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Performing Arts

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Smith’s dance, music and theatre departments are excited to offer you an astonishing range of thought-provoking, inspiring and just-plain-fun performances. Every semester features mainstage and studio theatre performances, faculty and student dance performances and a wide range of faculty and student music performances. From new play readings to new works of choreography by graduate dance students to a series of informal concerts at lunchtime, we invite you to join us.

What’s Happening

Bare Bones

Thursday, December 5, 2024 | 7:30-9 p.m.

The Smith College Department of Dance presents Bare Bones, an exciting showcase of dances choreograp...

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Bare Bones

Friday, December 6, 2024 | 7:30-9 p.m.

The Smith College Department of Dance presents Bare Bones, an exciting showcase of dances choreograp...

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The Arts, Elevated

At Smith, the arts have a long history of helping students figure out where they belong, cultivate and foster community, think creatively, and plan fulfilling careers in a number of exciting, dynamic fields.

SmithArts—and the Office for the Arts—aims to highlight opportunities to engage with art and artists on campus, through events, installations, performances, and more.

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Explore Our Departments

Dance

Discover the imaginative, expressive powers of human movement in a program dedicated to fostering each student’s unique talents in dance performance.

Dance performance in Theatre 14

Music

From a broad array of classroom courses to extensive opportunities for performance, the music department is a lively center of musical activity.

Gamelan ensemble performance

Theatre

Smith offers theatre enthusiasts extraordinary opportunities both on and off the stage, from an adventurous mix of plays to exciting guest artists.

Performance of Pirates of Penzance

Sign Up for Our Newsletters

When you join our SmithArts mailing list, you will receive weekly emails with information on art, dance, music, theatre and film/media events at Smith during the academic year. Sign up for our new SOFANotes email to learn about current exhibits, visiting artists & poets, academic opportunities and more.

Contact SmithArts

Theatre/Dance Box Office
Mendenhall, T206
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063

Phone: 413-585-3220 Email: boxoffice@cellphonejoys.com

SmithArts Box Office Manager
Nancy Case
ncharbon@cellphonejoys.com

SmithArts Marketing and Communications Manager
Shelley Latham
Sage Hall, Room 6
slatham@cellphonejoys.com
413-585-3325

Accessibility Contact
Accessibility Resource Center
ARC@cellphonejoys.com
413-585-2669