SMU Page, theatre season subscriptions available May 29

WINONA, Minn. — Season subscriptions to the 2007-2008 Saint Mary’s University Page Series and Department of Theatre Arts seasons go on sale Tuesday, May 29, at the Performance Center box office.

Season subscribers must choose at least three events to the Page Series and all four Department of Theatre Arts events to:

• Select the best seats in the house;
• Receive ticket exchange privileges; and
• Save 10 percent on their order.
• Returning 06-07 subscribers save 20 percent on their order.

The Page Series will offer 10 music, dance and family theatre events from September 2007 through April 2008. Dance concerts feature a best-of program from MOMIX, swing and jazz dance with Koresh Dance Co., and Saint Petersburg Ballet Theatre in “Carmen.” Music concerts feature the guitar-driven Mediterranean sound of Pavlo; Madrigaia, an eight-woman ensemble that sings music from around the world (in 13 languages); the American-Japanese fusion of San Jose Taiko; and two SMU voice faculty members in concert. Family theatre includes two Theatreworks USA productions, “Charlotte’s Web” and “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” and the giant puppet theatre company Theatre Sans Fil in the children’s opera “Hansel and Gretel.”

The Department of Theatre Arts offers classic and contemporary drama with “Art” by Yasmina Reza, “Yerma” by Federico Garcia Lorca, “Iphigenia at Aulis” by Euripides, and “When You Comin’ Back Red Ryder?” by Mark Medoff.

Also on sale are tickets to pre-show dinners, which will be available prior to each Page Series event.

Season subscriptions will be on sale through June 29. Orders can be made online at www.pagetheatre.org, in person, or by calling the Performance Center box office at (507) 457-1715 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.

2007-2008 School of the Arts Event Calendar

Page Series

Sept. 14, Pavlo, 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre
Oct. 5, Charlotte’s Web, 6:30 p.m., Page Theatre
Oct. 10, MOMIX Remix, 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre
Oct. 19, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, 6:30 p.m., Page Theatre
Nov. 17, Koresh Dance Co., 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre
Jan. 24, Saint Petersburg Dance Theatre, Carmen, 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre
Feb. 7, Theatre Sans Fil, Hansel and Gretel, 6:30 p.m., Page Theatre
Feb. 20, Madrigaia, 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre
March 10, San Jose Taiko, 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre
April 5, Faculty Vocal Concert: Mowry & O’Shea, 7:30 p.m., Figliulo Recital Hall
April 6, Faculty Vocal Concert: Mowry & O’Shea, 3 p.m., Figliulo Recital Hall

Department of Theatre Arts

Sept. 28, 29 & Oct. 1, Art, 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre
Sept. 30, Art, 3 p.m., Page Theatre
Nov. 9, 10, & 12, Yerma, 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre
Nov. 11, Yerma, 3 p.m., Page Theatre
Feb. 28-29, March 1 & 3, When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder?, 7:30 p.m., Academy
Theatre, Valencia Arts Center
March 2, When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder?, 3 p.m., Academy Theatre, Valencia Arts Center
April 18, 19 & 21, Iphigenia at Aulis, 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre
April 20, Iphigenia at Aulis, 3 p.m., Page Theatre

Department of Music

Sept. 28, Jazz Ensemble & Combo, 6 p.m., Figliulo Recital Hall
Sept. 29, Concert Band & SMU Choirs, 2 p.m., Page Theatre
Nov. 18, Concert Band, 3 p.m., Saint Cecilia Theatre
Dec. 1, SMU Choirs, Lessons & Carols, 7:30 p.m., Chapel of Saint Mary of the Angels
Dec. 7, Jazz Ensemble & Combo and Batucada Nossa Senhora, 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre
March 30, Concert Band, 3 p.m., Page Theatre
April 25, Jazz Ensemble & Combo, 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre
April 26, SMU Choirs, 7:30 p.m., Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
April 30, Batucada Nossa Senhora, 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre

Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts

May 16, Dance Repertory Company, 7:30 p.m., Page Theatre
May 17, Dance Repertory Company, 3 p.m., Page Theatre

Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries

“Images of Nature” Carol Faber
“Interstices” Monta May
Aug. 22-Oct. 5

“Encaustic Portraits” Michal Sagar
Francisca de Beurges Rosenthal: Audio Installation
Oct. 14-Nov. 10 (reception: Oct. 21)

Undergraduate Art Show
Nov. 15-Dec. 14

“Ignes Fatui” Art Faculty Show
Jan. 16-Feb. 17

“Tempus Fugit” Group Photo Show
Feb. 28-March 29

Senior Art Show
April 12-May 10