Five College Multicultural Theater : About the Committee

About the Committee

The Five College Multicultural Theater Committee is funded by the chairs of the theater departments as part of their Five College budget and charged with furthering a multicultural perspective in theater. It does so by supporting productions, visits from guest artists, and workshops that promote an appreciation of diversity and difference. The committee has special interest in encouraging student productions that have a multicultural focus. Guidelines for grants are available from a member of the committee and from the Theater Departments.
In the spring of 1997, the committee launched WORD!, an annual multicultural student play-reading festival designed to encourage student writers who are engaging multicultural themes. Each year in the spring semester, up to ten short, original works are selected to be presented as staged readings. Their authors receive an award of 0 from the James Baldwin Memorial Fund. The festival is hosted by a different campus each year.

More information about the Five College Multicultural Theater Committee, about requests for funding, and about WORD! is available from a member of the committee:

Amherst College: Peter Lobdell, Playwright-in-Residence, 542-8124, ptlobdell@amherst.edu

Hampshire College: Djola Branner, Assistant Professor of Theatre, 559-5511, dbbIA@hampshire.edu

Mount Holyoke College: Brooke O’Harra, Playwright-in-Residence, 538-2337, boharra@mtholyoke.edu

Smith College: Leonard Berkman, Professor of Theatre, 585-3206, lberkman@smith.edu

UMass Amherst: Priscilla Page, Lecturer in Theatre, 577-0567, pmpage@theater.umass.edu and Marcus Gardley, Assistant Professor of Theater, 577-4731, mgardley@theater.umass.edu

New WORLD Theater


	About the Committee The Five College Multicultural Theater Committee is funded by the chairs of the theater departments as part of their Five College budget and charged with furthering a multicultural perspective in theater. It does so by supporting productions, visits from guest artists, and workshops that promote an appreciation of diversity and difference. The committee has special interest in encouraging student productions that have a multicultural focus. Guidelines for grants are available from a member of the committee and from the Theater Departments. In the spring of 1997, the committee launched WORD!, an annual multicultural student play-reading festival designed to encourage student writers who are engaging multicultural themes. Each year in the spring semester, up to ten short, original works are selected to be presented as staged readings. Their authors receive an award of 0 from the James Baldwin Memorial Fund. The festival is hosted by a different campus each year. More information about the Five College Multicultural Theater Committee, about requests for funding, and about WORD! is available from a member of the committee: Amherst College: Peter Lobdell, Playwright-in-Residence, 542-8124, ptlobdell@amherst.edu Hampshire College: Djola Branner, Assistant Professor of Theatre, 559-5511, dbbIA@hampshire.edu Mount Holyoke College: Brooke O’Harra, Playwright-in-Residence, 538-2337, boharra@mtholyoke.edu Smith College: Leonard Berkman, Professor of Theatre, 585-3206, lberkman@smith.edu UMass Amherst: Priscilla Page, Lecturer in Theatre, 577-0567, pmpage@theater.umass.edu and Marcus Gardley, Assistant Professor of Theater, 577-4731, mgardley@theater.umass.edu New WORLD Theater