Festival 2013

Performance

Yale Institute for Music Theatre

Open Rehearsal Readings

An exciting chance for theater and music lovers to get a glimpse at the creation of new music theater.

Music Theater
June 15 - 16, 2013  Details
2 hrs
Off-Broadway Theater, 41 Broadway

L'homme Cirque

David Dimitri

A one-man circus featuring an innovative combination of acrobatics, music, and dance.

Circus Dance Family
June 15 - 29, 2013  Details
1 hr
Circus Tent, New Haven Green

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Bristol Old Vic in assoc. with Handspring Puppet Company

From the creators of WAR HORSE comes a new vision of Shakespeare's inexhaustible comedy.

Theater
June 15 - 23, 2013  Details
2 hrs 45 min
University Theatre, 222 York Street

Freewheelers

A Broken Umbrella Theatre

A Broken Umbrella Theatre, New Haven’s award-winning ensemble theater company, creates a new show explores an uncanny historical collision in New Haven’s history.

Dance Theater
June 15 - 29, 2013  Details
1 hr 30 min
760 Chapel Street, 760 Chapel St.

The Quiet Volume

Ant Hampton & Tim Etchells

An intimate theatrical experience about books, reading, and the communal experience of the library.

Theater
June 18 - 28, 2013  Details
1 hr
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 121 Wall Street

My Friend's Story

Preview of a New Opera

Three award-winning artists have collaborated to create a new chamber opera.

Music Theater
June 19 - 20, 2013  Details
2 hrs
Iseman Theater, 1156 Chapel Street

Stuck Elevator

A musical by Byron Au Yong & Aaron Jafferis

A comic-rap-scrap metal musical prompted by the real life experience of a Chinese restaurant delivery man trapped in a Bronx elevator for 81 hours.

Theater
June 20 - 29, 2013  Details
1 hr 30 min
Long Wharf Theatre, Stage II, 222 Sargent Drive

Christian McBride & Inside Straight

Christian McBride is one of the premier bassists on today’s jazz and pop scene, performing with Inside Straight is McBride’s acoustic jazz quintet.

Music
Thu, June 20, 2013, 8:00pm  Details
1 hr 30 min
Morse Recital Hall, 470 College Street

Compagnie Käfig

Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne

Hip-hop that is high energy and high thrill: this Brazilian-French dance troupe performs an evening of two works, Agwa and Correria.

Dance Family
June 21 - 22, 2013  Details
1 hr 30 min
Shubert Theater, 247 College Street

Yale Choral Artists

Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil

The Yale Choral Artists perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s beautiful and haunting All-Night Vigil ("Vespers").

Music
Fri, June 21, 2013, 8:00pm  Details
1 hr
Church of St. Mary, 5 Hillhouse Avenue

songbirdsongs

John Luther Adams / Le Train Bleu

Le Train Bleu performs John Luther Adams’ exquisite and enchanting musical soundscape, songbirdsongs, amidst a lush landscape of summer foliage at New Haven’s Marsh Botanical Garden.

Music
Sun, June 23, 2013, 5:00pm  Details
1 hr
Marsh Botanical Garden, 227 Mansfield Street

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino

One of Italy’s leading and longest-standing traditional music ensembles, hailing from the Puglia in Salento.

Dance Music
Tue, June 25, 2013, 8:00pm  Details
1 hr 30 min
University Theatre, 222 York Street

Wrocław Philharmonic Choir

The Words Painted with Sound

Founded in 2006, the Wrocław Philharmonic Choir has established itself as one of Poland’s leading choral ensembles.

Music
Wed, June 26, 2013, 8:00pm  Details
1 hr 30 min
Church of St. Mary, 5 Hillhouse Avenue

Shantala Shivalingappa

U.S. Premiere: Akasha

A classical Indian dancer whose artistic curiosity has spanned contemporary and traditional forms, Shantala Shivalingappa is widely acclaimed for her vivid, brilliantly musical performances.

Dance Music
June 26 - 28, 2013  Details
1 hr 30 min
Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School, Mainstage Theater, 177 College Street

Sequence 8

Les 7 doigts de la main (7 Fingers)

An acrobatic dance and theater piece from Montreal's acclaimed Les 7 doights de la main (7 Fingers).

Circus Dance Family Theater
June 27 - 29, 2013  Details
2 hrs
Shubert Theater, 247 College Street