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Student writer and Untitled@Large theatre club member Alyssa Samuels ’25 shares her experiences producing the Suddenly the Musical, which debuted at Hamilton this spring. The Events Barn stage lights glowed brightly on April 27, illuminating the shapes of actors moving to the music and smiles from the audience surrounding them. Suddenly the Musical, an Australian show, was performed for the first time without its original cast at Hamilton. Produced by the student group Untitled@Large, the show was special not only for premiere status, but also because every step of its process signified a chance for student growth and accomplishment.

Theatre adapts, reflects, and, most importantly, survives. The industry is no stranger to abrupt, closure when the unexpected happens. Shakespeare himself lived through several recurrences of the plague, writing through quarantine restrictions, and imagining the new stories, characters, and worlds that would go on to be celebrated for hundreds of years.

A crowd-pleasing performance of funky new tunes made Wellin Hall swing back in September. The Jazz Kick Off Concert took place on Sept. 11.

This week’s Hamilton Encore features the Hamilton College Saxophone Ensemble performing the toe-tapping tune “Blister in the Sun,” arranged by saxophonist Tyler Boudreau ’20. The Sax Ensemble is part of the music department’s chamber ensemble program and is directed by Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Jazz Archive and lecturer in saxophone.

Next in Hamilton’s Encore series of student performances is a May, 2019, concert by the Hamilton College Orchestra.

Our student musicians share their talents regularly at concerts. And although we can’t enjoy these performances live and in-person, we can take a look back and appreciate these gifted students’ work through Hamilton Encore. Each week, we’ll post a YouTube video of a recent student performance.

Associate Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer will play the role of Gloucester in the Saratoga Shakespeare Company’s production of King Lear.

The Hamilton College Department of Dance and Movement Studies will present its annual Spring Dance Concert on Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall.

The Hamilton College Theatre Department presents the Fall Theater Production, King Stag, written by Carlo Gozzi and directed by Professor of Theatre Craig Latrell.

The Hamilton College Department of Dance and Movement Studies will present its annual Spring Dance Concert on Saturday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall.