Swarthmore College Department of Theater

10/13/2026

We're on Fall Break this week! Rest up Swatties, because when we get back, we'll have two new shows on the horizon.

As You Like It (2016), Photo by Steve Weinik.

10/09/2026

Happy Opening to Liberation at the . Rose Palmieri '24 has been serving as the Assistant Director of this play which is getting its first off-broadway run! Congratulations Rose and team!

10/07/2026

The Suit, a new play by Alex Kingsley '20, recently received a staged reading in the Strawdog Theater Company's Future of Chicago Theater Series. Check out some photos from the reading here!

10/05/2026

This week we'll be highlighting some of the work of our great alumni! First up, Fouad Dakwar's '22 semi-autobiographical Palestinian pop-punk dark comedy musical Fouad of Nazareth will be featured in the Festival of New Musicals through the National Alliance for Musical Theater. Get your tickets now!

10/02/2026

Last weekend, FringeArts hosted a day memorializing Dito Van Reigersberg ‘94 with song, dance and joy. We spoke to Professor Emeritus Allen Kuharski about this beloved Swat Theater Alumni and the ways Dito shaped the department. Read our conversation on our Spotlight Blog, link in bio.

09/17/2026

Designed by Chair of Production, Matt Saunders, the set for Chekhov's The Vaudevilles is a modular take on a small stage in Stanislavski's own home. It allows for three different looks for the three different one-acts that make up one hilarious night of theater.

CHEKHOV'S THE VAUDEVILLES opens November 13th! Mark your calendars now!

09/15/2026

09/15/2026

Every Swattie should take a theater class! Production Ensemble is a course where students get the chance to participate in a professionally staged production. Stay tuned this week to learn more about this semester's production of Chekhov's Vaudeville's, directed by Leah Walton

09/11/2026

For our final Fringe recommendation, please join us in celebrating Dito van Reigersberg ('94) for A Day Remembering Dito at The Miller Theater on Sunday, September 27, 2026.

7:30pm Tribute Cabaret and Concert
A performance hosted by Pig Iron, FringeArts, The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Ensemble Arts, and friends. Collaborators from contemporary dance, clown, and cabaret will share the stage in an evening of singing and magic and poetry, as we seek to evoke a little bit of the wild, heartfelt energy that Dito brought to so many performances. Tickets will be PWYC from $25 with reserved seating. A limited number of $10 tickets are available.

3:00pm Celebration of Life
Remembrances, poems and reflections from family and friends. This is mainly a quiet service for those all who wish to mourn Dito and reflect on his legacy in a contemplative setting. FREE RSVP required.

09/11/2026

Our last Fringe shout out is for Tell Me Your Name, directed by Adrienne Mackey ('04)

TELL ME YOUR NAME is a solo clown show that examines intergenerational trauma rooted in Japanese colonial occupation (but really, it’s funny!). Kim plays Myeong, an otherworldly contemporary Korean Pet Shaman who summons and embodies the souls of deceased pets. (Only pets! No humans!) Through playful interaction, Myeong invites audiences to invoke memories of their dead fur babies. She then calls the pet’s soul into her own body, physically embodying and coaxing the spirit toward the rainbow bridge. What begins as a tender and absurd ritual for beloved pets gradually opens into a deeper encounter with the ghosts, memories, and stories that human beings carry across generations. Written and performed by Yeonshin Kim, TELL ME YOUR NAME explores the absurd ways we hide from the trauma of our ancestors and how some stories lie in wait until we’re brave enough to witness them.

TELL ME YOUR NAME marks international theater and movement artist Yeonshin Kim’s first performance in Philadelphia, as a curated piece with Cannonball in the Philadelphia Fringe.