Graham Watson

The College of Fine Arts and the Department of Theatre and Dance
present

The Drowsy Chaperone

Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Codirected by Sutton Foster and Bill Jenkins
Musical Direction by Robert Kvam, Dean of the College of Fine Arts
Choreography by Christie Zimmerman
Featuring Muncie Civic Theatre Artistic Director Todd Sandman as Man in Chair

University Theatre

February 9-11, 15-18 at 7:30pm
February 12 at 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Public-$16
Faculty/Staff-$14
Senior Citizens-$12
Students-$11

When a musical theatre fanatic needs an evening away from it all, he turns to his favorite album-the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. As the stage transforms from his living room to the hilarious and unpredictable world of this show-within-a-show, we meet Janet Van De Graaff, a showgirl attempting to leave the business to get married. But leaving is not as easy as she hopes when her producer is pressured by gangsters to keep Janet in the show. Two-time Tony Award-winning actress and star of the Broadway production Anything Goes Sutton Foster joins us to direct this delightful tribute to the magic of the American musical!

For more information, please contact the
University Theatre Box Office at 765-285-8749 or boxoffice@bsu.edu.

Box Offce Hours:
Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm and one hour before each performance.

Patricia Henley's novel, HUMMINGBIRD HOUSE, was a finalist for the National Book Award. She is also the author of two chapbooks, four story collections, and another novel. Her latest book is OTHER HEARTBREAKS, a collection of short stories. She is a Professor of English at Purdue University.

Mary Leader is the author of THE PENULTIMATE SUITOR (winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize), and RED SIGNATURE (a National Poetry Series selection). Her latest collection is BEYOND THE FIRE. A former Assistant State Attorney General of Oklahoma, she is now a Professor of English at Purdue University.

This event is free and open to the public and will include refreshments.

Sponsored by Creative Writing in the Ball State English Department.

Contact Mark Neely (maneely@bsu.edu).

Juno nominees and winners of the 2010 Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine of Dala write and sing in harmony best described as angelic.  These two best friends met in their high school music class in 2002; they have since released five albums and toured extensively across North America. Darlings of the Canadian music scene, Dala are now poised to bring their fresh brand of acoustic pop music to the world.

Drawing upon influences like The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, Dala write songs that are both catchy and insightful. Amanda's ethereal soprano voice blends seamlessly with Sheila's velvety alto, creating the lush harmonies that have become their trademark.

"There's nothing pretentious about Dala's music; it's stripped
down and laid bare. That's not to say it is without polish - far from it.  Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther have worked hard to exploit every facet of their extraordinary musical blend, and it would be just as at home in a 1960s coffeehouse as it is now on the contemporary concert stage".  - Andrew Craig, Host of CBC "Canada Live"

The sheer joy with which they perform is infectious, turning first-time listeners into instant fans.  Dala are equally entertaining between songs, telling funny and down to earth stories that make every show unique.  Dala have opened for artists such as Tom Cochrane, Stuart McLean of the CBC's Vinyl Café, Richie Havens and Arlo Guthrie. No strangers to the festival scene, they have also performed at The New Orleans Jazz Festival, The Edmonton Folk Festival, California's Strawberry Festival and Mariposa. In 2009, they were the only Canadian act invited to play at the 50th Anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival.

"Dala can sing! What beautiful flights of melody and harmony,
reminiscent of the Everly Brothers, the Louvin Brothers, Emmylou Harris and associates; though Dala can trade a melody line and leave one wondering who is taking the lead and simply leave one behind when the harmonies kick in." - Peterborough Examiner

Tickets: $17 in advance, $22 at the door.  Faculty & Staff may buy one and get one free (limit 1).  BSU students and youth $5 in advance, $10 at the door.

Tickets available now at the Emens Box office and Ticketmaster.com  
Emens Box office hours M-F 9:00am to 6:00pm

The box office at Pruis Hall will be open two hours prior to the
performance.

For more information, phone  765 285-1539.

Artist Website: http://www.dalagirls.com/

The Department of Theatre and Dance with Alpha Psi Omega
present

Recipe of Love Cabaret

Vera Mae's Bistro
209 South Walnut Street
Muncie, IN 47305

Friday, February 17th
Dinner at 6:30pm
Show at 7:30pm

FREE

Donations appreciated. All donations will go toward Department of Theatre and Dance student scholarships.

To make reservations, please call Vera Mae's Bistro at 765-747-4941.

The Muncie Symphony Orchestra to perform at the Muncie Children's Museum, February 18 at 2pm!

The Muncie Symphony Orchestra will perform a kid-friendly concert featuring an outstanding display of percussion on Saturday, February 18. The Muncie Children's Museum is located at 515 South High Street in Muncie.

The free concert will include a variety of musical pieces from the "Roaring 20s," directed by Dr. Erwin Mueller, professor of percussion at Ball State University.

The concert will showcase the areas most accomplished marimba ensembles, with special performances by xylophone and vibraphone. The highlighted pieces from the concert will include, "Xylophone Rag," "Carnival of the Animals," "Mayan Dances," as well as an exceptional performance of one of the most well known percussion pieces, "Chopsticks."

The event is part of a "Jungle Fun Comes to MCM," sponsored by the Indiana Arts Commission. The program is a partnership with the Muncie Children's Museum, Muncie Civic Theater, and Muncie Symphony Orchestra. There is no cost to attend the event, or the museum on February 18.

About Muncie Symphony Orchestra:
The Muncie Civic and College Symphony Association (MSO) is in the 63rd year of performing in Delaware County. MSO is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization and provides performing opportunities for musicians and artists.

For more information about the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, visit its website at http://www.munciesymphony.org/,

the symphony blog at http://munciesymphonyorchestra.blogspot.com/, and its Ffacebook page at www.facebook.com/MuncieSymphonyOrchestra.

Every Sunday, egos are crushed and legends are born at Doc's Sunday Trivia Brawl. Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up a a $50 Doc's gift certificate on booze, food, or merchandise. Every game is six rounds of trivia questions on a wide variety of topics in pop culture, science, history, and current events. Every tenth question is part of our inadvertent quest to discriminate against the deaf, and has players listening to a song and attempting to identify its title, band, and album. The sixth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage. Team signup starts at 9pm, and unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death), the game tends to wrap up at about 11pm.

WELCOME to the show that won Broadway's highest honors by first winning its heart. WELCOME to the next chapter in the classic American story on stage. WELCOME to the kind of musical that comes around once in a generation. A musical that builds on the best traditions of theater while forging into fresh new territory. A musical about the importance of home, family and finding where you belong.

In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in Manhattan's Washington Heights - a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It's a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind.

Discover where you belong, at the Tony Award®-winning classic, In the Heights.

BEST MUSICAL
BEST SCORE   
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY                 
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS

Emens website
Artist website

Tickets: $35-$49, Youth $20-25
Tickets are free to BSU students prior to the performance night.
Tickets available at the Emens Box office or Ticketmaster.com.  Emens Box office hours  M-F 9am to 6pm.  For more information, phone 285-1539.

Artist Pat Steir, represented in "Recent Acquisitions: Modern and Contemporary Prints" will talk about the ideas and work represented via video conference with BSU assistant professor of art history Dr. Natalie Phillips.

Every Sunday, egos are crushed and legends are born at Doc's Sunday Trivia Brawl. Come and play for free, solo or with a team, and show off your command of all knowledge trivial. Win, and split up a a $50 Doc's gift certificate on booze, food, or merchandise. Every game is six rounds of trivia questions on a wide variety of topics in pop culture, science, history, and current events. Every tenth question is part of our inadvertent quest to discriminate against the deaf, and has players listening to a song and attempting to identify its title, band, and album. The sixth round is a special visual aid round in which the blind are instead at an unfair disadvantage. Team signup starts at 9pm, and unless we go into a Sudden Death Lightning Bloodfeud Overtime Round (of Death), the game tends to wrap up at about 11pm.

Athena Nagel (14) was born in Muncie, Indiana. She is homeschooled and is now in 9th grade. Athena loves to play classical piano and also to participate in Muncie Ballet, Inc. During summer of 2011, she attended the "Young Artist World Piano Festival" in St. Paul for her second year in a row, and she spent three weeks at the piano camp at Interlochen in Michigan. While at Interlochen, Athena was chosen to play the harpsichord with the intermediate Interlochen Symphony Orchestra, and the ensemble performed a concerto grosso by Handel. In May of the same year, she won the local "Junior Festival" playoffs, and then in June she won first place in her age category at the state level of the "Junior Festival" competition. She also won first place in the local "Hoosier Auditions" competition, and went on to win an honorable mention at the "Hoosier Auditions" state level. Athena's playing has been heard on WBST radio several times over the last few years, as part of the "Young Artist Showcase" series presented by PianoForte, Inc. She regularly plays on MTNA pre-college recitals hosted by Ball State, and on spring recitals coordinated by her principal piano teacher, Liz Seidel. She has also been the piano/harpsichord player with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of East Central Indiana for the last three years. Athena takes supplemental piano lessons with Jean-Louise Hagenauer at Indiana University.

Drawn from the history and folklore of Ireland, the Irish cast of "Celtic Nights" will perform their unique show consisting of melodic music and criss-crossing dance rhythms at Emens Auditorium on Thursday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Driven by their passion for music and dance, "Celtic Nights" will entertain the audience as they travel on their journey to different islands every eight minutes of the show. With a cast of three male and female vocalists alongside six of Ireland's most talented International dancers and two musicians, this two-hour showcase provides a memorable evening of Celtic music and Irish dance.

"Celtic Nights" tells the story of emigrants' adventures travelling to the United States in search of better homes. During the performance, the cast portrays their various journeys on ships, planes, horses, in addition to the different encounters they make. The influence of old music favorites including "Danny Boy," "Isle of Hope," "Galway Bay" and "My Love is in America" will be part of the "Celtic Nights" experience.

Ticket prices are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Youth tickets are $10. Ball State students receive a discounted rate of $5 in advance and $10 at the door. For more information and to buy tickets, contact the Emens Auditorium ticket office at 765-285-1539 or visit www.bsu.edu/emens.

On the second Wednesday of every month, The Artist Within and the Full Circle Arts Co-op host a roundtable meeting for Muncie's arts community from 7pm to 8pm. All are invited to join and discuss community projects and the promotion and development of the local arts.

The meeting will be immediately followed by Full Circle's monthly public board meeting.

Where: Minnetrista, Indiana Room

When: March 16, Call 765-287-3529 to reserve a timeslot between 6:30pm-7:30pm.  Callbacks will be at 7:30pm.

Bring: Headshot, resume, two contrasting monologues, and clothes that allow for mobility in the event of receiving an invitation to the improvisational callback.

Positions Available:

FSL contract performance actor:  7 actors.  Any age.  To perform as friends of the faeries in the Minnetrista event, Faeries, Sprites, and Lights.  These actors may perform solely as improvisational actors or they will perform as periodically as improvisational actors and periodically as scripted actors.  The position will offer a $300-$350 stipend.  Rehearsals will transpire in evenings from June 25^th to July 27^th with performances on July 28^th and 29^th.

MTP Seasonal Ensemble Actor: 1 actor. Female.  To perform the various theatrical productions that Minnetrista offers during the 2012-2013 season.  Performances will include touring theatre productions, exhibit performances, school tour performances, and other theatrical productions.  This actor will be an employee of Minnetrista with pay at $10.  This one year long position is ideal for recent graduates who seek repertoire experience and paid actor work before graduate school.  This is a part time position averaging 25-30+ hours a week.  Performances may occur on evenings, weekends as well as during business hours depending on bookings and actor schedules.  Minimal tech experience is preferable but not necessary.  Current roles slated include:

• Away from Home by Jen Blackmer.  A 20 min monologue for adult/teen audiences about life during the Civil War.
• Bounty by Jen Blackmer.  A 15 minute monologue for adult audiences about one woman’s struggle to feed her family during the Great Depression.
• Habitatatat by Jonathan Ellers.  A 45 min 2 actor touring production using puppetry and masks made by Jonathan Becker performed at elementary schools and libraries
• My Plate: The Musical by Jonathan Ellers.  A 45 minute two actor touring musical production performed for elementary school convocations
• Johnny Appleseed by George Buss.  A monologue for visiting school tours

Harry Ford: 1 actor.  Male.  Age 30+.  To perform as Harry Ford in the production of One Destiny by Richard Hellesen.  This will be a contract position offering $350 as a rehearsal stipend and $50 per performance with expected 20-25 performances.  The contract will last from Mid-March through October 28^th.  Rehearsal dates will be flexible.  Performances may occur  on evenings, weekends as well as during business hours depending on bookings and actor schedules.

In anticipation of the upcoming visit by Richard Longworth, author of the campus and community read "Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism", a screening of the documentary "Changing Gears".

When: Wednesday, March 21st 7-8:30pm
Where: Student Center Forum Room
Q & A: following screening with Producers James Connolly and Rodger Smith

Changing Gears
Ball State's Institute for Digital Education and Entertainment and the Center for Middletown Studies jointly produced Changing Gears, a feature-length documentary film about the closing of Muncie's century-old Warner Gear auto parts plant and the loss of industry in the city.
A bookend for the original Middletown research into the impact of industrialization, the film explores the meaning and significance of deindustrialization by examining the experiences of plant's workers and the community. In doing so, the project touches on several of parts of the center's agenda. It documents the experience of deindustrialization in rich fashion, it creates and exploits digital resources connected with Middletown research, and it has provided a group of Ball State students with a unique immersive learning experience. Fifteen students participated in the filming, editing, writing, and historical research connected with the film.

Sponsored by: Freshman Connections, Excellence in Leadership and Center for Middletown Studies.

Learn the basic calligraphy lettering style of italics, which gives you the foundation and knowledge to use several letter styles (Celtic, Old English, and etc.) You will learn the strokes involved to create designs ranging from elaborate documents to personalized notes for your family and friends. Course is taught by Muncie native, Paula Sullivan, who has been a lettering artist for more than 32 years.

You may register online at www.bsu.edu/ebball. You may also call 285-8975 or e-mail ebball@bsu.edu.

Muncie Gras 2012 will be held March 24th, 2012- 7pm-2am in the Streets of Downtown Muncie.

It is Downtown's biggest party of the year! It's our version of Bourbon on Walnut St.!

After many years of fighting the cold weather, Muncie Gras has been moved to a much friendlier time of the year. The mechanical bull is back, calf roping, go-go cage, Bud Zone mobile bar and dance party tent, two outdoor stage, belly dancers, aerial acts, 45 ft. high Zipline, drag show, sizzling hot male revue, and tons of live entertainment indoors and out to keep you in the party mood throughout the evening!

Bring your beads, or buy them when you get Downtown. Either way…get ready to “Throw me something Mister!”

MITS Trolley will provide a safe ride home, running from 7pm-3am to the Ball State campus and Lyndenbrook area hotels.

This is a 21 and up event. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the gate.
Check http://www.munciedowntown.com/munciegras/ often beginning March 1^st for entertainment updates and schedules, pre-sale ticket locations, hotel information and MITS Trolley routes.

Retail, food or service vendors who would like to be a part of this year's event should contact Cheryl Crowder or call 765 282-7897.

Laissez le bon roulement de periodes!

The United States Navy Band from Washington, D.C., will present a free concert at the John R. Emens College-Community Auditorium on the Ball State University Campus in Muncie, Indiana on March 28 at 7:00pm.  Under the Baton of Captain Brian O. Walden, the band will present a variety of popular and classical favorites.  The special performance by the Navy's premier musical organization is part of the Navy Band's national tour.  The band performs frequently at the White House and the U.S. Capital Building, and has participated in 21 presidential inaugurals.  The concert is free, but tickets are required.  Tickets are available at the Emens Box office.  Box office hours are M-F 9am to 6pm.

For more information, phone 765 285-1539.

Learn the basic calligraphy lettering style of italics, which gives you the foundation and knowledge to use several letter styles (Celtic, Old English, and etc.) You will learn the strokes involved to create designs ranging from elaborate documents to personalized notes for your family and friends. Course is taught by Muncie native, Paula Sullivan, who has been a lettering artist for more than 32 years.

You may register online at www.bsu.edu/ebball. You may also call 285-8975 or e-mail ebball@bsu.edu.

Students from Ball State University's Department of Theatre and Dance will combine a whirlwind of mistaken identities, slamming doors and compromising plot twists in the hilarious farce "Lend Me a Tenor," opening on the University Theatre stage March 29 at 7:30 p.m. Additional performances are scheduled March 30-31 and April 4-7, with a matinee at 2:30 p.m. April 1. "The play was a smash hit on Broadway and continues to be popular with audiences nearly 30 years later," said Michael O'Hara, director of the production and associate dean of the College of Fine Arts. "I'm thrilled to return to one of my favorite comedies."

The play starts on the biggest night in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. The year is 1934, and the guest artist, world famous Italian tenor Tito Morelli, is nowhere to be found. Even worse, when Morelli finally appears, a blackout-inducing combination of alcohol and sedatives leaves the company's assistant manager, Max, believing he is dead. What follows is a chain reaction of hilarious confusion and mistaken identity as Max tries to save the performance in this screwball comedy.

Students have been rehearsing the play since the beginning of February. A farce typically takes time to get all the mechanical aspects worked out, doors opening and closing, sleight of hand, timing and several props, O'Hara said.

"Because this cast is made up of undergraduates, the physical comedy they're able to achieve is simply amazing," he added. "The amount of energy and physicality they infuse into the comic moment is worthy of anyone's attention."

Tickets for the performance cost $13 for the general public, $12 for faculty and staff, $10 for senior citizens and $7 for students. They are available from the University Theatre Box Office, open from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Contact the box office at 765-285-8749 or visit www.bsu.edu/theatre for more information.

Students from Ball State University's Department of Theatre and Dance will combine a whirlwind of mistaken identities, slamming doors and compromising plot twists in the hilarious farce "Lend Me a Tenor," opening on the University Theatre stage March 29 at 7:30 p.m. Additional performances are scheduled March 30-31 and April 4-7, with a matinee at 2:30 p.m. April 1. "The play was a smash hit on Broadway and continues to be popular with audiences nearly 30 years later," said Michael O'Hara, director of the production and associate dean of the College of Fine Arts. "I'm thrilled to return to one of my favorite comedies."

The play starts on the biggest night in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. The year is 1934, and the guest artist, world famous Italian tenor Tito Morelli, is nowhere to be found. Even worse, when Morelli finally appears, a blackout-inducing combination of alcohol and sedatives leaves the company's assistant manager, Max, believing he is dead. What follows is a chain reaction of hilarious confusion and mistaken identity as Max tries to save the performance in this screwball comedy.

Students have been rehearsing the play since the beginning of February. A farce typically takes time to get all the mechanical aspects worked out, doors opening and closing, sleight of hand, timing and several props, O'Hara said.

"Because this cast is made up of undergraduates, the physical comedy they're able to achieve is simply amazing," he added. "The amount of energy and physicality they infuse into the comic moment is worthy of anyone's attention."

Tickets for the performance cost $13 for the general public, $12 for faculty and staff, $10 for senior citizens and $7 for students. They are available from the University Theatre Box Office, open from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Contact the box office at 765-285-8749 or visit www.bsu.edu/theatre for more information.