Even before the daffodils appear, art will bloom on the William & Mary campus with the much-anticipated re-opening of a beloved jewel: the Muscarelle Museum at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts.
After a nearly two-year expansion and renovation project, the building will open during Charter Day weekend (Feb. 7-9). Named after lead donor Martha Wren Briggs ’55 and designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners, the expanded museum will triple the existing exhibition space and offer new amenities, including a study room, café, museum store and event hall.
In the expanded galleries, an exhibit of Jacob Lawrence silkscreens, the third installment of William & Mary Collects, art on loan from alumni and friends of the university and a rarely displayed collection of Michelangelo’s initial sketches for the Sistine Chapel will highlight the museum’s spring lineup.
The museum’s rich offerings are just a sliver of campus goings-on, with a full slate of programming in the Arts Quarter, including art, dance, film, literature, music and theatre, detailed below.
Art
Figure Drawing Mondays
Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3, 31, April 7, 14
5 to 8 p.m.
Muscarelle Museum of Art
603 Jamestown Rd.
Hone your observational and drawing skills at these workshops designed for artists of all skill levels. Each session will focus on a different aspect of figure drawing. Muscarelle members and W&M faculty, staff and students enjoy discounted admission. See the full lineup of workshops and reserve your space at muscarelle.org/Events.
Opening Reception
The Muscarelle Museum of Art at The Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
Feb. 7
5 to 8 p.m.
603 Jamestown Rd.
Muscarelle members and William & Mary faculty, staff and students are invited to preview the newly expanded museum and experience the first special exhibition, William & Mary Collects III, featuring artwork from alumni and friends of the university. The first installment of William & Mary Collects coincided with the opening of the museum in 1983, and the second installment was held in 2003 for its 20th anniversary.
Community Grand Opening Day
Feb. 8
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Muscarelle Museum of Art
603 Jamestown Rd.
Explore the new museum with tours highlighting both the expansion and the artwork on view. Art activities for all ages and many new amenities are designed to expand the visitor experience.
Exhibit: Haiti to Harlen: Toussaint L’Ouverture & Jacob Lawrence
Feb. 8–23 (Closed Mondays)
Muscarelle Museum of Art
603 Jamestown Rd.
Fifteen original silkscreens by leading figurative 20th-century artist Jacob Lawrence provide a stunning visual narrative of the Haitian Revolution.
Student Open House
Feb. 20
Noon to 7 p.m.
Muscarelle Museum of Art
603 Jamestown Rd.
William & Mary students are invited to experience the new Muscarelle. Enjoy live music, take part in a scavenger hunt, win prizes, scout out our new study spaces, sample the menu at the new café, and more. Free and open to all W&M students, faculty and staff.
Lecture and Exhibition: Juan Brenner
Feb. 20
4 p.m.
Andrews Hall, Room 101
605 Jamestown Rd.
Award winning photographer and visual artist Juan Brenner will speak about his work which offers an unparalleled perspective into the cultural conditions in the Guatemalan Highlands. Brenner uses photography to reflect on the fluidity and abstract nature of identity and territory, capturing the complexities of cultural hybridization and the way power, hierarchy and inequality continues through time. In conjunction with his visit, there will be a solo exhibition in Andrews Gallery from Feb. 3 through April 3, 2025 of large-scale photographs from his recent award-winning photography books. This project promotes collaboration among multiple disciplines and departments at W&M including Art & Art History, Latin American Studies, Anthropology, the Special Collections Library, the Charles Center, the Muscarelle Museum and the general public.
Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine
March 6 – May 28
Muscarelle Museum of Art
603 Jamestown Rd.
This exhibit will offer American viewers an unprecedented opportunity to experience first-hand the genius of the famed Italian artist. On display will be 24 of Michelangelo’s initial studies for the famous frescoes of the Sistine Chapel. The exhibition highlights new theories about Michelangelo’s work, including a comparison between ”The Creation of Adam” and a self-portrait.
Curator’s Opening Lecture: Michelangelo
March 18
5 p.m.
Muscarelle Museum
603 Jamestown Rd.
Exhibition curator Adriano Marinazzo will introduce “Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine,” sharing insights from his extensive research. The talk will explore elements of the grand fresco and highlight the significance of Michelangelo’s preparatory drawings in the ideation of his masterpiece. Admission is free. Reserve your seat at muscarelle.wm.edu/Events.
Virtual Book Talk with Author Ross King
March 30
2 p.m.
On Zoom
Director David Brashear will join New York Times-bestselling author Ross King for a conversation about his book “Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling.” Admission is free. Reserve your seat at muscarelle.wm.edu/Events.
Non-Majors Art Exhibition and Reception
April 3
4 to 6 p.m.
Andrews Gallery
605 Jamestown Rd.
The Department of Art & Art History will host an exhibit featuring original artwork by William & Mary students who are not studio art majors but who participate in studio art and art history classes. The exhibit will be on display from March 31 to April 11. A reception to celebrate their work will be held on April 3.
Lecture: “Michelangelo & Titian: A Tale of Titans” with William E. Wallace
April 8
5 p.m.
Muscarelle Museum of Art
603 Jamestown Rd.
William E. Wallace, an internationally recognized authority on Michelangelo, will introduce scholarship from his upcoming book about the 40-year rivalry between Michelangelo and Titian. Wallace authored eight books on Michelangelo and is the chair of art history and archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis. Admission is free. Reserve a seat at muscarelle.wm.edu/Events.
Honors Exhibition and Reception
April 9
4 to 6 p.m.
Andrews Gallery
605 Jamestown Rd.
The Department of Art & Art History will host an exhibit featuring original artwork by William & Mary Honors students. The exhibit will be on display from April 9 through April 25. A reception to celebrate their work will be held on April 3.
Art History Senior Research Colloquium
April 25
5 p.m.
Andrews Hall, Room 101
605 Jamestown Rd.
The seventh annual Art History Senior Research Colloquium will open with a keynote from
Michele Greet, professor of modern Latin American art history at George Mason University. Greet is the author of “Transatlantic Encounters: Latin American Artists in Paris between the Wars, 1918-1939 “(Yale University Press: 2018) and “Beyond National Identity: Pictorial Indigenism as a Modernist Strategy in Andean Art, 1920-1960” (Penn State University Press: 2009). She is also a senior fellow at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. where she is working on a book titled “Abstraction in the Andes, 1950-1970.”
Art History Senior Research Colloquium
April 26
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cohen Center
180 Stadium Dr.
Senior art history students will present their research in an all-day seminar, with a reception to follow. This is the required capstone seminar for art history concentrators, with a focus on expanding and refining a research paper already written for an earlier art history course, and on the delivery of a public presentation. The full-day colloquium is open to the public and parents.
“Michelangelo: The Tomb and the Vault” with Adriano Marinazzo
April 28
5 p.m.
Muscarelle Museum of Art
603 Jamestown Rd.
Explore connections between Michelangelo’s original project for the Tomb of Pope Julius II and his Sistine Ceiling paintings, featuring 3D reconstructions of the unbuilt mausoleum. Adriano Marinazzo, exhibition curator, will lead the discussion. Admission is free. Reserve your seat at muscarelle.wm.edu/Events.
Senior Capstone Exhibition and Reception
May 8
4 to 6 p.m.
Andrews Gallery
605 Jamestown Rd.
The Department of Art & Art History will host an exhibit featuring original artwork by graduating Art majors. The exhibit will be on display from May 1 through May 17. A reception to celebrate their work will be held on May 8.
Dance
An Evening of Dance
April 3-5
7:30 p.m.
April 6
2 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Glenn Close Theatre
601 Jamestown Rd.
An Evening of Dance is an annual performance in which students develop original choreography performed by their peers in the Orchesis Modern Dance Company under the mentorship of the dance faculty. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
William & Mary Presents! Mark Morris Dance: Pepperland
May 6
7:30 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Glenn Close Theatre
601 Jamestown Rd.
Mark Morris returns to Williamsburg with Pepperland, a tribute to the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles’ groundbreaking album, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” accompanied by a chamber music ensemble of voice, saxophone, keyboards, theremin, and percussion. Ethan Iverson’s original score intermingles arrangements of the songs “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “With a Little Help From My Friends,” “A Day in the Life,” “When I’m Sixty-Four,” “Within You Without You,” and “Penny Lane” with six Pepper-inspired original pieces intended especially for Morris’ use of classical forms: Allegro, Scherzo, Adagio and the blues. Co-sponsored with Virginia Arts Festival. Reserve a seat at universitytickets.com.
Festivals
The Last Word Comedy Festival
Jan. 30 to Feb. 1
Various locations
The Last Word Comedy Festival hosts a packed weekend of shows, workshops, and receptions
featuring improv and stand-up comedy acts from around campus to around the country. Additional details are available at Lastwordfestival.com.
Ampersand International Arts Festival
March 17-23
Various locations
The reimagined (and renamed) Ampersand International Arts Festival (formerly the W&M Global Film Festival) will feature a week’s worth of film, author talks, live music, theatre and dance performances. The festival’s Industry Summit includes workshops and panel discussions with special guests and William & Mary alumni working in the arts and entertainment industry. A full list of events will be posted in February at ampersandfestival.com.
Film
Film screening: “The Agony and the Ecstasy”
March 20
2 p.m.
Kimball Theatre
428 W. Duke of Gloucester St.
This 1965 classic starring Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison recounts the story of Michelangelo’s challenges while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II. Presented in collaboration with the Ampersand International Arts Festival. Reserve a seat at muscarelle.wm.edu/Events.
Literature
Inclusive Inquiry Speaker Series: Lynda Barry
Feb. 14
6 p.m.
Music Arts Center Concert Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
The 2025 Arts and Sciences Inclusive Inquiry speaker, award-winning author and artist Lynda Barry, will deliver The Unthinkable Mind: Art in Ordinary Human Experience, in addition to hosting a faculty workshop. Barry has worked as a painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator and teacher. The New York Times described Barry as “among this country’s greatest conjoiners of words and images, known for plumbing all kinds of touchy subjects in cartoons, comic strips and novels, both graphic and illustrated.” Admission is free. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
Lecture: Novelist Steven Dunn
Feb. 26
7 p.m.
Tucker Theater
350 James Blair Dr.
Dunn is the author of the novels “Potted Meat” and “water & power.” In 2021, he won the $50,000 Whiting Award, given annually “to recognize excellence and promise in a spectrum of emerging talent, allowing most winners their first chance to devote themselves full-time to their own writing, or to take bold new risks in their work.”
Hayes Translation & Translators Festival
March 18-20
Times & Locations TBA
Five award-winning literary translators will visit campus for a series of panels, readings, and workshops on the art of translation. The festival lineup includes Lisa Dillman who translates from Spanish and teaches at Emory University; Aruni Kashyap, a writer who has translated two novels from Assamese to English; Ye Chun, a bilingual Chinese American writer and literary translator whose own novel, “Straw Dogs of the Universe” (Catapult, 2023) received the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize and was longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction; Aaron Robertson, a writer, editor and translator of Italian literature including Igiaba Scego’s “Beyond Babylon” (Two Lines Press), which was shortlisted for the 2020 PEN Translation Prize, and Boris Dralyuk, the author of “My Hollywood and Other Poems” and the translator of Isaac Babel, Andrey Kurkov and other authors. He is the recipient of the 2022 Gregg Barrios Translation Prize from the National Book Critics Circle. All sessions are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Professor Brian Castleberry.
Lecture: Poet Sara Daniele Rivera
April 8
7 p.m.
Tucker Theatre
350 James Blair Dr.
Rivera is a Cuban/Peruvian artist and writer from New Mexico. Her poetry and fiction have been published in literary journals and anthologies and use both speculative and realist lenses to explore themes of grief, migration, memory, and the liminal spaces between language and silence. Her first poetry collection, “The Blue Mimes” (Graywolf Press, 2024), won the Academy of American Poets’ First Book Award, the nation’s most generous first-book prize for a poet.
Music
Arts Quarter Music Series: Jazz Duo Steve Wilson & George Cables
Jan. 26
2 p.m. (master class)
7:30 p.m. (performance)
Music Arts Center Concert Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
The legendary George Cables will join saxophonist Steve Wilson on piano in a duo performance created specifically for William & Mary. Wilson and Cables are both major voices in modern jazz and their collaboration promises a rich blend of original compositions, bebop, standards, and gems from the American songbook. Expect a night of profound musical interplay and creative expression. Admission is free. Reserve a seat at universitytickets.com.
William & Mary Presents! Benjamin Verdery & the Ulysses String Quartet
Jan. 31
7:30 p.m.
Music Arts Center Concert Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
Experience the rich talent of American composers in this program by the Ulysses Quartet and guitarist Ben Verdery. From the contemplative to the raucous, this musical collaboration celebrates the diversity of styles and voices that make up our musical heritage. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
William & Mary Presents! Ranky Tanky
Feb. 8
7:30 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Glenn Close Theatre
601 Jamestown Rd.
Grammy Winners Ranky Tanky (a Gullah phrase for “get funky”) are five lifelong friends from Charleston, South Carolina who have established themselves as global ambassadors for the traditions originated by African Americans in the coastal South during slavery. The band has been featured on NPR’s Fresh Air, The Today Show, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
Arts Quarter Music Series: Desirée Roots
Feb. 21
Noon (Master class)
7:30 p.m. (performance)
Music Arts Center Concert Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
Grammy-nominated recording artist Desirée Roots has been showcasing her talent in theatres and concert halls throughout her native Virginia for more than 35 years. Her ability to sing nearly every genre, including jazz, gospel, opera, and popular music, has made her one of the region’s most sought-after vocalists. Admission is free. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
William & Mary Presents! Goitse
Feb. 23
2 p.m.
Music Arts Center Concert Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
“Goitse” is the Gaelic word for “come here,” an invitation to celebrate with this quintet, formed at Limerick’s Irish World Academy. Their distinctive sound blends original compositions with timeless folk tunes, creating a unique tapestry in each performance. Featuring percussionist Colm Phelan, guitarist Conal O’Kane, banjo maestro Alan Reid, accordion virtuoso Tadhg O’Meachair and vocalist Áine McGeeney. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
William & Mary Presents! Michael Cleveland
March 1
7:30 p.m.
Music Arts Center Concert Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
Grammy Award-winning bluegrass artist Michael Cleveland is widely considered one of the best fiddlers of his generation, recognized 12 times as “Fiddler of the Year” and inducted into the National Fiddler’s Hall of Fame. With an encyclopedic memory for melodies and an uncanny intuition for improvisation, Cleveland’s music is rooted in tradition and fueled by imagination.
Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
Virginia Symphony Orchestra: Strings for Springtime
March 15
3:00 p.m.
Music Arts Center Concert Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
Music Director Eric Jacobsen plays double duty as host and cellist in this intimate concert showcasing a selection of chamber music. Enjoy music by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and more.
Reserve your seat at VSO Tickets.
Performance: Victor Haskins & ImproviStory
March 20
7:30 p.m.
Music Arts Center Comey Recital Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
ImproviStory™ is a one-man-band led by William & Mary trumpet instructor Victor Haskins. Haskins improvises cinematic soundscapes, “like a live band crossed with a DJ crossed with sounds from a mystical realm,” all generated and performed by one person in real time without any pre-recorded elements. Presented as part of the Ampersand International Arts Festival.
Performance: Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra
March 21
7:30 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Glenn Close Theatre
601 Jamestown Rd.
Hailed by the Washington Post as “the premier American Ragtime ensemble” the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra is a musical time machine that transports audiences to the early 20th century. Watch classic silent films featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, underscored by a twelve-person orchestra with live music and sound effects. Experience America’s first popular music, Ragtime, played between the films, hearing hits by Scott Joplin, Irving Berlin, and others. Co-presented by the Office of the Arts and the Ampersand International Arts. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
Arts Quarter Music Series: The Suspicious Cheese Lords
April 4
7:30 p.m.
Music Arts Center Concert Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
A male vocal ensemble, The Suspicious Cheese Lords seeks to broaden the global repertoire of choral music and attract new listeners by unearthing forgotten works, breathing new life into familiar pieces and highlighting original compositions. Admission is free. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
Arts Quarter Music Series: United States Air Force Heritage Brass Ensemble
April 9
7:30 p.m.
Music Arts Center Concert Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
The U.S. Air Force Heritage Brass Ensemble presents an evening of powerful music that’s sure to inspire. Admission is free. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
Arts Quarter Music Series: Marcolivia Duo
April 12
7:30 p.m.
Music Arts Center Concert Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
The award-winning violin/viola duo, Marcolivia, perform music of all styles and periods, from French Baroque to folk music, Klezmer, Latin and contemporary, as well as their own compositions. The duo are guest artists at Tokyo College of Music, and on the rosters of Washington Performing Arts and the Millennium Stage. Admission is free. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
William & Mary Presents! Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience
April 19
7:30 p.m.
Music Arts Center Concert Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
Two-time Grammy Award winner Terrance Simien leads the Zydeco Experience band. Driven by African and Caribbean rhythms, Zydeco music has evolved from its traditional acoustic roots to incorporate more popular genres like rock, funk, R&B, rap and hip hop. Having toured over 45 countries, Simien and his bandmates have become some of the most respected and accomplished artists in American roots music today. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
William & Mary Presents! Edgar Meyer
May 7
7:30 p.m.
Music Arts Center Concert Hall
551 Jamestown Rd.
String’s the thing with legendary bassist Edgar Meyer, known for his adventurous collaborations. His latest foray includes the classical violinist and fiddler Tessa Lark and cellist/composer Joshua Roman, who “combines the expressive control of Casals with the creative individuality and virtuoso flair of Hendrix” (Gramophone magazine). Co-sponsored by the Virginia Arts Festival.
Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
More music
Additional musical performances are scheduled throughout the spring semester. Please check the music calendar for updates and additional information. Unless noted otherwise, all of the events below are free and open to public.
February
Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m., Botetourt Chamber Singers Gala
Music Arts Center Concert Hall Theatre, 551 Jamestown Rd.
Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m., W&M Choir Domestic Tour Home Concert
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
March
March 6, 7:30 p.m., W&M Symphony Orchestra Winter Concert
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April
April 11, 7:30 p.m., Barksdale Treble Chorus Spring Concert
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 12, 7:30 p.m., Senior Recital — Abby Blount
Music Arts Center Comey Recital Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 13, 2:00 p.m., Botetourt Chamber Singers Spring Concert
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 16, 7:30 p.m., Appalachian Music Ensemble
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 17, 7:30 p.m., Brass Ensemble Spring Concert
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 18, 7:30 p.m., W&M Middle Eastern Music Ensemble
Music Arts Center Comey Recital Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
Thirtieth Anniversary concert featuring Insia Malik and Gabriel Lavin.
April 23, 7:30 p.m., Gallery Players Concert
Music Arts Center Comey Recital Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 23, 7:30 p.m., Ensemble Spring Concert
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 24, 7:30 p.m., Ebony Expressions Gospel Choir Explosion Spring Concert
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 25, 7:30 p.m., Wind Ensemble Spring Concert
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
$10 General Admission, William & Mary free w/ID.
April 26, 2:00 p.m. Combined Choral Ensembles Spring Concert
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 27, 2:30 p.m., Senior Recital — Leena Walsh
Music Arts Center Comey Recital Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 27, 3:00 p.m., Melodia: Eastern European Ensemble
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 28,7:30 p.m. Senior Recital –— Cass Soto
Music Arts Center Comey Recital Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 29, 7:30 p.m., Jazz Combo & Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
April 30, 7:30 p.m., Flute Ensemble Spring Concert
Music Arts Center Comey Recital Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
May
May 1, 7:30 p.m. W&M String Quartet
Music Arts Center Comey Recital Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
May 2, 3 p.m. Appalachian Music Ensemble
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
May 3, 7:30 p.m. Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert
Music Arts Center Concert Hall, 551 Jamestown Rd.
Theatre & performance
William & Mary Presents! Actors from the London Stage present: Hamlet
Feb. 6
7:30 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Glenn Close Theatre
601 Jamestown Rd.
Founded in 1975, Actors From The London Stage (AFTLS) is one of the oldest touring Shakespeare theatre companies in the world. Housed and workshopped in the U.K. and based in the United States at the University of Notre Dame, this intensive program presents residencies at approximately 16-18 universities per year. One-week visits present students and faculty with an opportunity to experience a dynamic set of workshops, further enhanced by performances of one of Shakespeare’s masterpieces. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Feb. 27 – March 1
7:30 p.m.
March 2
2 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Glenn Close Theatre
601 Jamestown Rd.
Finding himself under suspicion for the death of a neighborhood dog, 15-year-old Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who killed the pup. A math savant, he carefully records each fact of the crime. His detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a journey that upends his everyday existence. Based on the novel by Mark Haddon. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
The Skriker
April 10-12
7:30 p.m.
April 13
2 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Studio Theatre
601 Jamestown Rd.
This 1994 play by Carol Churchill tells the story of an ancient fairy who transmogrifies in its pursuit of two teenage mothers it befriends, manipulates, seduces and entraps. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
A New and Well-Ordered City
April 24-26
7:30 p.m.
April 27, 2:00pm
Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Glenn Close Theatre
601 Jamestown Rd.
This devised performance project delves into the mind of a city planner, exploring the aspirations invested in urban spaces, the labor of designing them, and the cycles of action that bring them to life. Inspired by Williamsburg’s history as one of the first planned cities in colonial America, the tension between cities as imagined utopias and the tedium required to bring them into being is explored. As the performance unfolds, a snowball effect emerges — what starts as a series of simple actions and routines rapidly evolves into a complex, living organism that integrates students’ talents as storytellers, writers, dancers, artists and musicians. This crescendo mirrors the progression of urban environments, leaving the audience with a visceral understanding of the dynamic nature of cities. Reserve your seat at universitytickets.com.
Susan Corbett, Communications Specialist
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