2015-2016 Season
Fall 2015
A Dream Play
By August Strindberg
Adapted by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Mikhael Tara Garver
Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 8 PM
Friday, October 23, 2015 at 8 PM
Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 3 PM and 8 PM
Post-show reception on Friday 10/23 in the Ella Weed Room
(Milbank Hall, Room 223)
The daughter of the gods descends to earth, hoping only to alleviate human suffering. Her journey takes her across the world, through the arts and sciences, through the law and politics, through wealth and poverty, but can she save us from ourselves? August Strindberg's dramatic meditation on human suffering will be performed in Caryl Churchill's brilliant, fast-paced, contemporary version.
Dramaturgy by Jeremiah Davis
Scenic Design by Gabriel Hainer Evansohn
Costume Design by Wannong Gao
Lighting Design by Aramel Peña-Alcantara
Sound Design by Will Irons
With Barnard and Columbia students
Minor Latham Playhouse
Milbank Hall, Room 118
Barnard campus
Sponsored by
Barnard College Department of Theatre
Columbia University Major in Drama & Theatre Arts
Bingo
Written by Edward Bond
Directed by Alice Reagan
Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 8 PM*
Friday, December 11, 2015 at 8 PM**
Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 3 PM and 8 PM
* Barnard Alumnae night, featuring a post-show reception following the Thursday 12/10 performance
** Post-Show Talkback with the director and Jenny Spencer, Professor and Chair of the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, following the Friday 12/11 performance
"To have usurped the place of god, and lied..."
In his final days, Shakespeare measures the value of writing against the grim reality surrounding his Stratford garden: a vagrant girl rotting on the gibbet for the crime of looking for work; wealthy landowners like himself seeking the security of increased profit that impoverishes their tenants; a family who hates him for his emotional absence and neglect. Written by the great political dramatist of modern England, Edward Bond, Bingo explores the costs—physical, economic, human—of a life in art.
Scenic Design – Sandra Goldmark
Lighting Design – Jen Schriever
Costume Design – Nell Simon
Sound Design – Daniel Kluger
Vocal Coach – Grant Chapman
Stage Manager – Shira Harris
Assistant Director – Waverley Engelman
With Barnard and Columbia students
Glicker-Milstein Theatre
The Diana Center, Room LL200
Barnard campus
Sponsored by
Barnard College Department of Theatre
Columbia University Major in Drama & Theatre Arts
SPRING 2016
A Play by Partha Chatterjee
Based on the novel by Rabindranath Tagore
Translated from the Bengali by the playwright
Directed by Mahesh Dattani
Dramaturgy by Shayoni Mitra
Scenic Design by Neil Patel
Costume Design by Deepsikha Chatterjee
Lighting Design by Andrea Leonard
Music Direction by Deep Singh
Video Design by Anna Henson
Assistant Direction by Brittany Searles
Stage Management by Ellen Mischinski
Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 8 PM*
Friday, March 4, 2016 at 8 PM
Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 3 PM and 8 PM**
* Post-show talkback with the director, Mahesh Dattani, the playwright, Professor Partha Chatterjee, and the dramaturg, Assistant Professor Shayoni Mitra, moderated by Assistant Professor of Professional Practice Alice Reagan, following the Thursday 3/3 performance
** Post-show reception to follow the final 8 PM performance on Saturday 3/5
The Theatre Department presents the English language premiere of of Chokher Bali (Sand in My Eye), based on Rabindranath Tagore’s classic novel, dramatized and translated by Professor Partha Chatterjee, directed by internationally renowned playwright and director Mahesh Dattani, and dramaturged by Assistant Professor Shayoni Mitra. A compelling account of marriage and widowhood against the backdrop of the rapidly modernizing bhadralok or gentlemanly class of late 19th century Calcutta, the play transcends its immediate historical context to become a timeless meditation on feminine desire and agency.
Minor Latham Playhouse
Milbank Hall, Room 118, Barnard Campus
Tickets
Were $10, $5 with BC/CUID
Poster art by
Pia Mileaf-Patel
Sponsored by
Barnard College Department of Theatre
Columbia University Major in Drama & Theatre Arts
Ahuja Distinguished Visiting Fellow, South Asian Institute, Columbia University
Asian Cultural Council
SENIOR THESIS FESTIVAL
Weekend I: Senior Theses in Directing
Weekend I: Senior Theses in Directing
Thursday, April 21 – Saturday, April 23
The Arsonists by Max Frisch, translated by Alistair Beaton, directed by Jordan Askins (BC '16)
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, translated by Dudley Fitts & Robert Fitzgerald, directed by Chet King (CC '16)
The Lover by Harold Pinter, directed by Emilia Lirman (CC '16)
Three senior Theatre majors present their theses in directing, which run in repertory in the first of two installments of Senior Thesis Festival 2016. Design, performances, and management by Barnard and Columbia theatre students. Advised by Theatre Department faculty members Sandra Goldmark and Alice Reagan.
Weekend II: Senior Theses in Research, Playwriting, and Solo Performance
Nine senior Theatre/Drama & Theatre Arts majors present their theses: original research in a panel session; new plays in staged readings; and original solo works in performance. Advised by Theatre Department faculty members Andy Bragen (playwriting), Kyle de Camp (solo performance), Hana Worthen (research), and W. B. Worthen (research).
All thesis events are free and open to the public. Ticket reservations are available via EventBrite by clicking on the links below.
Friday, April 29, 2016
3:30 PM | Milbank 328
Research Panel
- Cristina Angeles, “Look At Where We Are, Look At Where We Started: The Social Commentary of Hamilton: An American Musical and Its Effect on Commercial Theatre”
- Kat Christensen, “The Belarus Free Theatre: Creating an ‘Emancipated Spectator’ with Political Theatre”
- Dana Jones, “Education vs. Entertainment: How the Changes in Marketing and Critical Reception of Allegiance in San Diego and on Broadway Reflect Different Regional Understandings of the Purpose of Theatre”
5 PM | Milbank 229
Private Reception for all Thesis Festival seniors, cast members, and production teams.
7 PM | Milbank 118, Minor Latham Playhouse
Solo Performances
- It’s a Girl! by Juliette Kessler
- Blanche from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire by Aderet Klejman
- House of Leaves, featuring text from the novel by Mark Z. Danielewski, by Jackson Ridd
8 PM | Milbank 118, Minor Latham Playhouse
Staged Reading
forgiveness, or something like it, a new play by Mariana Benjamin
Saturday, April 30, 2016
3 PM | Milbank 118, Minor Latham Playhouse
Staged Reading
A new play by Julia Brunner
4 PM | Milbank 118, Minor Latham Playhouse
Staged Reading
Play, a new play by Mingjing Huang
5 PM | Milbank 118, Minor Latham Playhouse
Solo Performances
- It’s a Girl! by Juliette Kessler
- Blanche from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire by Aderet Klejman
- House of Leaves, featuring text from the novel by Mark Z. Danielewski, by Jackson Ridd
Sponsored by
Barnard College Department of Theatre
Columbia University Major in Drama & Theatre Arts