Department of Drama
About the Department
Course of Study
Opportunities
Washington College drama students play many different characters and many different roles behind-the-scenes, while learning about the theatrical arts and about themselves. As a drama major, you'll learn the nuts and bolts of acting, directing, and production, explore the history of theater, and learn to act and think imaginatively.
Whatever your interests, there's a production for you at WC. The Riverside Players is a student-run community theater troupe. The Defenestrators explore improv, the Writers' Theatre performs original scripts, and members of Fakespeare honor the bard with parodies of his works.
Drama majors can write a script, perform, direct, or run technical aspects of a show to complete their senior capstone. Courses in history, acting, directing, design and dramaturgy prepare our students for internships in cities such as Baltimore and Washington, D.C., graduate work, and careers in theater.
In Fall 2009, the renovated Gibson Performing Arts Center became the centerpiece of the drama department, providing a state-of-the-art environment for performers, technicians, and audiences.
Fall 2011 Productions
All Blues
A new play by Robert Earl Price
Directed by Professor Dale Daigle
9/15, 9/17: 8 p.m. in Decker Theater
9/16: 8:30 p.m. in Decker Theater
Scotland Road
by Jeffery Hatcher
A Senior Thesis Directed by Stephanie Brown
10/7, 10/8 in Tawes Theatre
Tshepang: The Third Testament
by Lara Foot Newton
A Senior Thesis directed by Tara Bancroft
10/21, 10/22 in Tawes Theatre
Reasons To Be Pretty
by Neil LaBute
A Senior Thesis directed by Chris Smith
10/28, 10/29 in Tawes Theatre
The Water Children
by Wendy MacLeod,
A Senior Thesis Directed by Marta Wesenberg.
11/4, 11/5 in Tawes Theatre
The Mystique by Six Women and Two Men
Directed by Professor Timothy Maloney
11/17, 11/18, 11/19 in Tawes Theatre
All in the Timing
by David Ives
Directed by Professor Dale Daigle
12/1, 12/2: 7 p.m. in Tawes Theatre
Spring 2012 Productions
A Number
by Caryl Churchill
A Senior Thesis Directed by Katie Muldowney
2/17, 2/18
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
by Jennifer Haley
A Senior Thesis Directed by Maggie Matthews
3/2, 3/3
I Hate Hamlet
by Paul Rudnick
A Senior Thesis Directed by John Lesser
3/23, 3/24
The Last Five Years
by Jason Robert Brown
A Senior Performance Thesis of Antoine Jordan
Directed by Professor Polly Sommerfeld
3/30, 3/31
The Voice of the Turtle
by John Van Druten
A Senior Performance Thesis of Samantha Simpson
Directed by Professor Jason Rubin
4/12, 4/13, 4/14
All performances begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
For tickets reservations call 410-778-7835 or e-mail drama_tickets@washcoll.edu.