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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN T&D

See what’s happening in the Department of Theatre & Dance, from upcoming performances and events to the latest news from our students, faculty, and visiting artists.

Midsummer Night’s Dream Auditions

Audition poster for Midsummer Night’s Dream, featuring a grainy black-and-white image with yellow and white text. Auditions are August 27, 28, and 31 from 5:30–8 p.m. in Celeste Theatre at the Cornerstone Arts Center.

Midsummer Night’s Dream
Auditions: August 27, 28 & 31 | 5:30–8 p.m.

New Faculty and Staff

Theatre Faculty 

Sam Collier smiling at the camera, wearing a denim jacket against a neutral gray background.

Welcome Sam Collier!

The Department of Theatre & Dance is excited to welcome Sam Collier, Assistant Professor of Theatre, to our faculty! Collier is a playwright, director, and theatre artist whose work explores climate change, multispecies collaboration, and new approaches to storytelling.

Her plays have been produced and developed by theatres and organizations across the country, and her play Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King won the 2019 Urbanite Theatre Modern Works Festival. Her recent interdisciplinary project, Canine Capture, used motion-capture technology to explore creative collaboration between humans and animals, including her dog, Auberon.

This fall, students can find Collier teaching Playwriting in Block 2 and Climate Storytelling in Block 4. In the spring, she will teach Writing Climate Change and Theatre and Social Justice.

Get to know Sam and explore her work →

 

 

 

 

 


 

2025-26 T&D HIGHLIGHTS

Dance6: Of Earth and Error

A bold, graphic poster with distressed black lettering on a cream background reading “Earth and Air.” Accent text in orange and gold lists performance details for a dance event at the Cornerstone Arts Center’s Celeste Theatre, with dates in late February and early March and free admission.

Join us for an evening of embodied questions and quiet revelations, where movement traces the fault lines between precision and possibility.

The Colorado College Department of Theatre & Dance proudly presents its annual Dance6 production, Of Earth and Error. This evening of performance features Southwest-inspired choreography by Safos Dance Theater guest artist Yvonne Montoya, two iconic works by pioneering Mexican-American choreographer José Limón of Yaqui heritage, performed by Sam Aros-Mitchell, also Yaqui and enrolled with the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians, and original creations by CC faculty Patrizia Herminjard and Pallavi Sriram.

Drinking Brecht: An Automated Laboratory Performance

A sepia-toned poster titled “Drinking Brecht,” featuring a vintage portrait of Bertolt Brecht and event dates in late January and early February, with free admission.

Drinking Brecht: An Automated Laboratory Performance

After stealing a hat from the costume collection of famous communist playwright Bertolt Brecht, multimedia artist sister sylvester embarks on a forensic quest to trace the hat’s possible past wearers. Paying homage to Brecht’s “Scientific Theater,” which endeavored to spark revolution, Drinking Brecht is an innovative interactive documentary using microbiology and genetics to merge past and present.

"A documentary that you can drink, the work ingests worn-out scientific narratives and transforms them into a Marxist-feminist ritual and a celebration of science for the people,” says sister sylvester.

Drinking Brecht is a 60–70 minute interactive installation featuring a projected film and three audience-led experiments. Working in small groups, participants complete a hands-on biohacker experiment that ultimately becomes a cocktail, bringing the scientific process full circle in an unexpected and playful way.

The experience is free, but tickets are required. Tickets are available through Eventbrite. 

 
Friday, Jan. 30, at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 31, at 6 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. 

Fleming Gallery, Robson Arena

Laughing on the Edge

A striking performance poster titled “Laughing on the Edge,” using bold typography and a high-contrast, contemporary design to evoke tension between humor and unease.

Laughing on the Edge: Staging the Short Plays of Christopher Durang

Join the Theatre and Dance Department for Laughing on the Edge, an evening of three absurdly funny and thought-provoking short plays by Christopher Durang, directed by Shannon R. Davis. With wit and surreal humor, Durang explores the chaos, contradictions, and comedy of everyday life. This production features multiple pieces and interludes.

Performances take place in Cornerstone Arts Center Norberg Studio A
Thursday, Dec. 11, Friday, Dec. 12, and Saturday, Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m.

Dance6 Info Lunch and Workshop with Visiting Artist Yvonne Montoya

Poster for Dance6 Info Lunch & Workshop with visiting artist Yvonne Montoya. Info below!

 

Dance6 Info Lunch & Workshop with Visiting Artist Yvonne Montoya


Please RSVP for lunch: pherminjard@coloradocollege.edu or tschwarzman2025@coloradocollege.edu by Noon, Monday, September 29.

Event Details:
📅 Tuesday, September 30
🕛 12–2:30 p.m.
📍 Cossitt Hall Dance Lounge/Gym
Join us for an “eat and greet” and workshop with Yvonne Montoya, Artistic Executive Director of Safos Dance Theater (Tucson, AZ) and the visiting artist for the Dance6 Mainstage Production Of Earth and Error.
The afternoon begins with an Info Lunch, where you can meet Yvonne and learn more about Dance6. Following lunch, participate in an immersive workshop exploring her creative process and the movement aesthetics of the Southwest—engaging dance, movement, and embodied research.
This year’s Dance6 offers opportunities to:

  • Enroll in Dance6 Intensive | DA212 (1.25 units) with Yvonne Montoya during Block 5
  • Or join the extended Dance Adjunct (1 unit) rehearsing in Blocks 3–6 with Patrizia Herminjard

Both instructors will choreograph new works for the Block 6 Mainstage Production.
✨ All are welcome—come learn more about Dance6 and get moving!

Please RSVP for lunch by noon, Monday, September 29: pherminjard@coloradocollege.edu or tschwarzman2025@coloradocollege.edu. 

Questions? Email theatredance@coloradocollege.edu or follow us on Instagram: @cctheatredancemoving!

How does it feel to look at nothing

 Poster for How does it feel to look at nothin, by Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon. More info below.

How does it feel to look at nothing

Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon

Event Details:
📅 Tuesday, September 30
🕖 3:30-5 p.m.
📍 Celeste Theatre, Cornerstone Arts Building

In this talk, multidisciplinary musicians and performers, Holland Andrews and yuniya edi down will present their in-progress opera, How does it feel to look at nothing. An embodied affirmation of trans futures amidst the disintegrative reality of trans life, How does it feel to look at nothing is an experimental opera and pre-origin story of a Deity of Nothingness. Co-created, co-directed, and performed by Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon, the work is currently in development and will have its world premieres in Fall 2026 at PICA (Portland, Oregon) and FringeArts (Philadelphia, PA), and its New York City premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) before touring internationally.

rformer whose work focuses on the abstraction of operatic and extended-technique voice to build soundscapes encompassing both catharsis and dissonance. They have two sound installations featured in the 2024 Whitney Biennial exhibition and will be part of the Biennial's performance program. Andrews is a Guggenheim Fellow, Creative Capital Awardee, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Awardee and United States Artists Fellow.  

yuniya edi kwon (she/her)- (www.yuniya.net) is a violinist, vocalist, and interdisciplinary performance artist based in New York City. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, Creative Capital Awardee, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Robert Rauschenberg Awardee, Arts Fellow at Princeton University, Civitella Ranieri Fellow, and United States Artists Fellow. 

What is War?

Two female performers in a dimly lit stage: one in white stands behind the other, who is leaning forward and supported at her neck, evoking tension and emotional connection.

Created and performed by Eiko Otake and Wen Hui

📅Friday, October 3, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

📅Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

📍 Norberg Studio A, Cornerstone Arts Center
825 North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

About the Artists

Wen Hui (b. 1960) is a Chinese performer, choreographer, and filmmaker currently working in Europe. She grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution.
Eiko Otake (b. 1952) is a Japanese performer, choreographer, and filmmaker based in New York who grew up in post-war Japan.

About the Work

In January 2020, Otake visited Hui in China for a month. The pandemic forced their collaboration to continue across distance, leading to the creation of the award-winning feature-length documentary No Rule Is Our Rule. In that process, the artists began examining the personal memories they carry in their bodies, a practice that eventually brought them together in the U.S.

The result is What Is War? — a commissioned performance work for the Walker Art Center, CAP UCLA, Jacob’s Pillow, and Colorado College’s Theatre & Dance Department. Through a tapestry of language, movement, and video, Hui and Otake share intimate memories tied to war. Their interwoven stories invite the audience to reflect on their own relationship to war, both historically and personally.

Content Advisory:

This performance contains nudity and addresses themes of war and violence.

Additional Info

Admission: This event has limited seating. To attend, you must reserve tickets in advance and provide the name of each person in your party. Reserve your spot HERE

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