theater

The Grind
Alaina on the side of a stage, holding a pink balloon with an unhappy face

Performing for myself

Alaina Zhang
  •  
May 20
Culture
Antonio, played by César Valenzuela, faces the audience on stage

‘Twinks in Caracas’ at the Nitery: Muerto el perro, no se acaba la rabia

Dayanara Yepez Ramirez
  •  
May 8
Academics
Jisha Menon smiling at Main Quad

Outgoing global studies director Jisha Menon reflects on interdisciplinary work

Shiven Jain
  •  
May 5
Culture
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s “Come From Away” production is showing from April 15 to May 10. (Courtesy of Kevin Berne)

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s ‘Come From Away’ comes from a good place

Kyle Gerstel
  •  
April 29
Culture
Stanford's production of Grease

‘Hopelessly devoted to you’: ‘Grease’ brings mid-century romance to the stage

Dayanara Yepez Ramirez
  •  
April 19
Culture
Wanda De Jesús and Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Jimmy Smits perform onstage.

‘All My Sons’ at Berkeley Repertory Theatre is brutal and brilliant

Kyle Gerstel
  •  
March 15
Theater
A group of characters in campy outfits singing and dancing in a circle.

In ‘Cabaret,’ Jazz Age glitz descends into moral dilemmas 

Emmett Chung
  •  
March 10
Theater
A red stage with people acting on it.

‘The Arsonists’ delivers a flaming critique of citizens who passively enable evil 

Dan Kubota
  •  
March 4
Theater
Students with Stanford Theater Laboratory give a peformance set during the bubonic plague in 1348 Avignon, France.

Surviving the plague: The commentary video that “PESTILENCE: Wow!” deserves

Dayanara Yepez Ramirez
  •  
March 3
Culture
Stanford students sing and dance on the Piggott Theatre stage, bathed in red lights.

‘True North’: Gripping, hilarious and a feat to behold

Allie Skalnik
  •  
Jan. 15
Humor
An SUDPS car parked in front of Memorial Church.

Police: Chekhov’s gun seized

Garrett Khatchaturian
  •  
Jan. 12
Culture
From left to right: Medium Alison (Alexis Tuchinda ’28), Adult Alison (Lyle Belger ’25 MA ’26), and Small Alison (Maddie Garfinkel ’28) stand together on stage.

In ‘Fun Home,’ art mediates the unraveling of a family mystery

Daniel Xu
  •  
Nov. 20
Theater
Playbills for “John Proctor is the Villain,” “Moulin Rouge,” “The Outsiders,” “Maybe Happy Ending” and “Call Me Izzy."

Five Broadway reviews from my summer in New York City

Audrey Chang
  •  
Oct. 2
Campus Life
Sienna Corcoran performs in a show.

Is passion enough? Students reel after national cuts to performing arts funding

Allie Skalnik
  •  
July 10
Culture
SLOCo rehearsing “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in Memorial Church.

Stanford Light Opera Company prepares for historic Memorial Church production

Leyla Yilmaz
  •  
April 30, 2025
Theater
Elle Woods sings on stage in Stanford's production of "Legally Blonde"

Pink, packed and proud: ‘Legally Blonde’ dazzles on closing night

Wesley Zhao and Dan Kubota
  •  
April 23, 2025
Culture
Photo from “bed,” a senior theater capstone by Sid Zhang ’25.

Senior theater capstone ‘bed’ explores dreamscapes through multimedia, experimental approach

Audrey Chang
  •  
March 12, 2025
Culture
Photo from the Asian American Theater Project’s winter mainstage production.

‘yellow roses, mãi mãi’ provides food for thought on Vietnamese American family dynamics

Dan Kubota
  •  
March 2, 2025
Culture
A hand wafting through illuminated mist.

Stanford students bring original show ‘Book of Dew’ to San Francisco

Saara Piplani
  •  
Jan. 28, 2025
Campus Life
Arches and Hoover Tower visible at dusk

Representative resigns from Undergraduate Senate

Katy Zhang
  •  
Dec. 5, 2024
The Stanford Daily

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