Bennington College History: Drama: Productions, Workshops, Lectures 2010-2019

2010

• Bordertowns Brooke, Nicholas, composer and codirector; Rohn, Jennifer, codirector; Rees, Sue, set designer; Giannitti, Michael, lighting designer; Tredway, Kaitee, costume designer (2010-03-05) program | photographs

• Bennington Playwrights Festival  South, Carl J. - Director; Doyle, Alex - Director; Gremillion, Kristen - Director (2010-04-09) poster and program

• Drama and Music at Bennington Present: Mahagonny Songspiel  Brecht, Bertolt; Kurt, Weill, music; Randich, Jean, director; Eagle, John, musical director; Bergeron, Tom, conductor; Rees, Sue, set and video designer; Chybowski, Michael, lighting designer; Hogue, Emily Woods, costume designer (2010-05-07) poster and program | photographs

• Drama at Bennington College Presents: Ghost Light Basch, Abi, director; Beggs, Abby, conductor; Mounsey, Julia, text composer; Buckley, Amanda, music composer; Brinkmann, David, lighting designer; Gambill, Caite, set designer; Bain, Mimi, costume designer (2010-11-19) poster and program | photographs

• Directing II Scenes Nelson, Katelyn, director; Marsh, Webster, director; Thomas, Emily, director; Polubiec, Allie, director; DiFabbio, Maria, director; Perkins, Katherine, director; Teplin, Leah, director; Max, Josh, director; Panzariello, Connie, director; Burkland, Jon, director (2010-11-22) poster and program

• Bennington College Fall Fashion Show Krug, Emily, creator; Bain, Mimi, creator (2010-12-03) program

2011

• “Costume Design and Conflict Resolution: A Former Math Major's Approach to Teaching Creative Problem Solving” Danny Michaelson. Tuesday Night Supper Club. (2011-03-15) faculty planning calendar

• The Lover Pinter, Harold; South, Carl J., director; Rosen, Emily, set designer; Bain, Mimi, costume designer; Brinkmann, David, lighting designer; Beggs, Abby, stage manager (2011-04-08) poster and program

• Romeo and Juliet Randich, Jean, director; Rees, Sue, set designer; Giannitti, Michael, lighting designer; Cassanos, Alex, costume designer; Life, Breya, costume designer (2011-05-06) program

• Birthmark Polubiec, Allie, writer and director (2011-05-13) poster

• Church. Jean Randich's Word Play class performs Young Jean Lee's play Church. (2011-05-27) faculty planning calendar | poster

• Bread and Puppet Theater (2011-09-10) College Week

• A Conversation with Alan Arkin '55. Candace DeVries Olesen '50 Lectureship for Distinguished Alumni (2011-11-10) photographs and poster | College Week

• Drama at Bennington Presents: Angels in America  Kushner, Tony; Rohn, Jennifer, director; Jackson, Kirk, director; Rees, Sue, set designer (2011-11-12) Angels in America: Part I Millennium Approaches Shows at 2:00 pm. Angels in America: Part II Perestroika Shows at 7:30 pm. Saturdays & Sundays November 12, 13, 19, and 20. program | College Week | photographs

• Drama@Bennington Presents. Directing students Abby Beggs, Amanda Buckley, Ashley Connell, Andrew Fridae, Cate Ludin, Chris Platika, Sarah Robotham, and Maile Zox, along with 26 actors, present scenes by Howard Barker, Tennessee Williams, Tracy Letts, Jez Butterworth, Mary Hall Surface, Shel Silverstein, Donald Margulies, and Sarah Kane. (2011-11-21) College Week

• Jonathan Marc Sherman '90  will visit Science, Drama and the Power of the Inquisitive Mind class taught by Dina Janis to discuss his play, Evolution, and talk about life in the theatre. (2011-11-30) photographs | College Week

2012

• Drama at Bennington Presents: When You're Here  Hunter, Samuel D.; Randich, Jean, director; Choi, Hye-Young, set designer; Derse, Nicola, costume designer; Martin, Rick, lighting designer (2012) program

• Drama at Bennington Presents: Night Train to Bolina Cruz, Nilo; Nelson, Katelyn, director; Bobotham, Sarah, director; Connell, Ashley, set designer; Walker, Alison, costume designer (2012-05) program

• Otherness Bond, Eva, director; Casagran-Lopez, Natalie, director; Connell, Ashley, director (2012-05-19) program

• Dead Man's Cell Phone Ruhl, Sarah; Connell, Ashley, director; Dalzell, Corina, choreographer; Maloney, Brownwyn, lighting and set designer; Thorp, Krista, costume designer (2012-10-13) program | College Week

• Drama at Bennington Presents: The School for Lies Ives, David; Dimmick, Kathleen, director; Daniels, Elissa, assistant director; Choi, Hye-Young, set designer; Cooper, Tina, set designer; Starling, Ranleigh, lighting designer; Williams, Brady, lighting designer; Heymans, Chloe, costume designer; Tomecek, Molly, costume designer (2012-11-16) program | photographs of costume construction | dress rehearsal photographs

• Directing II Scenes Jackson, Kirk (2012-12-03) program

• The Tsunami Wave Cloud Collaboration Class proudly presents a public viewing of this term's creations. A collage of playwrights, dancers, musicians, actors, and others will display their metaphors of clouds and weather. (2012-12-07) College Week

2013

• Vinegar Tom Churchill, Caryl; Beggs, Abby, director; Marlin, Eric, director; Connell, Ashley, set designer; Thorp, Krista, costume designer; Williams, Brady, lighting designer; Starling, Ranleigh, lighting designer (2013-04-05) program

• Myths and Hymns Guettel, Adam, composer and lyricist; Randich, Jean, musical director; Williamson, Bruce, music director; Bogdan, Tom, choral director; Chalfant, Andromache, set designer; Schoonmaker, Chip, costume designer; Giannitti, Michael, lighting designer (2013-05-03)  program | College Week

• The London Dramatic Academy at Drama Forum (2013-09-25) College Week

• Great Expectations Jackson, Kirk, director; Rees, Sue, set designer; MacPike, Richard, costume designer; Barone, Joseph, lighting designer (2013-11-22) poster and program | open rehearsal photographs

2014

• Circadian Hovet, Alex; Rotter-Leitman, Clara, director (2014-04-04) poster

• How Water Behaves Kramer, Sherry; Janis, Dina, director; Nichols-Hoppe, Kelly, assistant director; Baharloo, Bahar, assistant director; Schweikardt, Michael, set designer; Williams, Braden, lighting designer (2014-05-02) program

• Belarusian Dream: New Plays and Old Songs: Concert Reading Melvin, Thomas, director; Osborne, Natalie, director; Weaver, Jaymee, director; Randich, Jean, director (2014-05-18) program | photographs

• The Argument + Plays: An Evening of Two Short Works Performed by David Greenspan (2014-09-12) program and poster

• [title of show] Hunter, Bell, writer; Bowen, Jeff, music and lyrics; Defilipp, Chris, director (2014-10-10) program and poster

• Dancing at Lughnasa Friel, Brian; Rohn, Jenny, director; Thorp, Krista, assistant director; Rees, Sue, set designer; MacPike, Richard, costume designer; Giannitti, Michael, lighting designer (2014-11-21) program

• Directing II Scenes  Dimmick, Kathleen (2014-12-07) program

2015

• Fire Bread & Puppet Theater (2015-03-29) poster

• How Time Bombs Must Feel Dupont, Alan; Catania, Jamie, stage manager; Burhoe, Sam, set designer; Lazetic, Nikolina, costume designer; Carrillo, Martin, lighting designer (2015-04-10) program

• Fairy Tale  Calem, Tenara; Thorp, Krista, director; Levit, Sam, stage manager; Reid, Sierra, costume designer; Burhoe, Sam, set designer; Carrillo, Martin, lighting designer (2015-04-10) program

• Don Juan Project Molière; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Randich, Jean, director; Scott, Virginia, translator; Bogdan, Tom, choral director; Southard, Keane, music director; Rees, Sue, set and video designer; Rose, Yael, costume designer; Giannitti, Michael, lighting designer (2015-05) program

• Directing 1 Presents: Scenes from Nick Payne's Constellations Payne, Nick; Randich, Jean, instructor; DePhillip, Chris, lighting designer; Thorp, Krista, stage manager; Cobo, Dado, set designer; Epstein, Max, set designer (2015-06-02) program

• Dorset Theatre Festival Presents: Adventures of Tom Sawyer Jackson, Kirk, Director; Haskell, Parke, Assistant Director; Haynes, Rain. (2015-09) poster

• Grimly Handsome Jarcho, Julia; Elk, Andrew, director; Levit, Sam, set designer; Van Sickle, Paul, costume designer; Carrillo, Martin, lighting designer (2015-10-09) program

• Daughters of Io Long, Quincy; Dimmick, Kathleen, director; Chinworth, Michael, composer and musical director; Rees, Sue, set designer; Schoonmaker, Chip, costume designer supervisor (2015-11-20) program

2016

• Vagabonds by Molly Kirschner. A reading of the play (2016-03-05) College Week

• Drama Forum : A Conversation with Marc Spitz '92  (2016-03-16) poster

• The Danube Fornés, María Irene; Harnett-Marshall, Patrick, director; Eisen, Alixandra, set designer; Robertson, Taelen, costume designer; Vujanic, Lazar, lighting designer; Bartolo, Tobin, sound designer; Goone, Sarah, puppet designer (2016-04-08) program | photographs

• Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare, William; Randich, Jean, director; Mendes-Pepani, Kholiswa, assistant director; Chang, Jiyoun, set and lighting designer; Lazetic, Nikolina, costume designer (2016-05-06) program 

• Hero: A Processional Puppet Show Goone, Sarah, storyteller; Barbieri, Haley, stage manager; Rees, Sue, photographer (2016-05-28) program and photographs 

• Dry Land Spiegel, Ruby Rae; Houghton, Lily, director; Stawasz, Christina, stage manager; Messinger, Shea, set designer; Pauly, Alexandra, costume designer; Vujanic, Lazar, lighting designer; Vujanic, Lazar, lighting designer (2016-10-07) program

• August: Osage County rehearsal Ging, Alexander, photographer; Kirk, Jackson, codirector; Rohn, Jennifer, codirector (2016-10-09) photographs

• Readers' Theater Ensemble presents: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy  Miller, Amelia, poster artist (2016-10-20) poster

• The Bennington Readers' Theater Ensemble Present a Mischief Night Showing of: Spoon River Anthology Miller, Amelia, poster artist (2016-10-30) poster

• Adam Guettel, composer and lyricist, two time Tony Award winner and Drama Desk Award winner, will discuss his past and current work. (2016-11-09) poster 

• August: Osage County  Letts, Tracy; Jackson, Kirk, director; Rohn, Jenny, director; Catania, Jamie, assistant director; James, Lecil, stage manager; Eisen, Ali, set designer; Reid, Sierra, costume designer; Carrillo, Martin, lighting designer; Mendes-Pepani, Kholiswa, dramatug (2016-11-12) program

2017

• Drama at Bennington and CAPA presents: Down on Griffin Alley an original play by Connie Winston and Jean Randich, inspired by the life of Lena Baker, the first and only woman sentenced to the electric chair in the state of Georgia. A talkback immediately following the show. (2017-03-18) College Week

• New Works Ensemble Throw Down will present selected scenes from new work by the following playwrights: Nick Gandiello (visiting playwright) and Lily Houghton, Bennington playwright. (2017-04-01) College Week

• Bennington Plays Presents: Eyes They Close Lorello, Julia; Plotkin, Emma, director; Nation, Victoria, dramaturg; Miller, Amelia, poster artist (2017-05-05)  poster

• New Works: Open Class Showing of New Works by Sibyl Kempson '95, Sean Patrick O’Brien '13 and Catherine Weingarten '13 in open class format. After the showing, there will be a talkback session including advice from alumni to students on working in the performing arts. Eric Conner Marlin '13 and Margot Connelly '12 will also present. (2017-05-26) College Week

• Otherness in Performance Students from Jean Randich’s course will give short presentations of original work inspired by Anna Deavere Smith, Ping Chong, and others who explore radical empathy (2017-05-31) College Week

• Theatre and Protest: Tahrir Tales. Rebekah Maggor, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Media Arts at Cornell University, will speak as part of Burcu Seyben’s “Artistic Interventions as a Form of Protest” class (2017-10-09) College Week

• Drama Night. A space for students to showcase any work. (2017-09-25) poster

• The Christians by Lucas Hnath (2017-10-27) College Week

• East Coast Curriculum (2017-11-16) College Week | rehearsal photographs

2018

• Oye! For My Dear Brooklyn by Modesto Flako Jimenez ‘06. VAPA Martha Hill Dance Theater. Bennington alumnus and Brooklyn impresario conjures his beloved borough in this bilingual elegy, told through poems, projections, and music. (2018-03-03)

• Boom (an apocalyptic comedy) by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb; directed by Christina Stawasz. 

• Bennington Drama Presents: The Seagull Chekhov, Anton; Nelson, Richard, translator; Randich, Jean, director; Pevear, Richard, translator; Volokhonsky, Larissa, translator; Levit, Sam, assistant director and dramaturg; Santos, Joana Rita, assistant director; Chang, Jiyoun, set and lighting designer; Boytner, Atalya, costume designer (2018-05-04) program | College Week

• Watership Down adapted by Sam Levit; directed by Jade Hope (2018-05-20) 

• Soloperformance written, produced, and performed by Jessie Berliner (2018-05-27)

• The Christians by Lucas Hnath. VAPA Lester Martin Theater. Part church service, part public debate, part gospel concert, “The Christians” is an impartial look at the economic, personal, and spiritual inner workings of a contemporary middle-America mega-church. What happens when the Pastor announces to his 3,000 congregants that they no longer believe in hell? (2018-10-27) College Week

• The Wolves written by Sarah DeLappe and directed by Cat Adragna. VAPA Lester Martin Theater. The Wolves is a fly-on the wall look as a girls indoor soccer team warms up and attempts to defend their undefeated Wolves’ title.(2018-12-06) College Week

2019

• The Place We Built by Sarah Gancher. Lester Martin Theater. A tale of friendship, idealism, and coming of age, set against the backdrop of Hungary’s current terrifying slide into dictatorship—and the global rise of right-wing populism. (2019-05-03) College Week

• From Up Here by Liz Falhive. VAPA D207. Kenny Barrett did something that has everyone worried and now he has to apologize publicly to his entire high school. A play about a family limping out the door in the morning and coming home no matter what. (2019-05-28) College Week

• Drama Forum Lortel FWT Fellowship information session with Dina Janis and previous Lortel Fellowship recipients. (2019-09-17) College Week

• Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (2019-10-25) College Week

• Lewiston by Samuel D. Hunter. (2019-11-22) College Week

• Clarkston a play by Samuel D. Hunter (2019-11-22) College Week