Curtain Up: Celebrating Music Theater at Princeton

On October 8, 2016, Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts and the Department of Music celebrate the launch of a new Program in Music Theater with a day-long symposium organized by Professor of Theater Stacy Wolf, Director of the new Program in Music Theater, and a committee of faculty, alumni, students, and staff.

Join Princeton alumni, faculty, and student music theater performers, directors, writers, composers, producers, musicians, choreographers, designers, dramaturgs, and music theater historians for a series of panels on Princeton’s music theater past, present, and future.

Symposium Schedule:

10:00 a.m. | WELCOME

10:15-11:00 a.m. | HISTORY OF MUSIC THEATER AT PRINCETON
Moderators: Katie Welsh ’15, Abby Jean-Baptiste ’18, Joe Fonseca, Program Associate for Music Theater

• Paul Anthony Stewart ’89
• Kelvin Dinkins, Jr. ’09
• Catherine Cohen ’13
• Izzy Kasdin ’14
• Ethan Heard, Lecturer in Theater

11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. | “WHY MUSIC THEATER?”
Moderators: AJ Jones ’17, Kathy Zhao ’17, Emma Watkins ’18

• Robert Lee ’92
• Pete Mills ’95
• Cara Reichel ’96
• Sam Kaseta ’15

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | KEYNOTE: Jordan Roth ’97 Interview/Q & A with Stacy Wolf, Professor of Theater

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | LUNCH

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | VOCAL STYLES IN MUSIC THEATER
Instructor: Martha Elliott, Performance Faculty, Department of Music
Participants: Alex Daniels ’17, Zach Levine ’17, Jared Hopper ’18, Emma Watkins ’18
Accompanist: Marc Fishman ’17

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | COLLABORATION + DESIGN
Moderators: Sydney Becker ’17, Hillel Friedman ’18

• Alex Mannix ’12
• Wesley Cornwell ’16
• Jane Cox, Director of the Program in Theater
• Anya Klepikov, Lecturer in Theater

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | CHOREOGRAPHY
Moderators: Pilar Castro ’10, Sam Gravitte ’17

• Marlo Hunter ’99
• Whitney Mosery ’08
• Adam Hyndman ’12
• Adin Walker ’16
• Emily Libresco ’17

5:00 p.m. | RECEPTION

The Program in Music Theater is a collaboration of the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater, Program in Dance, and the Department of Music.