This term, Dartmouth’s mainstage production is Cabaret, a 1966 Broadway musical set in 1931 Berlin. The show takes place in a nightclub called the Kit Kat club, and the play is told by the Master of Ceremonies. Two plots of romance emerge. One is between Sally Bowles, a cabaret singer, and Cliff Bradshaw, a young American writer. The other is a forbidden romance between Fraulein Schneider, a German boarding house owner, and Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. The musical, which you may know from its recent revival starring Alan Cumming and Emma Stone on Broadway, is deeply political. It … [Read more...]
Antigone in Ferguson: Exploring long-standing issues with the help of theater and discussion
On the weekend of September 16-17 in St. Louis, MO, demonstrators and protesters took to the streets after the acquittal of former police officer Jason Stockley was announced. Stockley was tried for the deadly shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, a 24-year-old black man, that took place in 2011. A group of St. Louis activists, police officers and community members were not on the scene in that city, however, but in Hanover, NH. Theater of War Productions brought Antigone in Ferguson to The Moore Theater of the Hopkins Center for the Arts on September 15 and 16. The event included gospel songs, … [Read more...]
Meet a Hop intern: Haley Gordon ’18
Each fall, the Hop welcomes a new batch of Dartmouth student interns. For the next academic year, these six juniors and seniors will spend 10 hours a week embedded in various Hop departments, learning the ropes in production, marketing, educational outreach, box office, house management, graphic design and more, and taking on important responsibilities in those Hop arenas. We asked this year's interns to introduce themselves and tell us what Hop events they most look forward to this fall. Haley Gordon '18, from Elkins Park, PA, is a double major in theater and government who is interning … [Read more...]
Meet a Hop intern: Madeline Miller ‘18
Each fall, the Hop welcomes a new batch of Dartmouth student interns. For the next academic year, these six juniors and seniors will spend 10 hours a week embedded in various Hop departments, learning the ropes in production, marketing, educational outreach, box office, house management, graphic design and more, and taking on important responsibilities in those Hop arenas. We asked this year's interns to introduce themselves and tell us what Hop events they most look forward to this fall. Madeline Miller ‘18 is a cognitive science major from Anchorage, Alaska. She is interning for the … [Read more...]
Meet a Hop intern: Jules Wheaton ’19
Each fall, the Hop welcomes a new batch of Dartmouth student interns. For the next academic year, these six juniors and seniors will spend 10 hours a week embedded in various Hop departments, learning the ropes in production, marketing, educational outreach, box office, house management, graphic design and more, and taking on important responsibilities in those Hop arenas. We asked this year's interns to introduce themselves and tell us what Hop events they most look forward to this fall. Jules Wheaton '19 is from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is majoring in art history and government with … [Read more...]
Antigone: “a reminder of the need to question ourselves and institutions about justice”
Professors Stewart and Gómez wrote the following essay for the playbill for the Hopkins Center of the Arts presentation of Theater of War Production's Antigone in Ferguson, September 15 and 16. By Roberta Stewart, Professor of Classics, Dartmouth College, and Christina Gómez, Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Visiting Professor, Latin American, Latino, & Caribbean Studies and Sociology, Dartmouth College In The Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today (2016) Bryan Doerries calls himself a “self-proclaimed … [Read more...]
Meet a Hop Intern: Maggie Baird ’18
Each fall, the Hop welcomes a new batch of Dartmouth student interns. For the next academic year, these six juniors and seniors will spend 10 hours a week embedded in various Hop departments, learning the ropes in production, marketing, educational outreach, box office, house management, graphic design and more, and taking on important responsibilities in those Hop arenas. We asked this year's interns to introduce themselves and tell us what Hop events they most look forward to this fall. Maggie Baird ‘18, from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, is majoring in linguistics and minoring in … [Read more...]
Stage and TV veterans head cast of “ANTIGONE IN FERGUSON”
Tracie Thoms (best known for films Rent and The Devil Wears Prada, and Broadway’s Falsettos) and Zach Grenier (best known for TV’s The Good Wife and Deadwood and films including Fight Club) will play the lead roles of Antigone and Creon, respectively, in the Hopkins Center for the Arts' presentation of Antigone in Ferguson, a powerful interpretation of the Greek tragedy by the groundbreaking company Theater of War. The performances take place Friday & Saturday, September 15 & 16, 8 pm in The Moore Theater of the Hop. Created in response to the community upheaval following the 2014 … [Read more...]
Three species collaborate in world premiere on the Dartmouth Green
Photos by Rob Strong Sheepdog trials occur rain or shine, and so, in that spirit, the world premiere of Doggie Hamlet took place Thursday, June 29, on the Dartmouth Green, despite skies that went from threatening to pouring. Hardy audience members with raincoats, boots and umbrellas thronged the perimeter of the fenced-in area on the north half of the Green that was the stage for this unusual work by world-renowned choreographer Ann Carlson. All ages also enjoyed a "Sheep Station" of wool-related activities offered elsewhere on the Green, with the help of the Dartmouth Office of … [Read more...]
From sheep to (Virginia) Woolf, from zydeco to Peter Pan: summer at the Hop begins June 29!
HANOVER, NH—Summer 2017 offers ample pickings at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, with five free performances on the Dartmouth Green, concerts by folk legend John Prine and rising star Rhiannon Giddens, and screen offerings include an edgy film series and a sneak preview by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. In addition is the Summer 2017 crop of new and developing theatrical works offered throughout the summer through the Dartmouth Department of Theater, including an August series involving the New York Theatre Workshop. Thursday, June 29, 4:30 & 7 pm, … [Read more...]
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