Interdisciplinary Season 2006-07
El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea
Presenting their Spring 2007 Season. For informantion and tickets, click here.
Arena Stage and Georgetown Form New Partnership
The Theater Program at Georgetown University and Arena Stage announce a unique, new partnership. For more info, click here.
Spring 2007!
This Spring, the Davis Center Interdisciplinary Season continues to break new ground with the presentation of artistic collaborations that transcend genre and discipline. Featured performances include:
Expressions: The Brothers
March 15 & 16 at 8PM, March 17 at 2 & 8 PM in the Walsh Black Box Theatre
Written by: Kathleen Collins
Directed by: Raphaella M. Poteau (COL '07)Presented by The Black Theater Ensemble, this bold memory drama recounts the story of the Edwards sons, who spend their entire lives trying to jump out of their own skin and escape the "Negro void." Provocatively told through the eyes of their sister, step-mother and wives, the show explores the complexities of what it truly means to be Black in America.
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GU Dance Company Spring 2007 Concert
April 13 & 14 at 8 PM in the Gonda Theatre
This Spring, GUDC - the oldest and largest dance organization on campus- presents a diverse program of new and exhilarating classical, contemporary, jazz to hip hop works created by internationally renown guest artists. Featured choreographers include Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Derek Brown; Company Director Hisaka along with student choreographers, in the creation of an inspiring and powerful evening of dance. Don't miss this powerful, passionate and poetic group of dancers!
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Translations
April 22 at 7 PM, April 25-27 at 8 PM, April 28 at 2 & 8 PM in the Devine Studio Theatre
Written by: Brian Friel
Directed by: Jojo Ruf (COL '08)
Produced by: Emily Howard (SFS '07)
Presented by: The Nomadic Theater CompanyThe year is 1883 and the residents of Donegal, Ireland are confronted with a British invasion; not only of troops, but of ideas. Characters of both nationalities wrestle with issues of language and identity as playwright Friel sets the stage for a conflict that will dominate the island's politics for the next century. The production of Translations marks the first student-directed main-stage production in the Davis Performing Arts Center.
For more information or to purchase tickets to any of these shows click here.
The Interdisciplinary Program
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Artistic Director Maya Roth, Olympia Dukakas, & playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker (April 20, 2006) |
"Collaboration is our defining act: in the classroom, in
performance, and in programming. Together, we create community, performing
integrative engagement-- of the spirit, body, heart and mind."
-- Maya Roth, Artistic Director
More than just the home to Georgetown's Theater Program, the Davis Center is also at the heart of cultural exchange and collaboration across disciplines. Some of this year's events will include a world premiere by Amadou Kone, Sigui, which will be directed by Roger Bensky and feature students working with artists from Europe and Africa; "Children of Abraham," a week of interfaith events through the arts, generously funded by Andrew and Josephine Ammerman; a special production of Translations, by Brian Friel, as part of Nomadic Theatre's 25th Anniversary. Translations will be directed by senior JoJo Ruff, under the mentorship of Professor Derek Goldman; a dance concert by Black Movements Dance Theatre; an international joint conference of the Association of Hispanic Classical Theater and the Association of Women, and a dramatic reading of Enerst Ferlita's Companions, directed by Fr. Paul McCarren in honor of the Jesuit Jubilee.
