Past Events
Stop! Shakespeare, Boal, and the Italian Spect-actor
Robert Henke, Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature and Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. in Performance Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
2024 MFA Student Dance Concert
WUDance Collective: GLIMMERS
Feathers and Facepaint: The Making of Redface in American Theatre
Bethany Hughes, Assistant Professor of American Culture, Native American Studies Program, University of Michigan
2024 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival
For nearly 30 years, the Performing Arts Department has produced the A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival as a vehicle to support and develop new plays written by WashU students.
Creating Contemporary Ballet: A Showing and Talk with Stephanie Martinez
Stephanie Martinez is the Performing Arts Department's 2024 Marcus Artist-in-Residence
Pride and Prejudice
The Performing Arts Department presents Kate Hamill's irreverent and playfully anachronistic take on the beloved Jane Austen novel!
Stage Combat Workshop
Hosted by the Central Illinois Stage Combat Workshop
Taught by Society of American Fight Directors Certified Teachers DC Wright and Amie Root
The Thanksgiving Play
In The Thanksgiving Play, Larissa FastHorse, a 2020 MacArthur Fellow, has written what she calls a "comedy in a satire" with "a little bit of medicine that's going to go down with the laughs".
Washington University Dance Theatre: It's Time
The annual dance concert features diverse artwork by resident and guest choreographers, performed by student dancers of the Performing Arts Department.