The 2012 slotting committee is pleased to announce the 2012-13 Hampshire College Theatre Season. This season is a direct reflection of our commitment to the mission of the Theatre Program and represents our diligence in upholding Hampshire's commitment to the principle that a a liberal arts education should include a serious engagement with multiple cultural perspectives.

The 2012-13 season showcases a combination of original/devised work, interdisciplinary art forms, and a theatre for young audiences piece written by a contemporary American playwright. With an overarching theme of Home (as in how people define their places in the world), this season presents a wide spectrum of content and perspectives ranging from historical eras to inter-generational dialogue, to identity and questioning cultural norms. 

Tickets may be reserved two weeks prior to the opening of each performance.
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Anon(ymous)
by Naomi Iizuka
Studio Theatre
Oct. 11-14 and 18-20
When Anon, a war refugee, washes up on the shores of contemporary America, he discovers that he cannot remember his past. Anon begins his journey to locate his home and his mother, and in doing so is faced with the struggle to find his identity. This tumultuous and lyrical odyssey explores cultural displacement, immigration, exile, war, love, community, and memory.

Heroes and Villains
by Kaitlin Rosen
Main Stage Theatre
Nov 29-Dec 1 and 6-8
The world would probably be better if superheroes were real, but no one's done anything about it yet--until now. This is the story of two friends out to change the world. One acts as hero, the other as villain. Heroes and Villains is a circus adventure about friendship in the fire of comic book battles.


forming a movement
by Idalia Buddington
Main Stage Theatre
Jan 24-27 and Jan. 31- Feb. 2
"Forming a movement" is an ethnographic dance-theatre event chronicling the NAACP VS. The City of Yonkers case of the 1980s and 1990s. Rather than focusing on the consequences that activists such as Leonard Buddington, JR., Michael Sussman, and Winston Ross faced, it examines the inter-generational damage that the NAACP was targeting. This is a story about people--about what’s been lost. Abiding by the essence of why this was done, and its impact on real people, "forming a movement" traces the inextricable link between physical action and the struggle for an actively anti-racist world.

The Ghost of Durham Hall
by Jimmy Lovett and Jalana Sloatman
Studio Theatre
Feb 28-Mar 3 and Mar 7-9
In this Victorian ghost story, a young woman moves to Durham Hall, the estate of a distant relative, expecting a quiet life and possibly a profitable marriage. Instead, she finds that inexplicable--and increasingly morbid--things keep happening around her. Durham Hall is haunted, and only she seems to be interested in discovering the truth behind the Hall's ghost.

Looking Back
by Hannah Hodson
Studio Theatre
March 10-15
Looking Back is a collaborative performance that explores the relationship youth of color have with older generations of color. Inspired by interviews with older men and women of color, Looking Back challenges both audience and actor to reconsider our heroes, remember our relatives, and reclaim our identities.

While We See the Sun: a queer fantasy
by Sam Congdon
Main Stage Theatre
April 11-14 and 18-20
While We See the Sun is a queer fantasia variety show that blends monologues from the Western canon--queered, re-contextualized, and hijacked--with true-life personal narratives and fictional encounters. Collude with us in a cabaret-style extravaganza that will push you, feel you, question you, and make you quake.

Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There
by Courtney Price, based on Through the Looking-glass by Lewis Carrol
Main Stage Theatre
April 25-28
In this multimedia adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-­glass and What Alice Found There, a combination of projected and live performance  immerses the audience as they become part of the story, following Alice as she journeys from one end of a chessboard to the other. Carroll's story addresses someof the most important questions about reality and our human experience of it, leading adults and children alike to leave the theatre re-evaluating their assumptions about the world around them.