Each year, senior majors have an opportunity to produce or collaborate on a project, representing a culmination of their work in the major. Possibilities include solo performance, an advanced directing or playwriting project, a design project or a major research paper. These capstones are undertaken as major independent studies or honors theses, are faculty mentored, and provide opportunities for other students as well. 

2025 Senior Capstone Festival

  • Humane Traps by Nadia Hopkins 鈥25, featuring Giuseppe Piccirilli 鈥25
  • Laura, The Vampire, and the West by Amanda Brady 鈥25, featuring acting and costume designs by Ali Rubin 鈥25
  • 鈥楴ight Mother by Marsha Norman, directed by Jo Duckett 鈥25
  • Asshole by Louise Wade鈥25, directed by Lucy Stefani 鈥25

2024 Senior Capstone Festival

  • Erin's Big Musical Adventure by Erin Flanagan 鈥24
  • We Are: A Collection of Scenes and Monologues compiled and written by Madelena Rathgeber

2023 Senior Capstone Festival

  • 鈥淚f you See Him Say Hello.鈥 Written and performed by Wylie McCann 鈥23.
  • 鈥淎 Mother鈥檚 Love.鈥 Written and performed by Wood-May Joseph 鈥23.

2022 Senior Capstone Festival

  • 鈥淪ee It Again.鈥 Written by Alcy Hart 鈥22.
  • 鈥淭he Man Behind the Camera.鈥 A capstone solo performance written and performed by Jillian Rothman 鈥22.
  • 鈥淭artuffe 2020.鈥 Written by John (Will[1] ) Hite 鈥22. Parody of 鈥淭artuffe鈥 by Moli猫re.
  • 鈥渟napped.鈥 Written by Kayla O鈥橫alley 鈥22. Directed by Wylie McCann 鈥23.
  • 鈥淧eace Be Upon You.鈥 Written and performed by Sawera Choudary 鈥22.
  • 鈥4:48 Psychosis鈥 by Sarah Kane. Devised work created by Jordan Galloway 鈥22 and Katherine Hurst 鈥22.

2021 Senior Capstone Festival

  • 鈥淔or Good.鈥 An original cabaret concert by Arielle Salerono 鈥21 and Becca Collins 鈥21.
  • 鈥測ou鈥檙e alive in my head.鈥 A capstone solo performance written and performed by Martha Kenyon 鈥21.
  • 鈥淒estabilizing Shakespeare.鈥 A capstone exhibition in Costume Design and Shakespeare by Carly Sponzo 鈥21.

2020 Senior Capstone Festival

  • 鈥淒addy Long Legs鈥 by John Caird. Performance capstone for Julianna Goldfluss 鈥20.

2019 Senior Capstone Festival

  • 鈥淭he Effect鈥 by Lucy Prebble. Performance capstone for Colin Archer 鈥19, Julia Hutton 鈥19, and Truly Siskind-Weiss 鈥19. Design capstone for Grace Mennell 鈥19.

2018 Senior Capstone Festival

  • 鈥渇irefly/a foreigner鈥檚 tale.鈥 Written by Misao McGregor 鈥18.
  • 鈥淭he Nether鈥 by Jennifer Haley. Directing capstone for Jason Karos 鈥18. Production/Media Design capstone for Rebecca Brill Weitz 鈥18.
  • 鈥淚n the Spotlight.鈥 Written by Lindsey Ruzza 鈥18. Performed by Lizzy Moreno 鈥18 and Dara Pohl Feldman 鈥18.
  • 鈥渋n the ribs.鈥 A punk-ass devised theater capstone created and performed by Catherine Healey 鈥18, Gabrielle Schlein 鈥18, and Katie Soricelli 鈥18.

2017 Senior Capstone Festival

  • 鈥楨urydice鈥 by Sarah Ruhl. A capstone in directing by Lana Richards 鈥17. A capstone in acting by Emily Ultan 鈥17.
  • "Deva." A capstone solo performance, created and performed by Eva Murray 鈥17.
  • "Sprinting in Heels." A capstone solo performance, created and performed by Brenna McClain 鈥17.
  • "Happy Ugly Comedic." A capstone solo performance, created and performed by Ashley Giordano 鈥17.
  • "All the World鈥檚 a Stage Run by Children." A presentation by Natalie Boles 鈥17, based on her research.

2016 Senior Capstone Festival

  • "That's Crazy." An interactive experience by Molly Shea 鈥16.
  • "The Phoenix." By Charlotte Weber 鈥16; costume design by Summer Irving 鈥16; acting performance by Brittany Baltay 鈥16. Directed by Mary McWilliams 鈥17.
  • "un.spoke.n." A play by Emma Weisberg 鈥16. Directed by Emily Ulton 鈥17.
  • "Destructive Behaviors." A play by Rachel Maddox 鈥16. Directed by Hannah Boal 鈥17.
  • "Everything the Light Touches Is . . . White." A research project and talk by Leise Trueblood 鈥16.
  • "It's Okay Not to be Okay." A self-revelatory performance by Leah Shapiro 鈥16.
  • "Mud. "By Maria Irene Fornes. Directing and acting by Mattie Barber-Bockelman 鈥16, Teresa Cruz 鈥16, Spencer Lutvak 鈥16 and David Socolar 鈥16.

2015 Senior Capstone Festival

  • "Gruesome Playground Injuries" by Rajiv Joseph. Directed by Madison Winey 鈥15, featuring Terilyn Eisenhauer 鈥15. Produced by Christophe Desorbay 鈥15.
  • "So Brilliantly Clever." Book, music and lyrics by Andrew Marco 鈥15.
  • of the Beast. Written by Leila Teitelman 鈥15.

2014 Senior Capstone Festival

  • "Barely Naked." Created and performed by Jacob Rosenbaum 鈥14.
  • "Medea of Gaza." Written by Julian Gordon 鈥14; Medea played by Julia Larsen 鈥14.
  • "Seminar." Written by Theresa Rebeck. Directed by Scott Pulvirent 鈥14.