Lewis & Clark College Theatre Department presents
2025 Theatre Thesis Festival
We Should Bury It
April 23rd and 25th, 7:30pm
An anthology of plays about animals and death
Lead Artists: Silken Poelstra ’25 and Grace Bloch-Jones ’25
We Should Bury It [bird, 20 Magical Minutes of Darkness & Silence & Peace, 500/501] is a theatrical anthology of animal-based plays about community and grief.
A group of friends hold a funeral for a bird they found. A pair of city raccoons navigate loss and existential dread. Two pigs in a factory farm bond in captivity. These stories follow mourners and their friends as they live and create meaning in their worlds. Content warning: suicidal ideation.
Every Brilliant Thing
April 23rd and 25th, 8:30pm
Lead Artist: Piper Clark-White ’25
Every Brilliant Thing is about connecting with the people around you and finding joy in the little things.
Company
April 23rd & 25th, 9:30pm
Lead Artist: Mack Mae ’25
Why do we love? And why is it worth it? Company is a story of cycles of love, identity, growth, and letting go–and how our relationships impact all of those things.
On Fate
April 24th & 26th, 7:30pm
Lead Artist: Lev Starr ’25
We get to decide how our life path will look, but sometimes our lives themselves can make decisions for us. This dance piece is about looking to the future and seeing what the possibilities of life can be. In three sections, this performance explores love and romance, diving deeply into a career, and simply letting life take you where it wants you to go.
Thom Pain (Based on Nothing)
April 24th & 26th, 8:30pm
Lead Artist: Charlie Chalmers ’25
Thom Pain (Based on Nothing) is a testament to and reminder of the beauty of life, despite the pain that comes with it.
The Actor’s Nightmare
April 24th & 26th, 9:30pm
by Christopher Durang
Lead Artists: Alexandra Gische ’25 and Ambrose Holland ’25
The Actor’s Nightmare is about how we can use comedy as a coping mechanism for the embarrassment of being perceived, until comedy can no longer shield us from our fears.
Tickets can be reserved through our online Box Office
or at the Fir Acres Theatre Box Office one hour before the show.
