Tags: Performance
By Don Nigro, starring MFA actor Atalanta Siegel.
A metaphysical and metatheatrical romp of rebellion and reimagined classics. Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines explores the lived experiences of two of Shakespeare’s famous female characters and two actresses who have embodied them onstage. This humorous and intimate testimony reveals what Shakespeare left out of his immortal text and why women are haunted by these roles today.
By William Shakespeare and performed by Ye Rude Mechanicals
When four young lovers, fleeing the law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies, resulting in a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, merriment and farce...
The UGA OPERA THEATRE will be presenting a semi-staged concert with piano and singers of operatic duets, trios, and quartets live-streamed from Hodgson Hall. The live-streaming online can be accessed by opening the Hugh Hodgson School of Music website at music.uga.edu and clicking on the home page Live Streaming button.
The concert consists of music from different historical periods, styles, and composers. One of the compositions,…
By Steve Tomlinson, starring MFA actor David Cowan.
Description: On the heels of an election unlike any other and during a time where we are more divided than ever before American Fiesta asks us the question: What do we share and how can we get along even if we don't agree? Told through the eyes of an obsessive dish collector, American Fiesta tells the story of a same-sex couple unable to get married in the place they call…
By Katori Hall. Starring MFA actor Daja M. Rice and MFA alumnus Marlon Andrew Burnley.
April 3, 1968: After delivering his iconic “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King settles in for the evening at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. When a mysterious maid arrives at his door with surprising news, King is compelled to face his legacy in unexpected ways.
The musical work "More than words..." for saxophone octet, piano, bass, and spoken word by UGA graduate composition student Kevin Day was commissioned by Connie Frigo, associate professor of saxophone in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, and the UGA Saxophone Studio in the fall 2019.
With more than 100 performances of his music taking place in the past two years, Day is a rapidly rising star who is currently writing more than 20 music…
University Union is kicking off the new semester with comedian, SNL cast member and star of ‘The King of Staten Island’ Pete Davidson.
Join University Union for a virtual conversation with Pete Davidson and don't forget to submit questions when registering.
🕑 Friday, January 15; 8pm
📍 Hosted on Zoom
🎟 Register here: https://tinyurl.com/UUPeteD // (Only open to UGA students)
Tango intertwined with Latin Rhythm dancing for a memorable evening.
Location: Ciné, Downtown Athens, 234 West Hancock Avenue, Athens GA 30601Admission: FREEDate: March 28, 6:30p – 9:30pCouples, Singles, All levels welcome.
Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/918663931882302/
Live performances to be announced
Event Sponsors: UGA Tango Club, Ciné, Latin American and…
UGA Opera Theatre will be performing Gioachino Rossini's famous "Il barbiere di Siviglia," which is an opera buffa written in two acts.
Long-time guest conductor Maestro Hilary Griffiths will be joining the UGA Opera Theatre cast again, along with guest stage director Nicholas Muni.
The Opera Department team consists of Frederick Burchinal, professor, Metropolitan Opera veteran and international opera baritone as director of opera,…
UGA Opera Theatre will be performing Gioachino Rossini's famous "Il barbiere di Siviglia," which is an opera buffa written in two acts.
Long-time guest conductor Maestro Hilary Griffiths will be joining the UGA Opera Theatre cast again, along with guest stage director Nicholas Muni.
The Opera Department team consists of Frederick Burchinal, professor, Metropolitan Opera veteran and international opera baritone as director of opera,…
UGA Opera Theatre will be performing Gioachino Rossini's famous "Il barbiere di Siviglia," which is an opera buffa written in two acts.
Long-time guest conductor Maestro Hilary Griffiths will be joining the UGA Opera Theatre cast again, along with guest stage director Nicholas Muni.
The Opera Department team consists of Frederick Burchinal, professor, Metropolitan Opera veteran and international opera baritone as director of opera,…
Composer, percussionist, and DJ Val Jeanty will take part in a conversation with Ashon Crawley, associate professor of religious studies and African American and African studies at the University of Virginia 6 p.m. followed by a performance at 7 p.m.
The event is part of DJ Summits in the Global South, a Global Georgia Initiative research project supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and part of the Global Georgia…
This student music series features new groups each month.
All musicians are current Hugh Hodgson School of Music undergraduate and/or graduate students. The Bulldog Bistro and the hotel Market are open during the performances for appetizers, snacks, dinner, and beverages.
The Center for Student Activities and Involvement kicks off the Spring semester with a hilarious and mind-blowing evening of hypnotism. There will be two shows—one at 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m.
Welcome UGA is a campus-wide collaboration to provide students numerous opportunities in the first six weeks of the fall semester to meet new people, engage with departments and organizations, and learn more about UGA. Please visit welcome.uga.edu…
UGA dance students will perform a variety of dance styles in classical and contemporary ballet, contemporary modern, and aerial dance with mixed media featuring faculty created choreographic works by CORE Contemporary and Aerial Dance and Spring Dance Concert. This will showcase a sample of works to be presented in the Spring 2020 Department of Dance concert productions.
Part of the Spotlight on the Arts 2019 Festival.
Athens, GA- The UGA Department of Dance will present its 2019 Young Choreographers Series November 13-15 at 8pm in the New Dance Theatre, located in the Dance Building on Sanford Drive.
The YCS Senior Exit and Emerging Choreographers Dance Concert is a compilation of knowledge and artistic decisions that each dance major has discovered for themselves in the last four years. A part of the UGA Spotlight on the Arts Festival*, this show celebrates…
A first-of-its-kind endeavor, "By Our Hands" is a cross-institutional theatrical experience between Spelman College, the University of Georgia, librarians, archivists, students, professionals, incarcerated individuals, and community partners. The Georgia Incarceration Performance Project incorporates scenes directly from Georgia history to negotiate the relationship between incarceration, race, and the impact of forced labor through dance, media…
Come to MUSI 2812 Intro to Composition's class project, exploring rhythm, found sound and space! These presentations will only take 30 minutes!
"Saturday in Athens" will be presented outdoors at the drop-off point for the Performing Arts Center (between the PAC and HHSOM) and explores the sounds of gameday in Athens in three movements (by Julien Berger, Paul DiCicco, and Ryan Ward).
"Jitters" will reimagine Dancz as a local Jittery Joe's…
Do the time warp again with University Union during a live performance series of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
More dates through October 27, 2019
Qui Nguyen’s bittersweet comedy follows Agnes Evans as she deals with the untimely death of her teenage sister, Tilly. Upon finding Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons campaign book, Agnes gets to know her sister more intimately than ever before with the help of her unrepentantly nerdy friends.
This student music series features new groups each month.
All musicians are current Hugh Hodgson School of Music undergraduate and/or graduate students. The Bulldog Bistro and the hotel Market are open during the performances for appetizers, snacks, dinner, and beverages.
The University of Georgia department of dance presents REPERTORY Movement Refracted, the 2019 Spring Dance Concert, on April 4-6 at 8 p.m. and April 6 at 2 p.m. in the New Dance Theatre, located in the Dance Building, which is nestled between Soule and Green Streets (off Sanford Drive) on UGA’s south campus in Athens.
REPERTORY Movement Refracted offers an array of movement and choreographic styles. Based in the essential…
The Classic City Band will perform holiday music during an evening concert in the festively-decorated Conservatory. This group sometimes even brings a surprise guest.
'Tis the season for music!! Join the Hugh Hodgson School of Music for our annual Holiday Concert presented two nights! Performances will take place on Thursday, November 29th and Friday, November 30th at 7:30 each night on the Hodgson Hall stage. Audiences will be able to enjoy the talents of hundreds of singers and instrumentalists from the choral and large ensembles of the School of Music.
Performing will be the Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs,…
Beginning with preview performances on August 15, Atlanta's Theatrical Outfit will present THE BOOK OF WILL by Lauren Gunderson, Winner of the 2018 Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award. Gunderson is currently the most produced playwright in regional theatres in America (not counting Shakespeare, of course) and an Atlanta native.
1619-1623. London and Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Will Shakespeare…