Department of Drama
"Read all the Shakespeare you can; if you can play Shakespeare, you can play anything."
— John Carradine
Student Groups
Riverside Players
Riverside Players is a community theatre founded by students from Washington College. They produce 2-4 plays each year. Recent productions have included The Fantasticks, Clit Notes, Eleemosynary, The Actor's Nightmare, I Hate Hamlet, Barefoot in the Park, and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You.
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- April 2008 - Two Plays by Tennessee Williams
- April 2007 - Playwright Festival
- April 2007 - Senior Showcase
- April 2007 - Three Plays by Harold Pinter
- November 2004 - The Complete Word of God, Abridged
Writers' Theatre
A student group that produces and performs original scripts.
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Fakespeare
Fakespeare is devoted to Shakespeare... like you have never seen it.
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The Defenestrators
The Defenestrators are the WC general interest improv group.
Shine Yer Head for a Nickel
Shine Yer Head is an experimental improv group that performs and runs workshops.
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