Performing Arts

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Smith’s dance, music and theatre departments are excited to offer you an astonishing range of thought-provoking, inspiring and just-plain-fun performances. Every semester features mainstage and studio theatre performances, faculty and student dance performances and a wide range of faculty and student music performances. From new play readings to new works of choreography by graduate dance students to a series of informal concerts at lunchtime, we invite you to join us.

What’s Happening

Music Monday 2: James Kerr, guitar

Monday, October 20, 2025 | 1-1:30 p.m.

Smith’s new guitar faculty James Limerick Kerr will perform a program of Renaissance fantasias by Si...

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Borderline Visible by Ant Hampton

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 | 4:30-6 p.m.

Borderline Visible, an 80-minute collective experience of book arts and sound installation, by the G...

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The Arts, Elevated

At Smith, the arts have a long history of helping students figure out where they belong, cultivate and foster community, think creatively, and plan fulfilling careers in a number of exciting, dynamic fields.

SmithArts—and the Smith Office for the Arts—aims to highlight opportunities to engage with art and artists on campus, through events, installations, performances, and more.

Learn More About SmithArts
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The Current Theatre Season

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Upcoming Shows

New Play Reading Series

Made in USA with Imported Materials

By Kinjal Potdar

September 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Acting Studio 1

Eurydice

By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Tara Franklin

October 29—31 and November 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre

New Play Reading Series

The Messiness of Mysteries

By Madison de Santos

November 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Acting Studio 1

Fall Studio Productions

The Open Meeting

By A.R. Gurney
Directed by Tabitha Reid

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.

By Alice Birch
Directed by Mateenah Adeleke

December 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre

Merry Me

By Hansol Jung
Directed by Kelsey Rainwater

February 25—28 at 7:30 p.m.
Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre

Into the Woods

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer
Music Direction by Kate DeLugan
Conducted by Jonathan Hirsh

April 22—25 at 7:30 p.m.
Theatre 14

Spring Studio Productions

April 30 and May 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre

Auditions

The department season consists of three major productions, directed and designed by faculty, guest artists, and students; students also direct, design, and act in one act studio productions, and participate in writing, acting and directing for the New Play Reading Series. Majors and non-majors are welcome to audition for and work on productions.

THE OPEN MEETING

By A.R. Gurney
Directed by Tabitha Reid

The Open Meeting chronicles a public meeting’s rapid devolvement into a mystery of betrayed identity and political scandal. In this uptempo, absurdist comedy, three combative coworkers confront democracy, ritual and primitive masculinity of Oedipal proportions.

REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN.

By Alive Birch
Directed by Mateenah Adeleke

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. is a bold, electric series of vignettes that tears up the script on gender with humor and rage. This play interrogates how deeply power is embedded in the ways we speak, work, and love. Explosive, funny, and unapologetically radical, Birch invites us to dream of a revolution.

Auditions

Sunday, October 5 and Monday, October 6 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Acting Studio 1, Mendenhall CPA
Please let us know if you are interested but unable to make either date. Callbacks will be on Tuesday, October 7.

Performances

December 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre

Casting Breakdown: Seven Actors

Please note that for both plays we are actively seeking actors of all identities.
The Open Meeting: 3 actors
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.: 4–5 actors

Audition Prep

No appointment necessary. Sides from the script will be available at the audition for cold reads. No preparation necessary, but reading the script prior to auditioning is encouraged. Perusal scripts available at Josten Library.

Contact/Questions

Production Manager, Nikki Beck, ncbeck@smith.edu

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Explore Our Departments

Dance

Discover the imaginative, expressive powers of human movement in a program dedicated to fostering each student’s unique talents in dance performance.

Dance performance in Theatre 14

Music

From a broad array of classroom courses to extensive opportunities for performance, the music department is a lively center of musical activity.

Gamelan ensemble performance

Theatre

Smith offers theatre enthusiasts extraordinary opportunities both on and off the stage, from an adventurous mix of plays to exciting guest artists.

Performance of Pirates of Penzance

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Contact SmithArts

Theatre/Dance Box Office
Mendenhall, T206
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063

Phone: 413-585-3220 Email: boxoffice@smith.edu

SmithArts Box Office Manager
Nancy Case
ncharbon@smith.edu

SmithArts Marketing and Communications Manager
Shelley Latham
Sage Hall, Room 6
slatham@smith.edu
413-585-3325

Accessibility Contact
Accessibility Resource Center
ARC@smith.edu
413-585-2669