Department of Theatre presents "Everybody Thrashing"

Fine and Performing Arts Calendar of Events

Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 20, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 2 p.m.
Madden Theatre
Pricing: $14

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It’s 1518. July. Strasbourg. A woman begins to dance. She cannot stop. Over the next two months, around 400 people will join her. Roughly a fourth will dance until they die. This is the Dancing Plague of 1518. In this new play with music incorporating original text, Medieval writings, devised moments created by the ensemble, Everybody Thrashing explores this historical moment of group hysteria and how it connects with contemporary moments of group fervor, madness, and in some cases exaltation.