J A Z Z  O R C H E S T R A
February 21, Wednesday 7pm

Marcus Shelby is nationally recognized for his innovative and collaborative approach to composing and arranging for text, the visual arts, dance and theater and for his commitment to using jazz to narrate the rich history of African Americans.

The Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra will be performing Shelby's piece "Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman", as a works-in-progress. More info on Marcus Shelby at http://www.marcusshelby.com/

This Works in Progress music series is co-sponsored by USF as part of a celebration of Black Hisory Month. The will be a question and answer session with after the show for students.

Tuesday, February 27 at 7PM
Hip-Hop Performance Aesthetics and Identity
Lecture-Demonstration with
Danny Hoch, Paul S. Flores and Julio Cardenas

Actor, director and writer Danny Hoch leads a discussion about the history of Hip-Hop as an evolution of performance aesthetics and style, exploring the impact it's had on a generation of artists, performers and thinkers. Bay Area spoken word performer Paul S. Flores and Cuban MC Julio Cardenas will perform an excerpt of REPRESENTA! bilingual Hip-Hop Theater directed by Hoch, illustrating how hip-hop has become a universal language with a strong effect on Latino identity and immigration.

Saturday, March 3, 2007
USF/CETA Theater Educator Workshop
workshop 9-5pm
performance 7-10pm

The California Educational Theatre Association announces a day-long series of workshops specifically designed for high school and middle school teachers of theatre and drama. Hosted by the University of San Francisco, the workshops and roundtable events will provide you with a small arsenal of resources for the classroom and rehearsal hall. The day begins at 9:00 a.m. in the Studio Theater on Lone Mountain at USF, and continues until 5:00 p.m. A break for dinner on your own is followed by a performance of Angels in America: Perestroika at 7pm in the Studio Theater.

......MORE INFORMATION

February 28-March 3 (Wed - Sat) at 7pm
March 4 (Sun) at 1pm
March 7-10 (Wed - Sat) at 7pm
Angels in America (Part II): Perestroika
By Tony Kushner
Directed by Ken Sonkin

Subtitled, "A Gay Fantasia on National Themes",this epic drama set a new standard in American theater when it premiered in San Francisco in 1991. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play comes home to San Francisco to USF's new Studio Theater on Lone Mountain. Continuing USF's commitment to 25 Years: Artists Respond to AIDs, you won't want to miss the second part, Perestroika, this February and March.


*PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING FOR THIS PRODUCTION*
1) This production not suitable for children.
2) There is no late seating for this production.

Human Rights Film Festival
Monday-Wednesday
March 19 (2-9pm), March 20 & 21 (4-9pm)

This coming year, the Festival will take place on March 19, 20, and 21 and will include films focusing on Costa Rica , Chile , Iraq , Burma , Argentina , Mexico , and the U.S. In addition, this year's festival will feature a film program organized by the USF GLBQT Caucus. The works featured help put a human face on threats to individual freedom and dignity, and celebrate the power of the human spirit and intellect to prevail. FILM PROGRAM

Human Rights Film Festival Closing Night Reception
Wednesday, March 21 from 9-10pm
All are welcome to join director of the film THROUGH THICK AND THIN, Sebastian Cordoba, and others as we celebrate the end of the festival. Reception will take place down the hall from Presentation Theatre in room 102 in the School of Education building.

For more information on the films and the festival, please visit:
http://www.usfca.edu/mediastudies/hrw/

Friday and Saturday
March 23rd and 24th, 9pm

USF PERFORMING ARTS CABARET SERIES
presents
MEDEA REDUX
by Neil LaBute
directed by Samatha Schwartz

Part of the Cabaret series - please come see this amazing A one woman adaptation of Euripides' Medea starring ASHLEY STEWART.

the FOG N' GROG
(located on the first floor of USF's University Center,
across from the elevator)
admission is FREE

The ASUSF College Players are proud to perform Pippin as part of their 143rd Season. First performed in 1972, the story of Pippin, the first born son of 8th-Century King Charlemagne, remains fresh and meaningful. Narrated by a tongue-in-cheek Leading Player and featuring a colorful cast of supporting players, Pippin struggles to find his place in the world. He explores war, politics, lustful passion and true love, which he finds in the arms of Catherine. Is true love enough to convince Pippin that glory and fame aren’t all there is to life? With music by Stephen Schwartz, composer of Wicked and Godspell, and choreography by Bob Fosse, choreographer of Chicago and Cabaret, Pippin garnered critical acclaim and enjoyed a five-year Broadway run.

Directed by Caroline Altman, with choreography by Natalie Greene, and musical direction by Rick Roberts and Suzanne Garramone, the ASUSF College Players’ production of Pippin will touch all with its soaring songs, wild dances, and fantastic story.