Sock and Buskin (Brown University)

Sock and Buskin is the faculty-student board that selects and produces theatrical productions at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1901 by Thomas Crosby, a professor in the university's English department, it has maintained an unbroken string of performance seasons since being established. Originally founded as an all-male organization, Sock and Buskin became a co-educational group in 1927 when it merged with an all-female theatre troup from nearby Pembroke College. Sock and Buskin performances are currently held in the Catherine Bryan Dill Center for the Performing Arts. Each year, Sock and Buskin chooses four plays or musicals to be produced during the following academic year. The 2006-2007 season will include "Much Ado About Nothing", "Hot 'N Throbbing", "Merrily We Roll Along" and "The Blind".

Selection Process

Sock and Buskin has an open meeting every week where, along with other theatre-production duties, potential plays for the following season are discussed.

Each week, six works are discussed on several grounds, including but not limited to timeliness, interest, student opportunities, and producibility. After a play has been sufficiently discussed, a vote is taken for whether or a play should be kept for consideration or struck for the year. All atendees to the meeting are allowed to vote, and given the option of abstaining.

As the academic year comes to a close, all the kept plays are discussed in a major decision meeting, at which the next season is finalized.

Links

* [http://students.brown.edu/sockandbuskin/ Sock & Buskin website]