Theatre Experience Day

Enjoy a matinee performance at the Barrington Center for the Arts and experience the quality and power of our theatre productions. Gordon College's theatre has been named among the “Top 20 Best College Theatres” in America by The Princeton Review, ranking 18th among many larger and more prominent peer schools such as Brown, Williams and Columbia.

Whether you want to pursue a theatre major in college or just want to discover ways to continue in the performing arts during your college career, this is your chance to jump in and experience it now! You will learn firsthand just how exciting, inspiring and rewarding the theatre arts program at Gordon can be for you!

Have you ever ached for something sad or beautiful and then intentionally played music that you know will make that ache worse? One of the many ridiculous things we humans do! With quirky humor and charm, Sarah Ruhl's Melancholy Play observes that melancholy is a different place to be than despair or depression—a place we can choose to leave, though we may not want to. The heroine, Tilly, is melancholy personified. Her melancholy is so alluring, every stranger she meets falls in love with her. As Tilly suddenly becomes happy and wreaks havoc on the lives of her paramours, the play takes the metaphor of an almond to an absurd end.

We are excited you plan to join us for Theatre Experience Day where students will participate in workshops, attend a matinee performance, and meet professors and students in the department. This day will give you a glimpse into life at Gordon and what it looks like to be a member of the theatre department on campus. See you there!

Named one of the best theatrical productions of 2018 by Time, The Hollywood Reporter and The Washington Post, Twelfth Night is a rousing contemporary musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy, featuring an original jazz-funk score by Shaina Taub.

Twelfth Night tells the story of Viola, a young heroine who washes up on the shores of Illyria, disguises herself as a man, is sent to court a countess, and falls hard for a Duke. As she navigates this strange and wonderful new land, she finds her true self and true love in the process.

Collaboration between the Adams School of Music and the Arts' Music and Theatre Arts programs.

We are excited you plan to join us for Theatre Experience Day where students will participate in workshops, attend a matinee performance, and meet professors and students in the department. This day will give you a glimpse into life at Gordon and what it looks like to be a member of the theatre department on campus. See you there!