Department of Performing Arts

The Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program's 2012-13 A Season of War and Peace features three faculty-directed mainstage productions, one presented in partnership with Theater J, and an array of special events including visiting companies and leading professional guest artists, student-written and directed work, and much more.

Order your Flex Pass (good for three tickets to any combination of the following Theater & Performance Studies Program mainstage productions at the Davis Performing Arts Center:  Far Away, A Civil War Christmas, and Trojan Barbie.  Boged not included. Flex Passes are just $45 for the general public, $35 for faculty/staff/alumni/senior, and $20 for Georgetown University students.

Purchase and receive a free ticket to wanderland! 

 More information in our box office section.

Thursday-Saturday, October 11-13 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 14 at 2 p.m.
Wednesday-Saturday, October 17-20 at 8 p.m.
Far Away
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Jason Loewith
It’s a quiet night in a charming country house when young Joan peers into the garage and learns a terrible secret – one that propels her, years later, into a world of shifting alliances, deceit, and unimaginable brutality. From the dazzling mind of the woman Tony Kushner calls our “greatest living English-language playwright” comes a shattering “waking dreamscape… where the promise of violence broods in even the coziest corners” (New York Times).
DAVIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, DEVINE STUDIO THEATRE
FRIDAY/SATURDAY EVENING: $18 GENERAL/$15 FACULTY, STAFF, ALUMNI, SENIOR/$10 STUDENT
ALL OTHER PERFORMANCES: $15 GENERAL/ $12 FACULTY, STAFF, ALUMNI, SENIOR/$8 STUDENT

Saturday, November 17 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 18 at 2 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, November 29 and 30 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 1 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, December 6-8 at 8 p.m.
CO-PRODUCED BY THE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY THEATER & PERFORMANCE STUDIES PROGRAM, MUSIC PROGRAM, AND NOMADIC THEATRE
A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration
By Paula Vogel
Music by Daryl Waters
Directed by Professor Nadia Mahdi
Music Direction by Professor Maureen Codelka
Produced by Tenaya Campbell (COL ’13)
Christmas Eve in Washington DC, 1864: a cold night for an embattled nation in the thick of a Civil War. Troops in both Confederate and Union camps prepare for the fighting ahead, President Lincoln embarks on a danger-filled midnight adventure, and a mother and daughter fly from slavery towards an uncertain future in the nation’s capital. In this musical celebration, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel weaves an array of voices and stories into a rich and moving musical drama, inspiring a theatrical holiday event that brings us together to celebrate and reflect on our nation’s history and future.
DAVIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, GONDA THEATRE
FRI/SAT EVENING: $20 GENERAL / $18 FACULTY, STAFF, ALUMNI, SENIOR /$10 STUDENT
ALL OTHER PERFORMANCES: $18 GENERAL / $15 FACULTY, STAFF, ALUMNI, SENIOR / $8 STUDENT

Read the dramaturgical notes by Prof. Nina Billone Prieur or buy tickets below.

January 12-February 3
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY THEATER & PERFORMANCE STUDIES PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEATER J
IN ASSOCIATION WITH STREETSIGNS CENTER FOR LITERATURE AND PERFORMANCE
BOGED: An Enemy of the People
English Language Premiere
By Boaz Gaon and Nir Erez
Based on the play by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Joseph Megel
Featuring Professors Sarah Marshall and Nadia Mahdi and alumnus Clark Young
A sudden chemical leak in an Israeli industrial park endangers the region’s water supply. The mayor is quick to cover up the scandal, but his brother fights to expose the truth. The family feud quickly turns into a political war with major environmental repercussions. This production is part of Theater J’s Voices from a Changing Middle East Festival: Dialogues in the Desert.
DAVIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, GONDA THEATRE
$30-$65 general
$25 faculty/staff
$15 students

FOR ALL BOGED TICKETING QUESTIONS, visit THEATERJ.ORG or call (800) 494-8497. 

Thursday-Saturday, April 11-13 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 14 at 2 p.m.
Wednesday-Saturday, April 17-20 at 8 p.m.
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY THEATER & PERFORMANCE STUDIES PROGRAM
Area Premiere
Trojan Barbie: A Car-Crash encounter with Euripides’ Trojan Women
By Christine Evans
Directed by Maya E. Roth
Past and present violently collide as the dreams of women and their fierce hunger for life and creativity are played out in the larger context of war. Bristling with wit, theatricality, and profound poetry, this award-winning play by Australian- born Christine Evans, the Theater & Performance Studies newest faculty member, re-envisions Euripides’ ancient classic as a vivid post-modern encounter across cultures, styles, and genres. This inspired and “explosive new work” (Talkin’ Broadway), resonates deeply with our own global dislocations and the complexities of war.
DAVIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, GONDA THEATRE
FRIDAY/SATURDAY EVENING: $18 GENERAL/$15 FACULTY, STAFF, ALUMNI, SENIOR/ $10 STUDENT
ALL OTHER PERFORMANCES: $15 GENERAL/ $12 FACULTY, STAFF, ALUMNI, SENIOR/ $8 STUDENT

Thursday-Saturday, February 14-16 at 8 p.m.
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY THEATER & PERFORMANCE STUDIES PROGRAM SENIOR THESIS PROJECTS
wanderland
Original works by Alice Cash (COL ‘13) and Swedian Lie (COL ‘13)
Advised by Profs. Derek Goldman and Maya E. Roth
These two original thesis performances, together comprising the evening’s event wanderland, offer bold and inventive explorations of identity along the tightrope between reality and fiction. Golden Shards, an original ensemble work written and directed by Alice Cash, examines the evolution of Charles Dodgson into the eminent author best known by his pseudonym, Lewis Carroll. Confronting his ambiguous relationship with Alice Liddell, the girl who was purported to have inspired the creation of his most famous heroine, the piece explores the contradictions evoked by Carroll’s indelible artistic creations. Swedian Lie’s semi- autobiographical performance Chiaroscuro draws upon the experiences of a Chinese-Indonesian artist living abroad, contending with issues of identity, nationality, society and culture. Written, designed and performed by Lie, this work questions whether the risk of plunging into uncertainty is ultimately worth the freedom found in wandering the grey zone.
DAVIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, DEVINE STUDIO THEATRE
$5 GENERAL
For mature audiences.
Talkbacks will follow each performance.

 

Read about the 2012-13 special events.