Calendar of Events Fall 2008
Fall 2008 events in
The Carling-Sorenson Theater at Babson College
This page is updated as information becomes available to us. Dates and times subject to change.
The Babson Players presents the comedic play
"You Can't take It with You" by GeorgeS. Kaufman and Moss Hart
"You Can't Take It with You" relates the humorous encounter between a conservative family and the crazy household of Grandpa Martin Vanderhof. Grandpa's family of idiosyncratic individualists amuse with their energetic physical antics and inspire with their wholehearted pursuit of happiness.
Kaufman and Hart fill the stage with chaotic activity from beginning to end. Critics have admired the witty one-liners, the visual theatricalism, and the balanced construction of the play's three acts. Although "You Can't Take It with You" is undeniably escapist theater which prompts immediate enjoyment rather than complex analysis, it has clearly influenced American comedy.
The formula originated by Kaufman and Hart—a loveable family getting into scrapes and overcoming obstacles—has been adopted as a format by most of today's television situation comedies.
Location: Sorenson Theater at Babson College
Dates and times: Thurs. Oct. 16 at 7:00 pm
Fri. Oct. 17 at 7:00pm
Sat. Oct. 18 at 7:00pm
Sun. Oct. 19 at 2:30 pm
Tickets: $8.00 on sale at the door on the nights of performances, or $5.00 in advance: Reynolds info desk, or thru the website: www.babson.edu/babsonplayers
Sorenson Center for the Arts and History and Society Division present 
Katha Pollitt, poet and activist, talks about her newest book
"Learning to Drive: And Other Life Stories", a new book of unabashedly personal essays by the acclaimed political columnist and poet. "Pollitt is mischievous, jaunty, sassy, sly.... It's not just [her] sentences that are literary, it's her point of view." —The Guardian 7/02/2008
Location: Sorenson Theater at Babson College
Date and time: Tuesday Oct. 21 at 7:00pm
Free admission
Aman/South Asian Student Association presents their 
"Fall Cultural Show and Dinner
Location: Sorenson Theater at Babson College
Date and Time: Friday Nov. 7 at 6:30
Tickets: ( $ TBD ) Price includes catered Indian buffet after the show in Reynolds back dining room!
More info to come
Sorenson Center for the Arts and Arts & Humanities Division present 
Caryl Phillips, Speaker ...award-winning novelist/screenwriter/essayist
As Caryl Phillips has pointed out in a number of articles, since his early twenties he has realised that the British society of the 1980s in which he lived offered black people a limited range of stereotypes, and he decided not to play to these expectations (Phillips "Necessary Journeys," 4-6).
Rather, as his work expresses and as he also explained in this interview, he chose to combat them. Travelling and living abroad for long periods changed his sense of those limited horizons, although he conceded in the interview that the Britain he grew up in has undergone a profound change.
What Phillips does not say is that this transformation of British society is also a result of his own writing –and its performative function, to use Mark Stein’s term– and that of his generation, who have embarked in the phenomenal task of redefining "Britishness".
http://www.carylphillips.com/ Location: Sorenson Theater at Babson College
Date and time: Wed. Oct 29 at 7:00pm
Free admission
Choreographer's Group presents its third annual 
"Pre-professional Gala Concert"
Location: Sorenson Theater at Babson College
Date and time: Sunday Nov. 9 at 3 pm
Tickets: Sold ONLY through Choreographer's Group or at the door on the night of the show
Tickets at the door are: ( Adults $25) (Seniors and students $20) (Children under 13 years $15)
Tickets may be reserved and picked up at the door by calling Choreographers Group at 508 655 0675.
This concert is open to all audiences and admirers of dance.
The purpose of the Gala is to gather pre-professional dancers of the greater Boston community to celebrate the great levels of artistic expertise these performers have attained and also to display their accomplishments to the general public audience in a professional environment.
These groups are planning on presenting their best pieces including world premiere dance works. The types of performance works are Ballet, Modern , Jazz, Tap and authentic Chinese dance.
During the presentation of its third annual Pre-professional Gala Concert 2008, Choreographers Group is excited to share with you a grand concert of artistic achievements performed by pre-professional movers to the design of talented and dedicated choreographers. Founded in 1996, by Perla Joy Furr, Choreographers Group continues to be an evolving and innovative organization. From its inception Choreographers Group has provided a forum for premiering works of master, established and emerging choreographers. In this gala concert the spot light is directed upon passionate and aspiring pre-professional performers led by professional choreographers who are joining hands to help build the future of dance. While the emphasis in this concert supports emerging pre-professionals, the fervor of Choreographers Group has not changed. The original path of the founder continues to foster a sense of community among artists while promoting an awareness and appreciation for the art of choreogr aphy to the general public. Since its inception, Choreographers Group has presented 90 world premiere dance works.
Participating dance groups:
Angel Dance Dance Troupe, Weston, MA Boston Youth Moves, Boston, MA Commonwealth Ballet, Acton, MA Deborah Mason School of Dance, Cambridge, MA Lexington School of Ballet, Lexington, MA The Ballet Space, Framingham, MA West Concord Dance, Concord, MA;Rainbow Tribe will also perform with the group. Rainbow Tribe, from Dorchester, MA will be performing a Hip Hop dance work.
Babson's TheatreWorks and Black Student Union present 
"The Piano Lesson" by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, August Wilson
August Wilson won his second Pulitzer Prize for this haunting drama. It is 1936 and Boy Willie arrives in Pittsburgh from the South in a battered truck loaded with watermelons to sell. He has an opportunity to buy some land down home, but he has to come up with the money right quick.
He wants to sell an old piano that has been in his family for generations, but he shares ownership with his sister and it sits in her living room. She has already rejected several offers because the antique piano is covered with incredible carvings detailing the family's rise from slavery.
Boy Willie tries to persuade his stubborn sister that the past is past, but she is more formidable than he anticipated. "Like other Wilson plays, it seems to sing even when it is talking." N.Y. Times. "A lovely tragi-comedy.... Haunting as well as haunted." N.Y. Newsday. "Wonderful.... A play of magnificent confrontations." N.Y. Post.
Location: Sorenson Theater at Babson College Dates and times: Thurs. Nov. 13 at 8:00pm
Fri. Nov. 14 at 8:00pm
Sat. Nov. 15 at 8:00pm
Tickets: (Price TBD)- on sale at the door on the nights of the performances
The Wellesley Players present 
"Tribute" by Bernard Slade
"Tribute" is a bitter/sweet comedy by Bernard Slade (Same Time Next Year/Romantic Comedy) about Scottie Templeton, a Broadway press agent who is always the life of the party. He can get everyone to like him...except his son Jud. Scottie has lived for fifty years without taking anything seriously including love, marriage and fatherhood, then he finds he's fatally ill and wants to be reconciled to his son before it is too late but he doesn't know how.
Location: Sorenson Theater at Babson College
Dates and times: Thurs. Nov. 20 (time TBD)
Fri. Nov. 21 (time TBD)
Sat. Nov. 22 (time TBD)
Sun. Nov. 23 (time TBD)
Tickets: (Price TBD) Available ONLY through Wellesley Players, or limited availability at the door on the night of performances.
Please visit http://www.wellesleyplayers.com/ for more information.
More info to come
The Babson Dance Ensemble presents their
"Winter Dance Concert"
Location: Sorenson Theater at Babson College
Dates and times: Thurs. Dec. 4 at 8:00pm
Fri. Dec. 5 at 8:00pm
Sat. Dec. 6 at 8:00pm
Tickets: (Price TBD)...on sale one week before start of performances at the Reynolds Information Desk, or at the door on the night of performances
More info to come
The Babson Olin Chamber Ensemble presents their 
"Holiday Concert"
Location: Sorenson Theater at Babson College
Date and time: Tues. Dec. 9 at 8:00pm
Free admission, light refreshments after the concert in the theater lobby.
More info to come
The Kathy McCrohon Dance Center of Needham, MA presents 
"The Nutcracker" ballet
Location: Sorenson Theater at Babson College
Dates and times: Sat. Dec. 13 (2 shows, time TBD)
Sun. Dec. 14 (2 shows, time TBD)
Tickets: Available ONLY through Kathy McCrohon Dance Center info.kmdc@gmail.com
The Dancing Arts Center of Holliston ,MA presents 
"The Nutcracker" ballet
Location: Sorenson Theater at Babson College
Dates and times: Sat. Dec. 20 at 3:00pm & 7:00pm
Sun. Dec. 21 at 3:00pm
Tickets: Available ONLY through Dancing Arts Center dancingartscenter@gmail.com
