Wright State University Theatre presents The Pajama Game  The Tony Award-winning musical The Pajama Game graces the Festival Playhouse stage through November 15.
Based on the novel 7-1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell, The Pajama Game features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Heralded as a “truly great musical” in the press, The Pajama Game won the Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Choreography in 1955. The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cent raise are going unheeded. In the midst of this ordeal, love blossoms between Babe, the grievance committee head, and Sid, the new factory superintendent. The musical features such songs as “I’m Not At All in Love,” “Steam Heat,” and “Hernando’s Hideaway.”
The Pajama Game is directed by guest director Michael Licata, a veteran of Broadway and presently the associate artistic director for the West Virginia Public Theatre. The production features the talents of Bryant Tuschl (Sid), Kelsey Hopkins (Babe), Will Hutcheson (Vernon), Sarah Agar (Gladys), Tim Singleton (Myron), Charlie Mann (Prez), Kelsey Celek (Mabel), Molly Emerson (Mae), Jason Collins (Pop), Brandon Fleming (Joe), Alex Sunderhaus (Brenda), and Darien Crago (Poopsie). Music direction is by Rick Church (Smokey Joe’s Café, Titanic: The Musical) and choreography by Teressa McWilliams (Thoroughly Modern Millie). The Pajama Game set is designed by Don David (Titanic: The Musical, West Side Story), with costumes by Christie Peitzmeier (Quiet in the Land), lighting by Matthew P. Benjamin (Thoroughly Modern Millie), properties by John Lavarnway, and sound by James Dunlap.
Tickets are $19 for adults and $17 for students and seniors. For tickets and performance times, call the Box Office at (937) 775-2500.
Art exhibition inspired by Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution | Pyrops candelaria
20" x 24" archival pigment print
© Jo Whaley 2006 |
Reflections on Darwin is on view through January 10, 2010, in the Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries. The exhibition celebrates the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin’s controversial book about the theory of evolution, as well as the 200th anniversary of his birth. To commemorate Darwin and the significance of the theory of evolution on our culture, five artists have explored the ideas behind evolution and its impact on today’s society through contemporary art.
The exhibition features Alison Carey, Jo Whaley, John Bavaro, Tracy Hicks, and Catherine Chalmers. Carey currently resides in Chicago and is an assistant professor at Columbia College Chicago. Photographer Jo Whaley has exhibited works from around the globe and has roots in the San Francisco Bay area. Bavaro is an artist and educator at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, where he is the gallery director at Bruce Gallery. Hicks resides in Dallas and works investigating objects preserved in museums, in our homes, and in public spaces. Chalmers is a video artist, photographer, and writer, and resides in New York.
Reflections on Darwin is connected to the STEAM3 grant (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Music, Math, & Medicine), which was made possible by the late Dr. Edgar Hardy, an original member of Wright State’s Board of Trustees, and his foundation. Part of the STEAM3 grant is the class “Teaching Science Though Music & Art” where art, music, math, and science education students learn about the connections between each of their disciplines and how to teach an interdisciplinary science or math-based unit. Students are involved in team projects, online research, class discussions, and school visitations, intended to broaden their understanding of the importance of interdisciplinary education.
The exhibition’s opening reception will coincide with the Presidential Lecture Series featuring JD Talasek. Talasek is director of cultural programs for the National Academy of Sciences, a program that is focused on the exploration of intersections between science, medicine, technology, and visual culture. Talasek will be a guest speaker for the class as well as giving a lecture entitled “Art in the Science Institution” on Thursday, November 5, at 7 p.m. The lecture will be held in the Schuster Concert Hall, Creative Arts Center.
Reflections on Darwin and related programs are supported by the STEAM3 Initiative, Office of the President, Ohio Arts Council, Friends of the Galleries, and Wright State’s College of Liberal Arts.
For more information on upcoming events and exhibitions, visit www.wright.edu/artgalleries or call (937) 775-2978.
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