Archive: Announcements

• Children of Uganda’s Tour of Light 2012 Illuminates East African Traditions Through Performances at Davis Performing Arts Center

  Presented by the GU Department of Performing Arts and Davis Performing Arts Center, acclaimed, exuberant song and dance troupe raises funds and global awareness of effects of HIV/AIDS on children in d

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• Georgetown History Department and Davis Performing Arts Center present DC premiere of Robin Becker Dances Into Sunlight

  Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss, Washington Post associate editor whose book “They Marched Into Sunlight – War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967" inspired the dance work, g

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• Davis Performing Arts Center Presents DC Premiere of Acclaimed Pig Iron Theatre Company’s Zero Cost House September 28 and 29

  Company residency includes engagement with Georgetown Theater and Performance Studies Program students Washington, D.C. — Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the few groups successfully taking

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• “Trojan Barbie: A Car-Crash Encounter with Euripides’ ‘Trojan Women’” by newest faculty member Christine Evans

  Playwright’s award-winning mash-up of myth and modern-day warfare closes out Season of War and Peace Washington, D.C. – Georgetown University Theater & Performance Studies Program’s 2012-13 Season of

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• Freedom Theatre from Jenin Refugee Camp, Palestine, Gives Historic Performance of “The Island” Sept. 16-17

  Related residency events at Davis Performing Arts Center include post-show discussions with policy experts Washington, DC — Following sold-out shows at its community-based theatre and cultural cen

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• Postclassical Ensemble and Georgetown University Present “Schubert Uncorked,” Including World Premiere of ‘Arpeggione’ Concerto

  Washington, DC — A “new” Franz Schubert trombone concerto will be premiered by PostClassical Ensemble as part of “Schubert Uncorked” at Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall on Saturday, March 31 at 8

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• Georgetown alumnus Mike Birbiglia returns to campus with latest Off-Broadway hit, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend: Unplugged

  Washington, DC – Georgetown University alumnus and acclaimed comedian, writer, and actor Mike Birbiglia returns to his alma mater with an unplugged version of his latest Off-Broadway hit, My Girlfrie

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• Ensemble-driven Macbeth (April 12-21) Crowns Year-long Exploration of the Shakespeare Classic

  Immersive production features close collaboration of faculty and students Washington, D.C. — Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program and Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society present

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• Leading Washington Artists Reach Across Disciplines for World Premiere Dance-Theatre Collaboration

  Washington, D.C. – Innovative performing arts company Word Dance Theater joins forces with Georgetown University’s Davis Performing Arts Center and award-winning stage director Derek Goldman (Our Clas

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• Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program Hosts International Convening on Cultural Diplomacy

  Gathering dovetails with the historic residency of Baghdad University faculty and students at Georgetown, including free public performances of the first-ever Arabic-language adaptation of “9 Parts o

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