John Mark Rafacz, Town&Gown
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On Center: Wilderness
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A new multimedia play by En Garde Arts, the company that brought Basetrack Live to Penn State in 2014, juxtaposes projected interviews with real people and actors on stage to tell the stories of teenagers and young adults grappling with addiction, depression, anxiety, and other mental-health issues.
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On Center: Wilderness
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For some young people, life can seem like an endless ordeal. A new multimedia play by En Garde Arts, the company that brought Basetrack Live to Penn State in 2014, juxtaposes projected interviews with real people and actors on stage to tell the stories of teenagers and young adults grappling with addiction, depression, anxiety,…
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On Center: Brooklyn Babylon
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Brooklyn Babylon isn’t an easy show to explain, but it’s an amazing one to experience.
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On Center: Brooklyn Babylon
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Brooklyn Babylon isn’t an easy show to explain, but it’s an amazing one to experience. The multimedia production, coming to Penn State’s Eisenhower Auditorium February 28, simultaneously uses live instrumental music, animation, and live painting to communicate a story about the tallest tower in the world being built in a mythic Brooklyn. Brooklyn…
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On Center: Circus Oz
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They come from a land down under, and, according to a San Francisco Chronicle reviewer, their brand of show business is “a bit punk, undeniably in your face, refreshingly progressive, unapologetically off-color, and gleefully Australian.” They’re the performers of Circus Oz, a rock ’n’ roll, animal-free troupe that has, since its creation in Melbourne in 1978,…
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On Center: Circus Oz
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They come from a land down under, and, according to a San Francisco Chronicle reviewer, their brand of show business is “a bit punk, undeniably in your face, refreshingly progressive, unapologetically off-color, and gleefully Australian.” They’re the performers of Circus Oz, a rock ’n’ roll, animal-free troupe that has, since its creation in Melbourne…
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On Centre: Bria Skonberg
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It’s been a swift ride to stardom for Bria Skonberg, who didn’t exactly come of age in a hotbed of jazz. Skonberg makes her Penn State debut leading her quintet Nov. 30 at Schwab Auditorium.
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On Center: Bria Skonberg
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A New York Times critic describes Bria Skonberg as “the shining hope of hot jazz, on the strength of a clarion trumpet style indebted to Louis Armstrong, a smooth purr of a singing voice inspired by Anita O’Day, and the wholesome glow of youth.” Skonberg’s album, Bria, her major-label debut released in September, includes…
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On Centre: Roomful of Teeth
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The Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth is out to discover how far human voices can stretch. The group, which performs November 17 at Penn State’s Schwab Auditorium, has studied Tuvan and Inuit throat singing, yodeling, belting, Korean P’ansori, Georgian singing, Sardinian cantu
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On Centre: Roomful of Teeth
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The Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth is out to discover how far human voices can stretch. Through study with masters from traditions the world over, the eight-voice ensemble continually expands its vocabulary of singing techniques, and through an ongoing commissioning process, it forges a new repertoire without borders. The group, which…