Davis Robinson Is a Full-time Theater Professor and Director—and a Part-time Movie Actor—Most Recently in ‘The Holdovers’
What would you do for the chance to act in a movie scene with Meryl Streep?
Read moreWhat would you do for the chance to act in a movie scene with Meryl Streep?
Read moreSatter hosts a campus screening of her critically acclaimed movie Reality, which tells the story of intelligence contractor and whistleblower Reality Winner. The English major describes the filmmaking process and how she drew inspiration from the transcript of a real-life FBI interrogation.
Read moreJay Eddy ’11, writer, composer, and performer is performing their “semi-solo” musical Driving in Circles, described as a combination of “confessional monologue, stand-up comedy, and rock concert”, at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre until April 6, 2024; Sam Plattus ’12 is the director.
Read moreIn December, senior Dylan Richmond debuted a self-produced dance, catapulting him to prominence as one of the year's most celebrated artists at Bowdoin. It was just part of the beginning of his creative journey.
Read moreThe Bowdoin community recently held three days of events––including music, drama, lectures, discussions, and an art show––to honor a significant milestone: twenty-five years of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLaS) Program.
Read moreMeet George Ellzey Jr. ’13, a feature in CanvasRebel.
Read moreBowdoin will bestow three honorary degrees at its 219th Commencement exercises, to be held Saturday, May 25, 2024, on the Quad in front of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Read moreAt the end of each semester, student musicians, dancers, and visual artists present their creative works to the public in a packed and exciting few days of shows.
Read moreThe theater and dance department performs an exciting and humorous adaptation of the early twentieth-century spy thriller The 39 Steps. Director Lindsay Livingston says the production is inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 movie—a “proto noir” take on the original novel.
Read moreBowdoin will be staging its first bilingual main season production next year, a reimaginingof the seventeenth-century Spanish comedia classic, Valor, Outrage, and Woman, by Ana Caro de Mallén. Auditions are coming up, and you don’t have to be bilingual to take part.
Read moreThe theater and dance program at Bowdoin offers students the opportunity to examine the ways in which theater and dance provoke the imagination, tell stories, create community, and challenge assumptions.
Emphasis is placed on theater and dance’s fundamental connection to the liberal arts curriculum at Bowdoin, as well as theater and dance literacy, performance skills, and an understanding of historical and social influences on drama and dance. The aim is to develop imaginative theater practitioners who collaboratively solve problems of form and content with a passionate desire to express the human condition on stage.
No prior experience is expected to participate in Theater and Dance at Bowdoin.