Performing Arts Series/Calendar of Events

McDonough Museum of Art Calendar of Events 2008

72nd Annual Student Juried Exhibition
April 4 – April 18, 2008
Opening Reception Friday, April 4, 6-8pm
The annual juried exhibition of work by students currently enrolled in the Department of Art at YSU.

Spring Graduating BFA Show
May 2 – May 16, 2008
Opening Reception Friday, May 2, 6-8pm
An exhibition of work by students graduating in the spring semester from the Department of Art at YSU

Summer Projects
Terence Michael Fetchet, Chris Sheban and Michele Monseau
June 14 – July 26
Opening Reception Saturday, June 14, 5-7pm

2008 University Theater Season

LOBBY HERO, by Kenneth Lonergan  (a comic drama)
            March 27, 28, 29, 30, April 4, 5, 6

When Jeff, a luckless young security guard, is drawn into a local murder investigation, loyalties are strained to the breaking point.  As Jeff’s tightly wound supervisor is called to bear witness against his troubled brother, and an attractive rookie cop finds she must stand up to her seasoned partner, truth becomes elusive and justice proves costly.

AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL, by Gian Carlo Menotti (opera)
            April 17, 18, 19, 20

A 20th-century comic opera about a self-centered woman whose sole desire is to go to the ball. Her husband has found a letter from her lover and confronts her with it. She finally confesses that she has been seeing the "gentleman" upstairs. In a fury, her husband looks for a gun and goes out to find her paramour. Meanwhile, Amelia warns her lover, whose solution is for them to run away together. But she says she can't elope because there's a wonderful ball that evening.  When her husband finds them, there is a gentlemanly debate that escalates into a struggle, and the lover knocks out Amelia's husband. When the police arrive, Amelia betrays her lover, who is carted off to jail. Amelia's husband is left for dead, and Amelia gleefully goes to the ball with the handsome police chief.

YSU DANCE ENSEMBLE
            May 1, 2, 3
         
The May performance marks the 16th annual concert that the Ensemble has produced under the direction of Christine Cobb.  Ms. Cobb is Associate Professor of Theater and Dance at YSU, and also serves as Artistic Director and advisor to the Dance Ensemble. The concert features choreographed works from visiting artists, students, and faculty, and is inclusive, but not limited to, the dance styles and genres of modern dance, jazz, hip hop, swing, and Native American.  The YSU Dance Ensemble will be presented in Ford Theater.

Dana School of Music Schedule 2008

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PARKING

We encourage all F&PA patrons to use the Wick Avenue Parking Deck, M-1, across
from the Butler Institute of American Art and Maag Library. The parking deck is open
on weekdays and Saturdays for all F&PA events. Guests are encouraged to park on
the third level. There is a nominal fee.

YSU seeks to accommodate all people with disabilities. If accommodations are required
for any F&PA event, please call (330) 941-7448 or TDD (330) 941-1564. YSU
theaters, Bliss Recital Hall, the McDonough Museum of Art, the Bliss Hall Gallery
(second floor) and Kilcawley Center are handicapped accessible.

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