes, or the whole thing will crash and burn.

Anita Bryant fears three things: bunnies, cream pie, and homosexuality. Inspired by the memories of Anita’s life, A Day Without Sunshine oscillates between the absurd and the sincere, the tragic and the glamorous to examine how far we are willing to go to be loved.

From Sophocles’ Antigone translated and adapted by Caleb Butler

A Capstone in Playwriting by Caleb Butler ‘26 and Costume Design and Construction by Nina Fioravanti ‘26

Antigone wants to bury the corpse in her backyard, Kreon wants to let it rot, and Ismene just wants her family to stop tearing itself apart. Burial is a new translated adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone that explores the lasting impact of an ancient story thousands of years after it was written.

A Capstone in Playwriting by Jonah Hane ‘26

A tale of two siblings, a wolf, and the absence that haunts a tiny, peaceful town. Verdant blends the grotesque and the intimate in a story about love, growth, abandonment, and need.