Before the Curtain: Arts on Campus Week 10

BY ELLE MULLER

The Dartmouth Senior Staff for general admission and $5 for students.

Friday, March 3

The Hopkins Center for the Arts will be showing the fve 2023 Oscar nominated nonfction short flms at 7 p.m. in Loew Auditorium. These include “The Elephant Whisperers,” “Haulout,” “How Do You Measure a Year?,” “The Martha Mitchell Efect” and “Stranger at the Gate.” Tickets are available on the Hopkins Center’s website for $8 for general admission and $5 for students.

Pretty Filthy, a musical about the pornography industry, is coming to Wilson 301 at 8 p.m. The musical is directed by Katie Orenstein ’22 with Daniel Lin ’23 as musical director. The show will also be performed on Saturday, March 4 at 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. and on Monday, March 6 at 8 p.m. The performance has sold out but, according to the Hopkins Center website, free tickets may be available at Wilson 301 at showtime.

New Nile Orchestra, which plays Ethiopian Afro-Pop, is performing at Sawtooth Kitchen at 9 p.m. with doors opening at 8 p.m. Kifu Kidane leads the New Nile Orchestra, singing and dancing to traditional Ethiopian songs and melodies. Before creating the Vermont-based ensemble, Kidane previously performed with the Ethiopian National Theatre. Tickets are available on the Sawtooth website or at the door for $15.

Saturday, March 4

The Hopkins Center will be showing the “TÁR” at 7 p.m. in Loew Auditorium. The flm follows Lydia Tár, the frst chief female conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. As Tár prepares to record a career-defning work by Gustav Mahler, her grip on both her professional and personal life begins to slip. The flm was frst shown as a part of the Telluride flm festival at Dartmouth and is back by popular demand. Tickets are available on the Hopkins Center’s website for $8

Sunday, March 5

The Dartmouth Dance Ensemble will be performing their work-in-progress showing at 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in Straus Dance Studio in Alumni Gym.

Directed by John Heginbotham, the ensemble will be sharing their new work. Tickets are free and can be reserved on the Hopkins Center website.

The Hopkins Center will be showing the flm “Babylon” at 4 p.m. in Loew Auditorium. The film follows the euphoric rise and crushing fall of two young talents in the silent flm industry. Tickets are available on the Hopkins Center’s website for $8 for general admission and $5 for students.

Wednesday, March 8

The Hood Museum of Art is hosting a maker drop-in from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Russo Atrium inspired by the exhibit Park Dae Sung: Ink Reimagined. Visitors can try self-guided ink brush painting with traditional tools and handmade inks.

“Sweat,” the 2017 Pulitzer Prizewinning play by Lynn Nottage, is opening at the Byrne Theatre at Northern Stage at 7:30 p.m. The play follows union factory workers in Reading, Pennsylvania and the government policies that afect their lives leading up to the 2008 recession. The show will run March 8 through March 26, and shows on March 8 and March 9 will be pay-what-you-can previews. Tickets can be reserved online or by calling the box ofce.

Friday, March 10 process.

The English department is hosting “Tell Me A Story: An Evening of Audio Storytelling” at 7 p.m. in the Wren Room in Sanborn Library. The students of CWRT 40.15, “Tell Me A Story: Introduction to Nonfction Radio and Podcasting” will showcase the radio and podcast pieces they have produced this term.

Lucas Filippone ’26, an actor in “Infatable Heart” — which was written and directed by Boga — commented on the individualized nature of the production.

“It was a very unique experience, but I think one of the best that I’ve had,” Filippone said. “We rehearsed anywhere between once and twice a week, and in between those rehearsals we always were given questions to ponder or exercises to help us dive deeper into our characterizations. So much of the process was catered to us and our needs.”

“Infatable Heart” specifcally dealt with the concept of young love and abusive relationships. With the heavier material and focus on contemporary work, Filippone said the play provided a unique opportunity, particularly as an actor who previously focused on musicals.

“There’s just a lot of different elements that you’re working with versus in a drama, especially such a focused piece,” Filippone said. “It just was a bit of a diferent structure than I was used to but again, such a fantastic experience, start to fnish. It being contemporary meant that I was able to draw upon a lot of my own experiences and [the] experiences of people that I knew.”

Additionally, Displaced Theater is focused on fostering a welcoming environment and bringing opportunities to student actors from a variety of backgrounds — including those who have never acted before, Boga said.

“A big part is that for a lot of people who have been denied opportunities in the department or just at any point in their lives, I feel like Displaced [Theater] is a place to go,” Boga said. “I just think it’s so exciting to see people fall in love with theater again and try their hand at diferent roles in theater and just collaborate.”

While the number of attendees was larger than anticipated and created a seating issue at Sawtooth, the group found Sawtooth to be a suiting venue with technical sound and lighting systems.

“We always just want to try and produce theater in new spaces…and I think especially now, a lot of student groups are doing performances there too,” MacDonald said. “And so we just wanted to bring the theater there...there’s also more freedom in the way that you can set up.”

According to Boga and MacDonald, Displaced Theater is planning to continue “Umbra” as an annual festival, with the hopes that it grows and continues to center student voices.

“It’ll probably take on a similar format, obviously with different shows...but I think we’re just hoping for more submissions and expanding the amount of involvement we can have with it,” MacDonald said.