Theater on Thursdays: Masterpieces from the National Theatre Collection

While theaters, cinemas, and concert halls around the world have suspended operations for the time being, here at Lafayette we’re taking the show online! The fall 2020 virtual performance series opens with “Theater on Thursdays,” a new, free program created exclusively for the Lafayette community.

Curated and presented by the Department of Theater and the Williams Center for the Arts, “Theater on Thursdays” features outstanding productions from London’s National Theatre recorded before a live audience and streamed in HD.

Each “Theater on Thursdays” event includes a pre-show talk beginning at 6:30 p.m. with Lafayette College scholars and other specialists. On Sept. 10, Michael O’Neill, associate professor of theater and an authority on Irish literature and drama, will talk about playwright Brian Friel in advance of the 7 p.m. performance of Friel’s 1980 masterwork, Translations.

Fall 2020 schedule of “Theater on Thursdays”

Sept. 10 – Translations (1980) by Brian Friel; production 2018
6:30 p.m. – pre-show talk by Michael O’Neill, Department of Theater
7 p.m. – performance
Order a free virtual ticket.

Sept. 24 – One Man, Two Guvnors (2011) by Richard Bean, after Goldoni; production 2011
6:30 p.m. – pre-show talk by Michael O’Neill, Department of Theater
7 p.m. – performance
Order a free virtual ticket.

Oct. 15 – Les Blancs (1970) by Lorraine Hansberry; production 2016
6:30 p.m. – pre-show speaker to be announced
7 p.m. – performance
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Oct. 29 – London Assurance (1841) by Richard Bean, after Boucicault; production 2010
6:30 p.m. – pre-show talk by Suzanne Westfall, Department of Theater
7 p.m. – performance
Order a free virtual ticket.

Nov. 12 – Othello (1604) by William Shakespeare; production 2013
6:30 p.m. – pre-show talk by Ian Smith, Department of English
7 p.m. – performance
Order a free virtual ticket.

To join us on Thursday evenings for the pre-show talk and performance, you must acquire a free virtual ticket through lafayetteartstickets.com. You can order individual shows via the links above or acquire the full series package.

Links and instructions for the talk and performances will be emailed to you after you register for your ticket.

For assistance with ticket acquisition, contact Allison Blatt, director of operations and patron services, Williams Center for the Arts.

Additional fall 2020 programming for the Lafayette community as well as the public will be announced soon.