Thanks to the College’s COVID-19 antigen testing program, theater students have been able to stage an in-person production. The performance was taped over spring break and will be streamed on April 1 and 2 at 7:00 p.m.
Killeen takes on the role of Civil War hero Elizabeth Van Lew in an episode of the Emmy-winning series America’s Hidden Stories. It will air on the Smithsonian channel on February 1.
Making Dances in the Digital Age and Performing Freedom are two of the courses offered by theater and dance faculty this semester. Like most classes right now, these are being taught remotely—but that is no barrier to creativity.
The move to remote learning creates a perfect opportunity for theater professor Abigail Killeen to introduce a new class. Acting for the Camera encourages students to take advantages of the spaces they find themselves in.
Bored out of her mind during lockdown, Olivia Atwood '17 devised a dating app. It’s simple, she says: You submit a few facts about yourself, and she finds you a telephone date. It started as a hobby—now it’s getting big!
The award-winning New York-based writer talks about the “huge honor” of being a Guggenheim Fellow, and how writers like her are keeping busy during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Forget Game of Thrones, this Shakespearean war epic has it all: privilege, greed, betrayal, unchecked ambition, and brutal conflict, says theater professor and expert fight choreographer Sally Wood.
The 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.
We, as faculty and staff of the Theater and Dance Department at Bowdoin College, stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Read full statement