- Fri Feb 07 - Sat Feb 08
Theatre Dept: Auditions for "Everybody," by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Everybody, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, is funny and profound. Human beings have always wondered about life after their life. What does the journey look like? How does this life influence the afterlife? Will our relationships be meaningful to our promised journey? How about our stuff, accomplishments, family, and good deeds? Will ... - Fri Feb 07 - Sat Feb 08
- Fri Feb 14 - Sat Feb 15
Dance & Music Depts: Club Zambezi Dance Party!
All are invited to dance it up and feel the heat blazing from the fire we call the Club Zambezi Dance Party! Bring yourself, bring a friend, and bring the family to listen and dance to the amazing music, inspired by traditional Zimbabwean music as well as contemporary African styles. ... - Fri Feb 21 - Sat Feb 22
Visiting Artists: William Shakespeare’s "As You Like It, A Radical Retelling" by Cliff Cardinal.
"Cliff Cardinal is a Canadian Cultural Icon in 2022" - The Globe and Mail The title of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It holds a double meaning that teasingly suggests this is a play to please all tastes. Is it possible? With his subversive updating of the Bard’s classic, ... - Sat Mar 01
Sankofa: 14th Annual Steady Steppin' Forward Competition
Join us for the 14th Annual Steady Steppin’ Forward Competition! Come see step teams from all around the Northeast battle it out for a chance at Steady Steppin’ glory. Hosted by Sankofa Step Team, the competition is a celebration of step in all of forms, and with a special guest ... - Fri Mar 14
Visiting Artists: Third Space Performance Lab "To the Academy"
Please join us for an open rehearsal for To the Academy. Inspired by Kafka’s Short Story, “A Report for an Academy,” and the ancient Sanskrit treatise on performance, the Natyashastra, To the Academy explores the limits of identity politics and the business model of education. Third Space Performance Lab’... - Fri Apr 11 - Sat Apr 12
Visiting Artists: Nicolas Noreña / The Million Underscores residency showing
Seconds is an intermedia exploration of suspension of disbelief and a study of staged death through the lenses of comedy, horror, the grotesque, tragedy, ritual, and dance. Deconstructing performative language from sportscasters, Noh theater, Tennessee Williams, and masked funerary rituals, the performance moves through the eight tibetan stages of death, ... - Thu Apr 17 - Sat Apr 19
Visiting Artists: James Allister Sprang "Rest Within the Wake"
https://vimeo.com/1045161176 Rest Within the Wake is a 50-minute orchestral jazz composition that anchors a session of somatic listening. This work invites you to turn away from the frantic pace of the modern world and slow down. Intimately tethered to the seminal text In the Wake by Africana Studies ... - Thu Apr 24 - Sat Apr 26
Theatre Dept: "Everybody" by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Everybody By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Directed By Samer Al-Saber What is life for? Why do we die, or live? How is being alive kind of like being in a play? Inspired by a fifteenth-century English morality drama, Everybody tells the allegorical tale of an average person— selected by lottery from members ... - Fri May 09 - Sat May 10
Dance Dept: Spring "Pachedu"
Throughout the year, CoDa, Kusika, Sankofa, and the Zambezi Marimba band explore creative ideas under the expert guidance of the ensemble's artistic directors. This collaborative process takes many turns as the students develop both intellectually and artistically. Please join us for these exciting presentations! All are welcome! Tickets: $3 (students) Artistic ...