Jan/Feb 2012: Matthew Zajac performs “The Tailor of Inverness” at UMass!

Award-winning Scottish playwright, actor, and director Matthew Zajac brings his one-man play “The Tailor of Inverness” to UMass Amherst. A semi-biographical, solo documentary performance piece, “The Tailor of Invernes” follows Zajac’s father (who has Polish/Russian/Lithuanian ancestry) through early 20th Century Eastern Europe. Spanning almost an entire century, “The Tailor of Inverness” emphasizes the role of history and place in shaping identity and defining belonging. This extraordinary production tells the story of the tailor’s life and his son’s relationship to it through theatrical imagery, combining, storytelling, moving and still video projections, costume and choreography. Performances will be at 8pm each night, Tuesday Jan 31 through Friday Feb 3, at the Curtain Theater. Tickets are $16/general admission and $8/seniors and students, available for purchase through the Fine Arts Center Box Office.

April 2011: Peggy Shaw in “MUST the inside story” at UMass!

In collaboration with the celebrated UK based performance company Clod Ensemble, legendary New York performance artist Peggy Shaw takes the audience on a journey across the landscape of her own body. “MUST the inside story” will be performed twice at UMass Amherst: Tuesday April 5th and Wednesday April 6th, at 8pm in Bartlett Hall Auditorium (Room 65). Tickets are $5.00 each, available for purchase online through the UMass Fine Arts Center Box Office.

Click here for information and online tickets.

October 2010: Cynthia Hopkins performs at Amherst College!

Acclaimed performer, singer, composer, storyteller and playwright Cynthia Hopkins visits the Kirby Theater at Amherst College in October 2010! She will be performing two shows of her most recent work, THE TRUTH: A TRAGEDY. The shows will be at 8pm on Wednesday, October 6th and Thursday, October 7th. Both shows are free and open to the public. Since seating is limited, we highly encourage advance reservations!

Click here for information and reservations.

March 2010 : Tim Crouch at UMass!

Award-winning theatre artist and playwright Tim Crouch visited the University of Massachusetts Amherst for a week-long artist-in-residency program. Tim performed his plays ENGLAND (with Hannah Ringham) and AN OAK TREE to sold-out houses. Both plays won major acclaim at recent Fringe Festivals and are currently on tour worldwide, where they are winning an impressive array of awards.

Click here for information.