Event Details

The Division of Languages and Literature presents

International Languages in Performance

Thursday, April 8 and Friday, April 9
Alumni Performance Center, Livingston Hall Student Union

7:00 pm
Rudens (“The Rope”) by Plautus
Directed by Chris Callanan

Performed in Latin by:
Alexandra Smith
Emma Ehrlich
Turner Roth
Jeff Landale
Claudia Berger
Catherine Yeager
plus several cameos!

"A comedy so dramatic, a drama so comic as to mock any attempt at brief description. Pirates, pimps and prostitutes; gentlemen farmers, slaves and country folk; love, lovers and lost children: these are the ingredients for one of the most momentous thespian events of modern times. Not to be missed, never to be forgotten!"

7:30 pm
Sheng guan tu (“Promotion Scheme”) by Chen Baichen
Directed by John B. Weinstein and Lianyue Zhang

Performed in Chinese with projected English supertitles by:
Cheryl Chen
Joelle Chevrier
Jasmine Cunningham
Maeve Dwyer
Rachel Feltman
Taylor Horn
Kevin Hu
Blair Kim
Leander Kobolakis
Hannah Marcus
Osneyda Miller
Abi Pena
Wai Khine Phu
Tommy Schnieders
Michael Xu
and a special cameo!

“This satire on corrupt government is (frighteningly) universal, but also (frighteningly) hilarious. Clearly, the best way to run a government is to pick the absolute worst person for each job, and then see what happens. Come watch this play and find out!”