2024-25 Productions

Spring 2025:  Spring Dance Concert

April 30th, May 1st and 3rd, 2025 - Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall

Sponsored by the Alice Cooper Morse Fund for the Performing Arts and the June Vail Fund for Dance

Performances:

Community is a Verb.  Class: Hip Hop II: Techniques (Lindsay Rapport) - Performers:  Sage Garver, Sapphire Hall, Ella Olcese, Saniya Ridley, Markiane Rivers, Anindita Saha, Brigit Len Tabuena, Zai Yang. Special thanks to Sapphire Hall and GSWS Professor Keona “DJ Proffee” Ervin for spinning, mixing, and collaborating.

Déjame Bailar, choreographed and performed by Vilma Valera '25.  Please see more information on our Senior Spotlight webpage.

Night Rider and Reunion.  Class: Intermediate Improvisation (Aretha Aoki) - Performed and improvised by: Dylan T. Beckett, Eleanor Beyreis, Kelsey Crawford, Fiona Jenkins, Jondall Norris, Jack Twining, Gislaine Umohoza, Vilma Valera, Luisa Wolcott-Breen, Minjie Yuan.  A poem, "Night Rider and Reunion", was also written and performed by Dylan T. Beckett. 

Begin Again. Class: Advanced Repertory and Performance (Aretha Aoki) - Performed by:  Amelia Alpren, Ruby Cosgrove, Maya Le, Julia Smart, Vilma Valera, Gabrielle Waller-Whelan

Big Round Spring.  Class: Introduction to Modern Dance (Wanda Strukus) - Dancers:  Paige Butler, James Doody, Jennifer Ferry, Edward Fontaine, Ricardo Gutierrez-Lopez, Neissa Jean, Asher Kelly, Sophie Miller, Mia Schwartz, Aidan Sheeran-Hahnel, Maya Tang, Rockella Thach, Paige Wong, Mingjie Yuan

Fire/Flies.  Class: Advanced Repertory and Performance. Choreographed by maura nguyễn donohue in collaboration with the dancers. Performed by: Amelia Alpren, Ruby Cosgrove, Maya Le, Julia Smart, Vilma Valera, Gabrielle Waller-Whelan.

Bacchanal!! : A Carnival Love Story.  Class: Introduction to Caribbean Dances and Cultures (Adanna "Dr. J" Jones) - Artistic Direction: Adanna “Dr. J” Jones in collaboration with the students. Featured Dancers:  Ray Mitchell and Jotham Casey.  Ensemble: Dominic Ashinze, Gifty Banahene, Ethan Borland, Isa Cruz, Julia DeLuca, Zelia Egan, Zunain Husain, Lily Huynh, Kyle Jarosz, Luna Jiang-Qin, Eva King-Senior, Harry Millspaugh, Iran Pacheco-Martinez, Leslie Pena, Daniel Simmons, Helena Souffrant, Gavin Sychterz, Finn Torres.

Costume Designer: Lily Prentice for all pieces except Déjame Bailar (Vilma Garcia Valera) and Begin Again (Julie McMurry)

Lighting Designer: Gregg Carville 

Photography: Alex Cornell du Houx

Spring 2025: Men On Boats

By Jaclyn Backhaus

February 27 - March 1, 2025 at Wish Theater, Memorial Hall.

Men On Boats was presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service Collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Directed by Jessica Pearson-Bleyer. 

CAST:  Mira Pickus as John Wesley Powell; Oceana Hangret as William Dunn; Martina Tognato Guáqueta as John Colton Sumner; Reynaldo Fuentez as Old Shady; Franceska Drejaj as Bradley; Maiara Rebordão as O.G. Howland / Johnson; Caroline Simmonds as Seneca Howland / Just Jim; Dylan T. Beckett as Frank Goodman/ Mr. Asa; Lyn Keogh as Hall; Lillian Regal as Hawkins.

Costume Designer: Lily Prentice

Scenic Designer: Germán Cárdenas Alaminos 

Lighting Designer: Gregg Carville 

Sponsored by the Alice Cooper Morse Fund for the Performing Arts.

Photographs by Molly Haley, mollyhaley.com. 

Fall 2024: Into the Woods

November 7-9, 2024 at Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall.

Sponsored by the Alice Cooper Morse Fund for the Performing Arts.

Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by James Lapine.

Originally directed on Broadway by James Lapine. Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick.

INTO THE WOODS was presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials were also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com. Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim/Book by James Lapine/Originally directed on Broadway by James Lapine/Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick.

Directed by Davis Robinson. Music Director: Jeff Christmas.  Conductor: Courtney Babbidge  Photographs by Alex Cornell du Houx ’06 for Into the Woods, November 7-9, 2024 at Pickard Theater, Bowdoin College.  Sponsored by the Alice Cooper Morse Fund for the Performing Arts.  

CAST:  The Narrator- Anna Monaghan ’27; Cinderella - Iris Guo ’27; Cinderella’s Stepmother - Peyton Jones ’27; Cinderella’s Father/ Puppeteer (and Wolf on Saturday) - Blake Covert ’27; Florinda - Lindsay Golan ’27; Lucinda - Katie Tran ’27; The Witch - Sree Kandhadai ’27; Rapunzel/The Giant/Puppeteer - Amaya Reddy ’27; The Baker - Emmanuel Nwodo ‘27; The Baker’s Wife - Eleanor Beyreis ’25; Jack - Declan O’Connell ’27; Jack’s Mother - Franceska Drejaj ’27; Milky White - Saruul-Erdene Jagdagdorj ’27; The Wolf - Jed Hoggard ’25; Little Red Riding Hood - Molly Richardson ’25; Granny - Nikki Harris ’26; Rapunzel’s Prince - EJ Esmas ’27; Cinderella’s Prince - Dylan T. Beckett ’27; The Steward - Jayden Vazquez ’27; Cinderella’s Mother/Puppeteer - Maya Tokioka ’27; The Mysterious Man - Micah Sher ’27

Fall 2024: December Dance Concert

December 5-7, 2024 - Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall

Sponsored by the Alice Cooper Morse Fund for the Performing Arts and the June Vail Fund for Dance

Six classes performed:

Introduction to Modern Dance (Gwyneth Jones) - Dancers: Dominic Ashinze ’28, Angelica Gordon ’27, Kaylee Hale ’28, Molly Reed ’27, Danielle Simon ’25, Jack Twining ’27, Xan Vella ’28, Mariana Vidaurri ’26

Introduction to Hip Hop (Lindsay Rapport) - Dancers: Alex Cephas ’27, Simon Davis ’25, Tamara Gisiger ’28, Max Grad ’28, Elinor Hershkowitz ’28, Phoebe Kolff ’26, Avery Kyle ‘28, Dani Musry ’28, Reilly Parga ’28, Vanessa Partida-Saucedo ’28, Gianna Randazzo ’26, Saniya Ridley ’25, Markiane Rivers ’27, Anindita Saha, Jackie Shores ’28, Sydney Starks ’24, Sierra Walters ’28, Elizabeth Wire ’28, Maeve Woodruff ’28

Afro-Modern II: Techniques and Histories (Adanna Jones) - Dancers: Maya Le ’25, Iran Pacheco Martinez ’26, Siena Harrigan ’25, Ray Mitchell ’28, Tatiana Allen ’27 Eleanor Beyreis ’25, Mariela Francois ’26, Breanna Hurd ’26, Timothy Ignacio ’26, Mitch Ishimwe ’26, Miriam Oliveri-Schneider ’28, Lily Shelley-Kodroff ’26, Beatriz Solis ’26, Gavin Sychterz, ’25, Vilma Valera ’25, Seamus Woodruff ’26

Making Dances in the Digital Age (Aretha Aoki) - Dancers: Kelsey Crawford ’25, Jasmine Decrem ’28, Andrea DiTeodoro ’26, Anushka Elavia ’27, Andrew Hoadley ’25, Lily Huynh ’25, Ryan Kang ’25, Harry Millspaugh ’25, Jondall Norris ’25, Yesfreily Rodriguez ’27, Mukudzei Seremani ’28, Callie Smith ’28, Josh White ’28, Maile Winterbottom ’25                                                             

Modern II: Repertory and Performance (Gwyneth Jones) - Dancers: Josefina Cachuela ’27, Zach Green ’28, Saniya Ridley ’25, Sage Tonomura-MacDonald ’27, Vilma Valera ’25, Gabrielle Waller-Whelan ’25

Advanced Modern Dance (Aretha Aoki) - Dancers: Sara Coughlin ’26, Charlie Meyer ’28, Fernanda Rodas ’27, Julia Smart ’25, Gabrielle Waller-Whelan ’25

Liturgy|Order|Bridge by Scapegoat Garden

Nov. 15-16 /7:30 p.m. / Wish Theater, Memorial Hall

Liturgy|Order|Bridge is a participatory dance ritual that fuses sacred traditions and secular performance modalities to make porous the border between “audience” and “performance.”