Current Production Season

2026-2027 Season

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Fall Dance Concert

Audition Date: September 2026 (Dates TBD)

Performance Dates: November 20-21, 2026, 7pm

This year’s annual Fall Dance Concert showcases choreography from Tufts Dance Program alumni alongside faculty artists. Students working in Shefali Jain’s Kathak course and Jenny Oliver’s Afro-Haitian: Roots to Stage course will perform original works in an evening shaped by rhythm, creative process, and experimentation. 

Blood Wedding

by Federico García Lorca

Translated by Langston Hughes

Directed by Katie Brook

Audition Date: September 2026 (Dates TBD)

Performance Dates: December 10-13, 2026

Desire ignites. A wedding approaches. The past refuses to stay buried.

In a landscape shaped by heat, memory, and inevitability, a bride stands at the threshold of a life already chosen for her. However, longing has its own momentum, and it does not move quietly. As old rivalries resurface and passion collides with duty, celebration gives way to something darker, stranger, and impossible to contain.

Lorca’s searing tragedy unfolds like a poem set aflame: spare, sensual, and edged with fate. What begins with a promise hurtles toward reckoning.

Some vows are made in daylight; others are written in blood.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Music & Lyrics by William Finn

Book by Rachel Sheinkin

Conceived by Rebecca Feldman

Additional Material by Jay Reiss

Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine

Directed by Sarah Berry Pierce

Audition Date: November 2026 (Dates TBD)

Performance Dates: March 5-14, 2027

In a middle school gymnasium where the stakes feel life-or-death, a group of wonderfully idiosyncratic young competitors vie for the championship title. Armed with oversized dictionaries, overactive imaginations, and deeply personal backstories, these students navigate the highs and lows of competitive spelling.

Hilarious, awkward, and unexpectedly tender, this beloved musical celebrates growing up, standing out, and finding connection in the most unlikely of places. Audience members may even find themselves under the fluorescent lights, facing a word they’re not entirely sure how to pronounce.

Join us for a night of syzygy and pandemonium!

Spring Dance Concert

Audition Date: January 2027 (Dates TBD)

Performance Dates: April 16-17, 2027

The Spring Dance Concert centers the capstone choreography projects of our graduating seniors, artists stepping fully into their creative voices. These works mark both an arrival and a departure: investigations shaped by years of course work, creative experimentation, and curiosity.

Each piece emerges from an individual vision brought to life by dedicated performers and with support from faculty mentors. For one weekend, we witness what it means for these seniors to take ownership of their creative voice, craft, and personal expression.

TDPS Spring Festival

Performance Dates: April 30-May 2, 2027

For one weekend in spring 2027, TDPS will open its doors to a festival of works in motion. A culminating showcase of work ranging from capstones, theses, and class projects– both in and out of Balch Arena Theater.

Join us for a concentrated burst of performance, process, and possibility.