2024-2025 Season

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Our Town By Thornton Wilder Directed by Matt Trucano Performances: November 7-9, 2024 at 8 p.m. \| November 9 at 3:30 p.m. \| November 10 at 2 p.m. Gardner Theatre 2024: What do we want to make of our town? In a year of noise, Our Town offers a quiet meditation: on growing up and marrying and living and dying. Through its minimalist staging and direct storytelling, Wilder invites us to rediscover wonder in the ordinary and calls for a re-enchantment of our perception of the world.
	The New House By Carlo Goldoni Based on a Translation by Frederick Davies Performed for the first time in Venice at the Teatro San Luca on December 11, 1760 Directed by Henry MacCarthy Performances: December 13-14, 2024 at 8 p.m. \| December 15 at 2 p.m. Anderson Theatre In order to provide the lavish lifestyle his wife Cecilia demands, Anzoletto agreed to rent a new large residence for the couple to settle in. Written by Carlo Goldoni, the master of Italian comedy, the play begins just a few days after the wedding. However, the new house is not ready for the imminent move because Anzoletto cannot afford the rent, much less the sumptuous furnishings Cecilia expects in their new dwellings. While garrulous freeloaders and penniless nobles give useless advice on how to furnish the house, Anzoletto's sister, Meneghina, is mad at him for squandering her dowry and forbidding her to marry her beloved Lorenzino. Meanwhile the upstairs neighbors, two curious and gossipy sisters, observe and spy on the new residents only to discover they share more than physical proximity with them, thus unravelling a series of entanglements and eventually procuring the intervention that will save the day.
Wintering: The Gustavus Dance Company in Concert Directed by Melissa Rolnick Performances: January 23-25, 2025 at 8 p.m. \| January 26 at 2 p.m. Gardner Laboratory Theatre This year’s dance concert, Wintering, considers the crossroads of renewal and active regeneration. Join us and experience the excitement surrounding our first winter dance concert featuring the choreography of guest artist Natosha Washington, faculty Sarah Hauss, Jill Patterson, Melissa C. Rolnick and selected student work.
	Anything Goes Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton, and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman Directed by Matt Trucano Performances: April 10-12, 2025 at 8 p.m. \| April 13 at 2 p.m. Anderson Theatre Ahoy there, theatergoer! Feeling down in the dumps? Toss those tissues overboard! This Cole Porter gem is a fizzy cocktail of mistaken identities, tap-dancing sailors, and evangelists preaching the Gospel of Good Times. First performed four months after the repeal of prohibition, Anything Goes captures the Jazz Era's witty wordplay, playful naughtiness, and music that was the life of the party.
B By Guillermo Calderón Translated by William Gregory Directed by Henry MacCarthy Performances: April 25-27, 2025 Times TBD Gardner Laboratory Theatre Two young women are planning to change the world, at any cost necessary. They don’t want violence; they just want to be heard. Acclaimed Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón dissects violence as a form of resistance by exploring the lives of young activists and the self-aggrandizing absurdity that often lies behind terrorist acts.
	Shared Space Student-Produced Dance Concert Performances: April 25-27, 2025 Times TBD Gardner Laboratory Theatre Shared Space is a student directed, choreographed, designed and performed dance concert. The show gives new choreographers an opportunity to present their work to the community. Each year the performance features a diverse collection of dance styles and forms.

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Our Town By Thornton Wilder Directed by Matt Trucano Performances: November 7-9, 2024 at 8 p.m. \| November 9 at 3:30 p.m. \| November 10 at 2 p.m. Gardner Theatre 2024: What do we want to make of our town? In a year of noise, Our Town offers a quiet meditation: on growing up and marrying and living and dying. Through its minimalist staging and direct storytelling, Wilder invites us to rediscover wonder in the ordinary and calls for a re-enchantment of our perception of the world.
	The New House By Carlo Goldoni Based on a Translation by Frederick Davies Performed for the first time in Venice at the Teatro San Luca on December 11, 1760 Directed by Henry MacCarthy Performances: December 13-14, 2024 at 8 p.m. \| December 15 at 2 p.m. Anderson Theatre In order to provide the lavish lifestyle his wife Cecilia demands, Anzoletto agreed to rent a new large residence for the couple to settle in. Written by Carlo Goldoni, the master of Italian comedy, the play begins just a few days after the wedding. However, the new house is not ready for the imminent move because Anzoletto cannot afford the rent, much less the sumptuous furnishings Cecilia expects in their new dwellings. While garrulous freeloaders and penniless nobles give useless advice on how to furnish the house, Anzoletto's sister, Meneghina, is mad at him for squandering her dowry and forbidding her to marry her beloved Lorenzino. Meanwhile the upstairs neighbors, two curious and gossipy sisters, observe and spy on the new residents only to discover they share more than physical proximity with them, thus unravelling a series of entanglements and eventually procuring the intervention that will save the day.
Wintering: The Gustavus Dance Company in Concert Directed by Melissa Rolnick Performances: January 23-25, 2025 at 8 p.m. \| January 26 at 2 p.m. Gardner Laboratory Theatre This year’s dance concert, Wintering, considers the crossroads of renewal and active regeneration. Join us and experience the excitement surrounding our first winter dance concert featuring the choreography of guest artist Natosha Washington, faculty Sarah Hauss, Jill Patterson, Melissa C. Rolnick and selected student work.
	Anything Goes Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton, and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman Directed by Matt Trucano Performances: April 10-12, 2025 at 8 p.m. \| April 13 at 2 p.m. Anderson Theatre Ahoy there, theatergoer! Feeling down in the dumps? Toss those tissues overboard! This Cole Porter gem is a fizzy cocktail of mistaken identities, tap-dancing sailors, and evangelists preaching the Gospel of Good Times. First performed four months after the repeal of prohibition, Anything Goes captures the Jazz Era's witty wordplay, playful naughtiness, and music that was the life of the party.
B By Guillermo Calderón Translated by William Gregory Directed by Henry MacCarthy Performances: April 25-27, 2025 Times TBD Gardner Laboratory Theatre Two young women are planning to change the world, at any cost necessary. They don’t want violence; they just want to be heard. Acclaimed Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón dissects violence as a form of resistance by exploring the lives of young activists and the self-aggrandizing absurdity that often lies behind terrorist acts.
	Shared Space Student-Produced Dance Concert Performances: April 25-27, 2025 Times TBD Gardner Laboratory Theatre Shared Space is a student directed, choreographed, designed and performed dance concert. The show gives new choreographers an opportunity to present their work to the community. Each year the performance features a diverse collection of dance styles and forms.

2024-2025 Season

Our Town

The New House

Wintering: The Gustavus Dance Company in Concert

Anything Goes

Shared Space