2016-2017 Season

Directed by Shannon Sindelar

Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 8 PM
Friday, October 14, 2016 at 8 PM
Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 3 PM and 8 PM

For Václav Havel, despite its failings, history offers the record of "magnificent dreams, longings, and ideals."

In this devised work, Barnard and Columbia students explore the political, philosophical, and artistic perspectives of the dissident writer who became president of Czechoslovakia, and then of the Czech Republic.

Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy by Christine Aucoin
Scenic Design by Patrick Rizzotti
Costume Design by Normandy Sherwood
Lighting Design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Sound Design by Jane Behre
Projection Design by David Pym
Stage Management by Lily Whiteman
Assistant Direction by Brittany Berke
With Barnard and Columbia students

Minor Latham Playhouse
Milbank Hall, Room 118, Barnard campus

Tickets
$10 general admission
$5 with BC/CUID 
 
* Post-Performance Reception
Meet and greet the cast and crew of Some Hero and enjoy light refreshments after the Friday night performance.
Milbank Hall, Room 223, 9:30 PM

Sponsored by
Barnard College Department of Theatre
Columbia University Major in Drama & Theatre Arts
The Václav Havel Library Foundation

An International Theatre Action in Response to the Shooting at Pulse Nightclub

Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 4 PM

Play readings directed by Leo Angulo '17 and Sam Siu '18

With actors from the Barnard and Columbia community

Followed by a community space for reflection

The Barnard College Department of Theatre, in association with Missing Bolts Productions Inc. and NoPassport Theare Alliance and Press, are pleased to present a reading of After Orlando, a suite of short plays written in response to the shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

After Orlando is an international playwright-driven theatre action including over fifty playwrights from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, Africa, and Australia. Plays have been specifically written and curated in response to this tragic event and will be read at over 30 venues across the country and in the UK throughout the fall.

Partners include: The Finborough Theatre (London); Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre and the LGBT Center (NYC); Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center (DC); The Inge Center (Independence, KS); Theatre@Boston Court and the University of Southern California (LA); Miami New Drama; Philadelphia Theatre Company and The University of the Arts, and many more.

Tickets
Free event
No reservations necessary

Minor Latham Playhouse
Milbank Hall, Room 118, Barnard campus

Sponsored by
Barnard College Department of Theatre
Columbia University Major in Drama & Theatre Arts
Missing Bolts Productions Inc.
NoPassport Theare Alliance and Press

Promenade

A Musical with Book and Lyrics by Maria Irene Fornes
Music by Al Carmines

Tickets
Were $10, $5 with BC/CUID

“. . . for those who have no cake, There’s plenty of bread.”

In Maria Irene Fornes’ and Al Carmines’ brilliant musical parable, two escaped convicts take a vivid journey through the high-life, and low-life, of New York, a city whose divisions between rich and poor, old and young, the empowered and the powerless seems, perhaps, all too familiar today.

Direction by Alice Reagan
Music Direction by Nathan Koci
Choreography by Katie Rose McLaughlin
Scenic Design by Sandra Goldmark
Costume Design by Thea Lewis
Lighting Design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Assistant Music Direction by Sofia Geck
Assistant Direction by Christina Beck
Stage Management by Leo Angulo

The Glicker-Milstein Theatre
Diana Center, Room LL200, Barnard Campus

Poster art by
Thea Lewis

Sponsored by
Barnard College Department of Theatre
Columbia University Major in Drama & Theatre Arts

 
Promenade is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.