Seuls en Scène – Princeton French Theater Festival 2026

Seuls en Scène brings celebrated French actors and directors, as well as promising early-career artists, to Princeton University and the local community to present their work, introducing American audiences to dynamic and engaging French productions. We are thrilled to bring this new edition of the festival in partnership with Festival d’Avignon and Comédie-Française.

For this 15th edition of Seuls en Scène, join us for nine days of performances of recent works by renowned French artists including Marie-Sophie Ferdane, Victoria Quesnel, Aurélie Charon, Françoise Gillard, Pascal Rambert, and Pauline Chalamet, among others.

Over the years, Seuls en Scène, Princeton French Theater Festival, has welcomed a long list of acclaimed French and Francophone theater artists who have often made their North American debut at the festival.

The Seuls en Scène Festival is curated by Florent Masse, Professor of the Practice in the Department of French and Italian and director of L’Avant-Scene, the French Theater Workshop.

Full schedule and ticketing information can be found on the Lewis Center for the Arts website.

The French Theater Festival is sponsored by Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, L’Avant-Scène, Department of French and Italian, The Office of the Provost, Humanities Council, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Study (PIIRS), European Politics and Society Program (EPS), Department of Comparative Literature, Center of Excellence, and Rockefeller College. International partners and sponsors include Festival d’Avignon, Comédie-Française, Cultural Services of the French Embassy – Villa Albertine, Albertine Foundation, the Education Department of the French Embassy, and Institut français.