Thursday, April 15 A unique blend of spoken word poetry, song, theater, South Asian dance, hip hop, house, and aerial circus dance form—“Corde Lisse” or Wounds Unkissed, speaks to the survival of the spirit. From a young girl’s humorous dilemma between sexy thoughts and bedtime prayers to the heart wrenching stories of the ethnic conflict [...]
The Department of Theatre Arts will present “Figaro/Figaro” adapted by Eric Overmyer from April 8 through 11 and April 15 through 18 in Staller Center‘s Theatre Two. This comprehensive adaptation displays a fusion of the 18th-century Beaumarchais classic “The Marriage of Figaro” and its so-called follow up “Figaro Gets a Divorce” written in 1937 by [...]
April 9 and 11 at Staller Center Long Island residents can experience a professionally staged opera close to home when Stony Brook Opera and the Stony Brook Baroque Ensemble present a fully staged production of Pier Francesco Cavalli’s 1667 opera Eliogabalo at Staller Center’s Recital Hall on Friday April 9, at 8:00 pm and Sunday, [...]
Literally “mad words,” Kyogen originated during the samurai era and features humorous stories of daily life laced with biting social satire. Kyogen, the 600-year-old Japanese classical comic theater, uses exuberant facial expressions, an extremely high level of vocal and physical control, stock characters, gentle humor, dialogue, and mime to celebrate and poke fun at humanity. [...]
Several Irish rock bands, along with traditional Irish music and step dancing groups, will perform and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day during a benefit for Haiti earthquake relief. Organized by faculty, staff, and students at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Shamrocks for Haiti takes place on Saturday, March 20, at the Nutty Irishman in Bay Shore. [...]
One of the happiest ballets in the classical repertory, Coppelia, comes to Staller Center on Sunday, March 21, at 7:00 pm, performed by the Moscow Festival Ballet. This sunny 19th-century comic classic is about a toymaker who creates wonderfully lifelike dolls. Encompassed in three lively acts are lighthearted renderings of love, loss, and mistaken identity [...]
Children from age seven and up will enjoy a unique show of puppetry, dance, and storytelling as Darwin the Dinosaur comes to Staller Center’s Main Stage on Sunday, March 14, at 3:00 pm. Electroluminescent characters come to life in a blackout setting in this family show about a wild and primitive dinosaur created by a [...]
The 15th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival is seeking outstanding independent dramatic features, documentaries, animated films, and shorts in all categories from around the world. The festival will be held July 22 through July 31. All films are shown on the oversized screen in Staller Center’s Main Stage Theatre. The ten-day festival showcases one film [...]
The University Orchestra will present a children’s concert on Tuesday, March 9, at 7:30 pm at Staller Center. Conductor Susan Deaver will lead the University Orchestra in “Orchestral Footsteps!,” a one-hour interactive toe-tapping adventure through the orchestra. Audience members are encouraged to wear their favorite footwear to take part in the interactive elements of the [...]
Sunday, February 28 Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy: Masters of the Fiddle come to Staller Center’s Main Stage on Sunday, February 28, at 7:00 pm. MacMaster and Leahy are the power couple of the Celtic fiddling world. MacMaster’s flamboyant skill and trademark Cape Breton fiddling and step dancing are matched by the musical wizardry of [...]
