RC drama instructors Martin Walsh and Kate Mendeloff’s students direct and perform 8 short plays by Ives, an acclaimed contemporary American playwright best known for his one-act comedies.
7:30 p.m., RC Keene Theater, East Quad, 701 East University. Free. 647-4359.
Written and directed by RC Creative Writing student Clare Higgins.
AUDREY KELLAN is a brash, well-spoken but socially clueless young woman in her early twenties who has recently had to leave her university due to a dangerous “incident”. She moves back in with her mother while attending some court-mandated therapy before she is allowed back at school. Meanwhile, she finds a job at a local comic shop, befriends slacker and secret beat poet, REN, and reluctantly makes a friend or two at therapy, as well. Her tense relationship with her mother starts to lift as Audrey discovers new romance in her therapy group: a young man named ADAM who, though they have barely spoken, is bound to be her soul-mate. Meanwhile, CALEB, another young man in the group who is dealing with problems of his own tries to get closer to Audrey, to her constant rebuff, eventually earning her friendship. As Audrey becomes more connected in her hometown, she believes she is making the kind of progress others want from her. But when she is deemed still unfit to return to school, and her therapist warns her she might be making the same mistakes she made leading up to “the incident”, Audrey leans into disaster. Will she find her way out of her own chaos, or will she remain nothing but Loveless in Lakewood?
Written and directed by RC Creative Writing student Clare Higgins.
AUDREY KELLAN is a brash, well-spoken but socially clueless young woman in her early twenties who has recently had to leave her university due to a dangerous “incident”. She moves back in with her mother while attending some court-mandated therapy before she is allowed back at school. Meanwhile, she finds a job at a local comic shop, befriends slacker and secret beat poet, REN, and reluctantly makes a friend or two at therapy, as well. Her tense relationship with her mother starts to lift as Audrey discovers new romance in her therapy group: a young man named ADAM who, though they have barely spoken, is bound to be her soul-mate. Meanwhile, CALEB, another young man in the group who is dealing with problems of his own tries to get closer to Audrey, to her constant rebuff, eventually earning her friendship. As Audrey becomes more connected in her hometown, she believes she is making the kind of progress others want from her. But when she is deemed still unfit to return to school, and her therapist warns her she might be making the same mistakes she made leading up to “the incident”, Audrey leans into disaster. Will she find her way out of her own chaos, or will she remain nothing but Loveless in Lakewood?
Apr. 7-9 (different locations). U-M drama lecturer Kate Mendeloff directs RC students in Chekhov’s tragedy about the plight of the artist, the irrevocable passage of time, and a hopelessly misguided desire that evokes both humor and pathos.
7 p.m., U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens (Apr. 7 & 9), 1800 N. Dixboro, & RC Keene Theatre (Apr. 8), East Quad, 701 East University. Free. 647-4354.
Apr. 7-9 (different locations). U-M drama lecturer Kate Mendeloff directs RC students in Chekhov’s tragedy about the plight of the artist, the irrevocable passage of time, and a hopelessly misguided desire that evokes both humor and pathos.
7 p.m., U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens (Apr. 7 & 9), 1800 N. Dixboro, & RC Keene Theatre (Apr. 8), East Quad, 701 East University. Free. 647-4354.
Apr. 7-9 (different locations). U-M drama lecturer Kate Mendeloff directs RC students in Chekhov’s tragedy about the plight of the artist, the irrevocable passage of time, and a hopelessly misguided desire that evokes both humor and pathos.
7 p.m., U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens (Apr. 7 & 9), 1800 N. Dixboro, & RC Keene Theatre (Apr. 8), East Quad, 701 East University. Free. 647-4354.
Wayne State University Press authors Kelly Fordon, Michael Lauchlan, Ken Mikolowski, Cindy Hunter Morgan, Keith Taylor, and Laura Hulthen Thomas will be participating in readings on Sunday, April 9, as part of a new festival, Power of the Press Fest. For more information, or to learn about how you can get involved, check out the Power of the Press Fest website.
RC students in music professor Michael Gould’s found instrument class present a concert performed using assorted bicycle parts for instruments.
8 p.m., RC Keene Auditorium, East Quad, 701 East University. 763-0176.
Lecture by this longtime U-M English professor, a Guggenheim fellow and prolific author. His talk highlights the annual ceremony recognizing the winners of the prestigious U-M contest for graduate and undergraduate poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writing.
RC students are usually prominent among the awardees!
3:30 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. Free. 764-6296.
Reading and discussion of several poems. Followed by collaborative writing games and exercises. Snacks & socializing.
8-10 p.m., Argus Farm Stop, 325 W. Liberty. Free. onepausepoetry.org, 707-1284.
