Bard College’s Theater & Performance Program offers an interdisciplinary, liberal arts-based approach to the making and study of theater and performance. The practice of integrity and respect for the form, self, and the community are central to our work as faculty and students. We strive to deepen and strengthen these commitments through analytical study, rehearsal and creation processes. Invested in a culture of responsibility, we reject white supremacy and work against the exclusionary ways that Eurocentrism and patriarchy have shaped theater education. We aim to explore and celebrate the diversity of the U.S. and the world. We encourage ongoing self-inquiry, exploration of form and content, originality, imagination, and dedication to hard work in pursuit of excellence.
Theater and Performance News
Senior Project Work in Progress Festival
The Bard College Theater and Performance Program Presents:
SPROJ WIP
Program A
November 22nd - 7:30 pm
November 23rd - 2:00pm
Program B
November 23rd - 7:30pm
November 24th - 4:00pm
LUMA Theater
Fisher Center at Bard
Program A: Sophia Barbastuly; Ruby Miller; Lucy Berger; Ifigeneia Gianne; Andrés Berman; Jingyi Mao; Leo Riley & Aidan Kennedy; Thyme Weiss
Program B: Sam Roberts; Andie Schultz; Silas Lloyd; Olivia Dower; Lily Mikita; Slater Hanna; Milla Meiman
Theater in Action
Bard Summer Theater Intensive in Berlin
The essence of the program is the creative engagement between our students and a wide variety of multidisciplinary artists working in theater and performance in Berlin. Students explore and develop a vocabulary of creation as each artist approaches the theme from a unique perspective consistent with his/her own artistic practice. Each week will culminate in devised work that will be critiqued in a rigorous but constructive way. Students will also work in groups to create a larger scale project over the four weeks of the program that will incorporate the discoveries made each week.
A Place for Bold, Exciting Work by Students
Bard College students have a long history of creating fresh, original productions on campus. The Bard Musical Theater Company, POC Theater Ensemble, and Bard Bards are just a few of the student clubs dedicated to theater and performance. The Old Gym is Bard's student-run performance space, used by theater artists, dancers, musicians, and visual artists.