This week, head to the theater to enjoy the School of Drama鈥檚 production of the bitingly funny 鈥淏oy鈥檚 Life鈥� or the Undergraduate Theater Society鈥檚 adventurous production of 鈥淥n the Verge.鈥� Also this week, the School of Music presents the UW Gospel Choir, UW Symphony, and more.
3D4M BFA Show
May 27 – June 6 |聽Jacob Lawrence Gallery
This graduation exhibition features pieces by students receiving a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from the 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture Program.聽
“Boy’s Life”
May 27 – June 7聽|聽Brechemin Auditorium
This bitingly funny comedy of manners by Howard Korder follows three former college buddies as they stumble through their 20s -鈥� and their various relationships with women 鈥�- attempting to come to terms with life and the meaning of manhood. Professor Valerie Curtis-Newton directs the School of Drama鈥檚 talented undergraduate students in this intelligent, modern story of what it means to grow up.
UW Bands “Prized: Premio Roma”
7:30 p.m., May 28 |聽Meany Theater
The UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic, and Campus Bands perform works by composers awarded the prestigious Rome Prize. Program selections include 鈥淓astwind鈥� by UW Emeritus Professor William O. Smith, 鈥渇rom the language of shadows鈥� by UW Professor Huck Hodge, and 鈥淐oncertino for Cello, Winds, Percussion and Piano in C minor鈥� by Bohuslav Martin暖.
“On the Verge”
May 28 – June 7 |聽Cabaret Theater, Hutchinson Hall
In this Undergraduate Theater Society production, three intrepid lady explorers embark on their greatest adventure yet: an expedition into the last uncharted jungle in the world, Terra Incognita. Little do they know they are 鈥榦n the verge鈥� of a deliciously verbose, joyously feminist, and ultimately serendipitous romp through time. Armed with pith helmets and journals, our heroines encounter treacherous obstacles, several eccentric characters, and a myriad of pop culture references.
Trio Andromeda
7:30 p.m., May 30 |聽Brechemin Auditorium
The School of Music presents a concert by Trio Andromeda, winners of the 2014 UW Strings and Piano Chamber Ensemble Competition. Ensemble members are violinist Allion Salvador, cellist Hye Jung Yang, and pianist Li-Cheng Hung.
Gospel Choir
7:30 p.m., June 1 | Meany聽Theater
Phyllis Byrdwell leads the 100-voice UW Gospel Choir in songs of praise, jubilation, and other expressions of the Gospel tradition.
University Choirs: “UW Sings”
7:30 p.m., June 2 | Meany聽Theater
The University Singers, Women鈥檚 Choir, and Men鈥檚 Glee Club present their popular year-end concert.
Film Screening: “People of a Feather”
7 p.m.,聽June 5 |聽SIFF Film Center
The presents a screening of a documentary produced and directed by Joel Heath, who is also the UW’s 2014-15 Canada Fulbright Chair in Arctic Studies. Also sponsored by the Canadian Studies Center in the Jackson School of International Studies, and by the UW’s Future of Ice initiative. .
UW Symphony and Combined University Choirs
7:30 p.m., June 5 |聽Meany Theater
Geoffrey Boers conducts the University Symphony and combined UW Chamber Singers and University Chorale in a performance of works by Verdi, Bernstein, and Prokofiev.