W&L Presents Student Production of ‘These Shining Lives’
The play runs Dec. 2-5 in Johnson Theatre in the Lenfest Center for the Arts.
Theater Archive (68 Stories)
The Journey to ‘Jeopardy!’
TJ Fisher ’15 held a five-game winning streak in October 2025, securing a spot in the Tournament of Champions.
Office Space: Jemma Levy
Jemma Levy, associate professor of acting and directing at Washington and Lee University, gives us a tour of her office.
Where Creativity Meets Commerce: W&L’s New Arts Management Minor
Collaboration between the business administration and theatre, dance and film studies departments has created pathways for students to blend creative interests with professional skills.
Suzanne Delle Presents Paper at the 10th International Conference on Communications & Media Studies
The visiting assistant professor of theater attended a conference to present a different approach to teaching playwriting.
W&L Outcomes: Alaina Pastore ’25
This fall, Pastore will enter a one-year master's program at the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England.
Brooke deRosa ’01’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ Enjoys World Premiere at Carnegie Hall
DeRosa composed the music for the opera based on the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
W&L to Host ‘Slices of Research’ Program at Salerno Wood Fired Pizza & Taphouse
Newly promoted faculty members will present their research in a PechaKucha format on Jan. 28.
W&L Presents Shakespeare Adaptation “Hamlet 50/50”
The production runs from Nov. 19-21 in Johnson Theatre on the W&L campus.
Owen Collins Publishes Article in the Theatre Design & Technology Journal
The article “Organic Dance Designs” tells the story of the theatrical work of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Fellowship.
W&L’s Jemma Alix Levy to Direct Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’
The performances run June 19 through July 14 at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s outdoor stage.
Jordan Peimer Selected as Next Lenfest Center Director
The former executive director of ArtPower at the University of California, San Diego will begin his new role in July.
W&L Presents ‘Begets: Fall of a High School Ronin’
Performances of the high school samurai tale run April 3-5.
Sandberg to Present Nobel Prize Symposium Talk
Stephanie Sandberg, assistant professor of theater, will discuss this year’s Nobel Prize in literature on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 12:15 p.m.
Empathy & Compassion
In May, Mary Hipp ’90 said being a member of the second class of women undergraduates at W&L taught her a lot— although she didn’t realize it at the time.
The Space to Be Brave
W&L’s recent staging of ‘Speech & Debate’ brought its cast, crew and audience an opportunity to engage with an innovative, collaborative approach to theater.
W&L to Host Free Screening of the Ghana Spring Term Films
The premiere event will be followed by a student-led discussion about their experiences and the creative journey in producing the films.
Live from Sweden
W&L students in this Spring Term’s “Swedish Theater” course were immersed in culture during their three weeks in Stockholm, Sweden.
W&L’s Finn Connor ’23 Selected for Fulbright to Germany
Connor has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Germany.
Meet Emily Moran ’23
Moran is inspired by W&L’s values and commitment to liberal arts education.
Meet Estrella Burks-Parra ’23
W&L’s distinctive summer programming helped Burks-Parra develop her personal and professional interests.
W&L Theater Presents ‘Treasure Island’
Ocean voyages, sword fights, treasure hunts, rivalry, friendships and pirates are on display in this show based on the familiar novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Author Malika Booker to Give Glasgow Endowment Reading at W&L
Booker will give a lecture on Sept. 27 at 5 p.m. in in Leyburn Library’s Northen Auditorium.
W&L Presents ‘The Moors,’ Jen Silverman’s Twisted Take on Gothic Romance
The show will run for three nights: May 17-19. Tickets are required.
This Year’s Bentley Musical is ‘tick, tick…BOOM!’
The show runs from March 31-April 3 in Keller Theatre on the W&L campus.
W&L Presents ‘Thumbelina’
“Thumbelina” will be presented at Keller Theatre in two performances on Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are required.
W&L Presents “The Dramatic Circle”
Performances will occur Dec. 2-5 in the Keller Theatre on the W&L campus. Tickets are required.
Lenfest Center Opens Ticket Sales for Upcoming Season
Tickets for the 2022 season can be purchased online using a credit card or in-person at the Lenfest Center box office beginning Nov. 30.
W&L Presents Staged Reading of Award-winning Play
W&L presents a staged reading of Will Arbery’s “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” in the Johnson Theatre on the W&L campus on Oct. 21-23 at 7:30 p.m.
The Show Must Go On Camera
The cast and crew of W&L’s upcoming Bentley Musical, “Little Women,” tackled a host of pandemic-related challenges to produce a film version of the show that will be screened for audiences March 30-April 2.
W&L Hosts 15th National Symposium of Theater and Performance Arts in Academe
Highlights include live performances of works written from artists and scholars nationwide.
W&L’s Repertory Dance Company Presents ‘Dancing with the Camera’
The W&L Repertory Dance Company performance will stream for free online on March 25 and 26 at 7 p.m., March 27 at 6 p.m. and March 28 at 2 p.m.
New W&L Podcast Episode Features Lenfest Director Rob Mish
In the latest episode of the Lifelong Learning podcast, Mish talks about his passion for theater, how musicals can be reinvented to account for changing times, and his experiences connecting students and alumni.
W&L Hosts Jocelyn Bioh for Two Streamed Events in March
Bioh's hit comedy "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play" will be screened online March 16, and a virtual talk by Bioh will occur March 18.
Washington and Lee University Presents a Virtual Performance of ‘Tartuffe’
The performance will run Oct. 15-18, and it is free and open to the public to watch via livestream.
W&L Presents American Shakespeare Center’s ‘Othello’
No tickets are required for the production, which will be performed at Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton on Sept. 12 and streamed live in cinema quality.
Snapshot of a Pandemic
Chris Johnson ’00 uses his camera to document the COVID-19 crisis.
The Creative Type
Working in Italy, starring in theater productions and being involved in Generals' Unity are just a few of the experiences that have made W&L a great fit for Win Gustin '20.
‘EVERYBODY’
Despite a COVID-abbreviated run, the cast of W&L's "EVERYBODY" celebrates the "positive, self-affirming experience" of putting on the show.
W&L Presents ‘EVERYBODY’
Writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, who based this play on the anonymous 15th-century "Everyman," presents a new take on an old story and the old question of what happens when we cross over to the other side.
W&L Performs ‘Considering Matthew Shepard’
“Considering Matthew Shepard” tells the now infamous true story and aftermath of the kidnapping, torture and murder of Matthew Shepard near Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. Tickets are required for the performance.
W&L Hosts Public Lecture with Rachel Louise Snyder
Snyder is a journalist known for her works on the topic of domestic violence.
Washington and Lee Students Win Film Project Award
The team won the Mentor Award at the Adrenaline Film Project.
W&L Presents Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a tale built on multiple storylines that interfere with each other and create an irresistible web of mayhem and mischief.
All the World’s Her Stage
With the support of faculty and fellow students, Charlotte Cook '19 acted in seven theater productions at W&L while juggling a major, two minors and other extracurricular activities.
W&L Quick Hit: Total Theater
In Professor Rob Mish’s Spring Term class, students take on virtually every aspect of creating a fully staged theatrical production.
Washington and Lee Presents ‘The House of Yes’
“The House of Yes” is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service.
W&L a Charter Member of American Shakespeare Center’s New Academic Leadership Consortium
The partnership will bring the company’s national tour and on-site workshops to W&L’s campus.
W&L Presents Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’
“The Cherry Orchard” is the final full play written by Anton Chekhov, who is considered by many to be the father of modern drama.
W&L’s Lenfest Presents ‘A Celebration of Harold Pinter’
The performance will take place on Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Keller Theatre on the Washington and Lee University campus.
W&L Presents “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
This production is open to the public, but tickets are required.
Quick Hit: “Priscilla Queen of the Desert”
Staff and students in the costume shop at Lenfest Center have been hard at work creating fabulous costumes for this upcoming W&L production.
Washington and Lee Presents “Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the Musical”
The show runs Oct. 25-27 at 7:30 p.m., and Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. in Keller Theatre on the W&L campus.
It’s Nearly Showtime!
Take a peek behind the Lenfest curtain for 2018-19.
W&L Presents ‘The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’
Performances will run March 1-6.
Quick Hits: Setting the Stage at Lenfest Center
Students play a key role in creating the visual styling for upcoming productions by the theater department.
W&L Theater Presents Children’s Favorite “James and the Giant Peach”
“James and the Giant Peach” follows the story of James, a forgotten and lonely child, played by Arthur Love ’18.
‘Freely and Unapologetically Myself’
Jordan Goldstein's Washington and Lee journey can be followed through her love of music, her adventures on the stage — and the length of her hair.
W&L Presents the World Premiere Stage Production of “1984”
Sandberg’s adaptation follows one character as he grapples with the unnerving grip Big Brother, the overpowering political party, has on Oceania.
Slideshow: Backstage with ‘The Addams Family’
The show will run Thursday, Oct. 26 through Sunday, Oct. 29.
Meet the Addams Family at Washington and Lee University
W&L's Theater, Dance and Film Studies, along with the Department of Music, present the Robert O. and Elizabeth M. Bentley fall musical, “The Addams Family, A New Musical.”
W&L Quick Hits: Magic, Severed Fingers and a Rube Goldberg Machine
Students practiced stage magic, sculpted severed fingers and whipped up batches of fake blood in a Spring Term course on special effects for the theater.
L.A. Theatre Works “Judgment at Nuremberg” presented by Lenfest Center for the Arts and W&L Class of ’64
The Lenfest Center for the Arts presents “Judgment at Nuremberg” by the L.A. Theatre Works (LATW), a one-night performance in the Lenfest’s Keller Theater on April 25 at 7:30 p.m.
At Home in LaLa Land
Marquita Robinson ’10 loves the uncertainty of life as a sitcom writer for “New Girl.”
W&L Department of Theater Presents “Dracula”
The Washington and Lee Department of Theater, Dance, and Film Studies presents “Dracula” on Feb. 9 and 11 at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 10 at 10 p.m.; and Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. in the Keller Theater, Lenfest Center.
Award-Winning Actress and Playwright Sylvia Milo to Perform “The Other Mozart” at W&L’s Lenfest Center
Through the generosity of the Ruth E. Flournoy Theater Endowment, the Washington and Lee Department of Theater, Dance, and Film Studies will present Little Matchstick Factory’s “The Other Mozart,” written and performed by Sylvia Milo.
Relishing the Role
Matthew Reichel '17 didn't expect to be cast as Edward in Washington and Lee's production of "Sense and Sensibility," but now he is embracing the part.
Art with Heart
When theater professor Stephanie Sandberg's new play debuts next month at a huge international art competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan, called ArtPrize, it will tell the stories of six different victims of human sex trafficking.
