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
- Bulrusher by Eisa Davis
September 27 – October 7, 2018
Continue reading → - Commencement 2018 Schedule
- Festival of Dance 2018
- Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea
April 5-8 & 12-15, 2018
Written by Julia Izumi ’19 MFA
Directed by Kate Bergstrom ’18 MFA
Continue reading → - ERRATICS: Scenes from Thomas Cole’s The Course of Empire
March 1-4 & 8-11, 2018
Created by Dan Hurlin. Text by Erik Ehn.
Developed with the ensemble.
Continue reading → - The Rhythm of Change Festival 2018
February 23-25
Michelle Bach-Coulibaly
Producer: Saulo Castillo
Rhythm of Change is an annual festival at Brown University celebrating African and African diasporic performance. For over twenty-seven years, The Rhythm of Change Festival has been gathering people across divisions of class, nationality, culture and discipline to co-create art for social change.
Continue reading → - I Want a Country
November 30-December 3, 2017
Written by Andreas Flourakis
Directed by Athena Washburn ’18
Leeds Theatre
Continue reading →