Academics
Upcoming Productions & Events
Our Theatre Department has a full schedule of events planned for 2008/2009! Here is a list of what is currently on our calendar. Please check back for further updates, and feel free to email Professor Cathy Hurst (churst@smcvt.edu), Professor Peter Harrigan (pharrigan@smcvt.edu) or Professor John Devlin (jdevlin@smcvt.edu) with any questions.
All of the events listed below are free and open to the public.
The Mainstage Season
The Heiress
by Ruth and Augustus Goetz
A shy and plain young girl is caught in a dramatic power struggle between her father and a charismatic suitor. Set in New York in the 1850's, The Heiress is based on Washington Square by Henry James. Directed by Cathy Hurst.
November 5 - 8 at 7pm
McCarthy Arts Theatre
A New Musical (Title to be Announced)
Book and Lyrics by Brendan O’Leary (SMC ’10)
Music by Zach Cooper (UVM ’09)
A cameraman puts his heart and soul into a children’s television series he hopes will be an instant classic. But something about “Professor Wellright’s Library” is well, wrong. Tune in to find out what – in the first ever Saint Michael's College Mainstage production written by students! Directed by Peter Harrigan.
April 1 – 4, 2009 at 7pm
McCarthy Arts Theatre
Events produced by the Saint Michael's College Drama Club
The 24-Hour Play Festival
September 20th at 7pm
McCarthy Arts Theatre
Actors, directors and playwrights from Saint Michael's College meet on Friday, September 19th to write and produce a series of ten-minute plays within 24 hours! Contact Drama Club to find out how you can participate in this collaborative event which culminates in the world premiere of several new short plays.
Fall 2008 Guest Artist Speaker Series
All sessions take place from 11:45 to 12:45 in the McCarthy Theatre.
- 9/22 - Don Rathgeb, SMC Emeritus Professor of Fine Arts: Theatre, Former Producing Director of Saint Michael’s Playhouse
- 9/29 - Sarah Carleton, UVM Associate Professor of Theatre, Professional Actor and Director
- 10/20 - Mark Nash, Artistic Director of Vermont Stage Company, Professional Actor and Director
- 10/27 - Emily Anderson, Director of the Awareness Theater Company, part of Very Special Arts Vermont
- 11/24 - Jenny Fulton, Freelance Costume Designer for Theatre and Film
- 12/1 - SMC Theatre Alumni Speakers – Janet O’Hare ’02 and Jessi Shuttleworth ‘06