Date: Dec 16, 2011

Drama and Dance Announces Spring 2012 Performances

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY … For more information on the performances below, call the Hofstra John Cranford Adams Playhouse Box Office at 516-463-6644, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Members of the Hofstra community may receive up to two free tickets for each production upon presentation of a current HofstraCard.

March 1-11
63rd Annual Shakespeare Festival presents Much Ado About Nothing
Directed by Jean Dobie Giebel
Location: John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus
WWI has just ended, but the battle of the sexes rages on! Set on the East End of Long Island in 1920, Much Ado About Nothing, is a witty, multifaceted comedy about two sets of lovers: one battling an evil plot, while the other battles each other.  Show times are March 1, 2, 3, 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. and March 4 and 11 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 and $10 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. Tickets on sale beginning January 31.

Saturday, March 3 and 10
The Hofstra Collegium Musicum and Shakespeare Festival Companion Play
Location: John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus.
Featuring a concert of early music, “2 Bs or not 2 Bs,” directed by William E. Hettrick and Hamlet: A Bare Bodkin, a one-hour Hamlet, abridged and directed by Ed Elefterion.  Show times are 2 p.m.  Tickets are $11 and $8 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. There will be an additional performance of Hamlet: A Bare Bodkin on Thursday, March 8 at 8 p.m., also at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse. Tickets are $6. Tickets on sale beginning January 31.

March 23-April 1
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Directed by James J. Kolb
Location: Black Box Theater, New Academic Building, South Campus
A Pulitzer Prize-winning play, and reportedly Tennessee Williams’ favorite of all his works, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof explores a dysfunctional Southern family torn apart by an imminent cancer death, greed, mendacity, conflicted sexuality, and alcoholism. Show times are March 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 at 8 p.m. and March 25 and April 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 and $8 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. Tickets on sale beginning February 21.
       
Thursday, April 26 - Sunday, April 29
Spring Dance Concert
Location: John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus
Featuring works by guest artists Doug Varone and Jody Sperling. Mr. Varone is one of the most exciting and influential modern dance choreographers of our time. His work explores the full range of human emotions through movement that can change from calm and lyrical to wild and turbulent in the blink of an eye. Ms. Sperling’s choreography is inspired by the early 20th century dancer and innovator, Loie Fuller, a pioneering American choreographer who used flowing white silk and the new medium of electrical stage lighting to create magical environments for dance. Rounding out the program will be works by faculty members Robin Becker, Stormy Brandenberger and Anita Feldman. Performance times are 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, April 26 and 27; 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 28; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 29. Tickets are $12 and $10 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. Tickets on sale beginning March 27.

Friday, May 4, to Monday, May 7
Student Rep (A Festival of Student Performances)
Location: Black Box Theater, New Academic Building, South Campus
The spring festival includes five plays and a dance concert. All six works may be seen on either Friday and Saturday, or on Sunday and Monday.  Performances may be seen on Friday, May 4, at 7 p.m. (Pieces 1 and 4); Saturday, May 5, at 1 p.m. (Pieces 2 and 5) and 5 p.m. (Pieces 3 and 6); Sunday, May 6, at 1 p.m. (Pieces 4 and 3) and 5 p.m.  (Pieces 5 and 1); and Monday, May 7, at 7 p.m. (Pieces 6 and 2). Admission is free.

Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution of higher education where more than 12,000 full and part-time students choose from undergraduate and graduate offerings in liberal arts and sciences, business, engineering, communication, education, health and human services, honors studies, a School of Law and the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine.

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