Adam Riegler ’20, center, with Holden Harris ’20, left, Claire Feuille ’18, and Anindu Rentala ’21, makes a last-minute hair adjustment before the dress rehearsal for 1984, the theater department’s winter Main Stage production. The production was adapted for the stage and directed by Professor of Theater and Avalon Professor of the Humanities Peter Hackett ’75. 

The cast of 1984 participates in a mandatory “Two Minutes Hate” session condemning enemies of the Party, while Winston Smith, played by Owen Page ’19, tries not to look like a dissenter. 

In Orwell’s vision of 1984, children are taught to betray adults. Mimi Fiertz ’18, right, plays Mrs. Parsons, whose child, Freddy, played by Eleanor Mitchell ’20, center, is upset at not being allowed to attend a public execution. 

The cast of 1984 stages the first part of the dystopian story as a 1940s-era radio play. At the microphone, Venice Ohleyer ’21, left, narrates the connections between Orwell’s vision and the current political moment. 

On the set of 1984, Winston Smith, played by Owen Page ’19, left, marvels at the black-market goods his lover, Julia, played by Kerrigan Quenemoen ’20, has managed to smuggle into their secret apartment. 

1984 narrator Venice Ohleyer ’21 gives the audience advice on how to maintain a sense of autonomy under authoritarian rule. 

Winston Smith and Julia, played by Owen Page ’19 and Kerrigan Quenemoen ’20, are arrested for “thoughtcrime” in the theater department’s production of 1984. 

“Thoughtcriminals” are detained in the Ministry of Love in the theater department’s production of 1984. 

After dress rehearsal, the cast of 1984 forms a circle on the Moore Theater stage.