Film Media Theater Productions
The Department of Film Media Theater annually presents three main stage theater productions, a short play festival, a film festival and numerous student performances.
Upcoming performances
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Past Productions
Fall 2024
“The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy” written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, based on characters by Charles Addams, directed by Noah Ilya-Alexis Tuleja
October 24-November 3
The Addams Family navigate a night filled with unexpected visitors and family secrets, challenging their quirky status quo as they host a dinner party for their daughter’s new boyfriend and his “normal” family.
Short Play Festival
December 6-7
A selection of short plays by Mount Holyoke Alum, directed by current students. Featuring:
“The Man in a Case” by Wendy Wasserstein, directed by Emma Platt ’26
“Sawdust” by Grace O’Rourke, directed by Natalie Werthamer ’26
“Yours” by Grace O’Rourke, directed by Glynnis Goff ’25
“Pretty Grave” by Monty Quinlan, directed by Ari Considine ’25
Spring 2024
“Mauritius” by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Glynnis Goff ’25
March 6-9
After their mother’s death, two estranged half-sisters discover a book of rare stamps that may include the crown jewel for collectors. One sister tries to sell while the other resists for sentimental reasons leading to a high-stakes showdown proving they are each willing to do whatever it takes to claim the rare find as their own.
“Marie Antoinette” by David Adjmi, directed by Ari Considine ’25
April 24-27
An explosive and darkly hilarious retelling of the iconic Marie Antoinette’s life, where palace banter and powdered opulence clash with the rising roar of revolution in a society obsessed with image, indulgence, and illusion.
4th Annual Student Film Festival
May 4
This event showcases selected works from throughout the academic year, including narrative, documentary, and experimental films.
Fall 2023
“The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe, directed by Michael Ofori
October 19-22
A coming-of-age play that follows a high school girls’ indoor soccer team as they navigate friendship, identity, competition, and the complexities of adolescence during their weekly warmups.
Night of Scenes
November 10-11
Featured Scenes from:
“the anatomy of light” by Juliany Taveras, directed by Liz Almonte ’24
“Mauritius” by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Glynnis Goff ’25
“Sure Thing” by David Ives, directed by Michael Ofori
“A Brief History of Weather” by Jonathan Yukich , directed by Noah Ilya-Alexis Tuleja
Spring 2024
“Marisol” by Jose Rivera, directed by Liz Almonte ’24
March 7-10
In a dystopian world where apples are extinct and people turn into mounds of salt, the angels plot an epic battle to save the human race. Marisol, a Puerto Rican woman from the Bronx, embarks on a journey through the apocalypse to survive on her own, facing the possibility of her death amongst chaos and crisis.
“As You Like It” by William Shakespeare, directed by Noah Ilya-Alexis Tuleja
April 18-21
One of Shakespeare’s most endearing comedies where we escape to the Forest of Arden with an enjoyable cast of characters including a jester in motley, a melancholy lord, a cross-dressed maid, a lovestruck shepherd, a banished duke, and many more. When the court meets the country, hijinks ensue all in pursuit of the most noble of emotions - LOVE.
3rd Annual Student Film Festival
April 28
This event showcases selected works from throughout the academic year, including narrative, documentary, and experimental films.
Fall 2022
“The Sweet Science of Bruising” by Joy Wilkinson, directed by Noah Tuleja
October 20-23
A rambunctious play about the underground world of Victorian female boxing. Four very different women are drawn from different walks of 19th century London and into the boxing ring where their lives are intertwined through bouts of passion and a quest for freedom. In the end, only one can become world champion.
“Short Eyes” by Miguel Pinero, directed by Michael Ofori
November 17-20
This gripping drama deals with the complexities of daily life in a New York State Penitentiary punctuated by an ever-looming threat of violence and shifting alliances. When a man accused of molesting a child is brought into the prison, what ensues is a search for morality and justice in an unassuming place.
Spring 2023
“Exit Strategy” by Ike Holter, directed by Michael Ofori
March 2-5
At once funny, angry, warm and sad, this timely and poignant drama deals with an inner city public school on the brink of extinction.
“The Moors” by Jen Silverman, directed by Nicole Tripp ‘23
March 30 - April 2
Two sisters live on the bleak and savage English moors where the arrival of a governess in search of their mysteriously absent brother sets the household on a parth of confusion, jealousy, betrayal, and a quest to be seen.
2nd Annual Student Film Festival
April 30
This event showcases selected works from throughout the academic year, including narrative, documentary, and experimental films.
Fall 2021 — Spring 2022 Season
Fall 2021
“Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine” by Lynn Nottage, directed by Michael Ofori
October 21-24
Set in Brooklyn, Fabulation follows a successful Black publicist forced to return to the life she left behind after her husband runs off with all her money.
Student Theater Festival
December 3-5
Works written, performed, and directed by Mount Holyoke students.
Spring 2022
“Red Rainbow” by Azure D. Osborne-Lee, directed by Zoe Fieldman ’22
March 3-6
After the events of Covid-19, the entire city is under quarantine. Two friends find themselves investigating a strange phenomenon in the basement which transports them to a world that affords them both the chance to overcome the past and step into the future.
1st Annual Student Film Festival
April 22-24
This event showcases selected works from throughout the academic year, including narrative, documentary, and experimental films, drawn from our courses in documentary and narrative filmmaking, acting and design.
We used a hybrid model for our productions that enabled us to produce an exciting season within the confines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The season began with a radio-play version of William Shakespeare's delightful screwball comedy Much Ado About Nothing. The entire play was rehearsed and recorded during the second Module of the fall term. The production was directed by Noah Tuleja, Assistant Professor and Director of Theatre.
The spring term opened with Naomi Iizuka's eerie Language of Angels, with Visiting Lecturer Michael Ofori at the helm. This will be a video production.
The final performance of the season was Sophie Treadwell's Expressionist masterpiece, Machinal as a video performance, directed by Gracie Donelly-Fisher '21.
Fall 2019
“Pride and Prejudice” by Kate Hamill, directed by Katy Gore ‘19
October 18-20
The classic tale of terrible first impressions, powerful social hierarchies, and the games people play all in the name of love--and money.
“She Kills Monsters” by Qui Nguyen, directed by Noah Tuleja
November 21-24
After Tilly dies unexpectedly, her older sister, Agnes, finds her “Dungeon & Dragons” notebook ...and so begins a journey through grief like nothing you have ever seen, complete with fairies, orcs, sword fights and dragons.
Spring 2020
“Lizzie, the musical” by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt and Tim Maner, directed by Michael Ofori
March 5-8
This raucous four-woman rock opera delves into the Lizzie Borden myth and has been hailed by critics both here and abroad.
CANCELLED: “The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret” a comedy by Susanna Centlivre, directed by Sophia Kitch-Peck ‘20
April 23-26
Faced with an unwanted marriage Isabella does the sensible thing--she jumps out of her window and escapes. This clever critique of tyrannical patriarchy by one of England’s earliest professional female playwrights proved to be one of the most popular works of the eighteenth-century English stage.
Fall 2018
“Tڱ” by Susan Glaspell, directed by Brianna Sloane
October 18-21, 2018
An important early feminist drama from 1916, the play explores the divide between men and women and poses the questions "What is justice?" and "Who gets to judge?"
“American Moor” – Keith Hamilton Cobb brought his thought-provoking and acclaimed one man show to Rooke Theatre from November 8-11.
“The House of Bernarda Alba” by Federico Garcia Lorca, adapted by Emily Mann, directed by Miranda Wheeler '19
December 6-9, 2018
After her husband's death, iron-fisted Bernarda imposes an eight-year mourning period on her daughters, trapping them in a claustrophobic house teeming with jealousy and repressed desire under the burning Spanish sun.
Spring 2019
“The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde, directed by Noah Tuleja
February 21-23, 2019
Considered one of the greatest comedies of the English-language stage, this play of false identities and fiction vs. truth is a delight for all audiences.
“When We Were Young and Unafraid” by Sarah Treem, directed by Abby Carroll '19
April 11-14, 2019
Treem "finds the feminist flux and foment in an era that has been more traditionally presented as comically awkward and quaint. She has come up with a smart and exciting premise to bring characters of different backgrounds-and different notions of what it means to be a women at a pivotal historical moment-into proximity and conflict." — New York Times
Slideshows from previous performances can be found in the .
Fall 1999 — Spring 2000
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"Lysistrata" — Rena Down — Oct. 28-31, 1999
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"Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery" — Celia Hilson — Dec. 2-4, 1999
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"Counter-Clockwise" — Laconia Koerner — Feb. 24-27, 2000
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Cabaret — Joyce Devlin — Apr. 6-9, 13-16, 2000
Fall 1998 - Spring 1999
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"Dancing at Lughnasa" — Joyce Devlin — Nov. 5-8, 1998
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"Golden Age" — Alberto Casilla — Dec. 11-13, 1998
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"Quabbin Dance" — Robbie McCauley — Apr. 8-11, 1999
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"Strings" — Liz Wiesner — Apr. 23-25, 1999
Fall 1997 - Spring 1998
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"Cloud Nine" — Awam Amkpa — Oct. 23-26, 1997
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"Shay's Rebellion" — Robbie McCauley — Nov. 20-23, 1997
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"My Sister in This House" — Anna Labykina — Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 1998
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"Guttural Scream" — Beth Jugerheimer — Mar. 6-8, 1998
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"Chekhov one-acts" — Rhea Gaisner — Apr. 16-19, 1998
Fall 1996 - Spring 1997
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"I Stand Before You Naked" — Devlin — Lucier — Oct. 24-27, 1996
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"Leonce and Leona" — Holger Teschke — Dec. 5-8, 1996
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"Short Eyes" — Elizabeth Ruchti — Mar. 5-8, 1997
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"Devotees in the Garden of Love" — Suzan-Lori Parks — Apr. 10-13, 1997
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"Le Medecin Malgre" —Louis Paul Anis — Apr. 24-27, 1997
Fall 1995 — Spring 1996
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"Flyin' West" — Roberta Uno — Oct. 26-29, 1995
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"To Dance with Dionysos" — Awam Amkpa — May 2-5, 1996
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"Machinal" — Stacie Ponder — Mar. 8, 10, 12, 1996
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"Good Night Desdemona" — Rebecca Frank — Mar. 9, 11, 13, 1996
Fall 1994 — Spring 1995
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"Mask Dance" — Dong-Il Lee — Oct. 27-30, 1994
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"The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant" — Michael Birtwistle — Dec. 8-11, 1994
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"Ice Cream" — Marth Elliot — Mar. 2-5, 1995
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"Into the Woods" — Joyce Devlin — Apr. 21-23, 27-30, 1995
Fall 1993 — Spring 1994
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"Side Effects" — Alberto Sandoval — Oct. 28-31, 1993
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"Kimchee and Chitlins" — Sue Lawless — Dec. 9-12, 1993
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"The Trojan Woman" — Eric Hill — Feb. 4-6, 11-13, 1994
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"The Dining Room" — Stephanie Laffin — Apr. 28-May 1, 1994
Fall 1992 — Spring 1993
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"To Be Young, Gifted and Black" — Paul Jackson — Oct. 22-25, 1992
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"Big Tim and Fannie" — Sue Lawless — Dec. 4-6, 10-13, 1992
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"Coastal Disturbances" — Allison Ballantine — Mar. 4-7, 1993
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"Jay" — Tony Giordina — Apr. 29-May 2, 1993
Fall 1991 — Spring 1992
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"The (Female) Odd Couple" — Jim Cavanaugh — Oct. 25-27, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 1991
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"Tea" — Roberta Uno — Dec. 5-8, 1991
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"The Cherry Orchard" — Judy Braha — Mar. 5-8, 1992
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"Plath in Performance" — Devlin — Snow — Apr. 30-May 3, 1992
Fall 1990 — Spring 1991
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"Medea" — Jim Cavanaugh — Oct. 25-28, 1990
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"Life After Love" — Hope Willard — Dec. 6-9, 1990
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"Ma Rose" — Rochelle Calhoun — Mar. 7-10, 1991
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"Quilters" — Joyce Devlin — Apr. 27-29, May 2-5, 1991
Fall 1989 — Spring 1990
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"Crimes of the Heart" — Joyce Devlin — Oct. 20-22, 26-29, 1989
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"A…My Name Is Alice" — Nancy Enggass — Dec. 1-3, 7-10, 1989
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"House of Bernarda Alba" — Nancy Enggass — Mar. 8-11, 1990
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"On the Verge" —Jim Cavanaugh — May 3-6, 1990
Fall 1988 — Spring 1989
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"A Month in the Country" — Joyce Devlin — Oct. 27-30, 1988
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"Tennessee Williams one-acts" — Calhoun — Hollander — Phillips — Dec. 8-11, 1988
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"Noises Off" — Jim Cavanaugh — Mar. 3-5, 9-12, 1989
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"Country Wife" — Nancy Enggass — Apr. 27-30, 1989
Fall 1987 — Spring 1988
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"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" — Jim Cavanaugh — Oct. 22-25, 1987
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"Isn't It Romantic" — Joyce Devlin — Dec. 10-13, 1987
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"Toys in the Attic" — Nancy Enggass — Mar. 10-13, 1988
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"Top Girls" — Joyce Devlin — Apr. 29-May 1, May 3-6, 1988
Fall 1986 — Spring 1987
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"Round and Round the Garden" — Nancy Enggass — Oct. 24-27, 1986
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"The Club" — Jim Cavanaugh — Dec. 4-7, 10-12, 1986
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"Ring Round the Moon" — Jennifer Wirth — Mar. 5-8, 1987
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"As You Like It" — Joyce Devlin — Apr. 24-26, Apr. 30-May 3, 1987
Fall 1985 — Spring 1986
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"Lysistrata" —Joyce Devlin — Jennifer Wirth — Oct. 25-28, 1985
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"Vanity Fair" — Jim Cavanaugh — Dec. 1, 4-9, 1985
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"The Importance of Being Earnest" — Nancy Enggass — Dec. 5-8, 1985
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"Summer and Smoke" — Eleanor Ahlborn — Mar. 6-9, 1986
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"Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You" — Jim Cavanaugh — Apr. 25-27, May 1-4, 1986
Fall 1984 — Spring 1985
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"And, Oh What a Terror Was She" —Nancy Enggass — Mar. 7-10, 1985
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"A Little Night Music" — Joyce Devlin — Apr. 25-28, May 2-5, 1985
Fall 1983 — Spring 1984
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"Tartuffe" — Joyce Devlin — Apr. 27-29, May 3-6, 1984
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"Tango" — Jim Cavanaugh — Mar. 9-13, 1984
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Department of Film Media Theater
The Department of Film Media Theater oversees an innovative, project-based curriculum that integrates practices of critical study with production and performance in the fields of film, media and theater.
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