Brown University’s Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies offers a broad range of public lectures and talks, as well as a variety of community classes and workshops. Most of these events are offered to the public for free. These events are complimented by a full theatre production season, selected by the Sock & Buskin board, a group comprised of undergraduate students along with members of the TAPS faculty and staff.
Below is an archive of selected events and productions from recent years. Click on the links below to find out more information about each event.
SELECTED PAST EVENTS
- Vector (Performance)
February 6–7, 2016
Leeds Theatre
A part of Writing is Live 2016
Written by Beth Nixon ’18 MFA
Directed by Caitlin O’Connell ’16 MFA
Continue reading → - A Big House (Performance)
February 5–7, 2016
Leeds Theatre
A part of Writing is Live 2016
Written by Diane Exavier ’17 MFA
Directed by Kate Bergstrom ’18 MFA
Continue reading → - The Light Body (Performance)
February 4–7, 2016
Leeds Theatre
A part of Writing is Live 2016
Written by Carlos Sirah ’17 MFA
Directed by Mauricio Salgado ’18 MFA
Continue reading → - Katie Pearl & Michelle Memran (Residency)
February 2–13, 2016
Granoff Creative Arts Center
As part of a Fitt Artist Residency at Brown University, filmmaker Michelle Memran and playwright Katie Pearl ’15 MFA worked on a new performance and film project that involved the life and work of avant-garde Cuban-American playwright Maria Irene Fornés. A workshop and informal showing were part of the residency. Sponsored by TAPS and the Creative Arts Council’s FITT residency.
Continue reading → - Dance for our Aging Population (Workshop)
January 28 & March 3, 2016
Ashamu Dance Studio
DAPpers: Dance for our Aging Population
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Community members joined the DAPpers Movement. - Under the Great Wide Open (Workshop)
January 16, 2016
Granoff Center
Under The Great Wide Open was a collaborative 10-day workshop between students at Brown University’s Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies MFA programs, and Rhode Island School of Design’s BFA and MFA programs. The students worked teams that evolved throughout the course, and resulted in multi-disciplinary pieces that created a new language of art making and performance.
Continue reading → - Spirit Trust (Performance)
December 14–16, 2015
Granoff Center, Studio One
Written by Katie Ka Vang ’16 MFA. Directed by Rebecca Noon.
A part of Writing Is Live
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