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DESCRIPTION:The annual International Playhouse is May 15-18 at Stevenson Event Center. 
 It will consist of splendid performances by students from the German, 
 Japanese, French, Spanish, and Russian language programs. Don't worry, 
 there will be "super-titles" above the stage so everyone understands what's 
 going on. It promises to be another year of international theater fun.\nThe 
 Japanese program will be performing the poem "Living" by the famous 
 Shuntaro Tanikawa. (谷川 俊太郎の「生きる」）\nOh yeah, this is 
 FREE, so you should definitely come.\n\nFrench: Excepts from Molière's Le 
 Malade imaginaire (The Hypochondriac), a satiric look at doctors, illness, 
 and greed, by the brilliant 17th century playwright. An obsessive "invalid" 
 disposes of both his daughter and his fortune, oblivious to the impact of 
 his actions on those around him. Miriam Ellis will direct.\n\nGerman: 
 Judith Harris-Frisk will lead her students in Der farendt Schüler im 
 Paradeis (The Travelling Scholar in Paradise) by Hans Sachs, considered the 
 most talented of the Meistersänger. In this play, or Fastnachtspiele, 
 written for the pre-Lenten carnival period in Alemanic folklore, Sachs 
 pointedly illustrates the everyday life and strife of the common people, 
 offering a view of problems that audiences might encounter even 
 today!\n\nJapanese: A poem entitled "Ikiru" (To Live) by Shuntaro Tanikawa, 
 one of the most celebrated contemporary Japanese poets, will be offered by 
 Sakae Fujita's students, who will add a few stanzas to the original short 
 work, dealing with their own concepts about what it is "to live." The 
 results may be somewhat parodic or playful but they will be 
 "real."\n\nRussian: The Russian group will perform UKSK (or ìäëä, in 
 Cyrillic), an original piece by William Nickell and his students based on 
 the genre of the Soviet musical. A charismatic UCSC professor inspires his 
 students to realize the dream of a socialist society on campus. A cast of 
 fourteen thousand! Choreography by Maryse Meijer; Bill Nickell will 
 direct.\n\nSpanish: Written by the Cuban playwright Virgilio Piñera, 
 Estudio en blanco y negro (Study in Black and White) will be directed by 
 Paco Ramirez. Two young lovers get drawn into a rambunctious political 
 argument between two fanatics, leading to a distressful realignment. 
 Interesting statues and trees will be featured.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/14/18499330.php
SUMMARY:UCSC International Playhouse
LOCATION:UCSC Stevenson Event Center
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/14/18499330.php
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