Season at a Glance

September 2012: David Henry Hwang, Visiting Scholar and Writer

The Department of Theatre and Dance present The Harold and Ethel L. Stellfox Visiting Scholars and Writers Program award recipient: David Henry Hwang, Award-Winning Playwright: Reading, Award Presentation and Book Signing.

For 30 years, award-winning playwright David Henry Hang has explored the complexities of forging Eastern and Western cultures in contemporary America. His extraordinary body of work is marked by a deep desire to reaffirm our common humanity. He is best know as the author of "M. Butterfly", which ran for two years on Broadway, won the 1988 Tony Award and was a finalist for the 1989 Pulitzer Prize. His play "Golden Child" received a 1997 OBIE Award for playwriting and three 1998 Tony nominations including Best New Play. His play "Yellow Face" won a 2008 OBIE Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Wednesday, September 12 (7:30pm)
ATS (Anita Tuvin Schlechter) Auditorium

October 2012: The Spitfire Grill

The departments of Theatre and Dance and Music jointly present the uplifting and inspiring musical The Spitfire Grill. After five years in prison, Percy Talbott chooses to start over in a tiny town of Gilead, Wis. Percy doesn't know a soul in town and doesn't have a job or a place to stay. Hannah, the cantankerous owner of The Spitfire Grill, reluctantly takes Percy in, and the town will never be the same. The Spitfire Grill celebrates hometown life with soul-stirring melodies and infectious rhythms that will warm and inspire even the most cynical heart.

Saturday, October 27 (8pm)
Sunday, October 28 (3pm)
Monday, October 29 (8pm)*
Tuesday, October 30 (8pm)

*The Oct. 28th show has been canceled, and an additional show has been scheduled:
Wednesday, October 31 (8pm)

Mather's Theatre, Holland Union Building
Regular Admission: $7
Student Admission: $5

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November 2012: Five Under Forty (Dance/Coreography)

Five Under Forty: Dance Works by Five Emerging Female Choreographers
Each fall the Department of Theatre and Dance brings new choreographic voices to campus, attracting visiting artists who are at the apex of their careers. This concert will feature works by five emerging female choreographers and by faculty members. It will explore a host of diverse contemporary concerns.

Friday, November 16 (8pm)
Saturday, November 17 (8pm)
Sunday, November 18 (2pm)

Mather's Theatre, Holland Union Building
Regular Admission: $7
Student Admission: $5

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April 2013: The Conference of the Birds

The Conference of the Birds adapts a 12th-century Persian fable about the search for the divine into a theatrical voyage for the imagination. In the poem, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their king. Told through fables, puppetry, music and dance, the lessons of this soaring play resonate through the centuries.

"The play is a flying carpet gliding us aloft
into a land of mystery, splendor, and ritual."
--The New York Times

Friday, April 5 (8pm)
Saturday, April 6 (8pm)
Monday, April 8 (8pm)
Tuesday, April 9 (8pm)

Mather's Theatre in the Holland Union Building
Regular Admission: $7
Student Admission: $5

April 2013: Freshworks 2013

Student choreographers team up with the Dance Theatre Group (DTG), Dickinson's student dance company, to present a program of dynamic new dance works. DTG is under the direction of Professor Sarah Skaggs; Director of Dance.

Friday, April 26 (8pm)
Saturday, April 27 (8pm)
Sunday, April 28 (2pm)

Mathers Theatre, Holland Union Building
Regular Admission: $7
Student Admission: $5