Community Calendar

Ming-Hui Kuo, percussion ensemble director
Steve Snyder, director of jazz studies
Saturday, Nov. 8 • 3 p.m.
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium

Experience the energy and artistry of DePauw’s vibrant percussion and jazz communities! The DePauw Percussion Ensemble and DePauw Jazz Combo will present a thrilling evening of rhythm and sound, featuring music by Gérard Lecointe, Francisco Perez, Ney Rosauro, Eric Sammut, and Chick Corea. Don’t miss this dynamic performance that celebrates the innovation and expressive power of contemporary percussion and jazz. No ticket needed to this free performance.

Constellation Stage & Screen presents "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," on stage November 1-16 at the Waldron Auditorium

Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the whole Peanuts gang in the heartwarming and hilarious musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown! This timeless classic brings the beloved comic strip to life with laugh-out-loud moments, memorable songs, and a big dose of charm. From flying kites to school crushes, it’s a day in the life of the world’s most endearing underdog and his friends. Celebrate the 75th anniversary of Peanuts with this perennial favorite packed with humor, heart, and plenty of “good grief!” Fun for all ages!

Music by Giacomo Puccini

CARPE DIEM

Based on Henri Murger’s 1851 novel Scenes de la vie de Bohème, Puccini’s fourth opera is one of the world’s most popular and marked his true coming of age as a composer, and the end of his days as a starving artist.

With themes so universal that it has successfully moved generations—from its polarizing 1896 premiere in Turin, conducted by the 28-year-old Arturo Toscanini, to inspiring the smash musical Rent on Broadway a century later—La Bohème is part of popular culture.

This story of struggling bohemian artists and their friends, including Mimi and Rodolfo, in Left Bank Paris celebrates the joy, excitement, and carefree abandon of youth, as they dare to live their lives and emotions to the fullest. But even such passion cannot keep tragedy at bay.

Artistic Staff
Conductor
Daniela Candillari

Director
Michael Shell

Set Designer
Mark F. Smith

Costume Designer
Sarah Bahr

Lighting Designer
Driscoll Otto

Chorus Master
Walter Huff

THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS
By Carlos Goldoni • Translated by Edward J. Dent
Adapted and directed by Caroline Good
Thursday–Saturday, Nov. 6–8 • 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 9 • 3 p.m.
Green Center, Moore Theatre

In the commedia dell'arte tradition, traveling acting troupes playing stock characters challenged social norms and politics in the guise of entertainment. In this classic comedy set in Venice, mayhem erupts when the wily—and chronically hungry—servant Arlecchino hatches a zany scheme to double his wages (and his meals) by serving two masters at once amidst an intrigue of lovers, misers, and blowhards. Identities are mistaken, engagements are broken, swords are drawn, and lovers are finally reunited in this adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s commedia dell’arte masterpiece.

Content advisory: This production includes some mild language and bawdy humor.