Please join the 吃瓜官网 Theatre Program for exciting productions throughout the upcoming year!
The theatre program鈥檚 theme for the 2022/2023 season is derived from the Bristol OneBook* selection 鈥淭he Good Ancestor鈥� by Roman Krznaric and asks, 鈥淗ow do the choices we make now affect those who will live long after we are gone?鈥� and 鈥淐an humanity overcome our shortsighted tendencies and solve some of the biggest problems our species have ever faced?"
Admission to all Bristol Theatre productions below is General Public: $15; Bristol Faculty/Staff & Non-Bristol Students: $10; Bristol Students: $5; Children under 13: Free. Not all productions may be appropriate for children under 13. Tickets can be purchased online by visiting .
鈥淭he Travelers鈥�
November 17 to 19, 2022, at 7 p.m.
Studio Theatre (Room H128, H building), Margaret L. Jackson Arts Center, Bristol Fall
River Campus
Synopsis: 鈥淭he Travelers鈥� is a devised performance piece written by its cast and inspired by
the Maori proverb - Walking Backwards into The Future with Eyes Fixed on The Past
combining the actors鈥� individual stories with material from a wide range of writers,
artists, spiritual and world leaders, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ernest Hemingway,
the Buddha, Bob Marley, and Winnie the Pooh.
鈥淎fter the Blast鈥�
February 16 to 18, 2023, at 7 p.m.
Directed by Brien Lang
Studio Theatre (Room H128, H building), Margaret L. Jackson Arts Center, Bristol Fall
River Campus
Synopsis: Set in a future where the surface of the Earth is uninhabitable, humans now live
underground where fertility is closely regulated and the world above is simulated
via an implant. Anna and Oliver, born several generations after the move underground,
have one final hope to have a baby.
鈥淯谤颈苍别迟辞飞苍鈥�
April 13 to 15, 2023, at 7 p.m.
Directed by Elizabeth Bettencourt
Main Stage Theatre (H building), Margaret L. Jackson Arts Center, Bristol Fall River
Campus.
Synopsis: Winner of multiple awards, including three Tony Awards, 鈥淯谤颈苍别迟辞飞苍鈥� is set 20 years
into a devastating drought. With a government ban on private toilets, people must
now pay to use public amenities, while the corporation UGC has taken full advantage
of the crisis. In this hilarious musical satire on corporate greed, environmental
disaster and our legal system, 鈥淯谤颈苍别迟辞飞苍鈥� asks the question, Is it a right or a privilege
to pee? The production features music and lyrics from Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis.
鈥淛ulius Caesar鈥�
May 24 to 25 and May 31 to June 1, 2023
Directed by Don Mays
Location TBD
Synopsis: Shakespeare鈥檚 classic 鈥淛ulius Caesar鈥� brings us back to our ancestors in ancient
Rome. A populace is unable to see reality through a cloud of manipulation. A leader
abandoning democratic norms. A revolution becoming confused and corrupted. A powerful
country in the initial stages of a great decline. The Bristol Theatre program completes
the 2022/2023 season 鈥渨alking backward into the future, with eyes fixed on the past鈥�.
Please note that 吃瓜官网 students and community members who are attending indoor events must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, as defined by the policy, or have a valid accommodation for COVID-19. For more information, please visit /visitorvaccinationpolicy.
Bristol鈥檚 Theatre program is an Associate in Arts in liberal arts & sciences that provides hands-on training and experience, allowing students to learn and refine their craft as they perform. Students can smoothly transfer to a four-year institution or seek work in the performing arts. In addition to teaching history, literature and art, studying theatre also provides interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills.
For more about Bristol theatre production, workshops and discussions, please regularly visit www.bristolcc.edu/theatre or contact Artistic Director and Assistant Professor of Theatre David Ledoux by emailing David.Ledoux@BristolCC.edu or by calling 774.357.3748.
*As part of the Bristol鈥檚 OneBook Project, faculty, staff and students come together to read the same book, and participate in a wide array of campus events related to that book.