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Curtain rises on University
Theatre’s ’04-’05 season with Antigone |
The opening production of the 2004–2005
University Theatre season is Antigone by Jean Anouilh,
directed by Farley Richmond. One of the classics of 20th-century
literature, Anouilh’s Antigone is a retelling
of the classic Greek tale, set in the occupied France
of World War II.
Antigone was Anouilh’s attempt to indict
the Vichy government. Richmond sets UGA’s production
in an unnamed but war-torn country in the Middle East.
This choice brings the play’s theme—the challenge
of balancing personal freedom against the greater societal
good—into sharper focus for contemporary audiences.
In setting the play in the Middle East, Richmond is trying
to recreate the explosive context of Anouilh’s own
time, “a time when there is an attempt to create
a new government in a country which has very old power
traditions.”
Additionally, in contemporary Middle Eastern cultures,
as in the ancient Greece of the original Antigone myth,
the role of the female in society is governed by very
strict rules; Richmond’s character of Antigone is
as dangerous to this contemporary culture as she was to
the ancient one.
Richmond says classical Greek tragedies are typically
difficult for modern audiences to interpret, but he finds
Anouilh’s adaptation of the Antigone story “one
of the few effective contemporary versions of a Greek
play.” He notes that the story seems to address
young people in particular. “Antigone,” says
Richmond, “is about a young woman and her plight,
and the rigidity of the society she is in” as she
struggles to reconcile what she believes is right with
what the law dictates.
M.F.A. acting candidate Kara Cantrell, who is performing
the title role as her M.F.A. thesis project, says she
finds the role both challenging and exciting.
Joining Cantrell in the cast are Meghan Moonan as Ismene,
Antigone’s younger and more easily swayed sister;
Jamie Bragg, as the all-knowing Chorus/Narrator; Joshua
Jones as Haemon, Antigone’s betrothed and son of
the tyrant; Megan Doyle as Antigone’s doting nurse;
and Justin Birdsong as Creon, tyrant and king of Thebes
and Antigone’s uncle, himself struggling to maintain
order in a crumbling kingdom. |
—Michelle
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Art exhibitions.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor
of the Gilded Age. Through Sept. 26. Georgia Museum
of Art. Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1–5 p.m.
Sunday. 542-4662.
Often compared to the great artists of the Italian Renaissance,
the American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) revitalized
sculpture in the United States and raised it to new levels of significance
in the late 19th century, shaping the nation’s understanding
of the art of sculpture. He is important as an artist, as a strong
force in American cultural life and as a teacher.
This exhibition features 70 of Saint-Gaudens’s works, including
decorative panels for Gilded Age mansions, sculptural sketches for
his large public monuments, relief portraits,
medals and U.S. gold coinage.
Regal Bodies, Royal Splendor: Reflections
on Velázquez and Philip IV of Spain. Through Nov. 14.
Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Wednesday;
and 1–5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.
The Xerces Society, Installment VI:
Sir Samuel Cropia’s Public Laboratory. Through Oct. 10.
Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Wednesday;
and 1–5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.
The Xerces Society, Installment VI:
Sir Samuel Cropia’s Public Laboratory is a collaborative
project led by Laleh Mehran, a professor in the digital media department
of the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Mehran is working with students
and faculty from the art school, Ideas for Creative Exploration,
the Georgia Museum of Natural History and the department of entomology
in transforming the Letitia and Rowland Radford Study Collection
Gallery into a laboratory of art and science.
The exhibition, a contemporary work of performance and installation
art, will address the blurring of the intersections between art,
science and politics. This installment of the Xerces Society displays
the typical workplace of a lepidopterist, Sir Samuel Cropia, who
harbors a fanatical devotion to his butterflies and beliefs. Sir
Cropia is a fictitious, world-renowned lepidopterist known for an
extreme dedication to the preservation and proliferation of butterflies.
Paintings by Robin Bolton.
Through Oct. 17. Conservatory. Open Tuesday–Saturday,
9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Sunday 11:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.
Bolton, who received a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University
of Georgia, will exhibit landscapes and still lifes created in an
impressionistic style, in addition to some of her abstract works.
Many of Bolton’s landscapes depict scenes from north Georgia
and the area around Lake Burton, where her parents have a home.
Etchings by Rembrandt from the S.
William Pelletier Collection. Through Nov. 16. Georgia
Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Wednesday; and
1–5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.
This exhibition of etchings and drypoints was organized from the
estate of the late S.W. Pelletier, a lifelong collector of works
on paper. As a fledgling professor of chemistry at UGA, Pelletier
began assembling his collection. He seized opportunities to comb
the galleries and museums of cities hosting scientific meetings
he attended as a young scientist. He always was drawn to works on
paper, and this quest fueled visits to international auction houses
and museums and resulted in endless hours spent in conversation
with curators. Nothing gave him greater pleasure than to be locked
away in the print rooms of the British Museum in London or to visit
a European print cabinet in Düsseldorf: learning, researching
and studying the techniques of the masters.
Territories: Contemporary European
Landscape Design. Through Sept. 24. Circle Gallery,
G14 Caldwell Hall. Open 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m., weekdays.
Sponsored by College of Environment and Design. 542-8292.
Perhaps nowhere, historically, are cultures of landscape and the
traditions of landscape practice as diverse as in Europe. The projects
exhibited here are evenly distributed among the range of landscape
practice, exhibiting multiplicity and highlighting the generators
of the new landscape of Europe.
Pitch. Through Oct. 8.
Main gallery, visual arts building (open 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
weekdays). Sponsored by School of Art. 542-1511.
Martha Whittington creates installations and sculpture that are
temporal, ephemeral and fragile. The artist fills the room with
symphonic puffs of black and white dust by throwing felt sacks full
of powdered charcoal and marble against the walls and ceiling.
Works by Tony Cleto. Through
Oct. 8. Tate Student Center Art Gallery. Sponsored by University
Union. 542-6396.
Visiting professor Tony Cleto will display paintings and texts that
reflect the struggles of people living in and around Lisbon, Portugal,
where the artist was born and recently returned for nine years.
Specifically, Cleto focuses on the town of Ericeira and the challenges
it faces as it is forced to change its economic structure from fishing
to tourism in order to survive.
Monday, September 20
African-American
Cultural Center 10th Anniversary: Panel Discussion.
“A Historical Perspective of the Inception of the African-American
Cultural Center.” Panel discussion with members of original
committee facilitated by Joseph H. Pete Silver, Savannah State University.
3 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by African-American Cultural Center.
542-8468.
IBR Seminar.
“eRA Commons and You.” Aaron Johnson, IBR. 3 p.m.
106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research.
542-1806.
Anniversary Ceremony.
Marking the 10th year of operation. 4:30 p.m. Ramsey Student
Center. Sponsored by Ramsey Student Center. 542-5060.
Tuesday, September 21
IHDD Brown Bag Seminar.
“Autism.” Jonathan Campbell. 10 a.m.–noon.
River’s Crossing Building, 850 College Station Rd.
Sponsored by Institute on Human Development and Disability. 542-1290.
African-American
Cultural Center 10th Anniversary Luncheon.
Keynote speaker: Hamilton Holmes II. $15 in advance from African-American
Cultural Center. Noon. Tate Student Center Gallery. Sponsored by
African-American Cultural Center. 542-8468.
Hispanic Heritage Month Seminar.
“Conservation and Riverine Ecosystems of Latin America and
the Caribbean.” Catherine Pringle, ecology. 12:30 p.m.
290 S. Hull St. Sponsored by Center for Latin American
and Caribbean Studies. 583-0619.
African-American
Cultural Center 10th Anniversary: Documentary and Discussion.
“The Foot Soldier Project.” Derrick Alridge and Maurice
Daniels. 3 p.m. 407 Memorial Hall. Sponsored by African-American
Cultural Center. 542-8468.
Hispanic Heritage Month Film.
Chavez, Inside the Coup. Panelists:
Jose Alvarez (Romance languages) and Carolina Acosta-Alzuru (public
relations). 7 p.m. 150 Student Learning Center. Sponsored
by UGA Libraries. 583-0619.
Wednesday, September 22
MathWorks Seminar.
8–11 a.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. www.mathworks.com/seminars/UGA.
African-American Cultural Center 10th Anniversary:
Brown-Bag Discussion.
“Where Do We Go from Here?” Noon. 407 Memorial
Hall. Sponsored by African-American Cultural Center. 542-8468.
Lunch-in-Theory.
Art Rosenbaum (art), Eugene Wright (art), and David Noah (Georgia
Museum of Natural History). 12:20 p.m. 147 Student Learning
Center. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
During spring semester 2004, with the guidance of Rosenbaum and
Wright, art students painted a mural for the front of the Georgia
Museum of Natural History. Rosenbaum, Wright and Noah will give
an illustrated lecture on the process of the mural’s creation.
William A. Owens Lecture.
“Re-Considering the Way We Treat and Evaluate Addiction: Implications
from a Chronic Care Perspective.” Thomas A. McLellan, University
of Pennsylvania. 2 p.m. 137 Tate Student Center. Sponsored
by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-6100.
ArtBeat.
Sylvia Pannell, drama, on courtly attire in 17th-century Spain.
5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum
of Art. 542-4662.
Open Studio: Life Drawing.
$3. Live models; no instruction; participants must provide their
own supplies; ages 17 and younger must have parental permission.
5:30 p.m. Forio Studio Classroom. Sponsored by Georgia Museum
of Art. 542-4662.
Latin American Film.
Suite Habana (Cuba, 2003, director
Fernando Perez). 7:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Co-sponsored
by Romance languages department. 542-9227.
University Theatre.
Antigone by Jean Anouilh. $10–$12.
8 p.m. Sept. 22–25 and Sept. 28–Oct. 1,
2:30 p.m. Sept. 26. Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy Cobb Institute.
Sponsored by drama department. Tickets: 542-2838 (box office open
noon–5 p.m. weekdays).
See story above.
Thursday, September 23
Conference.
International Society for the Scientific Study of -Subjectivity.
Through Sept. 25. Sponsored by Institute of Government. www.qmet.hod.com.
Scholars from throughout the country and several foreign countries
will gather in Athens for the annual conference of the International
Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity. The Vinson Institute
of Government is hosting the conference, which is in its 20th year.
The focus of the international meeting will be on the use of Q methodology,
a research tool for understanding in greater depth what and how
individuals think about a specific topic. Q methodology is used
to address research questions in many disciplines. Faculty at the
Vinson Institute are interested in the use of Q methodology in public
policy analysis.
Hispanic Heritage Month Seminar.
“Latino Education in Georgia: Challenges and Possibilities.”
Paul Matthews, Bernadette Musetti and Elida Perez-Knapp. Noon. G23 Aderhold
Hall. Sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
583-0619.
University Council meeting.
3:30 p.m. 101 Student Learning Center. www.reg.uga.edu/uc.nsf/.
Romance Languages Colloquium.
“Romance Languages in Action: A Multilingual Conversation.”
Amèlia Hutchinson. 5–6 p.m. 320 Gilbert Hall.
542-3177.
Tour de Sprawl Keynote Address.
“Green Solutions for Tomorrow’s Pollution.” Walter
Brown, Green Street Properties. 7 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by
BikeAthens. www.bikeathens.com.
African-American Cultural Center 10th Anniversary:
Student Production Night.
“Decades of Performing.” African-American Choral Ensemble,
Abeneefoo Kuo Honor Society, Black Theatrical Ensemble, Pamoja Dance
Company. 7 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. 542-8468.
Wind Ensemble Concert.
8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
Friday, September 24
Men’s Tennis.
Southern Intercollegiates. Through Sept. 27. Magill Tennis
Complex. 542-1231.
Community/Campus/Student Leader’s
Forum.
To develop an action plan for reducing alcohol and other drug problems
in this community. Kim Dude, University of Missouri. 10 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
(includes lunch for registrants). Sponsored by University Health
Center. Register: 542-7774.
African-American
Cultural Center 10th Anniversary: Lecture.
“Can You Hear Me Now?” Leslie Bates, first director
of minority services and programs at UGA. 3 p.m. Georgia Hall,
Tate Student Center. Sponsored by African-American Cultural Center.
542-8468.
Friday Natural History Tours.
4 p.m. Georgia Museum of Natural History. Not suitable for
children younger than 5; tour group size is limited. 542-1663.
African-American
Cultural Center 10th Anniversary: Drama.
“A Visit with Madam C.J.Walker.” JoAnna Maddox. $5 ($3
students). 7 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. 542-8468.
Saturday, September 25
Tour de Sprawl.
“Green Solutions for Tomorrow’s Pollution.” $15.
8 a.m. Begins at College Square, downtown. Sponsored by BikeAthens.
www.bikeathens.com.
The 16-mile bike and bus ride that is this year’s Tour de
Sprawl will highlight private and governmental efforts to mitigate
the negative effects of growth with green building and alternative
stormwater management techniques. Experts will make presentations
at the regular rest stops along the route; drinks, food, support
services and a Tour de Sprawl T-shirt are included in the registration
fee.
Insect-ival.
$2 per person, $6 maximum per family, children younger than 2 free.
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. State Botanical Garden.542-6130.
Discovery stations, roach and beetle races, puppet shows, and lots
of live insects. Gourmet chef Lou Kudon returns to awe attendees
with his latest insect cuisine at Café Insecta. Children
can complete a series of discovery station activities to receive
a special insect prize. Co-sponsored by the State Botanical Garden,
the entomology department, the Lund Student Club at UGA and the
Georgia Museum of Natural History.
Insect Ramble.
10:30 a.m. Meet at arbor near Callaway Building. Sponsored
by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.
African-American
Cultural Center 10th Anniversary Celebration.
Ole School and New Skool Bash. Zooman. $15 ($10 students). 8 p.m.
Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. 542-8468.
Concert.
Ahn Trio. $17–$22 (half-price students). 8 p.m. Hodgson
Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Music Series II). 542-4400.
The Ahn Trio is composed of three musical sisters—Angella
(violin) and twins Maria (cello) and Lucia (piano)—who breathe
new life into the standard piano trio literature. In addition, they
also offer contemporary, alternative music with their “Ahn-Plugged”
music, which is spontaneous, contemporary and eclectic.
Each season the Ahn Trio tours the world, performing almost 100 concerts
annually in such places as Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall,
Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Chicago’s Ravinia, Singapore’s
Victoria Concert Hall, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall and the Seoul
Arts Center.
Each season the Ahn Trio conducts workshops and master classes for
children and adults. In acknowledgement of their contributions to
music education, the trio received the Kentucky Colonels’
Award. Their most innovative project, Ahn-Plugged,
grew out of a passionate dedication to the commissioning and performance
of contemporary music. The album enabled them to reach out to new
audiences around the world and served as a springboard for their
latest CD on the EMI label, entitled Groovebox.
For this concert the trio will perform Yellow
Beach, written for the Ahn Trio by Michael Nyman; Leonard
Bernstein’s Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano; Dies
Irie by Kenji Bunch; Astor Piazzolla’s
Oblivion; Mr. Twitty’s Chair by Katrina Wreede; and
Swing Shift: Music for Evening Hours,
written for them by Kenji Bunch.
A pre-concert lecture will be offered 45 minutes prior to the
performance; the lecture is free and open to the public.
Hispanic Heritage Month Concert.
Live salsa, merengue and Brazilian music with the bands Tamboricua
and Rua 6. $15 ($8 students); tickets:
www.enrumba.net. 9 p.m. Club 346, downtown. Sponsored by
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 583-0619.
Sunday, September 26
African-American
Cultural Center 10th Anniversary Concert.
Atlanta African-American Philharmonic Orchestra. $25 ($10 ages 17
and younger), at the door. 4 p.m. Morton Theatre, downtown.
542-8468.
Coming up
Faculty Recital.
Martha Thomas, piano. Sept. 28, 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored
by School of Music. 542-3737.
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