Brennin Weiswerda

= Division III =

''This article is part of a Climax Div III Issue. By Sophia Hoffenberg, Staff Writer. '' My favorite Hampshire moment is the entirety of my Div III,” Brennin Weiswerda said. “I found this Ancient Greek tragedy called The Suppliant Women, by Euripides, and I fell in love with it. I translated portions of it from Ancient Greek into English—I know a little Ancient Greek because I took classes at Amherst [College], and then I adapted the rest of it from available English versions to create my own performative script. I wrote it last fall, and then I spent this semester directing it.” Following the first three weekend performances of her play she said: “Seeing my play go up and realizing that this is the culmination of all of the work that I’ve done over the last four years—seeing it all come to fruition—was like a dream come true. My play really represents not only who I am, but the work that I want to do. The ‘why?’ of my Div III is very Hampshire: I’m just trying to change the world. Theater is a place where I feel like I can have a conversation with my community and my society about the world that we live in and theater is a place where I have developed my voice. It’s great that we have the privilege to do theater.”

So what is there for a theater-loving, starfish-adoring, Div III student to do after graduation? In Bren’s case, “For next year, I’m looking at a lot of internships with various theater companies that will pay me and provide housing. After that, I’m going to go to grad school; I’m hoping to get a PhD in performance studies, directing, dramaturgy…I really love school and I love researching and writing papers and talking about how cool theater is, so I think teaching would be a good place for me to end up. But in the meantime, I would like to do a lot of theater.”