Muhlenberg Theatre & Dance announces
Departmental Season for 2020-21
Allentown, PA (10 April 2020) — The Muhlenberg Theare & Dance Department announces the Departmental Season for the 2020-2021 academic year. The season will feature six theatre productions, including one musical, and three dance concerts. Performances begin in late September. Specific dates will be announced later.
The season for the fall semester is as follows.
"The Wolves," by Sarah DeLappe, directed by Margarett Perry, and featuring a faculty spotlight performance by associate professor Holly Cate.
"Candide," the 1974 version of Leonard Bernstein's operetta, first performed in 1956, based on the novella by Voltaire. This version features a book by Hugh Wheeler and lyrics Richard Wilbur, with additional lyrics by John Latouche and Stephen Sondheim. The production will be directed by theatre professor Charles Richter, with choreography by dance professor Karen Dearborn and musical direction by Nathan Diehl. Professor Curtis Dretsch will design scenery, and associate professor Rebecca Lustig will design costumes.
"Moving Stories," a dance concert featuring student choreography, under artistic director Megan Flynn.
"New Visions 2020," a festival of short student-directed plays. This year's edition will feature "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin," by Beth Henley, directed by Sarah Gordin ’21; "Trifles," by Susan Glaspell, directed by Marlee Schulman ’21; and "Kitchen," by Enda Walsh, directed by Brigid Connery ’21.
The season for the spring semester is as follows:
"Master Choreographers," a dance concert featuring works by acclaimed guest artists and faculty, under the artistic direction of professor Karen Dearborn.
"Water by the Spoonful," by Quiara Alegría Hudes, directed by theatre professor James Peck.
"Mr. Puntila and His Man Matti," by Bertolt Brecht, directed by theatre professor Beth Schachter.
"Dance Emerge," a dance concert featuring student choreography, under artistic director Randall Anthony Smith
’Berg Fringe, a month-long festival featuring off-beat, innovative, outrageous performances created by Muhlenberg students & faculty, under the artistic direction of visiting assistant professor Drew Richardson, with producing director Jess Bien. This will be the second year for 'Berg Fringe; however, public performances of the 2020 edition were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Details will be announced in the summer.
