Wheaton’s multicultural and hip-hop dance group takes the stage bringing emotions to life in their 2018 gala. Sit back and relax while TRYBE takes you through an evening of emotionally driven dances, while also getting a behind the scenes look at the TRYBE family. Tickets: $5 general, $3 students, contact the Watson Box Office 508-286-3575 or [email protected] for more information.
Professor of Music Guy Urban performs a gala recital celebrating his retirement after 36 years on the Wheaton faculty. The program will consist entirely of music by the great composer Franz Schubert, and will include ensemble performances with Music Department colleagues including Ann Sears, Lisa Romanul, Sheila Falls, Zarina Irkaeva and Joseph Bentley. The concert will culminate in a performance of Schubert’s song “The Trout” by Wheaton vocalist Shiqiu Yang ’18, and a grand finale of his famous “Trout” Quintet.
***The festival has been postponed due to the storm and on-going power outages. We will post updates when a new date has be determined***This biannual festival features ten-minute plays written in 48 hours based on a prompt devised by Playwright-in-Residence Charlotte Meehan. The festival is a collaboration between the Creative Writing Program and the Department of Theatre and Dance Studies.
Missy Hairston, who at different points in her life, could be described as a woman of majestic proportions, plays 30 characters in this solo comedy in which we follow her progress as she grows up in the South, migrates to New York where she finds remarkable success on the comedy club circuit, then pursues a career in Hollywood. Awkwardly Fabulous will resonate especially with women who have had to confront body issues and issues of esteem regarding their love and work lives (which is to say, lots of women). Plenty of men will identify with it too. Free tickets can be reserved through the Watson Box Office (508-286-3575 or [email protected]).
In his latest solo work, ‘El borner brujo’ internationally acclaimed MacArthur fellow Guillermo Gómez-Peña draws from his 30-year-old living archive and combines new and classic performance material to present a unique perspective on the immediate future of the Americas. His self-styled “imaginary activism” invokes performance art as a form of radical democracy and citizenship. This spoken word performance includes multiple cameos by collaborator, Balitronica Gomez. Free tickets can be reserved through the Watson Box Office.
Happy Birthday, Johann Sebastian! Join the Music Department as we celebrate the retirement of William MacPherson, college organist and assistant professor of music, with selections by J. S. Bach on Wheaton’s magnificent Casavant organ.
The Wheaton Chamber Singers present a program of jazz standards and more, joined by the Wheaton Chorale and Haas Visiting Artist Dominique Eade, two-time winner of the Boston Music Award for best Jazz Vocalist.
Come to the Cabaret and hear your friends sing, recite and perform short scenes. No knowledge of French is required. There will be coffee and free crêpes. The Lyon's Den, Balfour-Hood Thursday, March 29 7:30 pm
Brasilian drummer and composer Fernando Saci presents an exciting evening of percussion, including original compositions.
written by Tennessee Williams, directed by David Fox
In this semi-autobiographical “memory play”, a young writer wrestles with the repercussions of abandoning his mother and sister. Haunting, heartbreaking, and infused with transcendent lyricism, it remains one of American theatre’s most enduring works of art. Tickets: $10 general, $5 with a Wheaton ID & seniors.
