Performances & Events
Located just a short walk from downtown Chestertown, Washington College is an integral part of the culture of this gem of the Eastern Shore. Residents and visitors to the region have many opportunities to enjoy theatre, music, literary readings, dance, and more that are featured on campus.
Featured Events
Unstoppable
The music dpeartment will present scenes from beloved musicals including Chicago, Fiddler on the Roof, Shrek, Waitress, A Chorus Line, Wicked, and more. Admission to this event is free.
Details
- November 12, 2025
- Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Gibson Center for the Arts
The Trail to Oregon!
A Directing Senior Capstone Experience by Jaya S. Basu
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Blim | Book by Nick Lang, Matt Lang, Brian Holden & Jeff Blim
Arranged by Clark Baxtresser & Pierce Siebers
Originally produced by StarKid Productions
This irreverent musical comedy follows a pioneer family trekking westward in search of opportunity in the mythical land of Oregon. With tongue-in-cheek humor, audience participation, and delightfully absurd songs, The Trail to Oregon! spoofs the iconic video game and reimagines the hardships of westward expansion with raucous laughter.
Two Performances
- FRIDAY October 31st at 7:30 p.m.
AND
SATURDAY November 1st at 2:00 p.m - Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts
Maya Popa Poetry Reading
Maya C. Popa is the author of two collections, Wound is the Origin of Wonder (W.W. Norton, 2022) named one of the Guardian's recent best books of poetry, and American Faith (Sarabande, 2019), runner-up to the Kathryn A. Morton Prize judged by Ocean Vuong and winner of the North American Book Prize. Her poems and essays appear in The Atlantic, the Nation, Poetry, the Paris Review, the Times Literary Supplement, and elsewhere. She holds a PhD on the role of wonder in poetry from Goldsmiths, University of London, where she was a recipient of the English department bursary for exceptional merit. She was previously a Clarendon Scholar at Oxford University, where she reserved her MA, and a Veterans Fellows at NYU, where she earned her MFA. Her newsletter, Poetry Today, is one of Substack's best-selling featured publications. Since 2018, she has served as the Poetry Editor of Publishers Weekly and Director of Creative Writing at the Nightingale-Bamford School. She teaches advanced poetry at NYU.
Details
- October 21, 2025
- Rose O'Neill Literary House