Productions and Events

Vassar College Experimental Theater
Fall 2024

Upcoming

Men on boats.
Oct. 31 – Nov. 2, 2024, 8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.

A play and a senior Drama project.

Campus guests only, please. 

Reservations required: please contact boxoffice@vassar.edu.

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Nov. 14, 2024, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Author Elyssa Maxx Goodman will speak about her book Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City and discuss drag’s effects on the culture of the city and the U.S. overall.

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Nov. 21, 8:00–10:00 p.m. – Nov. 23, 2024

The Ghost Sonata (1907) by seminal Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849–1912), translation by Evert Sprinchorn, follows a young man’s increasing realization of the world’s wickedness. Open to the public. Reservations are required.  

A decorative background image with the words, "Barbecue by Robert O’Hara" overlayed on the image.
Feb. 27, 8:00–10:00 p.m. – Mar. 1, 2025

A play by Robert O’Hara. Guest Director, Taylor Reynolds. Barbecue is about a dysfunctional family staging an intervention. Campus guests only, please. Reservations required.

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Anne Washburn’s imaginative dark comedy—a play with music featuring songs by Washburn and Michael Friedman—propels us forward nearly a century, following a new civilization stumbling into its future. Reservations required.

Campus community only, please.

Reservations/Box Office

Six people standing in a half-circle on a dark stage with lights overhead.
Left to right: Destiny King '27, Sophia Fredericks '26, Jove Leonard '27, Benjamin Sayres '28, Miriam Barker '27, Lilly Masters '26

Reservations for Drama Department productions open two weeks prior to any opening date. Please note not all productions and events are open to the public, but mostly to the Vassar campus community. Check the productions listing for specific information.

Box Office

Staff

Box Office Student Assistants

  • Miriam Barker '27
  • Sophia Fredericks '26
  • Benjamin Sayres '28

Drama Department Photographer

  • Gabriel Jove Leonard '27

Vassar Ticket Fund Student Coordinator

  • Lilly Masters '26 (Fall)
  • Destiny King '27 (Spring)

Our Theaters at a Glance

Martel Theater: Free admission, open to the public. Seating chart.

Powerhouse Theater: General seating, free admission, not open to the public.

Streep Studio: Very limited seating, not open to the public.

Ongoing Events

The Marilyn Swartz Seven ’69 Award was established by friends and classmates of the late Ms. Seven to support an annual playwriting competition open to all Vassar juniors and seniors from any discipline.