November 21, 2025 3:00 pm

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

November 20, 2025 7:30 pm

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

November 18, 2025 5:00 pm

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!

November 14 to November 16, 2025 7:30 pm

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

October 31, 2025 7:00 pm

"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

October 24 to November 02, 2025

Little Shop of Horrors

It’s sassy, nerdy, and carnivorous—plus, you can dance to it!

October 23, 2025 4:00 pm

Roundtable Discussion: Careers in the Entertainment Industry

Bauer Hall, Room 550/551

September 26, 2025 2:00 pm

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

September 26 to September 27, 2025

2025 A. E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival

A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre

September 12, 2025 3:00 pm

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

May 11, 2025 8:30 am

College of Arts & Sciences Recognition Ceremony

April 24, 2025 7:30 pm

Retina Burn 2025

Lighting Technology and Digital Media for the Stage students will put on a full concert in the Edison Theatre.

Edison Theatre

April 11, 2025 3:00 pm

¡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

April 07, 2025 12:00 pm

Paws with the PAD: Spelling Bee Edition

Pause, Paws, and Perfect Spelling!

Mallinckrodt Lobby

March 24, 2025 4:00 pm

2025 Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture: Taylor Mac

Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

March 23, 2025 4:00 pm

Film Screening: Taylor Mac's "24-Decade History of Popular Music"

Brown 100

February 28, 2025 3:00 pm

Performance and Social Theory: Reification and Role in Marx’s Political Economy

Featuring Pannill Camp, Associate Professor of Drama, Performing Arts Department, Washington University in St. Louis

Umrath 140

February 21 to March 02, 2025 7:30 pm

The Wolves

Sarah DeLappe's 21st century coming-of-age tale offers a glimpse into the lives of nine teenage teammates on a girls soccer team

Edison Theatre | 6465 Forsyth Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63105

February 17, 2025 12:30 pm

Paws with the PAD

Take a pause with us and enjoy some pet therapy with the Performing Arts Department!

Mallinckrodt Lobby