Theater

Students involved in theater at Lafayette cross boundaries that teach them about the stage but even more about themselves.

Dedicated theater faculty and adventurous students are at the center of collaboration across disciplines that guarantees the very best liberal arts education anywhere—on stage or off.

2019-20 Season: Page to Stage

The Theater Department productions for the 2019-20 academic year offer audiences a chance to see exciting plays adapted from and inspired by works originally written as novels, poems, folktales, and short stories. Explore where theater comes from and how theater is unlike every other art form.

More about 2019-20: Page to Stage

Have A Seat: Theater Department Legacy Endowment Fund

The Department of Theater has a seat waiting for you in the Weiss Theater. Stand up for theater and HAVE A SEAT! Give that seat a name and take your place in a legacy of inspiration, exploration, and artistic achievement.

Here's How You Can Have A Seat

Production Highlights

Each year, plays are selected to acquaint student performers and technicians with various theatrical genres and styles, and help them develop an aesthetic of performance that is grounded in both theory and practice.

See the highlights

Auditions

Lafayette's Theater Department announces open auditions for the fall productions of our 2019-2020 season.

Learn how to get involved in Theater Department Productions

Making "The Importance of Being Earnest" Happen

While students rehearse Oscar Wilde's classic comedy, student technicians and shop assistants are busy creating the scenery, properties, and costumes that will make Wilde's world come to life.

Take a short visit backstage

Enhancing artistic opportunities for students

Introducing Buck Hall

The 18,000-square-foot building houses a black box theater seating up to 200 and a 180-seat film-screening room as well as a control room, smart classroom, dressing rooms, and scene and costume shops. It supports the College’s programs in theater and film and media studies, enhances artistic opportunities for all Lafayette students, and adds to Easton’s cultural resources.

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