This week in the arts, discover a re-imaged world of Hamlet as part of the School of Drama鈥檚 mainstage season, listen to new music by emerging artists, and hear the chair of the UW piano program perform a fugal composition.
12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs)
February 13 – 25 | Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theater
In a neo-Elizabethan Appalachia, Ophelia rises out of the water, dreaming of Pop-Tarts and imagining how things might have gone differently for her. Hamlet is here, as Rude Boy. Gertrude is a brothel madam, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern her androgynous helpers. Playwright Caridad Svich constructs a beguiling lyrical landscape out of broken desires and repaired ambitions.
Music of Today
7:30 p.m., February 21 | Meany Theater
The 乱伦社区 School of Music and The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) present a program of original music and new works by current and former students of the UW Composition program.
Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard, Piano; Bach: The Art of the Fugue
7:30 p.m., February 23 |聽Meany Theater
Chair of the UW piano program and acclaimed concert pianist performs Bach鈥檚 masterwork, the culmination of his lifelong passion for fugal composition. Known for his passion at the keyboard, allied to technical mastery and a deep commitment to both scholarly and historical perspectives, Sheppard celebrates nearly fifty years on the international concert platform.聽Sheppard鈥檚 repertoire is eclectic, comprising forty-plus recital programs and over sixty concerts spanning all major eras of Western classical music.