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MARCH 2-4
TARTUFFE
The religious fraud Tartuffe has wormed his way into the affections and household of rich merchant, Orgon, with pantomime piety and counterfeit zeal. So comprehensively has he hoodwinked Orgon that he looks set to succeed in driving away the son, marrying the daughter, seducing the wife and imprisoning Orgon." Moliere's classic satire was denounced on its first performance as a sacrilegious outrage and banned from further public view. Only after petition to Louis XIV was the ban lifted, and the play's trenchant mockery of human frailties has ensured its popularity ever since. This new translation by Ranjit Bolt enjoyed its premiere in a major new production at the Royal National Theatre, with Martin Clunes in the title role.
UNO Theatre, 7:30pm
Ticket Information: Please call the UNO Box Office at 554-2335
March 21
Ecoutez! Series: Flutist Dora Seres
The 2005-06 Ecoutez! Series will conclude with flutist Dora Seres. Originally from Hungary, Seres is a distinguished recitalist whose technical mastery and exquisite artistry are inspiring. She won first prize in the 2005 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
Tickets are $15 for adults and free for students.
7:30 pm
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Strauss Performing Arts Center Recital Hall |
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554-3427 |
MARCH 22,
MISSOURI VALLEY READING SERIES
ART HOMER
Art Homer is the recipient of a 1998 Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a 1995 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Nebraska Arts Council, and a Regents Professorship from UNO, where he has taught in the Writer’s Workshop since 1982. Homer's essay collection, The Drownt Boy: An Ozark Tale (University of Missouri Press), was published as an Associated Writing Program Award Finalist in Creative Nonfiction. His most recent of four poetry collections is Sight Is No Carpenter (WordTech Communications, 2005).
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April 12
MISSOURI VALLEY READING SERIES
YIYUN LEE
Yiyun Lee grew up in Beijing and came to the U.S. in 1996. She has an MFA from Iowa Writers’ Workshop and an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Iowa. Her stories and essays have been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Zoetrope: All-Story, Ploughshares, The Gettysburg Review, Glimmer Train, Prospect, and elsewhere. Named by the Los Angeles Times as one of the three authors to watch in 2005, she has won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, the Plimpton Prize from The Paris Review, and a Pushcart prize. She lives in Oakland, CA, and teaches in the MFA program at Mills College.
APRIL 13-15, 19-22, 2006
ARABIAN NIGHTS
Mary Zimmerman's adaptation weaves ancient tales of wonder into a poetic testament to the transformational power of storytelling. King Shahryar marries, loves, then kills a young woman each night - until he encounters Scheherezade. For one thousand and one nights, he delays her murder as he eagerly awaits her next tale of love, lust, hilarity, or sorrow. The final scene brings the audience back to modern-day Baghdad, and distant air-raid sirens warn of the danger threatening the land that produced the encyclopedia of human experience, imagination, and poetry that is The Arabian Nights. Notes on casting and staging, a transcript of a sample improvised scene, and production photographs are included in the volume.
UNO Theatre, 7:30pm
Ticket Information: Please call the UNO Box Office at 554-2335
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