 This Week at the Lewis CenterWeek of September 8, 2013
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The Lewis Center for the Arts has launched its 2013-14 season with over 100 theater and dance performances, readings, exhibitions, concerts, screenings and lectures planned.
"The Lewis Center looks forward to a uniquely exciting program this year," notes Michael Cadden, Chair of the Center. "We invite the entire community to experience the wide-ranging work we produce - work created by our students, our faculty, and the dozens of guest artists who visit our campus. Artists need audiences, so most of our events are free or ticketed at no more than $15, making them accessible to just about anyone. And most are family-friendly as well. Come see what the Lewis Center is really about - making art happen!"
Highlights for the coming year include an exciting new interpretation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing; the Spring Dance Festival featuring works by Bill T. Jones, Doug Varone, Rebecca Lazier, Tina Fehlandt and Pam Tanowitz; Shanghai's Yue Opera Company; Tino Sehgal's performance installation "This Situation"; the martial arts opera The Further Adventures of Monkey; a symposium on the musical Fiddler on the Roof; readings by internationally-known writers, and more!
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Exhibition of work by Dean of the Faculty David Dobkin
September 19 through October 4, 2013
The Program in Visual Arts will present a unique exhibition of sculptures, photo-collages, and site-specific installations by Dean of the Faculty and professor of computer science David Dobkin, a self-identified amateur artist who collects and creatively repurposes a vast array of things from daily life. The exhibition is part of a graduate arts and humanities course, "Contemporary Art and the Amateur," and will open on Thursday, September 19 with a reception at 6:00 p.m. in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Photo by Kip Malone
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Theater professor Brian Herrera performs his solo autobiographical play
Thursday-Friday, September 19-20 at 8:00 p.m.
Program in Theater professor Brian Herrera will perform his autobiographical solo show, I Was the Voice of Democracy, on Thursday and Friday, September 19 and 20 at 8:00 p.m. at the Patricia and Ward Hagan '48 Dance Studio at 185 Nassau Street. This multimedia production tells the hilarious and heartbreaking story of a 17-year-old briefly thrust into fame when a patriotic speech he writes on a whim wins a national contest. The show is presented as a part of the Lewis Center's Performance Central series. In connection with the performances, a panel discussion on "The Peculiar Pleasures of Auto/Biography in Performance" will be held on Thursday, September 19 at 4:30 p.m. at the Marie and Edward Matthews '53 Acting Studio, also at 185 Nassau Street. The panel discussion will feature Herrera along with theater scholar E. Patrick Johnson, playwright Deb Margolin, and will be moderated by Princeton professor Jill Dolan. The performances and panel are free and open to the public.
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Photo courtesy Marilynn Richtarik
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Literary historian Marilynn Richtarik opens Fall 2013 Fund for Irish Studies Lecture Series
Friday, September 20 at 4:30 p.m.
Professor and historian of British and Irish literature Marilynn Richtarik will present a lecture entitled, "Stewart Parker: The Playwright in his Place," on Friday, September 20 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts' James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. Following from her 2012 biography, Stewart Parker: A Life, Richtarik's lecture will explore the brief but storied career of playwright, poet and cultural critic Stewart Parker (1941-1988). The lecture, part of a series presented by Princeton University's Fund for Irish Studies, is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Brigitte Enguerand
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Celebrated and emerging French theater artists converge onstage at Princeton University
Saturday, September 21 - Sunday, September 29, 2013
The Lewis Center, the Department of French and Italian, and L'Avant-Scène will present Princeton University's second Seuls en Scène - French Theater Festival from Saturday, September 21 through Sunday, September 29, at venues on the University's campus. The Festival brings celebrated French actors and directors, as well as a new generation of artists, to the University and local community. This year's festival includes Marivaux's classic L'Épreuve, original works by up-and-coming directors and playwrights, and texts by Valère Novarina, Marguerite Duras, Molière, and Jean Vilar. Discussions with the artistic teams of the shows will follow a number of the performances. Marking the launch of the 13th season of the student French theater workshop, L'Avant-Scène, the Festival has been organized by the workshop's director, Florent Masse, Senior Lecturer in Princeton's Department of French and Italian. For the full schedule of performances, click here. All performances will be in French. Admission to all events is free but reservations are strongly recommended by sending an email to ftw@princeton.edu - Subject Line: Festival.
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L to R: Photos by Eric England & Jason Reblando
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Two rising writers open the 2013-2014
Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series
Wednesday, September 25 at 4:30 p.m.
Two writers selected as the Lewis Center's 2013-2014 Hodder Fellows will read from their work on Wednesday, September 25 at 4:30 p.m. in the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center. Poet Katy Didden and fiction writer Adam Ross will begin their ten-month residencies at the Lewis Center by opening the Program in Creative Writing's 2013-2014 Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series, which is free and open to the public. For further details on upcoming readings in the series, click here.
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The Lewis Center for the Arts encompasses Princeton University's academic programs in creative writing, dance, theater, and visual arts, as well as the interdisciplinary Princeton Atelier. The Center represents a major initiative of the University to fully embrace the arts as an essential part of the educational experience for all who study and teach at Princeton. Over 100 diverse public performances, exhibitions, readings, screenings and lectures are offered each year, most of them free or at a nominal ticket price. For more information about the Lewis Center for the Arts visit princeton.edu/arts.
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