Opportunities - German Theater

"What? You put on full-length plays? In German?"

When people hear that the German faculty and students at Calvin College have put on a dozen substantial plays in the German language since 1972, they often respond with a bit of amazement and a good deal of curiosity. But this activity, as all of the curricular and extra-curricular activities in the German department at Calvin, is student driven. If you and enough other students in a given year demonstrate interest, the department will attempt to gratify your wish to be involved in the next German-language play production!

Year Plays (Original German Productions) Directors
2003 Frisch, Biedermann und die Brandstifter Lucas Van Engen
1999 Kleist, Der zerbrochne Krug Natasha Bajema
1997 Brecht, Mutter Courage Jonathan Laughlin
1994 Lessing, Emilia Galotti James Lamse
1989 Goethe, Die Gretchen Episode James Lamse
1987 Dürrenmatt, Die Physiker James Lamse
1984 Rudi Strahl, Ein irrer Duft von frischem Heu Mary Buteyn-Kromminga
1983 Gryphius, Herr Peter Squenz Wallace Bratt
1978 Hauptmann, Einsame Menschen Sander De Haan
1976 Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm James Lamse
1974 Dürrenmatt, Besuch der alten Dame James Lamse
1973 Frisch, Biedermann und die Brandstifter James Lamse
1972 Frisch, Andorra Mary Jane Lamse