From ‘Emma’ to ‘Charlie Brown’
Not every day do you see an aspiring physicist or applied mathematician producing a play, but at Harvard University, it could be considered the norm. Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theatre (HRST) welcomes Harvard undergraduates of all ages and majors to participate in its summer repertory company. Established in 1980, it functions under the vast umbrella of the 104-year-old Harvard-Radcliffe Drama Club, the official organization devoted to operating Harvard’s on-campus theater program. HRST is self-supporting and student-run, with professional ties to the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.). Every HRST production is performed at A.R.T.’s adaptable black-box theater, the Loeb Experimental Theater (the “Ex”). And although A.R.T.’s faculty are available to aid students, the HRST undergrads like having the creative freedom to produce, direct, costume, choreograph, and star in performances all on their own. Rising sophomore Aaron Graham-Horowitz, a 19-year-old producer and program director for this season’s HRST plays, prefers this hands-off approach. “HRST is a great place if...