The Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC), founded in 1908, is an umbrella theater
student organization at
Harvard College with the purpose of assisting all
theatrical projects at the college. It is headquartered at the Loeb Drama Center, the home of the
American Repertory Theater. They produce around 10 shows a season, many of which are written by undergraduate students.
Theatres
There are three primary theaters in which HRDC produces shows. Around 2 shows a year happen in the Loeb Proscenium, the largest theater in the Loeb Drama Center. Typically, shows in the Proscenium are higher prestige shows, typically licensed shows that have had professional runs. Another 6 shows happen in the Loeb Ex, a black box theatre in the Loeb Drama Center. These shows are often student written. Another three shows a year happen in the Agassiz Theatre, used in collaboration with the Harvard Office for the Arts. These include the annual First Year Musical, a musical entirely written and performed by Freshmen at Harvard College, and a semesterly production of a Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.
Seasons
Spring 2024
Loeb Ex
Constellations - written by
Nick Payne. Directed by Zach Halberstam and Dora Ivkovich, performed by Kyra Siegel and Turandot Shayegan
Hamlet - Presented by Hyperion Shakespeare Company, Written by
William Shakespeare, Additional Compositions by Raghav Mehrotra, Emil Droga, and Eleni Dadian, Directed by Maranatha Paul
In Reverie - Presented by the Harvard-Radcliffe Modern Dance Company, Directed by Tatiana Miranda and Julia Sperling
under control / utter chaos - Written and co-directed by Chinyere Obasi, co-directed by Texaco Texeira-Ramos
Breaking Ground - Presented by the Harvard Contemporary Collective, Directed by Payton Thompson
Agassiz Theater
White House Princess - Book, Music, and Lyrics by Maureen Clare and Charlotte Daniels, Directed by Lollie McKenzie
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin - Book, Music, and Lyrics by
Kirsten Childs, Directed by Kristian Hardy, Starring Ogechi Obi as Viveca, Gabrielle Medina as Mommy, and Jordan Woods as Daddy and Policeman[4]
Atalanta - Book and Lyrics by Mira-Rose Kingsbury Lee, Composed by Williams Goldsmith, Ben Dreier, Keagan Yap, and Kingsbury Lee, Directed by Kingsbury Lee and Ellie Powell, starring Grace Allen as Sarina Lemonde, Matthew Given as Charlie Saltman, Onovughakpor Otitigbe-Dangerfield as Miriam Lemonde, and Vander Ritchie as William Harding[5]
[intervals] - Presented by the Harvard-Radcliffe Modern Dance Company, Directed by Julia Sperling and Tatiana Miranda[6]
Ugly Feelings - Written by Karina Cowperthwaite, Directed by Alycia Cary and Cowperthwaite[7]
OUT: An Asian-American Musical - Book by Kalos Chu, Composed by Ian Chan, Lyrics by JuHye Mun, Directed by Chu, Starring Fahim Ahmed as Oliver, Carolyn Hao as May, and Elio Kennedy-Yoon as Kasey[9]
Post Mortem: The First Year Musical - Book by Paul Palmer, Lyrics by Eleni Daidan, Music by Christian Liu, Directed by Lollie McKenzie[10]
metamorphosis - Presented by the Harvard-Radcliffe Modern Dance Company, Directed by Mira Becker and Karina Halevy[13]
Queen of Magic - Book and Lyrics by Andrew Van Camp, Adapted from "Sixty-Five Years of Magic" by Adelaide Herrmann, Music by Veronica Leahy, Directed by Ellie Powell, Starring Devon Gates as Adele, Cybele Fasquelle as
Adelaide Herrmann, and William Murray as Charles[14]
ISCARIOT - Book & Lyrics by Sophie Kim, Music by Lucas Pao and Jude Torres, Directed by Cas Li and Caren Koh, Starring Hailey Madison Sebastian as Judas, Saswato Ray as Isaiah, and Hailey Hurd as Jesus
Mira, Mira - Book and Lyrics by Victoria Gong, Music by Keagan Yap, Directed by Eileen Tucci, Starring Onovughakpor Otitigbe-Dangerfield as Mira, James GaNun as John, and Maddie Dowd as Zephyr