Department of Theater and Dance
Current Season
SPRING 2025
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
Show Times:
May 28th - 31st - 7:30pm
June 1st at 2:00PM
Yulman Theater
Union College Theater and Dance Department presents Mr Burns, A Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn, directed by Gabriel Thom Pasculli. In the not-so-distant future, a group of strangers gathers around a fire. Under the stars they begin to recount moments from a television episode of The Simpsons -- one that they mostly remember. Soon they (and we) begin to piece together not only the episode, but fragments from an event that has drastically altered the course of their lives. They tell stories in order to remember, to entertain, and to make sense of what has happened. Low and behold the stories evolve, and what was first recounted as bits and pieces of a television show becomes... something else entirely. Part comedy and part social-commentary, this play with music shows how the pop culture of one era might evolve into the mythology of another.
The runtime is approximately 100 minutes, with a brief intermission.
Tickets are available on Eventbrite or visit us at our box office, located in Yulman Theater, Monday-Friday 1-2pm.
Please note this production contains themes that may not be suitable for younger audiences.
Lothridge Festival of Dance
Show Times:
Friday, May 9th, 4pm
The Nott
Eighty-nine Union dancers will bring their best expressive selves to the stage in an hour-long show that begins at 4 p.m. Doors open at 3:30 p.m., with attendance first come, first served. Seating is limited.
The students will perform 14 works in an array of styles, capping weeks of rehearsals, research and intensive study.
Choreography includes original pieces by seniors Sage Stinson, Anabel Sollinger, Grace Newcombe and Jolita Brettler, all dance minors, alongside faculty works by Hettie Barnhill and Laurie Zabele Cawley.
WINTER 2025
Winter Dance Concert - The Spaces Between
Show Times:
March 5th-8th - 7:30pm
March 8th at 2:00PM
Yulman Theater
Tickets available online here, and in person from our box office open 1-2pm Monday through Friday.
The Union College Dance Program presents The Spaces Between, a dance concert featuring 11 original works choreographed by students, faculty and a special performance staged by Erika Pûjic. The dance concert showcases 32 student performers and features original costume and lighting designs created in collaboration with the theatre and dance department.
The runtime is approximately 65 minutes.
Witch
Written by Jen Silverman.
Performs February 13-15th 7:30
Matinee February 16th 2:00
Tickets available online here, and in person from our box office open 1-2pm Monday through Friday.
A charming devil arrives in the quiet village of Edmonton to bargain for the souls of its residents in exchange for their darkest wishes. Elizabeth should be his easiest target, having been labeled a “witch” and cast out by the town, but her soul is not so readily bought. As the devil returns to convince her – and then returns again – unexpected passions flare, alliances are formed, and the village is forever changed. An inventive retelling of a Jacobean drama, this sharp, subversive fable debates how much our souls are worth when hope is hard to come by.
FALL 2024
Stephanie C. Davis Dance Residency with Eisenhower Dance Detroit
The residency is made possible by a major gift from Gus (Union class of ’59) and Sue (Sage class of '60) Davis in memory of their daughter Stephanie.
In the News - Union College student dancers rehearsing with members of Eisenhower Dance Detroit
OPEN MASTER CLASS
Henle Dance Studio
Thursday, October 17, 6:00 to 7:15pm
Dancers of all ages and abilities are welcome to take a technique master class with members of Eisenhower Dance Detroit. Free, open to the public and no registration required.
LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION
Henle Dance Studio
Thursday, October 17, 7:30 to 8:30pm
Eisenhower Dance Detroit presents excerpts from their repertory in an informal setting with insights from Artistic Director Stephanie Pizzo. Free, open to the public and no registration required.
PRELUDE CONVERSATION
Hart Theatre Lobby at The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany
Friday, October 18, 7:15 to 7:45pm
Laurie Zabele Cawley, Union's Interim Director of Dance, converses with Stephanie Pizzo, Eisenhower Dance Detroit's Artist Director, about the company and the evening's program. Free, open to the public and no reservations required.
PERFORMANCE
Hart Theatre at The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany
Friday, October 18, 8:00pm
Eisenhower Dance Detroit presents a dynamic 90-minute program featuring choreography by a wide range of artistic voices acclaimed as some of the most compelling in contemporary dance including Filipino Norbert De La Cruz III; Australian disabled choreographer Marc Brew; hip-hop ballerina Micaela Taylor and the athletic Christian Denice. Rounding out the program will be “State of Mind” by award-winning EDD Artistic Director, Stephanie Pizzo, featuring Union College dancers: Jolita Brettler, Melanie De La Cruz, Ava DuBoff, Hailey Dunn, Livi Gwinnett, Grace Newcombe, Emily Tobar and Abby Wilder. The performance is the culmination of the company’s four-day Stephanie C. Davis Dance Residency in the Capital Region.
7 Plays / 7 Days
Performs October 30th-November 2nd at 7:30pm
Matinee November 3rd at 2:00pm
7 Plays/ 7 Days will be a whirlwind experience of creating seven individual short works over the span of only seven days. Playwrights, directors, designers, collaborators, and performers come together on day one to begin the process. Ideas, scripts, and plays written just for this festival will be brought to life on the stage over the course of the next seven days. This company of artists will work together to share a variety of unique visions and viewpoints through the medium of the performing arts in this collection of 10 minute plays.
This Festival of playwrights, directors, creators, and performers
is funded through the generous support of Alan Gnessin '76.