Cap and Bells
Student-produced, student-directed, and student-acted theater. Oldest continuously running student-run college theater group in the country. It produces 6-7 shows a year and encourages students who want to direct to propose plays at the beginning of the fall semester. Productions are typically held in the Centerstage and AMT of the '62 Center and ocassionally in the Currier Ballroom. Productions are entirely student-run, and Cap and Bells is always looking for techies, actors, and stage managers. For more information, visit https://sites.williams.edu/capandbells, and to sign up for the news listserve, visit http://wso.williams.edu/mailman/listinfo/capandbells.
| Type of group | Student Theatre |
|---|---|
| Selective | No |
| Membership | 75+ |
| Meeting place | Greylock D |
| Office | AMT Basement |
| Established | 1898 |
| Website | https://sites.williams.edu/capandbells |
On the Issue of the "Longest Continuously Running Student Theatre Group"
If one is to go to the webpage of Georgetown University's Student Theatre Society, Mask and Bauble, one will see that they claim to be the "oldest continuously running student theatre group." However, if one is to then navigate to their "History" page, one will see the following quote: "After a brief period of dormancy during World War I, the club reorganized under the name of the Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society" (emphasis added), thereby demonstrating that Mask and Bauble has not operated continuously since before World War I. Cap & Bells, however, continued to operate during the Great War, thereby making it the longest continuously running student theatre group.