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Last spring's semester penultimate dance concert, Spring Studio Sessions, ran from May 1-3. It featured original dance routines by eight student choreographers with over thirty-five dancers and a new piece by Sanchel Brown called "The REBEARTH."

Love is complicated, after all... "The Labyrinth of Desire," the romantic comedy that opened the 2023-2034 theatre season, offered a charming love story full of mischief and melodrama.

An unconventional approach to theater created new experiences in "Love and Information," a collaborative performance that ran February 23-26.

An ancient myth got a modern rewrite in 'Medea,' a new script developed in January at Muhlenberg College.

The performances, which ran December 1-3, displayed the talents of 123 students, including choreographers, dancers and crew members.

Iconic 'Threepenny Opera' makes honest work out of corrupt capitalist systems in a rollicking musical theater production that ran October 28 - November 6 in Muhlenberg's Empie Theatre.

On Saturday, April 9, Muhlenberg's studio art honors thesis class participated in a gallery opening at Gallery Petite in Brooklyn, New York.

In Muhlenberg Theatre & Dance's 'Rosy-Crimson,' a non-male cast writes themselves back into the male-dominated world of 'The Odyssey'

The inaugural First Peak Film Festival, which will be held November 18 & 19 at Allentown's historic Civic Theatre, will feature Muhlenberg student films and include awards and talkbacks with the filmmakers.

Mother and daughter embark on an unforgettable journey in a new musical by Quiara Alegria Hudes and Erin McKeown.

Voice students competed in the 16th Annual Lehigh Valley Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) student auditions.

Muhlenberg College presented an evening of short plays with subjects ranging from Judas to Joan of Arc in December.

Joe Romano '23 created the short film "Emetophobia" for a film studies class at Muhlenberg.

Created by a collective of 14 theater artists, the interactive performance experience premiered at Muhlenberg College May 14-16, 2021.

The November performance displayed the talents of eight senior student choreographers and more than 40 dancers on the theme of renewal and reinvention.

World premiere queer adaptation at Muhlenberg Theatre & Dance turns classic Romeo and Juliet tale inside-out.

Three-part comedic web series premiered April 15 as part of Muhlenberg College's Mnemonic Theatre Festival.

Innovative outdoor dance performance marks one of the first live dance performances in over a year at Muhlenberg.

Ensemble-devised original theatrical work 'Run Glue Tree Pour Dive: A Re-membering' runs April 5-7 at Muhlenberg College's Mnemonic Theatre Festival

Ten students were cast members in the February 20-23 production, directed by Emmy Award nominee Jeffrey Page.

Muhlenberg Theatre & Dance presented Caryl Churchill's play March 28-30, as part of the Mnemonic Theatre Festival. The play offers disturbing glimpses of a world at war.

On February 6-8, Master Choreographers featured new dance works by critically acclaimed guest artists and faculty, performed by over 60 talented students.

Six talented Muhlenberg senior directing students presented their work as part of the College's "New Voices | New Visions" Festival this fall, an annual showcase for directors and playwrights, featuring groundbreaking and innovative short plays. The evening also included two world premiere plays written by Muhlenberg students.

"Into the Woods," Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's darkly comic reenvisioning of classic Brothers Grimm, came to the stage of Muhlenberg College's nationally recognized Theatre and Dance program, Oct 25 - Nov. 3. A book by Lapine and score and lyrics by Sondheim weave together the plots of several fairytale favorites, including Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella. The show features a complex, vocally challenging and multilayered score; a 15- piece professional orchestra accompanied the production.

The Muhlenberg student, who served as editor for the film "Dos Hermanos: The Blood of the California Fields," had her work screened at the 13th Pennsylvania College Student Film and Video Festival.

First performed in 1895, Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' continues to be one of the most popular and performed comedies of the modern stage. In this production, Wilde's much loved masterpiece is celebrated with cutting wit, deadpan ludicrousness, and a dubious fervor for all things "Bunbury" - and performed entirely by an acting company of women.

Cole Porter's 1930s Jazz Age classic "Anything Goes" sets sail July 11-28, featuring a love triangle that leads to hijinx on the high seas - as well as dance numbers choreographed by acclaimed tap choreographer Shelley Oliver. Porter's beloved score includes such classic tunes as "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "You're the Top."

From the creator of WILD and TAL: Beyond Imagination comes an all-new all-ages circus experience, June 26-July 27 - the story of a group of childhood friends, dreaming of a spectacular future: space travel, spotlights, and true love.

The Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre season kicks off with 'Bring it On: The Musical,' June 13-30. A pop musical loosely based on the 2000 film of the same title, the show features the work of some of Broadway's most celebrated playwrights and composers, including a score co-written by "Hamilton" composer Lin-Manuel Miranda.

"Dance Emerge" is a showcase for dance works created by emerging student choreographers, in the College's Studio Theatre, a black box performance space.