Events
Fall 2024 Events
Macfest
Fri, Sept 27, 7:30-8:30 pm
Sat, Sept 28, 7:30-8:30 pm
Venue: James A. Williams Theater (T004)
Come join us for plays written and performed by current Macalester students. There will be three ten minute plays shown each night. Make sure to come see both shows, as different plays will be performed each night! Free tickets will be first come, first serve.
Northern Boundary States United States Institute for Theatre Technology Conference
Sat, Oct 5, all day
Venue: throughout Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center
The Macalester Theater and Dance Department will be hosting the NBS USITT Conference, offering workshops, showcasing our students’ talent, offering detailed tours of our space, and bringing our community together to celebrate technical theater. Stay tuned for a more detailed schedule and registration information.
Dance Placement Workshop + Open House
Mon, Oct 21, time TBD
Venue: Fox Dance Studio (T120)
Want to dance at Macalester? No matter your skill level, the Theater and Dance department has enriching and engaging dance technique classes for you! The Theater and Dance department will be hosting a Dance Open House and Placement Audition where you will meet dance department faculty and other Mac students interested in dance, try out some of the many styles of dance offered at Macalester, and discover what dance classes might be right for you.
Auditions for the Spring Theater Productions
Fri, Oct 25, 6:00-8:00 pm
Sat, Oct 26, 2:30-5:30 pm
Venue: Mainstage Theater (T121)
Auditions for the spring mainstage production, a collaboration between Macalester students and a Twin Cities based guest director, will be held this weekend! Additionally, this is your chance to audition for Cláudia Tatinge Nascimento’s spring acting course, which will present a public performance on April 25-27.
Callbacks will be Sunday, Oct 27, 11:30 am-1:30 pm in the Mainstage Theater (T121)!
Dance Concert
Thurs, Nov 7, 7:30-9:30 pm
Fri, Nov 8, 7:30-9:30 pm
Sat, Nov 9, 2:00-4:00pm and 7:30-9:30 pm
Sun, Nov 10, 2:00-4:00 pm and 7:30pm-9:30pm
Venue: James A. Williams Theater
Macalester Department of Theater and Dance presents the Fall Dance Concert 2024, where students and student choreographers show their premiere work. Hosted every semester, Mac THDA is delighted to show the creative process of our amazing Fall 2024 Dance students! Seating will be limited and free ticket reservations will be available October 25.
Fall Theater Production: A Collaborative Creation
Fri, Nov 22, 7:30-9:30 pm
Sat, Nov 23, 7:30-9:30 pm
Sun, Nov 24, 2:00-4:00 pm
Fri, Dec 6, 7:30-9:30 pm
Sat, Dec 7, 7:30-9:30 pm
Sun, Dec 8, 2:00-4:00 pm
Venue: Mainstage Theater (T121)
THDA Faculty and celebrated director and performer Bob Rosen will direct a devised piece in collaboration with an ensemble of student performers. If you’re interested in new, exciting, and innovative theater devised, written and performed by current Macalester students then this is the piece for you. Free ticket reservations will be available November 8.
Directing Collaboration
Tues, Dec 3, 7:30-9:30 pm
Thurs, Dec 5, 7:30-9:30 pm
Venue: James A. Williams Theater (T004)
Join us for an evening of dance and theater as our talented students showcase their work in playwriting, dance, design, acting, and directing! Admission is free on a first-come, first-served basis.
Dance Technique Showcase
Fri, Dec 6, time TBD
Venue: Fox Dance Studio (T120)
Macalester Department of Theater and Dance welcomes you to our Dance Technique Showcase! This informal demonstration of technique by students in Fall 2024 Dance Technique courses is open to all, with free admission as space allows.