Theater & Dance
Welcome to the website for the Carleton College Department of Theater and Dance.
This website is your resource for production news, photo galleries, and general department information.
Mark your calendars
Farragut North
directed by David Wiles
Feb. 17, 18,19, 24, 25
For reservations click here
The Winter Perfomance Showcase Feb 29, 7:30 pm
for reservations click here
to be held in Weitz 165 - the large dance studio
with Guest Artists Heather Klopchin, The Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater Co. and 35 Carleton Performers
Winter Performance Showcase presents the work of guest artist Heather Klopchin (of Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater Company), featuring Carleton Students in her driving and exciting piece, GRIDLOCK. Kelly Banker and Chelsea Lau of the Winter Dance Class will also show their work in the showcase.
The evening will culminate with performances throughout the Weitz Center for Creativity building by members of the class Performing Politics led by Stuart Pimsler and company members who have been in residence this Winter term.
The Oresteia
Watch for more information about The Oresteia, a collaborative event of Carleton Players and Semaphore Repertory Company, to be presented in May.
NEW FOR SPRING TERM
THEA237 Scenic Design for the Performing Arts
This course will focus on the art and practice of creating scenic designs for the performing arts. It will introduce basic design techniques while exploring the collaborative process involved in bringing scenery from concept to the stage. The course will include individual and group projects utilizing collage, sketching, and model-making.
The class will be taught by Joe Stanley of Joseph Stanley Designs in Minneapolis. He brings 27 years of set design to his teaching classroom. His work includes Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis Children's Theater, Off-Broadway Theater 59E59 and Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater.







