Calendar of Events

Theater, Dance, and Opera

Thursday January 2009

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": Performance Network Professional Season.

Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 8-Feb. 8. John Seibert directs Tom Stoppard's black comedy inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. It concerns 2 minor characters from the play, old school chums of the prince of Denmark, and depicts them as hapless pawns, vainly trying to make sense of their existence while impersonal political forces inexorably shape their fate. Stars Loren Bass & Malcolm Tulip. The Jan. 31 performance is a benefit for 826michigan. Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Jan. 8 & Jan. 17 matinee), $22 (Jan. 9, 11, & 15), and $30 (Jan. 10). Jan. 16 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Jan. 16: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discounts available for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discounts available in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696.

Friday January 2009

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": Performance Network Professional Season.

Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 8-Feb. 8. John Seibert directs Tom Stoppard's black comedy inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. It concerns 2 minor characters from the play, old school chums of the prince of Denmark, and depicts them as hapless pawns, vainly trying to make sense of their existence while impersonal political forces inexorably shape their fate. Stars Loren Bass & Malcolm Tulip. The Jan. 31 performance is a benefit for 826michigan. Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Jan. 8 & Jan. 17 matinee), $22 (Jan. 9, 11, & 15), and $30 (Jan. 10). Jan. 16 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Jan. 16: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discounts available for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discounts available in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696.

"57th Annual Faculty and Guest Artist Choreography Concert": EMU Dance Program.

Jan. 16-18. EMU dance students perform works by guest choreographers Stefanie Cohen, Kathryn Contessa, and Holly Hobbs, along with works by EMU dance grad Eric Abbott-Main and EMU dance professors Joanna McNamara, Julianne O'Brien Pedersen, and Phil Simmons. Quirk Theater, Ford St., EMU campus, Ypsilanti. (Take Huron River Dr. east to Lowell St. Take Lowell to Ford St. and turn right onto Ford. The theater is on the left, with parking on the right.) Tickets $10 (students with ID, $8) in advance and at the door. 487-1221, 487-2282.

Saturday January 2009

"Future Stars 2009": Pioneer High School.

Jan. 9, 10, & 17. (different programs). Ann Arbor high school students perform 4 different variety shows. The audience response determines the winners in each of the 4 categories, who compete in the Jan. 17 finale. Last year over 1,200 people attended this popular show. Tonight: student winners of earlier competitions square off in a finale. The audience picks the winner. 7:30 p.m., PHS Schreiber Auditorium, 601 W. Stadium at Main. No students without ID from an area high school or college admitted to the 9:30 p.m. show. Tickets $6 on Jan. 9 & 10, $12 (students, seniors, & teachers, $8) on Jan. 17 at the door only. 994-2191.

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": Performance Network Professional Season.

Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 8-Feb. 8. John Seibert directs Tom Stoppard's black comedy inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. It concerns 2 minor characters from the play, old school chums of the prince of Denmark, and depicts them as hapless pawns, vainly trying to make sense of their existence while impersonal political forces inexorably shape their fate. Stars Loren Bass & Malcolm Tulip. The Jan. 31 performance is a benefit for 826michigan. Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Jan. 8 & Jan. 17 matinee), $22 (Jan. 9, 11, & 15), and $30 (Jan. 10). Jan. 16 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Jan. 16: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discounts available for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discounts available in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696.

Puppetry Improv: Dreamland Theater.

Jan. 17 & 31. The Dreamland puppet troupe uses marionettes, rod puppets, and other forms of puppetry in an improv performance inspired by current events, audience suggestions, and "whatever strikes our fancy." Dreamland Theater, 26 N. Washington St., Ypsilanti. $5. 657-2337.

"57th Annual Faculty and Guest Artist Choreography Concert": EMU Dance Program.

Jan. 16-18. EMU dance students perform works by guest choreographers Stefanie Cohen, Kathryn Contessa, and Holly Hobbs, along with works by EMU dance grad Eric Abbott-Main and EMU dance professors Joanna McNamara, Julianne O'Brien Pedersen, and Phil Simmons. Quirk Theater, Ford St., EMU campus, Ypsilanti. (Take Huron River Dr. east to Lowell St. Take Lowell to Ford St. and turn right onto Ford. The theater is on the left, with parking on the right.) Tickets $10 (students with ID, $8) in advance and at the door. 487-1221, 487-2282.

Sunday January 2009

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": Performance Network Professional Season.

Every Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 8-Feb. 8. John Seibert directs Tom Stoppard's black comedy inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. It concerns 2 minor characters from the play, old school chums of the prince of Denmark, and depicts them as hapless pawns, vainly trying to make sense of their existence while impersonal political forces inexorably shape their fate. Stars Loren Bass & Malcolm Tulip. The Jan. 31 performance is a benefit for 826michigan. Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Jan. 8 & Jan. 17 matinee), $22 (Jan. 9, 11, & 15), and $30 (Jan. 10). Jan. 16 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Jan. 16: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discounts available for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discounts available in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696.

"57th Annual Faculty and Guest Artist Choreography Concert": EMU Dance Program.

Jan. 16-18. EMU dance students perform works by guest choreographers Stefanie Cohen, Kathryn Contessa, and Holly Hobbs, along with works by EMU dance grad Eric Abbott-Main and EMU dance professors Joanna McNamara, Julianne O'Brien Pedersen, and Phil Simmons. Quirk Theater, Ford St., EMU campus, Ypsilanti. (Take Huron River Dr. east to Lowell St. Take Lowell to Ford St. and turn right onto Ford. The theater is on the left, with parking on the right.) Tickets $10 (students with ID, $8) in advance and at the door. 487-1221, 487-2282.

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