Lewis Center for the Arts
Princeton in the service of the imagination. Courses in creative writing, dance, theater, music theater, and visual arts.
Presenting 100+ public events each year including readings, screenings, performances, lectures, & more.
06/14/2024
When Tony Award nominee Jane Cox, Director of Program in Theater & Music Theater, walks into Sundays’ ceremony she’ll be wearing an original dress by LCA’s own Caitlin Brown, assistant costume shop manager. Cox has been nominated for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play for Appropriate Play.
See all Lewis Center for the Arts faculty & Princeton University alumni nominated for 2024 Tony Awards: https://bit.ly/3UpUesV
06/12/2024
Congratulations to Theater Program Director Jane Cox and Princeton University alum Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ’06 for their Drama Desk Awards wins for “Appropriate”! Cox won the award for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play and the show won the award for Outstanding Revival of a Play, which was written by Jacobs-Jenkins.
Theater Program Director Jane Cox and alum Branden Jacobs-Jenkins '06 win Drama Desk Awards - Lewis Center for the Arts Jane Cox and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, both associated with the theater program at Princeton University, win 2024 Drama Desk Awards.
The Commons presents ⍰ ⍰ ⍰ was an exhibition of new work by Luke Shannon ’24 and Petr Karpov ’24. In this exhibition— a construction of arenas, scanners, and a series of performances—visitors alternated between spectator, player, plotter, artist, and artwork, and were invited to create additional roles of their liking. The exhibition was on view in the Princeton University's Lucas Gallery from March 25-April 5.
Watch more Princeton University senior exhibition tours which were on view throughout the spring semester: https://bit.ly/3PCD75g
As a recipient of a 2023 Alex Adam ’07 Award, Tanaka Dunbar Ngwara ’24 spent last summer conducting musical, historical, and performance-based research in London, Edinburgh, and Zimbabwe. Tanka used that research to create an original musical Paivapo '76, a story inspired in part by her ancestral history in Domboshava, Zimbabwe, and by the conflict between religion and traditional spirituality during Zimbabwe’s Liberation War.
Paivapo ’76 (roughly translated “once upon a time”) was Tanaka's senior thesis for her Department of Music at Princeton University major and her certificate in the Program in Theater & Music Theater. The work premiered May 3-5 in the Wallace Theater.
In 2024, the Lewis Center for the Arts awarded more than $177,000 for summer projects in the arts to 55 Princeton University students.
Meet this year's recipients: https://bit.ly/4bFzl3R
05/30/2024
Special thanks to everyone who joined us last week for the 10th anniversary celebration of the Princeton University Arts Alumni group and the annual Alumni in the Arts Party during Princeton Reunions. See you again next year!
More Photos: https://bit.ly/3R1OxjF
05/30/2024
Special thanks to everyone who joined us for the 10th Anniversary celebration of the Arts Alumni group and the annual Alumni in the Arts Party during last week. See you again next year! to see more photo highlights.
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05/29/2024
Congratulations to the 6 newly graduated Princeton University students awarded top academic prizes for overall achievement in the arts during this week’s class day and good luck to all members of the class of 2024!
On Class Day, the Lewis Center for the Arts Celebrates the Class of 2024 - Lewis Center for the Arts On Class Day, the Lewis Center for the Arts recognizes Princeton undergraduates with certificates earned in its programs, and top awards.
05/28/2024
Congratulations to all Class of 2024 Princeton University graduates, especially members of our Lewis Center for the Arts family whom we honored this Monday at Class Day. We'll miss you!
Learn and see more: https://bit.ly/3x4BUxw
05/24/2024
Add a visit to the Lewis Center complex's CoLab during Princeton Reunions and explore "Flight/Air/Fire" a new exhibition by Princeton University Lecturer in Visual Arts Daniel Heyman on view now through June 1.
Details: https://bit.ly/4bUWtLT
As a recipient of the 2023 Alex Adam ’07 Award, Storm Stokes ’24 spent last summer pursuing movement research in L.A. and at international dance festivals in Italy, Germany, and Austria. Stokes incorporated her learning to create “i, heresy,” a new multi-media dance work she choreographed and directed with her cast of dancers and visual artist Julia Stahlman ’24. “i, heresy,” premiered February 29, in the Hearst Dance Theater.
In 2024, The Lewis Center for the Arts awarded more than $177,000 for summer projects in the arts to 55 Princeton University students.
Meet this year’s recipients: https://bit.ly/4bFzl3R
Kapili Naehu-Ramos ’24, who is majoring in the Practice of Art Track, discusses “Moʻo” which was on view in the Hurley Gallery from April 15-26. Kapili’s exhibition featured richly symbolic textile works created in reverence of the feminine. In native Hawaiian, Moʻo means fragment of a whole, stories or histories, genealogy, perpetuation, or lizard, among others.
Watch more Princeton University senior exhibition tours which were on view throughout the spring semester: https://arts.princeton.edu/news/2024/03/class-of-2024-visual-arts-students-present-their-work/
05/17/2024
Congratulations to rising seniors Dana Corbo, Wasif Sami, and Paige Sherman for winning this year's Alex Adam '07 Awards and Annie Cao and Layla Williams who were selected for funding through the Mallach Senior Thesis Fund.
Lewis Center for the Arts awards more than $177,000 for summer projects to 55 Princeton students: https://bit.ly/4bFzl3R
05/14/2024
A very special thank you to Professor of Creative Writing Susan Wheeler and former Chair of the Michael Cadden who will both retire this year!
Michael Cadden and Susan Wheeler Retire from Princeton Faculty - Lewis Center for the Arts Writer Susan Wheeler and theater scholar Michael Cadden will retire from the Princeton faculty effective July 1, 2024.
05/09/2024
The Princeton University campus became a stage last week for students in the “Site: Place in Art, Performance and Dance” course taught by Colleen Asper & Rebecca Lazier as they presented their original works during an end of semester showing.
Details more photos: https://bit.ly/4bckZIh
05/08/2024
Join us on May 9 at 4:30 and 7:30 at Princeton University's James Stewart Theater for a special screening of short student films created in spring film and animation courses. Free & open to public!
Schedule and details: https://bit.ly/4ae9dff
05/04/2024
Tickets still available for the final two performances of Paivapo ’76, a new musical by Princeton University senior Tanaka Dunbar Ngwara. Showtimes: May 4 at 8 p.m. and May 5 at 2 p.m in the Wallace Theater.
Free tickets are required: https://bit.ly/3y0myuj
05/01/2024
Congratulations Lewis Center for the Arts faculty and Princeton University alumni who received 2024 Tony and Drama Desk Awards nominations for for their recent work on and off-Broadway!
Lewis Center faculty and alumni nominated for 2024 Tony and Drama Desk Awards - Lewis Center for the Arts Several Lewis Center for the Arts' faculty and alumni are nominated for 2024 Tony Awards and 2024 Drama Desk Awards.
Kenza Benazzouz, who is pursuing certificates in creative writing and theater & music theater, reads her poem "We All Sang Hallelujah, Even The Setting Sun." Kenza has been working on a collection of poems this past year with her faculty advisors Marilyn Chin and Lynn Melnick, both lecturers in creative writing.
Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts celebrates National Poetry Month by highlighting student work from Program in Creative Writing seniors throughout April. HHear more poetry readings: https://bit.ly/49G96cg
Anurag Pratap, who is pursuing a certificate in creative writing, reads his poem "Joanna narrates a Nativity scene." Anurag has been working on a collection of poems this past year with his faculty advisor, lecturer in creative writing and poet Kathleen Ossip.
Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts celebrates National Poetry Month by highlighting student work from Program in Creative Writing seniors throughout April. Hear more poetry readings: https://bit.ly/49G96cg
"Reproduction Production" was an exhibition by Princeton University senior Magnolia Wilkinson featuring a kaleidoscopic collection of mixed media pieces that grappled with childhood memories, contemplations on nostalgia, and explorations of identity, gender, and the act of making. The exhibition was on view in Hurley Gallery April 1-12, 2024.
Stayed tuned throughout the spring for more student exhibition tours.
See upcoming and current exhibitions: https://bit.ly/3PCD75g
04/19/2024
Limited tickets available for this weekend's performances of Apertures, an evening of two distinctive dance works by Princeton University seniors Mei Geller and Jasmine Rivers. Open to the public, FREE tickets required.
Details: https://bit.ly/4cV6Xw1
04/17/2024
Congratulations Rebecca Lazier, Professor of the Practice and Acting Director of the Program in Dance, for receiving a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of Choreography. Current Hodder Fellow and performance artist Modesto “Flako” Jimenez, 2018-19 Hodder Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok, and 2017-18 Hearst Choreographer-in-Residence Abby Zbikowski are also recipients this year.
Lewis Center Faculty & Fellows Receive 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships - Lewis Center for the Arts Rebecca Lazier, a Princeton dance faculty member, and several Lewis Center fellows are named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows.
Kirsten Pardo ’24 discusses her contribution to "Traces," a collaborative exhibition shared with fellow Princeton University seniors Julia Stahlman, and Erin Macanze that was on view in the Hurley Gallery from Feb. 26-March 8.
See schedule of upcoming senior exhibitions: https://bit.ly/3PCD75g
Ananya Grover, who is pursuing a certificate in creative writing, reads her poem "Dream states." Ananya, who is majoring in Computer Science, has been working on a collection of poems this past year with her faculty advisor, lecturer in creative writing Lynn Melnick. Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts celebrates National Poetry Month by highlighting student work from Program in Creative Writing seniors throughout April.
Hear more poetry readings: https://bit.ly/49G96cg
Juliette Carbonnier, an English major who is pursuing certificates in creative writing and theater & music theater, reads her poem "Strange Passage." Juliette has been working on a collection of poems this past year with her faculty advisor, professor of creative writing and renowned poet Ilya Kaminsky. Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts celebrates National Poetry Month by highlighting student work from Program in Creative Writing seniors throughout April.
Hear more poetry readings: https://bit.ly/49G96cg
04/10/2024
Get your tickets for the final two performances of Flight of a Legless Bird by Princeton University senior Ethan Luk at McCarter Theatre Center's Berlind Theatre. A show called, "an exquisite, poignant play" by Town Topics Newspaper.
Showtimes: April 12 at 8pm and April 13 at 7:30pm.
https://bit.ly/3VP7V6Z
04/04/2024
Sisyphus, a new play opening April 4-6 and written and directed by Princeton University senior Jessica Lopez, asks: Why do people need to die? Over two thousand years ago, Aeschylus grappled with this question in his two-part telling of the tragedy of Sisyphus. Unfortunately, those plays were all but entirely lost to time, leaving us to come up with our own answers. In this re-imagination of the classic myth, one man struggles against the inevitability of death. Sisyphus promised to make a difference in the world and is ready to throw hands with the gods to keep his word.
Details: https://bit.ly/3vGxKLS
03/30/2024
Don't miss your final opportunity to see Princeton University's Spring Dance Festival: Resonance on Saturday, March 30 at 2 and 7:30 PM in the Hearst Dance Theater.
Tickets and details: https://bit.ly/3Vvrukm
03/29/2024
El ritmo que nos libre by Princeton University senior Carrington Johnson is more than a performance; it’s an immersive experience where rhythm becomes a tangible force for liberation, identity, and unity for all participants. Join us 3/29 @ 7 PM; 3/30 @ 3 + 7 PM for live performances.
Details: https://bit.ly/3x8haEZ
03/27/2024
Program in Dance Princeton University recently announced three additional artists as Caroline Hearst Choreographers-in-Residence for the 2023-2024 academic year: Roderick George, Gabrielle Lamb , and BRKFST Dance Company. All artists are creating new works for students or guest teaching in spring classes.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3TBPkbT
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The Lewis Center is designed to put the creative and performing arts at the heart of the Princeton experience. This mission is based on the conviction that exposure to the arts, particularly to the experience of producing art, helps each of us to make sense of our lives and the lives of our neighbors.
The Lewis Center brings together Princeton’s academic programs in Creative Writing, Dance, Music Theater, Theater, Visual Arts and the Princeton Atelier, and connects them to partners like the Department of Music and the Princeton University Art Museum. In collaboration with Princeton’s Council of the Humanities and other academic departments and centers, the Lewis Center has enhanced the University’s research initiatives in the arts, while fellowships support the work of established and emerging artists and bring new voices to enliven campus with their creativity.
Today, the Lewis Center encompasses multiple venues on the Princeton Campus, including 185 Nassau Street (Program in Visual Arts), New South Building (Program in Creative Writing), and the Lewis Arts complex (Programs in Dance, Theater, and Music Theater, as well as the Princeton Atelier).
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