2009/2010 Ovation Series
At the heart of the Center of Performing Arts are dynamic, innovative and exciting performances for the entire community. In the Ovation series there is a little dance, some laughter and tears, and music that will touch your heart.
Santa Clara 2009 New Music Festival
November 4, noon & November 6 & 7, 2009 - 8pm
Music Recital Hall
Tickets: $18 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
Continuing in the tradition of innovative, cutting edge, new music; nationally known, Dr. Teresa McCollough directs the SCU New Music Festival featuring acclaimed guest composer, Joan Tower. Her bold and energetic compositions have been performed in concert halls around the world and The New Yorker states that Joan is , "one of the most successful woman composers of all time".
The Saint Plays
by Erik Ehn
Directed by Michael Zampelli and Kristin Kusanovich
Original Music by Gregory Dale Schultz
November 6-14, 2009
Mayer Theatre
Tickets: $18 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
What are "saints"? People who lived a 'long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away'? Idealized human beings frozen in stained glass or confined to the face of laminated holy cards? Or are they people, rooted in the earth and reaching for heaven, who have allowed themselves to be shattered, to be exploded by love so that others might live? Are they people like Bernadette, George, Mary, Genesius, Joan, Salvadoran university professors and their coworkers? REAL people who call us to become like them, to become saints? "The Saint Plays" by Erik Ehn are a series of six short plays that link saints from the past with ordinary people. Come and see.
Jazz Has a Dream – MLK
Directed by David Duenas
in collaboration with the Justice and the Arts Initiative
January 15 & 16, 2010 -8pm
Music Recital Hall
Tickets: $18 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
We celebrate and remember Martin Luther King Jr. and honor his memory in a jazz concert featuring music of social consciousness, peace and justice. This is a triumph of life to be shared with the entire family.
Teresa McCollough, piano
January 29, 2010 – 8pm
Tickets: $18 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
Images 2010
February 4 -7, 2010
Mayer Theatre
Tickets: $18 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
Our most popular dance concert of the year welcomes guest choreographer Tandy Beal, the multitalented artist, who creates crystal-clean choreography—innovative and flowing, displaying the physics of the body and the spirit in complex layers and nuances. Images 2010, a stunning production of eclectic original jazz, modern and classical ballet features the choreography from some of Santa Clara's finest performing artists. This annual dance concert features some of the most talented up and coming dancers and spans all genres of dance.
The Playboy of the Western World
By J.M. Synge
Directed by Fred Tollini, SJ
February 26 – March 6, 2010
Mayer Theatre
Tickets: $18 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
J. M. Synge's eccentric, high-spirited comedy celebrates the grand poetry and reckless abandon of the Irish imagination, taking us to a hardscrabble corner of the world where murderers speak in earthy music, the underdog rules on high, feisty damsels are eager to be won, and it's the tale well told that wins the day. Undeniably, J.M. Synge is considered the pivotal Irish playwright of the early 20th century.
A Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration!
April 16, 2010 - 8pm
Music Recital Hall
Tickets: $18 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
Start the New Year on a joyous note with a lively celebration of the repertoire of Rodgers and Hammerstein. A selection from Carousel, South Pacific, Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music and other R&H musicals fill the air and leave you humming your favorite songs.
God's Grandeur
Nancy Wait -Kromm
April 30, 2010 – 8pm
Music Recital Hall
Tickets: $18 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
Completing her five CD song recital series on themes of nature, award-winning soprano and noted art song interpreter Nancy Wait-Kromm presents the final recital of the series, "God's Grandeur." In the Ignatian spirit of finding God in all things, Wait-Kromm will share timeless songs and poetry that reflect eternal beauty: of the earth, of its people, and of its sacred beliefs.
The Odd Couple
By Neil Simon
Directed by Aldo Billingslea
May 7 - 15, 2010
Fess Parker Studio Theatre
Tickets: $18 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
A classic comedy with a female spin.
A remake of Neil Simon's long-running Broadway comedy! In The Odd Couple, Unger and Madison are at it again! Florence Unger and Olive Madison, that is, in this hilarious contemporary comic classic: the female version of The Odd Couple. Instead of the poker party that begins the original version, Ms. Madison has invited the girls over for an evening of Trivial Pursuit. And, in this version, the Pigeon sisters have become the Costazuela brothers. The situation is the same. Only the gender has been changed!
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Tony Award-winning musical
Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan,
Book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan
Directed by Kimberly Mohne Hill
May 28 – June 5, 2010
Mayer Theatre
Tickets: $18 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
Tony Award-winning Musical. Thoroughly Modern Millie is a high-spirited musical romp, based on the popular movie that has all of New York dancing the Charleston. Filled with frisky flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a villainess that audiences will love to hate, Thoroughly Modern Millie is a perfectly constructed evening of madcap merriment.
Arts on the Green – Coming Soon!
Watch for our announcement of events on the Green. Outdoor events for the entire family!
