The Cornell PMA Performance and Events Committee is proud to present the following list of PMA Performances and Events scheduled for 2016–17. We look forward to seeing you in our audiences and working with you on our stages, in our production shops, and in our classrooms in what will be an exciting and challenging year of making and experiencing art through performance. For tickets, the Box Office is open 2:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m., Tuesday–Saturday. The Box Office is closed on all Cornell University holidays and during semester breaks. Tickets can always be purchased online at www.schwartztickets.com. For customer service, contact the Box Office at 607-254-2787. Our 2016–2017 performances and events are made possible in part through cosponsorships from the Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies program (for our women artists' series) and the Minority, Indigenous, and Third-World Studies Research Group (for Never Fight A Shark In Water: The Wrongful Conviction of Gregory Bright).
Black Childhood on Trial: The Tragedy of William FreemanCosponsored by the University Lecturer CommitteePublic lecture by Robin Bernstein (Performance Encounters)Reading RoomSeptember 8 at 4:30pmA walking tour of Auburn, NY, will take place on Friday, September 9. Participants will meet at 2:00 p.m. at the Cayuga County Historian's Office, which is at 10 Court Street in Auburn (just off of Genesee Street). Desert of Light Written by Rama HaydarDirected by Rebekah MaggorFlex TheatreSeptember 22, 23, 24 at 7:30pmSeptember 24 at 2:00pm 10-Minute Playfest (Black Box Exploration Series)Produced by Caitlin Kane; dramaturgy by Joshua Bastian ColeBlack Box TheatreSeptember 29 and October 1 at 7:30pmSeptember 30 at 4:30pm Never Fight A Shark In Water: The Wrongful Conviction of Gregory Bright
Cosponsored by the Minority, Indigenous, and Third-World Studies Research Groupby Lara Naughton (Performance Encounters)Performed by Gregory BrightFlex TheatreOctober 15 at 7:30pm Urban Bush Women: Walking with ’TraneVisiting Dance Company Kiplinger TheatreOctober 25 at 7:30pm From Cell to Cell: The Prison in Television and Performance Mini-Conference Coordinated by Nick Fesette, Hannah Mueller & Kriszta Pozsonyi (Performance Encounters)Film Forum (B21)October 29 from 10:00am–8:00pm The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel (Black Box Exploration Series)Directed by Aleksej AarsaetherBlack Box TheatreNovember 3 and 5 at 7:30pmNovember 4 at 4:30pm Eurydice by Sarah RuhlDirected by David FeldshuhFlex TheatreNovember 11, 12, 18, and 19 at 7:30pmNovember 19 at 2:00pm Mini Locally Grown Dance FestivalDirected by Byron SuberClass of ’56 Dance TheatreDecember 1–3 at 7:30pm Sub-Basement Student Film ScreeningsKiplinger TheatreDecember 7 at 7:00pm
2016–2017 Performances and Events Calendar
FALL 2016
Festival 24Project Coordinator: Irving TorresFlex TheatreSeptember 3 at 7:00pm Learn to Pop and Lock with Popmaster FabelCosponsored by The Cornell Hip Hop Collection, with generous support from Ronni Lacroute '66Led by the Cornell Hip Hop Collection's fall 2016 Visiting Scholar, Popmaster Fabel (of the world-famous Rock Steady Crew)Five-week dance workshop series (attending all sessions is highly encouraged)Room SB10Wednesdays, September 7–October 5 from 7:30pm–9:00pmFree and open to all. Register here: https://goo.gl/forms/VEXAvWjplBhhVYFz2Black Childhood on Trial: The Tragedy of William FreemanCosponsored by the University Lecturer CommitteePublic lecture by Robin Bernstein (Performance Encounters)Reading RoomSeptember 8 at 4:30pmA walking tour of Auburn, NY, will take place on Friday, September 9. Participants will meet at 2:00 p.m. at the Cayuga County Historian's Office, which is at 10 Court Street in Auburn (just off of Genesee Street). Desert of Light Written by Rama HaydarDirected by Rebekah MaggorFlex TheatreSeptember 22, 23, 24 at 7:30pmSeptember 24 at 2:00pm 10-Minute Playfest (Black Box Exploration Series)Produced by Caitlin Kane; dramaturgy by Joshua Bastian ColeBlack Box TheatreSeptember 29 and October 1 at 7:30pmSeptember 30 at 4:30pm Never Fight A Shark In Water: The Wrongful Conviction of Gregory Bright
Cosponsored by the Minority, Indigenous, and Third-World Studies Research Groupby Lara Naughton (Performance Encounters)Performed by Gregory BrightFlex TheatreOctober 15 at 7:30pm Urban Bush Women: Walking with ’TraneVisiting Dance Company Kiplinger TheatreOctober 25 at 7:30pm From Cell to Cell: The Prison in Television and Performance Mini-Conference Coordinated by Nick Fesette, Hannah Mueller & Kriszta Pozsonyi (Performance Encounters)Film Forum (B21)October 29 from 10:00am–8:00pm The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel (Black Box Exploration Series)Directed by Aleksej AarsaetherBlack Box TheatreNovember 3 and 5 at 7:30pmNovember 4 at 4:30pm Eurydice by Sarah RuhlDirected by David FeldshuhFlex TheatreNovember 11, 12, 18, and 19 at 7:30pmNovember 19 at 2:00pm Mini Locally Grown Dance FestivalDirected by Byron SuberClass of ’56 Dance TheatreDecember 1–3 at 7:30pm Sub-Basement Student Film ScreeningsKiplinger TheatreDecember 7 at 7:00pm
