SMU Meadows Theatre’s new main stage production, The Sparrow, (directed by alum Molly Beach Murphy, B.F.A. Theatre ’09), opens on Thursday, February 26 in the Greer Garson Theatre. It runs through March 1. In advance of opening night, our photographer Kim Leeson went behind the scenes to capture the vibrant production. This was the scene.
Month: February 2015
“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band Brass Quintet from Washington, D.C., performed a free concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, February 10 in Caruth Auditorium in SMU’s Owen Arts Center, presented by the Meadows School of the Arts. The program included Kurt Weill’s Suite from The Threepenny Opera, Monteverdi’s Four Madrigals, Darius Milhaud’s Suite française and more.
On Thursday, February 5, the Meadows Opera Theatre will debut a new opera. It’s called Susannah, and it’s a “powerful American masterpiece weaves together folk tunes, country hymns, lush lyricism and haunting, ravishing melodies in this timeless tale of desire, lust, seduction and revenge.” Our photographer Kim Leeson went behind the scenes to capture the dress rehearsal night. The show, which is directed by Hank Hammett and conducted by Paul Phillips, premieres on Thursday February 5 and runs through Sunday, February 8. Full details on the show –plus how to get tickets– are on the Meadows Event Page.
In 2014, the Meadows School of the Arts announced the recipient of its fifth annual Meadows Prize arts residency – choreographer Jawole (pronounced JAH-woe-lay) Willa Jo Zollar, the founder and artistic director of New York-based dance company Urban Bush Women (UBW). In February of 2015, Zollar brought her dance group to Meadows for an introduction. In one FACE (First Year-Arts Community Experience) class, The Urban Bush Women performed an interpretive introduction that is simply riveting.