Health as Performance: Hygienic Theater in Interwar Germany
Featuring Corinna Treitel: William Eliot Smith Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Washington University in St. Louis.
Past Events
2026 MFA Dance Concert
This year’s MFA Dance Concert, featuring the work of our second-year MFA candidates Christopher J. Salango and Lorraine "Rain" Stippec, taps into the power of dance to build communities of care.
Edison Theatre
Colloquium - Audience Participation as Archetype
Featuring E. B. (Elizabeth) Hunter: Assistant Professor in Drama, Director of the Fabula(b) Theatre + New Media Lab, and co-lead of the Immersive Technology Collective at Washington University in St. Louis.
Umrath 140
Our Town
Edison Theatre
From Variable Stars to Dark Matter – The Expanding Legacy of Henrietta Leavitt
The WashU Departments of Physics & Performing Arts have partnered for a colloquium celebrating the life and contributions of Henrietta Leavitt in honor of the upcoming PAD production of 'Silent Sky' - a play focused on Leavitt's life and discoveries.
Seigle 206
Silent Sky
Before Edwin Hubble and Stephen Hawking, there was Henrietta Leavitt. 'Silent Sky' takes audiences on Leavitt’s real-life journey as one of Harvard Observatory’s female “human computers” at the turn of the 20th century.
A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre
Sean Savoie Presents at the A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase
Join us in supporting our faculty member, Sean Savoie, as he presents at this year’s A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase!
Washington University Dance Theatre: something is happening
This concert dance showcase features diverse and creative choreography by resident artists Elinor Harrison, Liz Lloyd, and David Marchant, and guest artists Ron K. Brown and Xi Zhao.
Edison Theatre
"Little Shop of Horrors" Halloween Costume Contest
Celebrate Halloween in style at our special costume contest held during the October 31st showing of "Little Shop of Horrors"! Show off your creative, spooky, or silly costumes before watching our talented students perform the cult classic musical!
Edison Theatre
Little Shop of Horrors
It’s sassy, nerdy, and carnivorous—plus, you can dance to it!
Roundtable Discussion: Careers in the Entertainment Industry
Bauer Hall, Room 550/551
Public Showing of work in progress and Q&A with Ron K. Brown
Ron K. Brown is the Performing Arts Department's 2025 Marcus Artist-in-Residence
Annelise Mertz Dance Studio | Mallinckrodt Center 207
2025 A. E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival
A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre
Colloquium - Book Talk - "Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco"
Artist-scholar Gigi Otálvaro-Hormillosa will discuss her recently released book, "Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco" (University of California Press, 2024).
Seigle 206
College of Arts & Sciences Recognition Ceremony
Retina Burn 2025
Lighting Technology and Digital Media for the Stage students will put on a full concert in the Edison Theatre.
Edison Theatre
¡Habla!: Embodied Code-Switching and Listening to Our Dances
Featuring Jade Power-Sotomayor, Assistant Professor Department of Theatre and Dance, UC San Diego
EADS 016
Paws with the PAD: Spelling Bee Edition
Pause, Paws, and Perfect Spelling!
Mallinckrodt Lobby