Past Events
Mean Girls
Edison Theatre
2026 A. E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival
For nearly 30 years, the WashU Performing Arts Department has produced the A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival in support and development of new student plays.
A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre
2026 Morrin Lecture: A Conversation with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Through the Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture series we continue to teach our students that theatre does not simply entertain, but in fact emboldens us to make change.
Emerson Auditorium & Frick Forum, Knight Hall
Arts & Sciences Faculty Spotlight Talks
Hear from PAD faculty members!
Graduate Hooding & Recognition Ceremony 2026
Graham Chapel
Retina Burn 2026
The Performing Arts Department invites you to join the students of the Lighting Technology class as they put on a full concert in the Edison Theatre.
Edison Theatre
WashU Dance Collective: Alchemy
Edison Theatre
Health as Performance: Hygienic Theater in Interwar Germany
Featuring Corinna Treitel: William Eliot Smith Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Washington University in St. Louis.
Umrath 140
2026 MFA Dance Concert
This year’s MFA Dance Concert, featuring the work of our second-year MFA candidates Christopher J. Salango and Lorraine "Rain" Stippec, taps into the power of dance to build communities of care.
Edison Theatre
Colloquium - Audience Participation as Archetype
Featuring E. B. (Elizabeth) Hunter: Assistant Professor in Drama, Director of the Fabula(b) Theatre + New Media Lab, and co-lead of the Immersive Technology Collective at Washington University in St. Louis.
Umrath 140
Our Town
Edison Theatre
From Variable Stars to Dark Matter – The Expanding Legacy of Henrietta Leavitt
The WashU Departments of Physics & Performing Arts have partnered for a colloquium celebrating the life and contributions of Henrietta Leavitt in honor of the upcoming PAD production of 'Silent Sky' - a play focused on Leavitt's life and discoveries.
Seigle 206
Silent Sky
Before Edwin Hubble and Stephen Hawking, there was Henrietta Leavitt. 'Silent Sky' takes audiences on Leavitt’s real-life journey as one of Harvard Observatory’s female “human computers” at the turn of the 20th century.
A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre
Sean Savoie Presents at the A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase
Join us in supporting our faculty member, Sean Savoie, as he presents at this year’s A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase!
Washington University Dance Theatre: something is happening
This concert dance showcase features diverse and creative choreography by resident artists Elinor Harrison, Liz Lloyd, and David Marchant, and guest artists Ron K. Brown and Xi Zhao.
Edison Theatre
"Little Shop of Horrors" Halloween Costume Contest
Celebrate Halloween in style at our special costume contest held during the October 31st showing of "Little Shop of Horrors"! Show off your creative, spooky, or silly costumes before watching our talented students perform the cult classic musical!
Edison Theatre