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Clickshare Satirizes Corporate Culture

Clickshare, a new play by Lucas Kavner ’06.5, premiered this weekend at the Seeler Studio Theatre at the Mahaney Center for the Arts (MCA).  Directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Alex Draper and featuring an original company composed entirely of current Middlebury students, Clickshare proved ...

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Drama Labs Relevant and Versatile

Amid the faculty theatre productions, senior theses and assorted shows that are put on each semester, the Drama Labs continue to stand as a unique tradition here at Middlebury. A series of independent student-produced plays, the Drama Labs, have offered a venue for experimentation, variety and student-initiated ...

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Friedlander Displays Absurd Humor

Judah Friedlander’s “World Champion Tour” made a stop at Middlebury’s own Wilson Hall on Friday, Oct. 16 to a packed crowd eager for laughs. Friedlander, known principally for a supporting role on the Tina Fey-produced and Emmy-winning 30 Rock, has been performing stand-up since the age of 19, ...

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Ward Prize Honors Excellence in Writing

On Friday, Oct. 2, the Paul W. Ward ’25 Memorial Prize was presented at Twilight Hall auditorium, honoring 74 members of the classes of 2018 and 2018.5. Led by Writing Center director, Mary Ellen Bertolini, Friday’s hour-long ceremony highlighted the many ways in which students are taught to communicate ...

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Sepomana Brings Down the House

WRMC’s annual spring concert, Sepomana, offered an exciting and eclectic lineup of acts spanning genres and continents.  Hosted in the McCullough Student Center’s Wilson Hall, acts made creative use of space, light and sound to create a consistently surprising experience. Opener and student band ...

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Emergency 1A Experiments and Amazes

Melissa MacDonald ’15’s directorial adaptation of Martin Crimp’s play Fewer Emergencies, Emergency 1A, was presented April 23-25 in the Hepburn Zoo. Above all, it is driven by stories.  There is no true plot.  The characters, in all of their variations, lack a history or true identity.  Instead, ...

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McCann Explores Disenchanted Love

One of many exciting productions featured at the Town Hall Theater this April, The Last Five Years directed by Doug Anderson, proved to be a compelling rendition of Jason Robert Brown’s popular 2001 musical.  Starring Mike McCann ’15 – who initiated this production as part of his senior thesis ...

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Cummings Charms with Irish Traditions

For over a decade, the College has annually celebrated Irish music and dance in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.  This year saw a continuation of this tradition with some notable changes. Affiliate Artists Timothy Cummings, Pete Sutherland and Dominique Dodge joined with alumnus Caleb Elder ’04 and ...

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Carnival Spotlight: Cloud Nothings & Vacationer

This past weekend ushered in the College’s 92nd annual Winter Carnival.  Alongside the spectator sports and high-energy dances, the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) presented a concert in Wilson Hall on Friday, Feb. 13. The show featured three musical acts across  a myriad of genres and ...

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Cocoon Smashes Concert Hall Records

On Friday, Oct. 24, the Middlebury MothUP hosted the second annual Cocoon in the Mahaney Center for the Arts.  Featuring six storytellers from wildly different backgrounds each tackling the theme of blood, Cocoon was an intimate and singular experiment in narration and audience engagement. For the ...

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