Arts on Campus

The Death of Santiago, A Work in Progress

By Time Banker

Directed by Tim Banker

At the Loeb Mainstage

Tonight at 8; tomorrow night at 2 and 8

A play loosely based on the Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Death of Santiago, written and directed by Tim Banker, goes up this weekend at the Loeb Mainstage. In this unprecedented rendition of the Nobel prize-winning author's work, the entire cast remains on stage for the performance based around the impending death of citizen Santiago Nazar. As in Marquez' novel, the entire town knows Nazar will be killed, but no one can stop the event from happening. In Banker's version, North American practicality weaves with South American magical realism to present a drama that promises to be truly unique.

Nora (A Doll's House)

By Ingmar Bergman

Directed by Heather Cross

At the Loeb Ex

Tonight at 7:30; tomorrow night at 2 and 7:30

Nora is one of Bergman's few stage scripts, and this one rewrites Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, reducing it to its bare essentials. This weekend's drama explores how people behave in the face of evil and misfortune, yet it also allows such villains as Krogstad to appear more appealing than in the original version. Nora promises to provide an intense evening of entertainment; there is no intermission in this production. Bergman's play, directed by junior Heather Cross, runs this weekend only at the Loeb Experimental Theater.

Princess Ida

By W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Seymour Sullivan

Directed by Frank Lawler

Music Director Ben DiShibio

At the Agassiz Theater

Tonight at 8; tomorrow night at 2 and 8

Princess Ida is Sullivan's first work as "Sir Arthur," and it focuses on the early struggle surrounding women's education. An "Amazonian bastion of learning" astounds English male-dominated culture in a hilarious comedy between the sexes which, although not one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most famous pieces, is often billed as one of their funniest. Shows are through Sunday night and continue next weekend at the Agassiz Theater in Radcliffe Quad.

Tom Thumb

By Henry Fielding

The Great Catherine

By George Bernard Shaw

Directed by Jenny Lyn Bader and Elliot Thompson

At the Lowell JCR

Tonight at 8 and 11; tomorrow night at 8

The Lowell JCR hosts two comedies this weekend, Tom Thumb and The Great Catherine. Tom Thumb is a parody of Elizabethan drama in which the finger-sized hero falls in love with King Arthur's little known daughter, Huncamunca. George Bernard Shaw's The Great Catherine parodies a stuffy British man's encounter with the nymphomaniacal Russian Empress. Both dramas are one-act plays that Bader and Thompson have set against colorful circus surroundings. These performances run through next weekend in Lowell House.

True West

By Sam Shepard

Directed by Jed Weintrob

At the Adams House Kronauer Space

Tonight, tomorrow night and Sunday at 8

Sam Shepard's masterpiece comedy/drama details the lives of two brothers in, you guessed it, the wild West. In this drama involving three men and one woman, Shepard explores personalities and fear on the vast prarie.

Miss Julie

By August Strindberg

Directed by Adam Hyman

At the North House Dining Hall

Tonight at 8; tomorrow night at 10

Strindberg's 1887 drama about a one-night affair between an aristocrat and her servant, Miss Julie details the emerging European concepts of Darwinism, psychology and the collapsing aristocracy of Europe. This play in the North House Dining Hall should prove an interesting combination of action, mime and dance in what was, in the nineteenth century, a highly innovative and ground-breaking play.

The Importance of Being Earnest

By Oscar Wilde

Directed by Jeff Hass and Patrick Gurian

At the Currier House Fishbowl

Tonight, tomorrow night at 8:15

This all-Currier rendition of Oscar Wilde's comedy about the English aristocracy and melodramatic love triangles presents a Currier cast in the Currier Fishbowl. The directors promise a "wild and crazy time," and the performance is free.

The Harvard-Radcliffe Ensemble Society

At Paine Hall

Tomorrow night at 8

The Harvard-Radcliffe Ensemble Society presents a collection of works by Beethoven and other topics this weekend in a free orchestra concert at Paine Hall.

Busch-Reisinger Concert: William Albright

At Memorial Church

Sunday night at 5:30

This weekend, William Albright presents the premiere of his own works for organ, inspired by paintings in the Fogg Art Museum, at Memorial Church as part of the Busch-Reisinger concert series. The performance, which is at 5:30, will also include works by J.S. Bach. Tickets are $5 and $3 for Friends.

Rick and Judy

At Sanders Theater

Sunday afternoon at 1:30, 3:30

Canadian folksingers Rick and Judy appear at Sanders Theater this Sunday, sponsored by the Harvard Childcare Center. Students and particularly families and children are welcome. Tickets are $6 and $8.