Tickets on sale for WSU Performing Arts season

PULLMAN, Wash. – From Irish traditional music to swinging holiday jazz, from a steampunk-inspired musical to Shakespeare-inspired comedy, there is something to delight everyone in Washington State University Performing Arts’ 2013-14 season.

Tickets are on sale for the season, as well as five series subscription packages that save patrons 20 percent off regular ticket prices. Discounts are available for seniors 60 and older, students and youth, WSU Alumni Association members and groups of eight or more.

Unless otherwise noted, performances begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall.

Oct. 4: Okaidja & Shókoto take you on a musical journey from Africa through the Americas with their energetic mix of traditional and contemporary African and world music.

Oct. 18: The Martha Redbone Roots Project is a unique, award-winning blend of Native American elements with soul and funk informed by deep roots in Appalachian folk and Piedmont blues.

Nov. 1: The Improvised Shakespeare Company performs a fully improvised play, and elicits peals of laughter from the audience, using the language and themes of William Shakespeare.

Nov. 15, 16: Griffin Theatre Company’s “Letters Home” brings to life actual letters written by soldiers serving in the Middle East, revealing the humanity within war through the eyes of the men and women fighting it.

Dec. 6: Let the Hot Club of San Francisco fire up your holidays with “Cool Yule,” a swinging gypsy wagon trip to the North Pole reminiscent of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France.

Jan. 25: “The Fantasticks” is given a steampunk makeover by the Nebraska Theatre Caravan while staying true to the timeless fable of love at the musical’s core. Book and lyrics by Tom Jones; music by Harvey Schmidt. There will be an additional matinee performance at 2 p.m.

Feb. 5: The American Place Theatre’s Literature to Life® stage presentation of “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” by Harriet Jacobs, reveals in shocking fashion the traumas of slavery, particularly for women and children.

March 12: Caladh Nua captures the essential qualities of traditional Irish music and balances them with an innovative contemporary flair, performing a vast repertoire of haunting songs and evocative Irish tunes.

March 28: Grammy-nominated Keola Beamer has been called “the quintessential Hawaiian slack-key guitar master” by the New York Times. He draws his traditions and inspiration from five generations of Hawaii’s most illustrious musical family. His wife Moanalani joins him on stage, performing hula as well as chants and playing ancient Hawaiian percussive instruments.

April 4, 5, 11, 12: “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” is Tom Stoppard’s fabulously inventive retelling of “Hamlet” from the worm’s-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare’s play. Directed by Benjamin Gonzales, there will be additional matinee performances at 2 p.m. on April 5 and 12.

Tickets for all events except Okaidja & Shókoto may be purchased in advance through TicketsWest: online at http://www.ticketswest.com, by phone at 800-325-7328, or in person at any TicketsWest outlet, including the WSU Beasley Coliseum box office, open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday. Additional fees apply to online and phone purchases.

Same-day tickets may be purchased at the Daggy Hall ticket office beginning two hours before each show.

The Oct. 4 performance by Okaidja & Shókoto is presented by WSU Performing Arts in conjunction with the first annual Humanitas Festival (http://performingarts.wsu.edu/humanitas/) celebrating world arts. General admission will be free on a first-come, first-seated basis, but some series subscription options include reserved seating for this concert.
 
For more information, including full details about each event, ticket prices and season ticket packages – and a Jones Theatre seating chart – visit http://performingarts.wsu.edu.