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 25, featuring Giuseppe Piccirilli 25
  • Laura, The Vampire, and the West by Amanda Brady 25, featuring acting and costume designs by Ali Rubin 25
  • Night Mother by Marsha Norman, directed by Jo Duckett 25
  • Asshole by Louise Wade25, directed by Lucy Stefani 25

2024 Senior Capstone Festival

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

2023 Senior Capstone Festival

  • If you See Him Say Hello. Written and performed by Wylie McCann 23.
  • A Mothers Love. Written and performed by Wood-May Joseph 23.

2022 Senior Capstone Festival

  • See It Again. Written by Alcy Hart 22.
  • The Man Behind the Camera. A capstone solo performance written and performed by Jillian Rothman 22.
  • Tartuffe 2020. Written by John (Will[1] ) Hite 22. Parody of Tartuffe by Moli癡re.
  • snapped. Written by Kayla OMalley 22. Directed by Wylie McCann 23.
  • Peace Be Upon You. Written and performed by Sawera Choudary 22.
  • 4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane. Devised work created by Jordan Galloway 22 and Katherine Hurst 22.

2021 Senior Capstone Festival

  • For Good. An original cabaret concert by Arielle Salerono 21 and Becca Collins 21.
  • youre alive in my head. A capstone solo performance written and performed by Martha Kenyon 21.
  • Destabilizing Shakespeare. A capstone exhibition in Costume Design and Shakespeare by Carly Sponzo 21.

2020 Senior Capstone Festival

  • Daddy Long Legs by John Caird. Performance capstone for Julianna Goldfluss 20.

2019 Senior Capstone Festival

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

2018 Senior Capstone Festival

  • firefly/a foreigners tale. Written by Misao McGregor 18.
  • The Nether by Jennifer Haley. Directing capstone for Jason Karos 18. Production/Media Design capstone for Rebecca Brill Weitz 18.
  • In the Spotlight. Written by Lindsey Ruzza 18. Performed by Lizzy Moreno 18 and Dara Pohl Feldman 18.
  • in the ribs. A punk-ass devised theater capstone created and performed by Catherine Healey 18, Gabrielle Schlein 18, and Katie Soricelli 18.

2017 Senior Capstone Festival

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

2016 Senior Capstone Festival

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

2015 Senior Capstone Festival

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

2014 Senior Capstone Festival

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