A host of French theater-lovers, dignitaries and alumni united April 18-20 to celebrate L’Avant-Scène, a Princeton stronghold that for the last 20 years has bonded French-speaking students and faculty from all across campus through the dramatic arts. The weekend event—funded in part by a Humanities Council Magic Grant and co-sponsored by the…
A weekend of festivities is planned to celebrate the 20th anniversary of L’Avant-Scène, Princeton University’s French Theater Workshop, April 18-20. For two decades, Princeton undergraduate and graduate students from across academic disciplines…
The Department of French and Italian, Humanities Council, Lewis Center for the Arts, French Embassy in the United States, Villa Albertine, Center of Excellence & L’Avant-Scène, Present 20 Years of French Theater at Princeton! Celebrating Twenty Years of Full-Length Plays at L’Avant-Scène
This January, as in previous years, Prof. Florent Masse brought a select group of Princetonians from the L’Avant-Scene French theatre troupe on a whirlwind trip to Paris. Things were extra special this time, however, as L’Avant-Scene prepares for its 20th Anniversary celebration in April. Here’s what the students from this…
Seuls en Scène brings celebrated French actors and directors, as well as promising early-career artists, to Princeton University and the local community to present their work, introducing American audiences to dynamic and engaging French productions. We are thrilled to bring this new edition of the festival in collaboration with…
FRE-THR 390 Race in French Theater was recently featured on Radio France in Tous en scène by Aurélie Charon on France Culture. Playwright Penda Diouf and scholar Sylvie Chalaye discussed their visit to Princeton for the course Race in French Theater taught by Florent Masse.
The play “Traces,” presented in the Marie and Edward Matthews ’53 Acting Studio on Sept. 19 and 20, began with the melodic sound of the kora, a West African string instrument. The lights illuminated the stage, spotlighting the musician Simon Winse. The music was a trance-inducing force that I felt I could listen to for hours. When actor Étienne…
Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, Department of French and Italian, and L’Avant-Scène will present the 11th edition of Seuls en Scène French Theater Festival, which will take place from September 9 to 23 at venues across the University’s campus. Most…
The Troupe of L'Avant-Scène, the company of the Department of French and Italian's French Theater Workshop at Princeton University, will perform its third and last play of the academic year, "Berlin mon garçon" by Marie NDiaye
Essay by Amelia Parenteau- Jan 05, 2021
I’m going to come right out and say it: I hate Zoom plays. That doesn’t mean I won’t watch Zoom plays or that I have any ill will towards their creators—I’ve even benefited from the experience of having Zoom readings of my own work over the…
This fall 2020, L’Avant-Scène offered a fully remote virtual season. The ninth annual edition of Seuls en Scène, Princeton French Theater Festival, a collaboration between the…
L’Avant-Scène enjoyed a spectacular, nineteenth, Fall 2019 season, The eighth annual edition of Seuls en Scène, Princeton French Theater Festival, a collaboration between the Department of French and Italian, the Lewis Center for the Arts, and L’Avant-Scène launched the season in late September 2019.
Celebrated French theater artists converge onstage at Princeton University
Pascal Rambert, a celebrated French writer, choreographer and director for the stage and screen, has joined Princeton this spring as a Belknap Fellow in the Council of the Humanities and visiting lecturer in French and Italian.
In mid-February, L’Avant-Scène performed “La double inconstance,” one of Marivaux's most beloved comedies, at the Princeton University Art Museum. The production, directed by Florent Masse, featured seniors Isabel Leigh, James Tralie, Sherry Romanzi and Adnan Sachee; junior Donald Della Pietra; sophomore Anna Vinitsky; and freshman Joseph…
Guillaume Gallienne a Visiting Lecturer in the Humanities Council and Belknap Fellow in French and Italian (Spring 2018), a French Actor, and Director, Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française, recently discussed his teaching philosophy and lessons that he attempts to impart upon his students, with the Daily Princetonian's Katja Stroke…
La Médaille d’Or du Rayonnement Culturel awarded by La Renaissance Française recognizes persons who have rendered distinguished service in the following fields: French language, literature, fine arts, science and technology, artisans, promotion and visibility of the French patrimony (including traditions and artistic heritage).
Jin Yun Chow, a comparative literature major from Hong Kong, has been selected as valedictorian of Princeton's Class of 2017.
The Princeton faculty accepted the nominations for the Faculty Committee on Examinations and Standing at its April 24 meeting.
Chow will deliver the…
L'Avant-Scène had memorable visits to leading European drama conservatories and state theaters during L'Avant-Scène in Strasbourg, Berlin and London (October 2016) & L'Avant-Scène in Paris (January 2017).
Many thanks to our generous sponsors and to Ecole Tns,…
L'Avant-Scène Masterclass James Baldwin with Théâtre des Lucioles from Caen, France
Harlem Quartet
