Mainstage Season
Eurydice
Written by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Eliana Cohen-Orth ‘21
(Content Advisory: This show includes theatrical haze, abstracted themes of suicide, and moments of predatory behavior.)
As her late father sends her letters from the underworld, and her husband, Orpheus, takes a shower to avoid their wedding guests, Eurydice finds herself on a strange and wonder-filled journey, featuring talking stones, raining elevators, and tricycle-riding gods. MacArthur "Genius" Grant Winner Sarah Ruhl weaves a hilarious and heartbreaking retelling of the Orpheus myth.
October 11-12 at 8 PM*
October 13th at 2 PM
October 17-19th at 8 PM
*Talkback on Oct. 11th with Classics Professor Katerina Stergiopoulou.
Tickets available at tickets.princeton.edu, the Frist Ticket Office, or the Theatre Intime box office 45 minutes before every show.
Measure for Measure
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Naomi Park ‘21
As the Duke of Vienna’s power wanes, he instructs deputy Angelo to rule in his place. Pious and lawful but tempted by desire, Angelo sets novice nun Isabella a deadly bargain: her chastity, or her brother’s life? A shattering vision of Shakespeare’s darkest problem play, brought to life in a staged reading with full tech.
December 6th-7th at 8 PM
December 8 at 2 PM
Tickets available at tickets.princeton.edu, the Frist Ticket Office, or the Theatre Intime box office 45 minutes before every show.
“Park astutely emphasizes a theme of the script that is timeless — indeed, all too relevant: abuse of power, and the improbability of justice for its victims.”
Antigonick
Written by Anne Carson
Directed by Paige Allen ‘21
In this radical translation of Sophkles’ Antigone, Anne Carson breathes new poetic life into the ancient tragedy of a girl who risks her life to stand up to injustice. Antigone’s actions shake the foundations of her family and her city in a conflict of governmental law and personal ethics that still speaks to us today.
February 7th-8th at 8 PM
February 9th at 2 PM
February 13th-15th at 8 PM
Tickets available at tickets.princeton.edu, the Frist Ticket Office, or the Theatre Intime box office 45 minutes before every show.
“Surreal, poetic.”
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton has moved to a virtual class setting, students have returned home, and the Theatre Intime Spring 2020 Season — our productions of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Student Playwrights Festival, Whirlwind for Hire, and Sweeney Todd — have been cancelled.
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Written by Christopher Durang
Directed by Abby Clark ‘21
In this bewildering world of costume parties, tantrums, and voodoo dolls, difficult but universal truths are laid bare as we're ushered clutching our sides with laughter into a new understanding of what it means to belong and to be understood.
April 3th-5th & April 9th-11th
Student Playwrights' Festival
Every year, Theatre Intime hosts the Student Playwrights Festival, a full production of original one-act plays written by Princeton students!
April 5th at 8 PM
April 6 at 2 & 8 PM
Whirlwind for Hire
Written by Elliot Lee ‘23
Produced as part of Theatre Intime’s Spring Workshop Series
A whirlwind spirit employed by an immortal queen to kill off her unfaithful husband’s lovers is preparing for her next job: assassinating an extremely powerful and ancient goddess.
**Whirlwind for Hire was produced and released by Elliot Lee as a podcast musical in the summer of 2020. For more information, visit whirlwindforhire.tumblr.com or follow @whirlwindforhire on Instagram and TikTok. The podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more.
Sweeney Todd
Presented by Princeton Opera Company and PUP
Written by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Directed by Minjae Kim ‘21
May 28th-29th
Festivals & Other Programming
24 Hour Play Festival
Written by student writers
Directed by student directors
Beginning with nothing but a few crazy prompts, student directors, designers, and actors set out to write, rehearse, and perform a play in under 24 hours.
September 28th at 8 PM
This performance is FREE for audience members.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadowcast
Presented by Theatre Intime and PUP
Directed by TJ Smith ‘20
Do the Time Warp again! Come join PUP and Theatre Intime for our annual shadowcast performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show! We'll be screening this comedy-horror classic with all its iconic audience participation moments, so come whether it's your first or hundredth time watching. The event is completely free, although we will be providing goody bags with audience participation materials and instructions in exchange for a pay-what-you-want donation to benefit The Trevor Project.
October 24th at 10 PM
This performance is FREE for audience members.
Fall Cultural Festival
Presented by Theatre Intime and East West Theater
The Fall Cultural Festival is a collaboration amongst several groups to elevate underrepresented voices in theatre—namely POC and trans voices. It will be a combination of short scenes, dance pieces, and monologues representing a variety of cultures and viewpoints.
November 8th & 9th at 8 PM
This performance is FREE for audience members.
My Dad is Bald
Written by Minjae Kim ‘21
Directed by Jacy Duan ‘21
Token Gaysian
Written and Musical Directed by Elliot Lee ‘23
“Token Gaysian” was inspired by a certain burden people in marginalized groups often feel in a situation where they are the minority: the burden of having to represent their group, whether that means subverting harmful stereotypes, educating others, or just dealing with microaggressions. I wanted to explore how that feeling of responsibility and walking on eggshells can get compounded under a stressful environment (specifically here, high school seniors applying to college) and how toxic that becomes for one’s view of their self-worth and one’s interactions with their environment. Plus I wanted to put in a reference to H-Mart.
Monologue written by Chamari White-Mink ‘20
Monologue written and performed by Sabrina Reguyal ‘22
Water Signs, written and performed by Danielle Stephenson ‘20
In October, I released an EP of songs I wrote over the summer, inspired by multiple journeys of love and loss. Water has always been a part of my identity. It has inspired the way that I approach memory and healing. It is central to the way I understand my emotions. These songs are the result of the process I went through to come to that understanding.
Featuring a Preshow Art Piece by Titi Sodimu ‘23
Freshman One-Act Festival (2019-2020)
Directed by student directors of the class of 2023
The newest members of the Princeton undergraduate community get a chance to shine in this weekend of one-act plays directed, acted, and produced by the members for the Class of 2023.
February 28th at 8 PM
February 29th at 2 & 8 PM
Tickets available at tickets.princeton.edu, the Frist Ticket Office, or the Theatre Intime box office 45 minutes before every show.
