Theatre Senior Thesis Festival II 2026

Senior Thesis Festival II

May 1-2, 2026

Please join us for the final weekend of the Theatre Department's Senior Thesis Festival! Senior Theatre majors will present new research and play readings, and perform original solo works Friday, 5/1 and Saturday, 5/2. 

All events are free!

Please note that each event is ticketed separately. 

WEEKEND II: SENIOR THESES IN RESEARCH, SOLO PERFORMANCE AND PLAYWRITING

FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2026: 

2 PM | RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS | 328 MILBANK – GET TICKETS
“A Butch Body of Work: Peggy Shaw and the Politics of Performance,” Sage Friedman 
"The Myriad of Hula Productions: Analyzing Native Hawaiian Representations in Lūʻaus and the Merrie Monarch Festival," Hoʻohieokalā Luna-Beamer

5 PM | SOLO PERFORMANCES | MINOR LATHAM PLAYHOUSE – GET TICKETS
Playfast: Playground Games for a Surveillance State
"The Little Mermaid," Luna Boissiere Armstrong
"All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace," Desislava Kremenlieva
"GULLY," J.K. Richards 
"fuck you transgenic America // the memory of The Island scratches at their hearts," Ida Santiago-Gutierrez
Talkback to follow

7PM | RECEPTION | 229 MILBANK
All seniors in the theatre major are encouraged to attend a reception celebrating the culmination of the thesis process! 

SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2026:

12 PM | PLAY READING | LEFRAK THEATRE – GET TICKETS
MET Cute, Isabel Beatriz Tongson 

1 PM | PLAY READING | LEFRAK THEATRE – GET TICKETS
Frog Legs See the Future, Julia Smith

2 PM | PLAY READING | LEFRAK THEATRE – GET TICKETS
All Actors Wear Capes, Sparrow Greene

3 PM | PLAY READING | LEFRAK THEATRE – GET TICKETS
Napoleon's Penis, Erin Stoeckig

5 PM | SOLO PERFORMANCES | MINOR LATHAM PLAYHOUSE – GET TICKETS
Playfast: Playground Games for a Surveillance State
"The Little Mermaid," Luna Boissiere Armstrong
"All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace," Desislava Kremenlieva
"GULLY," J.K. Richards 
"fuck you transgenic America // the memory of The Island scratches at their hearts," Ida Santiago-Gutierrez