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Performance Series Calendar

FROZEN BALLS: A Carnival in Narnia
Damaris Webb
with Laurie Lynch and artists of the Naropa MFA and BFA
in collaboration with the Naropa Student Union
Saturday, Feb. 9, doors open at 8:30 pm
Naropa PAC
Free to the Naropa Community, $2 general admission
An Interactive Costume Party to celebrate the brilliance of a waning winter.
Cabaret Room!  Dance Floor! Interactive Installations! PLEASE COME IN A COSTUME FROM YOUR IMAGINATION

Naropa University’s MFA Theater:
Contemporary Performance Thesis Performances
- original experimental works by 2nd yr MFA  students
7:30 pm, March 7 – March 21, 2008
Naropa University, Nalanda Campus, Studio Theatre (North end, room 9190)
$7 general admission; Free to seniors, students and Naropa community w/ ID

Feather
Directed by Tyler Ryan
Written by Bobby Ryan
7:30 pm, Friday, March 7
Nalanda Studio Theater
Bounded by rough edges, long forgotten dreams and the walls of an empty farmhouse, two brothers wrestle with an unnerving history.

Nina Lacuna
Co-created by Ross Pasquale and Jeremy Williams
7:30 pm, Saturday, March 8
Nalanda Studio Theater
Inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, experience the untold story of fledgling actress Nina's reckoning with fame, love and talent in 19th century Moscow.

In Mocking Disregard: The Burlesque Extravaganza
Laurie Lynch
Co-created and directed by Colleen Mylott
7:30 pm, Saturday, March 15
Nalanda Studio Theater
Come to Billy Minsky's Burlesque club, drop your wallet for some Bazungas and Bootay – an evening of titillation and delight, Featuring Lady LaRouge!

Threads of a Persian Carpet
Nicollee Nazemi
7:30 pm, Thursday March 20
Nalanda Studio Theater
Torn by loyalty to the Shah and her budding love for Alli, an Iranian revolutionary, Roya's life is being spun by world superpowers and their quest for Iranian oil.

Elephants and Gold 2:  Boulders in My Belly
Eliza Ladd and Ensemble
7:30 pm, Friday, March 21
Nalanda Studio Theater
Dark as the night, bright as the day,
these are the things people say,
but what o what do they really mean?

deSoLaTE/dEliGhT PROJECT
Created by Barbara Dilley and Ensemble
Friday, April 25, 7:30pm
Saturday, April 26, 7:30pm
Nalanda Studio Theater
A culture committed to performance making/offering, the PROJECT engages with spontaneous ON THE SPOT composition and speaks from its HEART. Recycle, wake up and dare!
$7 general admission; Free to seniors, students and Naropa community w/ ID

23 Seconds about John Cage (a multidisciplinary dharma)
A production of Naropa University's MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance Program in collaboration with Colorado University's ATLAS Center for Arts, Media and Performance. 
Directed by SITI Company members and MFA Guest Artists Leon Ingulsrud and Barney O'Hanlon with the MFACP Ensemble. Lighting Design by  Brian Scott of SITI Company
Friday, May 2nd, 8pm
Saturday, May 3rd, 2pm and 8pm
ATLAS Center for Arts, Media and Performance; Black Box Theater
CU Boulder Campus
Based on techniques of crafting “found text” and “self scripting”, Suzuki physical training, and  Viewpoints Staging and Performance Technique, this piece takes as its subject the life, works, and subsequent influence of the composer John Cage.
Tickets: $15 General Admission; $10 Students and Seniors.
Tickets available at the Boulder Theater box office 303.786.7030 or online at www.bouldertheater.com 
 
ATLAS Center for Arts, Media and Performance is located at 18th Street at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO