Fiona Choi in The Silken Phoenix

Be-a-Part-of-the-Arts

September 10
Faculty Readers’ Theatre Performance
“Life is the Most Beautiful Fairy Tales,”
Stories by Han Christian Andersen.
Presented in honor of the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen’s birth.
8 p.m. Howard Logan Stillwell Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $5.
(Tickets at the door only.) 770-499-3123.

September 14
Chamber Music Theater Performance
“The Silken Phoenix.”
The Core Ensemble and actress Fiona Choi salute the life and works of three of Asia’s greatest women poets: Ho Xuan Huong of Vietnam, Izumi Shikibu of Japan and Li Qingzhao of China. Featuring music by Kui Dong, Melissa Hui, Chinary Ung, Somei Satoh, Keiko Abe, Bun-Ching Lam, Lei Liang, Tan Dun and Chou Wen-Chung.
8 p.m. Howard Logan Stillwell Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $20.

September 17
Community Children's Event
Be-A-Part-of-the-Arts Fair.
Performances and hands-on activities for children.
1–4 p.m. the grounds of the College of the Arts. Free.  

September 27–October 2
Theater Production
“subUrbia.” By Eric Bogosian.
Directed by Freddie Ashley.This darkly comic play is set outside a convenience store in a blue-collar suburban neighborhood and follows the momentarily aimless lives of a group of twenty-somethings.
8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; Sunday, 3 p.m. Studio Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $5. 

October 7 & 8
The Spoken Word! Contemporary Performance Poetry.
Join us for one–or—both of two evenings of spoken word performances, featuring a program of three performance poets each night.
8 p.m. Howard Logan Stillwell Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $5.

October 25–30
“As You Like It.” By William Shakespeare. Directed by Harrison Long.
We present for your pleasure the Bard’s delectable pastoral comedy, a tale of reunion and redemption, wherein evil men are turned to repentance, brothers long separated are at last reconcile, children are reunited with their parents, those wrongly exiled are returned to the full blessing of citizenship, and lovers, seemingly star-crossed, are magically connected. And along the way, the fair lady Rosalind proves that clothes do make the man-at least for a little while.
8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; Sunday, 3 p.m. Studio Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $5. 

 

November 4-5
“café p.m. a (post) post-modern performance event.”
A collection of experimental plays and performances created and performed by the students in the Senior Seminar in Post Modernism. May contain adult content and a few naughty words.
8 p.m. Howard Logan Stillwell Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. Free. 

November 15–20
“Monkey King.”
Re-told by Margaret Baldwin. Base on Wu Ch’eng’s Journey to the West. He’s bold. Tenacious. Indestructible. He’s a rebel with an infectious laugh. Monkey has enough tricks up his sleeve to wreak havoc on bureaucrats from the Gardens of Heaven to the Gates of Hell. Join us for a contemporary American spin on this ancient Chinese tale as we follow the irrepressible Monkey King on his quest for immortality and—ultimately—truth itself. But watch out, this is one bad monkey. Presented as part of the KSU Celebration of the Year of China. This production also will be presented at the International Theater Festival in Shanghai, China in December 2005. Funding for the performances in China are made possible by a generous grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation and by the Shanghai Theatre Academy. 
8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; Sunday, 3 p.m. Howard Logan Stillwell Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $15. 

 

 

December 6
Opera Workshop Performance.
7 p.m. Music Recital Hall, Music Building. Free. 

December 6
Labyrinth Night.
Discover the power of the ancient meditation of labyrinth walking. Video with comments by John Gentile at 5 p.m. Labyrinth available for walking meditation until 9 p.m.
Howard Logan Stillwell Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $5.  

December 9 & 10
Workshop Performance: Senior Showcase.
Presented by students in the Theatre & Performance Studies, this workshop performance will look anew at familiar tales and legends, re-visioning them through the multiple lenses of postmodern theory. 8 p.m.
Howard Logan Stillwell Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $5.

 

January 27–29
Winter Storytelling Festival
Annual Winter Storytelling Festival
Presented by the Southern Order of Storytellers in partnership with the KSU Division of Continuing Education, the College of the Arts and the Department of Theatre & Performance Studies.
The Annual Winter Storytelling Festival showcases two days of performances and workshops by national, regional and local storytellers.
KSU Center, 3333 George Busbee Dr., Kennesaw. Free. 404-329-9950. www.southernorderofstorytellers.com.

January 29
Mozart in Music and Letters.
A celebration on the very weekend Wolfgang turns 250! Featuring Mozart’s Gran Partita Serenade, performed by the KSU Faculty Ensemble, interspersed with letters from Mozart to his father. John Gentile narrates.
8 p.m. Howard Logan Stillwell Theater,  Joe Mack Wilson Building. Free. 

 

February 14–19
“On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning.”
By Eric Overmeyer. Directed by Susan Reid.The surrealist comedy “On the Verge” finds a trio of female explorers from the Victorian transported to 1950s America, where they explore such exotica as ice cream bars, Jacuzzis, and Burma Shave.
8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; Sunday, 3 p.m. Studio Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $5. 

 

 

March 1
“Ain’t I A Woman!”
A chamber music theater performance by the Core Ensemble and actress Liz Mikel saluting the life and works of four powerful African-American women: Sojourner Truth, Zora Neale Hurston, Clementine Hunter and Fannie Lou Hamer. Featuring a musical score drawn from the heartfelt spirituals of the deep South, the urban exuberance of the jazz age and contemporary music by African-Americans.
8 p.m. Howard Logan Stillwell Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $20.  

March 21-26
“Beckett Shorts: Works Written and inspired by Samuel Beckett.”
Coordinated by Karen Robinson.The program will feature Beckett’s work, as well as the world premiere of new work inspired by Beckett.
8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; Sunday, 3 p.m. Studio Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $5. 

 

April 1
Fifth Annual Benefit Gala.
The College of the Arts presents its annual evening of dinner, dancing and silent/live auctions to benefit endowed scholarships and student-learning initiatives.  This year, the event will honor Dean Joseph Meeks’ 30th Anniversary at Kennesaw State.
6-11 p.m. Egyptian Ballroom, Fox Theater, 660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta. For sponsorship information, call 770-499-3214.

April 18–23
“King of Hearts.”
By Steve Tesich, Peter Link and Jacob Brackman. Directed by Dean Adams. This beguiling, musical misadventure takes place in the last days of World War I in a French town caught between opposing armies.
8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; Sunday, 3 p.m. Howard Logan Stillwell Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $15. 

 

May 2
Labyrinth Night.
Discover the power of the ancient meditation of labyrinth walking. Video with comments by John Gentile at 5 p.m. Labyrinth available for walking meditation until 9 p.m. Howard Logan Stillwell Theater, Joe Mack Wilson Building. $5.