The Launch of MIT Performing

Lisa Dwan in "Not I," by Samuel Beckett at the Royal Court, 2014. Credit: Finn Beales.

MIT Performing is a prototyping and presenting series curated by Professor Jay Scheib, with the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology, promotes a research-based artistic practice in the development of a new platform for contemporary performance. All of the performances scheduled will take place in the Theater at W97.

MIT Performing Schedule

Andrew Schneider

NERVOUS/SYSTEM
November 9-11, 2018

Adrienne Truscott

THIS
February 7, 8, and 9, 2019

Ayesha Jordan Glamazon hip-hop icon

Work-in-Progress Showing
February 15, 2019

Lisa Dwan “…an instrument of Beckett.” – The New York Times

Lecture/Demonstration
“A Body of Beckett”
February 21, 2019

Ken Urban Wins 2024 Blue Ink Award

As part of the award, Urban receives a $3,000 cash prize, a staged reading directed by Artistic Affiliate Dexter Bullard at American Blues Theater, and the opportunity to further develop his script with our artists.

Composing for 37 Years at MIT

In the intimate but acoustically reassuring Killian Hall, with the cooperation of Collage New Music, the Institute’s Music Department hosted an evening of Peter Child’s recent works.

MTA Associate Professor Emily Richmond Pollock Named 2024 MacVicar Fellow

Role models both in and out of the classroom, Berggren, Campbell, Pollock, and Vaikuntanathan join an elite academy of scholars from across the Institute who are committed to curricular innovation; exceptional teaching; collaboration with colleagues; and supporting students through mentorship, leadership, and advising.

Play It Again, Spirio

A piano that captures the data of live performance offers the MIT community new possibilities for studying and experimenting with music