College Arts & Culture Schedule
Arts & Culture Events 07-08
September
The Second City (Guest Artist Series)
Chicago's national comedy improv troupe
September 21, 2007 - 7:30 p.m. Collier Arena
Join incoming Hanover College President Sue DeWine at the featured entertainment of her inauguration gala: a performance by Chicago's famed comedy improv troupe, The Second City, in One Nation Under Blog, featuring some of the best sketches, songs, and improvisations from The Second City's forty-five plus year history. This evening with The Second City provides you with the chance to enjoy comedy stars in the making of hilarious satire and cutting-edge improvisation. No topic or subject matter is off limits for The Second City — and we have been assured that President DeWine will be in for some humorous ribbing herself from the Second City comedians!
Founded in Chicago in 1959, The Second City has become the premier training ground for the comedy world's best and brightest. The alumni list reads like a who's who of American comedy: even the "short" list would include Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Robert Klein, Peter Boyle, Harold Ramis, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, George Wendt, Martin Short, John Candy, Chris Farley, Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Horatio Sanz, and Ryan Stiles.
October
"Oedipus the King" by Sophocles
October 12-13 - 7:30 p.m.
Parker Auditorium
Greek tragedy, directed by senior theatre major Christopher Neal. From ancient Greece, this play is the story of Oedipus, king of Thebes, a city suffering from a plague that will lift only when the unknown person who has offended the gods with a terrible sin is found and driven out. One of the great who-done-its of all time, the play leads us step by step to its stunning and unforgettable revelation — the picture of a good man confronting the fate from which he has spent his life trying to escape.
Cheer from Chawton: A Jane Austen Family Theatrical
(Guest Artist Series)
Written and performed by Karen Eterovich
October 26, 2007 - 7:30 p.m.
Center for Fine Arts Recital Hall
Jane Austen (1775-1817), author, created the English novel with books such as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion. She was one of the first literary women of importance and one of the greatest of all English authors. Using original text woven with excerpts from Austen's writings, Karen Eterovich portrays the wit, humor, affection, character and depth of an "old maid" who wrote what are now recognized as some of the greatest enduring novels ever produced in the English language. For more information visit: www.lovearmd.com/jane.html
More great events:
October 5
Brad McCombs sculpture & new media,
artist talk & reception - 5:00 p.m.
CFA Art Gallery
October 13
Homecoming Alumni exhibition of fine
printmaking, artist talk & reception
Time TBA. CFA Art Gallery
October 31
"Marx in Soho" with Robert Weick, a one-man dramatic performance. Sponsored by the Social Science Division. 7:00 p.m. Fitzgibbon Recital Hall
November
"Master Class" by Terrence McNally
November 9-10, 2007 - 7:30 p.m.
Center for Fine Arts Recital Hall
A comedy-drama with music, directed by Paul Hildebrand. Winner of three 1996 Tony Awards including Best Play, Master Class brings to vivid life the legendary opera diva Maria Callas, renowned as one of the greatest singers of all time. Based on an actual series of master classes she conducted at the Julliard School of Music toward the end of her career, the play creates Callas on stage using wit and humor to coax, prod and inspire three young singers to give the performance of their lives — while revealing the joys and sorrows of her own.
Straight No Chaser (Guest Artist Series)
November 30, 2007 - 7:30 p.m.
Parker Auditorium
Join President DeWine, together with the faculty and staff of Hanover College, to welcome the holidays with this toe-tapping gala Holiday Concert. The men's a-cappella glee club from Indiana University is one of the most popular performing groups on the campus since 1996 — performing at universities and auditoriums across the nation, spreading their incredible blend of talent with their exciting stage presence.
More Great Events:
November 6-10
Fall Student Art Exhibition
Center for Fine Arts
November 10
Hanover College Choir Concert - 2:00 p.m.
Hanover College Jazz Band Concert - 4:30 p.m.
Center for Fine Arts
November 15
Hanover College Concert Band - 7:30 p.m.
Center for Fine Arts
November 29
Hanover College Orchestra & Jazz Band - 7:30 p.m.
Center for Fine Arts
December
"K2" by Patrick Meyers
December 7 & 8, 2007 - 7:30 p.m.
Parker Auditorium
A drama of adventure and survival, directed by senior theatre major Julie Mauro. This thrilling play uses mountain climbing as a metaphor to explore the friendship between two climbers — Taylor, who sees personal gratification as the purpose of life, and Harold, whose deepest satisfaction is his selfless love for his wife and young son. On an icy ledge on K2, the world's second highest mountain, Taylor and Harold are stranded at 27,000 feet where Harold has suffered a broken leg. When the desperation of their situation can no longer be denied, these two close friends, as different as night and day, must together make a life-and-death decision.
January
"Freedom Bound" (Guest Artist Series)
A play with music created and performed by Mad River Theater Works
January 25, 2008 - 7:30 p.m.
Center for Fine Arts Recital Hall
A story from the history of the Underground Railroad, Addison White, a slave who escaped from Kentucky, traveled the railroad north to Ohio. Befriended by a farmer, he stayed so long that his former master eventually discovered him there. Federal marshals surround his cabin, but more than 100 citizens in the town confront the marshals and set White free. Freedom Bound uses drama and traditional American music, riddles and rhyme to bring to life our local history in Jefferson County, where the Underground Railroad was most active. Age appropriateness: 3rd grade and up. 50 minutes - plus time for Q&A with the audience.
More Great Events:
January 11
Tom Block paintings, artist talk &
reception - 5:00 p.m. CFA Art Gallery
February
"Hay Fever" by Noel Coward
February 8 -9, 2008 - 7:30 p.m.
Parker Auditorium
A classic American comedy, directed by senior theatre major J. Allen Miller. Playwright Noel Coward is synonymous with the sophisticated wit of the Roaring Twenties. Hay Fever, written in 1925, introduces us to a family whose theatrical excesses torment a group of unsuspecting visitors.
Judith, a recently retired stage actress, David, her self-absorbed novelist husband, and their two equally unconventional children, live in a world where reality slides easily into fiction. Their unfortunate weekend guests — a proper diplomat, a shy flapper, an athletic boxer and a fashionable sophisticate — are repeatedly thrown into comic chaos.
Noel Coward Bio: Noel Coward (1899-1973). His name is synonymous with British comedy of wit and social manners of the 1920's, 30's, and 40's. As well as fifty-plus published plays and many albums' worth of original songs, Coward also wrote comic revues, poetry, several volumes of short stories, a novel, and a three-volume autobiography. He wrote screenplays and starred in a number of American TV specials in the late 50's.
More Great Events:
February (date TBA)
Marita Gootee photography,
artist talk & reception - 5:00 p.m.
CFA Art Gallery
March
"Measure for Measure" by William Shakespeare
March 14 - 15, 2008 - 7:30 p.m.
Parker Auditorium
Merit Scholars weekend
A comedy-drama directed by Jim Stark. Public moral codes conflict with private conscience in this story of political scandal. How can one young woman fight corruption in high places? Where will she find help? Shakespeare tackles some enduring human problems in this play, sometimes from a comic point of view and sometimes from a deadly serious one — and often both at once. The centerpiece of Hanover College's biannual campus-wide Shakespeare Festival will approach this classic with a contemporary setting.
More Great Events:
March 21, 28, & April 4
Student Senior Exhibitions with artist
talks & receptions - 5:00 p.m.
CFA Art Gallery
April
Mark Schultz (Guest Artist Series)
April 4, 2008 - 7:30 p.m.
Parker Auditorium
Christian music sensation Mark Schultz will conclude the performance season with a not-to-be-forgotten solo concert. In just six years, Schultz has become one of the industry's most successful songwriters, with seven chart-topping hits to his credit, such as "He's My Son," "Remember Me" and "Letters from War," selected as the centerpiece of the U.S. Army's 2004 "Be Safe-Make It Home" campaign. Schultz' hit, "Back in His Arms Again" was named BMI's Christian Song of the Year in 2003. "I Am the Way" was cited as the Christian Song of the Year by American Songwriter magazine in 2001. His "Live. . . A Night of Stories and Songs," won the 2006 Gospel Music Association's Dove Award for longform music video of the year. He recently earned the No. 1 spot on Billboard magazine's Hot Christian Adult Contemporary Songwriters list. His latest album is "Broken and Beautiful."
For more on Mark Schultz, to hear samples of his music and see clips of his videos, go to www.markschultzmusic.com. Don't miss this exciting, inspiring concert!
More Great Events:
April 3
HC Concert Band - 7:30 p.m. CFA Recital Hall
April 5
HC Choir Spring Concert - 2:00 p.m. CFA Recital Hall
Staged readings, from the High School Playwriting Scholarship Competition. Presented by HC Theatre 4:00 p.m. Parker Auditorium
HC Orchestra & Jazz Band - 7:30 p.m. CFA Recital Hall
April 7-11
Student Art Auction CFA Art Gallery
April 9
The President Honors the Arts
Presentations by award-winning students of the arts, and supporters of the arts at Hanover College, hosted by President Sue DeWine - 7:00 p.m. CFA Recital Hall
April 28 – May 3
Faculty Exhibition – artists talks & receptions
Time TBA. CFA Art Ga¬llery