The Front Page, a play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran October 20-21 and 26-28.
The Rimers of Eldritch, a play by Lanford Wilson, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. The play concerned the decline of a small town and the subsequent moral and immoral behavior of the residents. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran February 25-26 and March 3-4, including a matinee show at 2:00pm on the last day.
The Imaginary Invalid, a play by Moliere adapted by Miles Malleson, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. This play, which was set in Paris in 1676, featured a chronic hypochondriac whose entire life was centered around his imagined illness, much to the frustration of those around him. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran October 22-23 and 28-30.
The Time of Your Life, a Pulitzer Prize and Critics' Circle Award-winning play by William Saroyan, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran from April 23-26, including a matinee performance at 2:00pm on April 24.
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, a play by John Arden, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran February 27 and March 4-6. In this show, the title role of Serjeant Musgrave was played by Charles Eldridge.
An exhibit of recent works by Barbara Diduk was on display in the Trout Gallery from March 8th to April 14th, 1990.
The fall 1989 Art Historical Methods seminar created an exhibit entitled "Abstraction: Directions and Derivatives, 1940-1980" that was on display in the Trout Gallery from January 26th to March 3rd, 1990.
As part of the inter-disciplinary The Risks of Nuclear War program, the film America and the World Since World War II was shown in four parts, with each viewing session followed by a discussion session. The film was shown on March 6th, 13th and 27th and on April 3rd.
Art critic Derek Guthrie jurored an exhibit on the theme "The Risks of Nuclear War" that was on display in the Trout Gallery from March 2nd to April 7th, 1989. The mid-Atlantic artists Gary Jacobson, Blaise Tobia, Michel Demanche and Joseph A. Davis III were featured. The exhibit was part of a multi-discipinary program on the same theme organized by the Trout Gallery, the International Studies Program, and the Department of Fine Arts.
An exhibit entitled "Spotlight on Alumni Artists: Photography" was on display in the Trout Gallery from May 5th through the summer of 1989.
Selections of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, and drawings created by students in Dickinson's fine arts studio program were displayed in the Trout Gallery from April 14th to April 29th, 1989.
An exhibit entitled "Brucke: German Expressionist prints from the Granvil and Marcia Specks Collection" was on display in the Trout Gallery from November 13th to December 16th, 1989. Reinhold Heller gave a lecture at the exhibit opening.
The fall 1988 Art Historical Methods seminar created an exhibit entitled "The Presence of Picasso: His Influence and Inspiration" that was on display in the Trout Gallery from January 27th to February 24th, 1989.
An exhibit of recent gifts and purchases was held in the Trout Gallery from August 25th to October 10th, 1988.
An exhibit of ceramic and bronze sculpture by Jeremy Jernegan, Assistant Professor of Fine Art, entitled "Posed Unspoken" was on display in the Trout Gallery from October 18th to December 16th, 1988.
An exhibit of lithographs by Jean Cocteau was on display in the Trout Gallery from May 10th to June 12th, 1988. The prints were part of the Muriel and Philip I. Berman Collection.
The Art Historical Methods seminar of the fall of 1988 created an exhibit entitled "An American View: From the Country to the City" that explored 19th- and 20th-century American attitudes about country and city living. It was displayed in the Trout Gallery from January 22nd to February 27th.
Selections of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs and drawings created by students in Dickinson's fine arts studio program were on display in the Trout Gallery from April 16th to May 5th, 1988.
A traveling exhibit of twentieth-century paintings organized by Partners of the Americas and entitled "Brazilian Naive Art" was on display in the Trout Gallery from March 3rd to April 13th, 1988.
Selections of paintings, sculpture, ceramics and drawings done by students in Dickinson's fine arts studio program were on display in the Trout Gallery from April 14th to May 1st, 1987.
An exhibit entitled "The end of the conversation: an exhibit of drawings and paintings by Prof. Dennis Akin" was on display in the Trout Gallery from August 28th to October 10th, 1987. It featured works from the period 1985-1987 that focused on "those moments when perseverance is the most difficult, but the only thing to do".
David Robertson, director of the Trout Gallery, gave a presentation on the iconography of the Madonna in connection with an exhibit of Medieval and Renaissance Art on display in the gallery. The presentation was preceded by a holiday gathering.
An exhibit entitled "Leonard Baskin: Aspects of His Graphic Works" was on display in the Trout Gallery from March 3rd to April 9th, 1987. Mr. Baskin gave an address at the exhibit opening.
The Art Historical Methods seminar of the fall of 1987 created an exhibit entitled "Exploring the 'Language' of Line, Value and Color: The Representation of Water in Prints". The exhibit was on display in the Trout Gallery from January 23rd to February 27th, 1987.
An exhibit entitled "Medieval and Renaissance Art" featured works recently loaned to the College by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was on display in the Trout Gallery from October 16th to December 19th, 1987.