December 18 to January 03 7:00 PM FridayWashington University Dance Theatre: ApertureThis "Dance for Camera" Film Festival Premiered December 18, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. and Streamed On-demand thru January 3, 2021.
January 04 to 14Spring Drama AuditionsAudition submissions for the Performing Arts Department Spring Drama productions will be accepted through the PAD Audition Website January 4 - 14, 2021
January 29 to May 29Accepting Submissions to the Virtual PlatformSubmissions are now being accepted for the Performing Arts Department Virtual Platform. All Washington University Students are Eligible.
January 29, 2021Attention All Writers!Submissions are now being accepted for the 2021 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition. All Washington University Students are Eligible.
February 04, 2021 7:00 PM"Taiwanese Puppetry Cosplay: Negotiating Performance and Animation"Teri Silvio is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan This will be a live zoom event. This Date is subject to change.
February 11, 2021PAD Study Day - No ClassesNo class meetings, rehearsals, or department meetings are scheduled. This is a critical part of the Spring Calendar to allow everyone to catch their breath and relax.
February 26, 2021 4:00 PM“Performance and Social Theory: Functionalism and Tragic Action in Montesquieu”Pannill Camp, Chair of Performing Arts & Associate Professor of Drama at Washington University in St. Louis
March 02 to 03WashU Wellness Days - No ClassesNo class meetings, rehearsals, or department meetings are scheduled. This is a critical part of the Spring Calendar to allow everyone to catch their breath and relax.
March 08, 2021Are you a Dance Major interested in Dance Education?Letters of intent for the 2021 Dance Education Laboratory Summer Institute will be accepted through Monday, March 8, 2021.
March 22, 2021PAD Study Day - No ClassesNo class meetings, rehearsals, or department meetings are scheduled. This is a critical part of the Spring Calendar to allow everyone to catch their breath and relax.
March 27 to April 11 8:00 PM SaturdayMFA Student Dance Concert: PathwayPremiered Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. and was available on-demand thru Sunday, April 11, 2021.
April 05 to May 10View The Covid Mysteries On-demand.The first “official” performance on the PAD Mobile Stage, "The Covid Mysteries" premiered April 1, 2021. Danforth Campus: Mudd Field - Across from McMillan Hall
April 09, 2021 4:00 PMTheatrical Jazz and Phases of Black Womanhood in Batiste's "Blue Gold & Butterflies"Dr. Stephanie Leigh Batiste, Associate Professor of English at The University of California at Santa Barbara, and Director of the Hemispheric South/s Research Initiative
April 12, 2021WashU Wellness Day - No ClassesNo class meetings, rehearsals, or department meetings are scheduled. This is a critical part of the Spring Calendar to allow everyone to catch their breath and relax.
April 14, 2021 2:30 PMFerne Pearlstein, the director of the film The Last Laugh Ferne Pearlstein, the director of the film The Last Laugh will be speaking in the seminar that Prof. Nancy Berg and Henry Schvey are currently offering, Staging Atrocity.
April 16, 2021 8:00 PMVignettes for the Artists Who Saw the World in Two DimensionsSarah Sterling (LA 21), Choreographer
April 30 to May 16Washington University Dance Collective: SupperThis production was available On-demand from Friday, April 30 to Sunday, May 16, 2021. To Be Determined
May 03 to 22 "Songs You'd Never Sing Episode 3: "Distance ≧ Connectivity" "Song's You'd Never Sing" presents "Distance ≧ Connectivity" as part of an ongoing series produced by Henry Palkes, Lecturer in the Performing Arts
May 06 to 23"Accompaniment Techniques for Dance" Virtual ShowcaseThe Accompaniment Techniques for Dance class invites you to view it's Spring 2021 virtual showcase.
May 08, 2021 6:00 PM2021 PAD Virtual BanquetSAVE THE DATE! IF YOU WERE INVOLVED, YOU ARE INVITED!Virtual Event
"Songs You'd Never Sing Episode 4: "Finding Forward" "Song's You'd Never Sing" presents "Finding Forward" as part of an ongoing series produced by Henry Palkes, Lecturer in the Performing Arts
June 15 to 30The Black Rep presents...The St. Louis Black Rep rounds up its season of virtual programming with a final mainstage production of an original work "Do I Move You?"
June 21 to August 18"Homecoming Voices" featured in "Washington Magazine""Homecoming Voices" - When COVID-19 upended the season, WashU’s Performing Arts Department turned to alumni playwrights.
June 24, 2021 7:00 PMHenry I. Schvey to Discuss new book on Tennessee WilliamsHenry I. Schvey, Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature to discuss his new biography of Tennessee Williams.
June 25, 2021 6:00 PMTelling the Tale with Lynn NottageThe Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) and the St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre (The Black Rep) are pleased to welcome two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage to St. Louis for a very special roundtable event.
July 19, 2021 12:00 PMSt. Louis On The Air Welcomes Henry I. SchveyHenry I. Schvey, Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature will discuss how St. Louis shaped Tennessee Williams’ life and work.
August 27, 2021 2:00 PM2021 Performing Arts Department Open HousePAD Lounge, 3rd Floor Mallinckrodt Center (Near the Performing Arts Department's Office)
August 27, 2021 3:00 PMDance Placement ClassAll new students with interest in dance at WU are strongly encouraged to attend the Dance Placement Class. Annelise Mertz Dance Studio, 207 Mallinckrodt Center (Main Level)
August 28, 2021 4:00 PMDrama Audition WorkshopNot sure how to audition? No worries! Attend this short workshop with Bill Whitaker, Professor of the Practice and Amy Soll, Stage Management Supervisor. A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre
August 30, 2021 5:00 PMPAD Welcome Back ReceptionThe Performing Arts Department welcomes all new and returning students!A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre, Mallinckrodt Center, 208
September 02 to 03PAD Drama AuditionsAuditions will be held for the Performing Arts Department's Fall 2021 Semester Drama Productions.Women's Bulding, Olin 1
September 02 to 09Auditions!Auditions will be held for the Performing Arts Department's Fall Semester productions; The A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival; She Kills Monsters and The Science of Leaving Omaha. And the PAD's Fall and Spring dance concerts, Washington University Dance Theatre: Return, WashU Dance Collective: Redux.
September 08 to 09PAD Dance AuditionsAuditions will be held for the Performing Arts Department's Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Dance Productions.Women's Bulding, Olin 1
September 08 to 26The Black Rep presents: SWEATThe Black Rep presents Lynn Nottage's "SWEAT" directed by Ron HimesEdison Theatre at Washington University in St. Louis
September 24 to 25A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival 2021We invite you to become a part of the playwriting process at the script-in-hand staged reading of each play.
October 01, 2021 4:00 PM"Performing for God and Country: The History of Branson EntertainmentJoanna Dee Das, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Dance in the Performing Arts Department at Washington University in St. Louis Umrath Hall, Room 140
October 25, 2021 3:00 PMMajor-Minor FairFirst-year and Sophomore Students Register Now for the 2021 Major/Minor Fair
November 12, 2021 4:00 PMOverload: Switchboard Automation and the Disability History of 0s and 1sMara Mills, Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University.Umrath Hall, Room 140
November 12, 2021 7:00 PMThe Goldilocks PhenomenonA Dance Thesis, by senior Grace MyersAnnelise Mertz Studio (Mallinckrodt 207) - Washington University in St. Louis
November 13, 2021 7:00 PMThe Goldilocks PhenomenonA Dance Thesis, by senior Grace MyersAnnelise Mertz Studio (Mallinckrodt 207) - Washington University in St. Louis