Music and Theater Arts

The eight 2018 MIT Fulbright Students are: (top, l-r) Emily Watlington, Caitlin Fischer, Luke Weisenbach, Julia Cha; (bottom, l-r) Jessica Varner, Andrew Xia, Skanda Koppula, Mary Tsang.

Eight from MIT receive 2018 Fulbright awards

Graduating students and alumni will conduct research abroad in 2018-19 academic year.

May 18, 2018

Left to right: Ayomide Fatunde, Jordan Clark, and Cody Sloan take part in the MIT Playwrights Lab.

Playwrights Lab gives young writers a professional experience

MIT Music and Theater Arts lab provides students with a chance to workshop scripts with seasoned actors and directors in a professional setting.

April 23, 2018

Featured video: Celebrating the arts at MIT

A mercurial snapshot of the myriad ways in which MIT community members can express themselves through the arts

April 5, 2018

“When’s the last time it felt as if an entire theater were about to levitate?” writes Matt Wolf in the New York Times. “The blissful overdrive of Jay Scheib’s production can affect even a relative outlier — ‘Bat Out of Hell’ is all but blasting an adoring audience out of their seats.” Actors Andrew Polec (left) as Strat, Phoebe Hart (center) as Bessamey, and Isaac Edwards (right)...

Q&A: Jay Scheib on theater, daring, and love

MIT professor directs award-winning rock musical “Bat Out of Hell.”

February 27, 2018

Violist Marcus Thompson to perform in 2017-18 MIT Sounding series

Faculty recital by Institute Professor is a chance to reflect on progress, both personal and political.

February 14, 2018

The SHASS Research Fund supports MIT research that shows promise of making an important contribution in the humanities, arts, or social sciences.

SHASS Research Fund names 10 recipients for 2018

January 3, 2018

Anjali Misra awarded Mitchell Scholarship

MIT senior is headed to Ireland to pursue graduate studies in public health.

November 27, 2017

For the MIT production of the 2017 play “Everybody,” the medieval banquet scene from Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s 1911 play “Jedermann” was performed as a prelude — to show the historical roots of the themes in “Everybody.” Both plays are based on the 15th century English morality play “Everyman."

New chapter for theater at MIT opens with “Everybody,” a morality play for our time

Starting with inaugural performance in new facility, students immerse themselves in all aspects of making theater.

November 20, 2017

Singer and actress Audra McDonald, the 2018 recipient of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT, has won six Tony Awards.

Audra McDonald receives 2018 McDermott Award

The Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT includes a $100,000 prize, artist residency, gala, and public program at the Institute.

October 26, 2017

More than 1,000 MIT alumni and friends celebrated the MIT Campaign for a Better World at the Boch Center Wang Theatre in downtown Boston on Sept. 28.

The Better World Tour comes home to Boston

Alumni and friends gather at the Boch Center Wang Theatre to celebrate the vibrant MIT community and the Institute's ambitious dreams for a better world.

October 20, 2017

“I found diaries from 7th grade where I asked a whole stream of questions about the universe and the ‘edge of the universe’ and its expansion,” says senior Talia Weiss.

Bridging the science-policy divide

For MIT senior Talia Weiss, physics and theater have provided a springboard for new interests in political science.

October 17, 2017

“I’ve heard or have been a part of concerts in Kresge for 37 years," said composer Jamshied Sharifi '83, "and that night tops them all.”

Imagination off the charts

New documentary chronicles Jacob Collier's collaborations at MIT.

September 6, 2017

Of the new building MIT President L. Rafael Reif says, "Like the main group buildings at the heart of campus, W97 embodies and encourages MIT’s signature openness, flexibility, and boldness."

MIT Theater Arts: The next act

Performing arts building ushers in a new era of theater at the Institute.

September 5, 2017

Tracy Robyn Slatyer, the Jerrold R. Zacharias CD Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, receives her award from Dennis Freeman, dean for undergraduate education.

Second annual MIT Teaching with Digital Technology Awards recipients selected

Faculty and instructors recognized for improving classroom instruction and student engagement through innovative uses of digital technology.

July 25, 2017

MIT student Neerja Aggarwal directed "Einstein's Dreams" on stage in the spring of 2017.

Featured video: Bringing “Einstein’s Dreams” to life

An MIT student in engineering and theater arts melds her dual passions to bring physics to the stage.

June 20, 2017

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