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Memorial Hall Directory

2023-24 Productions

Here you'll find our department productions for each academic year. We're happy to share our work with you!

Fall 2023: The 39 Steps

Adapted by Patrick Barlow. From the novel by John Buchan/From the movie by Alfred Hitchcock.

Directed by Lindsay Livingston.  Photographs by Alex Cornell du Houx ’06 for The 39 Steps, November 9-11, 2023 at Pickard Theater, Bowdoin College.

The 39 Steps title on screen
Two people on stage in front of curtain
Man and woman talking
Man running in fog
Foggy with policemen with flashlights
Two men in long coats arrest someone
Man sits in chair while other man talks
Man gives triumphant speech on stage
Man grabs another man
Man holds hands with woman
Four actors bow on stage
Picture of stage crew posing around frame

  

Fall 2023:  December Dance Concert

Three classes and two solo student dancer/choreographers performed a total of five highly creative dance pieces.  Advanced Repertory and Performance, taught by Gwyneth Jones, included Kami Atcitty, Lia Busby, Alexa Comess, Maya Le, Gabrielle Phillips, Dylan Richmond, Fernanda Rodas, Juliana Vandermark, Gabrielle Waller-Whelan and Emmy Wheatley. Introduction to Hip Hop, taught by Lindsay Rapport, included Miranda Baker, Caroline Berney, Ava Biasotti, Izaiah Diaz, Kavya Doraswamy, Yonas Gebregziabher, Miya Imaeda, Maya Lee, Bhadra Mishra, Sara Morcos, Alexis Mullen, Gabrielle Phillips, DJ Piper, Shumaim Rashid, Noah Rockey and Daniela Zarraga.  Making Dances in the Digital Age, taught by Scott McPheeters, included Tori Bacall, Libby Boutin, Joey Brink, Isabella Fernandez, Abderrahim Kandoussi, Ruby Khalyat, Connor Latona, Liliana Lines, Sophie Maguire, Shihab Moral, Amaya Nicklas, Saniya Ridley, Emilia Tutun and Seamus Woodruff.  A solo piece by student Dylan Richmond, and another by Mia Vinding, were also performed.

Costume design by Lily Prentice.  Lighting design by Gregg Carville.  Photographs by Alex Cornell du Houx ’06 for the December Dance Concert, December 1-2, 2023 at Pickard Theater, Bowdoin College.

Two women dancing
Three women dancing
Woman dancing
People dancing
Dancing
Two women dancing
People dancing on stage
Woman dancing
Woman dances
Woman dances
Modern dance with several people in different poses
Man carries woman above his head during dance.
Two women dancing
Group dances together
Man dances on red cloth
Man dancing with floating cloth
Dancer dancing with his image on film
Man dances against screen showing Earth.
Man dances jubilantly.
Group dancing Hip Hop
Group dances Hip Hop
Man dances with group around him
Woman dances
Group around dancing woman
Hip Hop group dancing
All dancers in show take a final bow.

 

Spring 2024:  Valor, Outrage and Woman

Presented by the Departments of Theater and Dance, Music, Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies and Romance Languages and Literatures.

Photographs by Alex Cornell du Houx ’06 for Valor, Outrage and Woman, February 29 - March 2, 2024 at Wish Theater, Bowdoin College.

Directed by Sylvia Cervantes Blush. Costume design by Lily Prentice.  Scenic design by Germán Cárdenas-Alaminos; lighting design by Gregg Carville. Margaret E. Boyle was the Dramaturg; Ireri E. Chávez-Bárcenas was the Music Consultant. Live music was played by Ensemble La Chimera, led by Artistic Director Eduardo Egüez and featuring Nell Snaidas, Soprano.

Sponsored by the Alice Cooper Morse Fund for the Performing Arts and the Jasper Jacob Stahl Lectureship in the Humanities. 

Ensemble La Chimera
Woman on stage
Gathering in courtyard
Musicians play on balcony
Man holds hands with woman
Man hands woman a rose.
Woman looks down from balcony
Close-up of costume
People talk on stage
Man and woman talking
Two people talk
Cast, crew and Ensemble La Chimera.
Picture of stage crew
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