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Mermaid players - Mr. Burns play

New Ways of Experiencing Art

The Department of Theatre & Dance took the classics into bold new territory with four fall productions that ventured outside of the mainstream.

Photo by Carl Socolow '77.

Dickinson College’s Spring Public Arts Events Announced

Spring arts events offer opportunities to see the world differently and engage the world in new ways.

Vincent Paterson and Michael Jackson on the set of "Smooth Criminal."

Dancing With the Stars

Using his acting training at Dickinson, Vincent Paterson '72 created a career as a globally acclaimed choreographer who's worked with superstars in music, film and live theatre.

Martha Lester Harris

An Education in Adaptability

Martha Lester Harris ’77 credits Dickinson’s liberal-arts education for her ability to adapt to new technology, new markets, new roles and new challenges.

Kathryn Engle '71 (far right) performs onstage.

Taking Her Encore

After retiring from a corporate career, singer Kathryn Engle '71 got back to her first love, the stage.

Photo by A. Pierce Bounds '71.

Across Space and Time: Interactive DTG Performance Explores Carlisle Theatre History

A performance created specifically for the Carlisle Theatre, and inspired by its history, takes audiences through different spaces inside that Carlisle gem and explores those spaces across time.

alumni in action photo for shamus mccarty

To Entertain and Enlighten

Former theatre arts major Shamus “Hunter” McCarty promotes social change as an actor, producer and director.

Graphic for Project3.

Dickinson College Performance to Celebrate Carlisle Venue

Dickinson will present multiple performances of the immersive, multimedia show "PROJECT 3."

Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play is presented by The Mermaid Players. Photo by Pierce Bounds '71.

Excellent! Mermaid Players Reimagine 'The Simpsons'

It's the apocalypse! (D'oh!) What do we do now? In this darkly comic play, survivors retell a 'Simpsons' episode ("excellent!") and a new culture begins.

Portrait of Dovie Thomason on a white background.

Indigenous Storyteller to Share Tale of Wild West in Talk at Dickinson College

Lakota/Kiowa and Apache storyteller, artist and activist Dovie Thomason will deliver an origin story of the Wild West myth from an underrepresented perspective.

detail from Pride and Prejudice book cover.

Dickinson College to Stage Adaptation of ‘Pride and Prejudice’

Dickinson will present Kate Hamill’s vivacious adaption of the Jane Austen classic, Pride and Prejudice.

Christyn Budzyna ’11, lyricist, with librettist Charlie Cohen, shortly after their engagement. The couple was married June 9, weeks after their musical was a hit at the Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Festival.

Baked Goods: A Love Story

Musical-theatre lyricist Christyn Budzyna '11 presented her musical, Baked Goods, in the prestigious Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Festival in August, just weeks after she married her librettist.

Calendar of Arts photo

Fall Music, Art, Theatre and Dance Events Announced

From 'Paradise Lost' to the Carlisle Indian School to Homer Simpson, this fall's public arts events draw from diverse inspirations and showcase deep talent.

Paradiz'd poster

Dickinson Performance Inspired by Milton's Classic 'Paradise Lost'

A work in progress blending genre, form and time, "PARADIZ'D" is inspired by the first book of "Paradise Lost."

Students in the Dance Theatre Group present Freshworks.

'Freshworks' Brings New Choreographic Research Onstage

Dickinson’s Department of Theatre & Dance and the Dance Theatre Group present an evening of new choreographic research that spans styles, from tap to Latin fusion to modern.

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