{"id":104077,"date":"2023-09-12T15:03:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T19:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&p=104077"},"modified":"2023-10-26T13:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:25:10","slug":"27th-fringe-festival-celebrates-collaboration-in-the-arts-across-boston-university-college-of-fine-arts","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2023\/27th-fringe-festival-celebrates-collaboration-in-the-arts-across-boston-university-college-of-fine-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"27th Fringe Festival celebrates collaboration in the arts across Boston University College of Fine Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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The decades-long collaboration between BU School of Theatre and Opera Institute expands to uplift new and unique works in music and visual arts in addition to producing new and rarely performed works of opera and theatre<\/em><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n
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Boston University College of Fine Arts (CFA) announces the Fall 2023 Fringe Festival lineup, featuring works produced by Boston University School of Music: Opera Institute<\/a> and School of Theatre<\/a>. Spurred by the dynamic and diverse programs within BU College of Fine Arts, this year\u2019s Fringe features additional programming from BU School of Visual Arts<\/a> and School of Music<\/a>. For nearly three decades, the Fringe Festival<\/a> at Boston University has celebrated and amplified new works, shown in spare and minimal productions. The festival\u2019s mission historically has brought new and rarely performed significant works in the opera and theatre repertoire, to audiences in unique theatrical settings. Find a complete list of events below.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe 2023 Fringe Festival establishes BU College of Fine Arts’ enduring commitment to the creation of original and innovative work by our artistic community,\u201d according to Susan Mickey<\/a>, Director of BU School of Theatre, and William Lumpkin<\/a>, artistic director of BU Opera Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launching Fringe this year are the Next Stage Workshops<\/strong>, presented by the School of Theatre\u2019s New Play Initiative and curated by playwright Kirsten Greenidge<\/a>, Associate Professor and head of BU School of Theatre\u2019s Playwriting program. This \u201con-its-feet\u201d workshop play experience focuses on different areas of the writing process and projects in development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Next Stage Workshops offer a glimpse into work establishing an identity,\u201d says Mickey. \u201cMarcus or the Secret of Sweet<\/em> allows us a chance to explore a beautiful play created specifically for a BU audience. We are proud to kick off the 2023 school year by celebrating the artist\u2019s voice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The play Marcus, or the Secret of Sweet<\/em><\/strong> by Tarell Alvin McCraney comes to the stage of the Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre, October 20 \u2013 22, 2023. Directed by Roz Bevan (CFA\u201919), Marcus<\/em> is a poignant and fiercely humorous coming-of-age story of a young gay man in the South, days before Hurricane Katrina strikes the projects of Louisiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boston University Opera Institute, in collaboration with the School of Theatre, presents its first opera productions of the academic year in Studio ONE: Alice Tierney<\/em><\/strong> (music director: Allison Voth, stage director: Claire Choquette) and Hydrogen Jukebox<\/em><\/strong> (music director: Matthew Larson, stage director, Sarah Dahnke).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opera productions part of the 27th<\/sup> Fringe at BU \u201cgive our students the opportunity to explore new and compelling theatrical works with young and upcoming stage directors,\u201d say Lumpkin and Oshin Gregorian<\/a>, managing director of the Opera Institute. \u201cThis is a particularly student-forward experience, with the inclusion of student conductors in the graduate conducting program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alice Tierney<\/em>, with music by Melissa Dunphy and libretto by Jacqueline Goldfinger, explores the mythic stories surrounding the death of the real-life 19th-century \u201cdissipated woman\u201d Alice Tierney, who was found hanging by her own petticoats on a fence in a seedy Philadelphia neighborhood in 1880. Despite suspicious circumstances, the death was ruled accidental and never investigated by police. But who was Alice? Find out October 13 \u2013 15, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hydrogen Jukebox, <\/em>with music by Philip Glass and libretto by Allen Ginsburg, was created as a portrait of America from the 1950s through the 1980s, composed after a chance meeting between composer, Philip Glass, and Beat poet, Allen Ginsberg. Through Glass\u2019 minimalist style, and Ginsberg\u2019s poetry on topics ranging from the anti-war movement to the environment, the opera touches on many of America\u2019s enduring social issues. It comes to Studio ONE as part of Fringe Festival October 27 \u2013 29, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also included in the Fringe lineup is \u201cThe Gutter<\/strong>,\u201d an exhibition presented by BU School of Visual Arts and its MFA Visual Narrative Class of 2024, on view from September 15 \u2013 October 2 in the CFA Commonwealth Gallery. BU\u2019s Visual Narrative MFA program explores sequential art storytelling practices, allowing students the opportunity to craft stories in the medium of comics, long form graphic novels, picture books and other media that integrate written and visual language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boston University School of Music presents BRUSH|REED<\/em><\/strong>, a collaboration between artist and musician to explore the parallels of painting and sound through live performance, in 808 Gallery on Wednesday, September 27. Dr. Jennifer Bill (saxophone) and Linnea Maas (visual artist) will engage the audience through color, pitch, representational lines, rhythm, intensity, and expression for an aural visual experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sutasoma: The Tale of a Buddhist Prince<\/em><\/strong> will be presented by the Balinese Shadow Play Music Ensemble at Boston University in the CFA Concert Hall on Saturday, September 30. Professor Brita Heimarck directs the Balinese Music Ensemble in this adaptation of the 14th century kakawin (Old Javanese) text from Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The School of Theatre New Play Initiative presents a series of Next Stage workshops, scenes, and plays. These Next Stage pieces are directed by undergraduate directors and will flower as the next step in the fruition of these new plays by BU students. The nature of the presentation and the work is determined by the needs of the play. Curated by playwright Kirsten Greenidge<\/a>, this \u201con-its-feet\u201d workshop or play experience focuses on different areas of the writing or specific parts of a project in the process of development. The Next Stage Workshops offer free admission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit bu.edu\/cfa\/theatre\/season<\/a>, or contact theatre@bu.edu<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t

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