Washington College

Department of Drama

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"Does this mean that we are to carry images of poetry and vision and high passion in our minds while we are shouting out orders to electricians on ladders in light-rehearsals? Yes. This is what it means."
— Robert Edmond Jones

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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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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