Fine Arts

Category: Theatre & Dance

  • Guthrie Theater & Gustavus Theatre Partner in Summer Theatre Audition Camp

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    High school actors from around the state have gathered on the Gustavus campus for a one-week, intensive theatre audition boot camp sponsored jointly by the Guthrie Theater of Minneapolis and the Gustavus Department of Theatre & Dance. This unique and intensive summer theater project is the result of a partnership between the Guthrie and Gustavus…

  • Anderson Theatre Rounds Out 2012-13 Season with Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal

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    The Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College is proud to present the finishing act of its 2012-13 season with Machinal, a groundbreaking American Expressionist play by Sophie Treadwell, directed by Amy Seham. Performances of Machinal will be presented in Anderson Theatre May 9-11 at 8:00 p.m. and May 12 at 2:00 p.m.…

  • Jane Chung’s Under the Surface Set for This Weekend in the Black Box

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    The Department of Theatre & Dance at Gustavus presents a senior honors project by Jane Chung in the department’s Black Box Theatre on April 26-28. Performances of Under the Surface are scheduled for 8:00 p.m. and midnight on April 26 and 27 and at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 28. Tickets are available online at…

  • Ragamala Dance Company Presents 1,001 Buddhas at Gustavus

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    The Department of Theatre/Dance at Gustavus continues its celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of The Gustavus Dance Company by presenting a public performance of the famed Ragamala Dance’s 1,001 Buddhas: Journey of the Gods in Anderson Theatre on Wednesday, March 27, beginning at 8:00 p.m. This performance is part of a 2-day…

  • Gustavus Dance Company Celebrates 25 Years of Dance

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    This year the Gustavus Dance Company celebrates an exciting milestone: its 25th anniversary concert. The company will once again take to the stage of Anderson Theatre for an innovative, artistic, and thought-provoking concert March 22 – 24. This year’s concert features the choreography of faculty members Melissa Rolnick, Sarah Hauss, and Jennifer Glaws, alumnus Philip…

  • Anderson Theatre Presents Gogol’s Satire Government Inspector

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    The Gustavus Theater Department brings The Government Inspector to the stage in a comedic and highly entertaining adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s Ukrainian-Russian satiric play. Set in early 19th century Imperial Russia over the course of a day, this comedy of errors focuses on the extensive social and political corruption that undermines a small Russian town. Directed…

  • Dance Opens 25th Anniversary Celebration with Shared Space Concert

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    The Gustavus Department of Theater and Dance will present Shared Space….Connections in Space, a student-directed dance concert on December 6-8 in Gustavus’s Kresge Dance Studio. This concert ushers in the 25th anniversary of the Gustavus Dance Company, and will be led and directed by seniors Katherine Arndt, Hollie Edlund, Rachel Johnson, and Sophia Ogren-Dehn. The…

  • Christmas in Christ Chapel is Nov. 30-Dec. 2

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    Christmas in Christ Chapel, the annual holiday tradition at Gustavus Adolphus College, will be held Nov. 30-Dec. 2 and is themed “Jubilee: Proclaiming the Year of the Lord’s Favor.” The College will be celebrating two anniversaries during this year’s celebration as it is the 40th year of Christmas in Christ Chapel and the 50th year…

  • Anderson Theatre Opens New Season with Will Eno’s Behold the Coach, In a Blazer, Uninsured

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    The Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to open its 2012-2013 season the contemporary dark comedy Behold the Coach, In a Blazer, Uninsured (and Other Good Intentions), a collection of five short plays written by Will Eno and directed by Henry McCarthy. Performances of Behold the Coach will be presented…

  • Gustavus to Stage Reading of Dustin Lance Black’s Documentary 8

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    The Department of Theatre and Dance and the Chaplain’s Office at Gustavus Adolphus College, in collaboration with Queers and Allies, will present a staged reading of Academy Award-winner Dustin Lance Black’s new documentary play 8 on October 14 on the Gustavus campus. Featuring a stellar cast of students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the College,…