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Ensemble Experiments 2015

May 8 & 9, 2015 Graduating theatre majors and minors present an evening of exploration through personal story telling, monologues, and a production of Patrick…

Wheaton College Dance Company presents Shapeshifting

The ensemble performs under the direction of Artistic Director Andrea Taylor-Blenis.

What Happens When

Meehan developed this project with nine students enrolled in her course “Devising Theatre for Social Change.”

New Plays Festival 2015

February 28 & March 1, 2015 Seven longer form plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcases over one weekend at our annual festival.…

The Glass Menagerie

The Roxbury Repertory Theater brings renowned theatre artist Robbie McCauley’s visionary, bi-racial production of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie to Wheaton.

Aniruddha Knight & Ensemble: Traditional Practice as Contemporary Art

Aniruddha Knight is the contemporary interpreter of his family’s style of bharata natyam, evolved through nine generations of distinguished artists’ continuous practice of music and…

An Evening of Kathakali

September 30, 2014 Kathakali is a dance drama from the state of Kerala in Southwest India in which scenes from Indian epics such as the…

Soldiering On: An Evening of Plays by Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco

October 30–November 1 and November 6–8, 2014 Three of Beckett’s exquisite short works—Footfalls, Act Without Words II, and Come and Go—will be teamed with Ionesco’s…

The Wheaton College Dance Company presents Falling Awake

The ensemble performs under Artistic Director Andrea Taylor-Blenis, instructor of dance.

The Performance of Gender: featuring improbable sir/ma’am cabaret rockstar Johnny Blazes

November 12, 2014 Johnny draws upon their experience as a clown, dance improviser and drag performer to fuel discussion on the performance of gender both…

The Vagina Monologues 2014

February 28 & March 1, 2014 Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues is based on interviews conducted in the early 1990s with a diverse group of…

An Evening of Dance with Jean Appolon Expressions

February 7, 2014 Jean Appolon Expressions is home to Boston’s premiere Haitian contemporary dance company, blending modern technique, Haitian folkloric dance and live traditional drumming.…