Colby College Performance, Theater, and Dance

Auditions for SAGITTARIUS PONDEROSA this Thursday!

Open auditions for Sagittarius Ponderosa by MJ Kaufman will be held in Studio 1 in the Gordon Center on Thursday, February 5th from 5:30–7:30pm. The play is a tender, funny, and dreamlike story about family, identity, and the search for transformation. Auditions will take the form of a text-and-movement workshop—no experience necessary—so please dress to move and wear closed-toe shoes.

The rehearsal process will involve two to three evening rehearsals a week, scheduled with cast conflicts in mind. The piece includes opportunities for both actors and dancers to showcase their skills, grow, and have fun; the process will be generative, focused, and rooted in playfulness.

Guest Artist Catherine Stewart is an award-winning playwright, director, choreographer, and educator whose collaborative, movement-integrated approach to new work invites curiosity, rigor, and creative experimentation. Crew and production roles are also available, including choreography, dramaturgy, and more. Open to the entire Colby student community—come explore a beautiful play about becoming yourself.

FMI or to sign up for an audition, email Catherine Stewart at [email protected]

Walk-in auditioners are also welcome, no prep necessary. All levels of experience welcome!

SAGITTARIUS PONDEROSA is presented through special arrangement with TRW PLAYS 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY, 10036. www.trwplays.com

Show Up Stand Up Speak Up – Story Based Performances at the Greene Block

Tuesday, January 27
Wednesday, January 28
7:30pm
Greene Block + Studios

Show Up Stand Up Speak Up: an evening of original story-based performances by Colby students inspired by the issues that matter to them the most.

The event is the culmination of Performance, Theater, and Dance's Jan Plan Activist Storytelling Workshop – Collaborative Company course showcasing student creative writing, research, and live performance led by PTD faculty Bess Welden with design by Jim Thurston and Elizabeth Jabar.

Activate your own voice during the informal post-show conversation and a chance to make a free screenprint with our community partner, Hinge Collaborative.

Please note the show addresses complex and challenging themes and is not recommended for audiences under 18.

Graphics: Elizabeth Jabar
Photo: Melissa Blackall Photography

Reserve your Free Tickets at https://arts.colby.edu/reserve-tickets/

Upon arrival at the Greene Block, please check in at the Colby Arts Table to be admitted into the performance.
Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the event otherwise your ticket may be given to someone on the waitlist!

If the performance is sold out, please come to the Greene Block and put your name on the waitlist – most wait-listers are able to attend.

If you have any questions regarding Purple Pass or if any event is sold out, please email [email protected]

Fabulous banners from Elizabeth Jabar of Hinge Collaborative.
A behind-the-scenes peek at our upcoming ShowUp StandUp SpeakUp coming at the end of January.

Great article about Professor Jim Thurston!!

Technical Thinking and Creativity Meld in Architecture Course In TD365 Architectural Imaging, students utilize computer-aided design to create virtual models of an imagined campus building

A new look for Runnals coming Fall 2027!

Levine’s Discovery Headquarters Will Foster Enterprise and Creativity Named in honor of the Levine family of Waterville, the community hub will be housed in a renovated Runnals Building

Many photos from November's Break Burn Build - Performance, Theater, and Dance's fall dance production. Melissa Blackall Photography The student choreographers did a great job!

A behind the scenes glimpse of this weekend's BREAK BURN BUILD - fall dance performances in Studio 3 of the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts.
All three shows are sold out!

The People to Come – an artist talk with Yanira Castro at the Greene Block
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 from 5:00-6:30pm
Greene Block + Studios

Join the Performance, Theater, and Dance, Spanish, and Latin American Studies Departments for an artist talk with Yanira Castro. An interdisciplinary artist born in Borikén (Puerto Rico), Castro's work is rooted in communal construction as a rehearsal for radical democracy. In her artist talk, she'll discuss her practice, spanning performance, installation, and interactive technologies, and the ways her work engages ideas of land, citizenship, and questions of governance.

This event is co-sponsored by the departments of Performance, Theater, and Dance; Spanish; and Latin American Studies with additional generous support from the Center for Art and Humanities and the Lunder Institute for American Art.

No reservations necessary- you can just show up and enjoy the event!

From this past weekend's production of "Far Away" part of the Fall Plays - Islands in the Storm.
Photo: Melissa Blackall Photography

Behind the scenes of ISLANDS IN THE STORM the PTD fall plays - lots of hat making.

The fall plays are this weekend! You can reserve free tickets here:
https://arts.colby.edu/reserve-tickets/

This week! Sean Metzger's talk in the Gordon Center Film Screening Room - all are welcome!

Break Burn Build – Colby Fall Dance Performances
Pieces include the annual first year dance project, led by Matthew Cumbie and Annie Kloppenberg as well as new dance works choreographed by student choreographers and guests from Maine Arts Academy.

Featuring student choreography by:
Isabella Brozic ’27, Ainsley C**t ’28, April Levy ’27, Elaine June Llewellyn ’28, Halle Puchalski ’26, Anna Rosenfeld ‘27

Reserve your Free Tickets at https://arts.colby.edu/reserve-tickets/