SPONSORED CONTENT: Wellesley Repertory Theatre (WRT) and Wellesley College Theatre will present a Theatre Festival featuring alums, September 24-30.

Hosted by the Wellesley College Theatre Program, the inaugural WRT Festival will showcase presentations by the WRT Grant Recipients. The week will include creative gatherings, presentations, and panels by grads and students sharing their multidisciplinary performance work.

The Festival is anchored by the work and creative vision of the three first recipients of the WRT Grant, all Wellesley College grads: Maia Macdonald (Class of ‘06); Sabina Sethi Unni (Class of ‘19); and Annie Wang (Class of ‘14). All presentations are free and
open to the public.

Theatre Festival highlights

Flood Sensor Aunty, directed and written by Sabina Sethi Unni
Saturday, September 27, 5pm and Sunday, September 28, at 3pm
Alumnae Hall Amphitheatre

Halfway between really funny devised theater and culturally competent community disaster prevention, this outdoor piece is about how the best way to protect yourself from flooding, climate change, and despair is through knowing your neighbors.

Slow Motion Cumbia: Stages (I), by Maia Macdonald
Directed by Krystine Summers
Saturday, Sept. 27, 7pm
Alumnae Hall Auditorium

Slow Motion Cumbia: Stages (I) is a syncretic, adaptable work in process, moving from haunted reckoning to creation amidst crisis.

The Actress Who Died A Thousand Deaths, Co-created by Cinthia Chen and Annie Jin Wang
Conceived by Cinthia Chen
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 7pm
Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

In a surreal dreamscape, legendary film star Anna May Wong comes face-to-face with her younger self in the nascent years of Hollywood’s Orientalist obsessions.