PULLMAN, Wash. — WSU Performing Arts will host “A Midwinter Night’s Gala,” its first-ever fundraising event, in Daggy Hall on the Washington State University campus Friday, Jan. 30.
The gala kicks off at 6:30 p.m. with a social hour featuring a silent auction, complimentary hearty hors d’oeuvres and a cash wine bar by Banyans on the Ridge, followed at 7:30 p.m. with a performance of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” presented by Moscow Art Theatre (Too).
Tickets are $30 per person and may be purchased in advance online through BrownPaperTickets.com or locally at the Brelsford WSU Visitor Center in Pullman, BookPeople of Moscow, or from individual members of the WSU Performing Arts advisory board. Additional fees apply to online ticket sales. Same-day tickets will be available at the venue beginning at 5:30 p.m.
All proceeds from the gala and silent auction will be used to support WSU Performing Arts programming and outreach, allowing WSUPA to continue bringing extraordinary performances to the Palouse at affordable prices.
In “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” performers David Harlan, Michael Smith and Mary Trotter will weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s comedies, histories and tragedies in one wild ride, leaving the audience breathless and helpless with laughter.
Touching 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, not to mention the sonnets, in a mere 97 minutes, “Complete Works” is a fast-paced, witty and interactive show sure to delight Shakespeare lovers and loathers alike.
The Los Angeles Times called the play “Shakespeare as written by Reader’s Digest, acted by Monty Python and performed at the speed of the Minute Waltz,” and the London Evening Standard said it was “wildly imaginative, thoroughly affectionate to its source material and, above all, infectious fun.”
“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” is written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, directed by Harlan, and licensed by Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
Tickets are available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1054095 The WSU Performing Arts website is located at http://performingarts.wsu.edu/
Contact:
Mary Trotter, WSU Performing Arts, 509-335-7447, mary.trotter@wsu.edu
Gail Siegel, WSU Performing Arts, 509-335-8522, gsiegel@wsu.edu