PRODUCTIONS AND PERFORMANCES

PRODUCTION STAFF POSITIONS

FRESHMAN PLAYS

THE DANCE THEATRE GROUP

The student dancers of Dickinson's Dance Theatre Group (DTG) have regular opportunities to share the stage with professional dance companies being presented as part of our performance series. The companies have included the ALL-NEW JOSE GRECO DANCE COMPANY and the Pittsburgh-based DANCE ALLOY which, while in residency at Dickinson in the spring of 1998, performed the U.S. premier of an original work of choreography, music, and narrative,Roots/Crossroutes. This unique event addressed the multi-faceted impact of immigration among the peoples and islands of the Carribean and was presented as part of a national conference on the Arts in Society hosted by Dickinson College.

Dickinson College is also a member of the American College Dance Festival Association. Each year, members of our Dance Theatre group travel off-campus for four days of master classes and performances at the regional American College Dance Festival. Students have performed at these festivals in both the adjudicated and informal concert formats. We have attended ACDFA festivals hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Kentucky, Cornell University, North Carolina State University, and Pennsylvania State University.

THE MERMAID PLAYERS

The Mermaid Players--named for a campus landmark--is one of the two co-curricular student organizations the Department of Theatre and Dance supports. It is an organizationrich with heritage and tradition. Entirely student run, it supports dramatic programs on campus. Membership, which is outlined in the Mermaid Players Constitution, is not mandatory for a role in department productions. In fact, you will find everyone from premed majors to varsity athletes to ROTC candidates working on any given show. We also produce our own series of plays, the Lab Shows, produced and perfromed solely by Mermaid Players. This gives the Mermaid Players a chance to work in a different production position, write their own plays, or act in new and different roles.

The Mermaid Players hold three general meetings a year, as well as meeting every Friday for "Green Room" lunches, to discusss matters of concern. In addition, the Players hold several functions a year, including the Valentine's Day "Love Fest", scavenger hunts, and the annual costumed Mermaid Players banquet. It is at this banquet that new Mermaid Players are inducted and the graduating seniors are given a touching (and sometimes hilarious) send-off.