Contact:Lori N. Jones, Assistant Director, Programming and Audience DevelopmentQuick Center for the Artsljones@fairfield.edu | 203.254.4000 ext. 2975

Research Assistant: Camile D. Gomes, Chemistry & Music Double Major ’14

Curricular Connections Guide Fall 2014

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Table of ContentsIntroduction 3

The Pirate Plays 4

Julian Sands in A Celebration of Harold Pinter 5

Orin Grossman and Friends: An Afternoon in Paris 6

The Touré-Raichel Collective 7

Open VISIONS Forum Fall events 8

Index 9

2014-15 List of Events 10

Photo Credits The Pirate Plays, courtesy of artistJulian Sands, courtesy of artistOrin Grossman, Jean SantopatreThe Touré-Raichel Collective, Nitzan TreystmanDavid Gregory & Caryl M. Stern, Greater Talent NetworkStanley & Bruni, courtesy of The New York Times

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ENRICHING, ENGAGING, ENTERTAINING…THE QUICK CENTER CONNECTS THE CLASSROOM TO THE STAGEThe Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts serves as a vibrant center of creative and educational activity, making accessible hundreds of enriching and enlivening events to Fairfield University and its surrounding communities. In so doing, the QCA is a leader in presenting, producing and partnering arts and education activities that make a positive difference in the lives of students, staff, faculty, and our friends across the region.

The Fall 2014 Quick Center Curricular Connections Guide (CCG) links events taking place as part of the Quick Center fall season with Fairfield University courses. Included are particular events we feel are of direct relevance to courses being offered on campus in the fall semester. However we believe that our wide array of programming enhances every student and faculty member’s experience on our campus by bringing diverse perspectives and voices that enrich our lives through more well-rounded experiences.

Please note that some of our activities also relate to the 2014-2016 University Theme – Water.

MAKE A CONNECTIONIn many cases we offer additional programming with an artist including pre- and post-show discussions, workshops, masterclasses, and in-classroom discussions. Use the Quick Center as a tool to enrich your students’ experiences by encouraging their attendance at a CCG-related event in connection with what they are already learning in the classroom.

If you would like to schedule an additional educational opportunity for your class, contact Lori Jones, Assistant Director, Programming and Audience Development at 203.254.4000 ext. 2975 or by email at ljones@fairfield.edu.

In addition, if you have a particular interest in an event happening this year and feel you could offer your expertise through a lecture or workshop in conjunction to the event, please let us know by contacting Lori Jones.

TICKETSThe Quick Center Box Office is conveniently located in the lobby of the Quick Center and is open Monday-Friday from 10am-5pm. (Please note, hours are subject to change so please call in advance at 203.254.4010.)

Full-time faculty receive free tickets to many of our events and adjunct faculty are eligible for discounted tickets.

Student tickets are just $5 for most events and can be purchased in advance using their Stag ID.

Group Sales - You can hold a block of tickets for purchase by your class by emailing the Quick Center Box Office at boxoffice@quickcenter.com. Subject to availability and some restrictions.

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The Pirate PlaysWritten by Steven OtfinoskiWednesday – Friday, September 24 – 26 at 8 p.m.Wien Experimental TheatreRegular price ticket: $20, general admission

Stede Bonnet, Gentleman Pirate, and Anne Bonny, Pirate Queen, relive their colorful lives in Fairfield University lecturer Steve Otfinoski’s award-winning The Pirate Plays. Based on historical fact, the production is directed by Kelly DiMauro and features actors Alexander Kulcsar of Fairfield and Sally Arlette-Garcia.

Steve Otfinoski has created an excellent study guide for The Pirate Plays that is also available by contacting him at steven.otfinoski@fairfield.edu.

This event is part of the University-wide theme of Water.

To learn more about this and other Water-related events, please visit www.fairfield.edu/lifeatfairfield/artsminds/universitythemewater.

Classroom Connections: International Politics, Playwriting, University Theme - Water

POST-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSIONSAfter each evening’s production a faculty panel will discuss content related to the production.

Suggested Curricular Connections: CH 83 Survey of Chemistry

EN 11 Texts and Contexts I

EN/W 306 Creative Nonfiction II

EV 301 Environmental Workshop

HR 202 Honors Seminar: World’s Oceans

IL 150 International Operations of Non-Profits

PO 132 Climate Change: Politics and Policy

SA 131 Photographic and Digital Techniques in Printmaking

SA 134 Digital Photography

TA 11 Introduction to Theatre

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Julian Sands in A Celebration of Harold PinterDirected by John MalkovichFriday, October 17 at 8 p.m.Kelley TheatreRegular price ticket: $45, $40, $35

British stage and film actor Julian Sands presents an extremely personal tribute to a passionate, opinionated, and enigmatic man – Harold Pinter. With personal anecdotes and reflections drawn from their work together, Julian Sands combines Pinter’s poems and political prose to create a fresh and intimate insight into the Nobel laureate’s literary legacy. Nominated for a 2013 Drama Desk Award, A Celebration of Harold Pinter gets to the soul of the man – poet, playwright, husband, political activist, Nobel winner, mortal.

Classroom Connections: British Literature, International Politics, Playwright, Poetry, Political Activism

WORKSHOP Opportunities will be available for a workshop. For more information, please contact Lori Jones at ljones@fairfield.edu

WEB RESOURCES: www.imdb.com/name/nm0001696 www.baylinartists.com/artist/Julian_Sands

Suggested Curricular Connections: EN/W 202 Creative Writing: Poetry I

EN 218 20th Century British Literature

EN/W 302 Creative Writing: Poetry II

IL 50 People, Places and Global Issues

IL 51/PO 130 International Relations: Theories and Challenges

IL 260/HI 274 Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Crises

PO 135 Global Governance: International Law and Organizations

TA Introduction to Theatre

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Orin Grossman and Friends: An Afternoon in ParisSunday, November 2 at 3 p.m.Kelley TheatreRegular price ticket: $35, $30, $25

Join pianist and Fairfield University Dean Emeritus Orin Grossman and his talented collaborators for an afternoon of chamber music that celebrates some of the great composers of Paris – Ravel, Debussy, Fauré, and Milhaud.

Classroom Connections: 19th & 20th Century France, French Composers, French Musicians, Non-verbal communication

WEB RESOURCES: www.oringrossmanperforms.com

Suggested Curricular Connections: FR 110 Elementary French I

FR 210 Intermediate French II

FR 219 French Syntax and Expression

FR 337 Literature of the 19th Century: Romanticism to Naturalism

MU 104 History of Music: 1700-1964

MU 113 Intro to Piano Keyboard: Elements and Music

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The Touré-Raichel CollectiveFeaturing Vieux Farka Touré and Idan RaichelThursday, November 20 at 8 p.m.Kelley TheatreRegular price ticket: $40, $35, $30

The Touré-Raichel Collective brings together Malian guitar virtuoso Vieux Farka Touré and Israeli superstar Idan Raichel to create masterworks of collaboration and improvisation. After a chance meeting at an airport in Europe in 2008, the two artists forged a deep friendship that led to an impromptu recording session and album, The Tel Aviv Session, hailed by the media as “an intercultural freeform acoustic masterpiece” (about.com ).

Classroom Connections: Collaboration, International Politics, Issues of Diversity, Middle Eastern/Eastern European/African Cultural Fusion, World Music

WEB RESOURCES: www.toureraichel.com www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/bio www.idanraichelproject.com/en

Suggested Curricular Connections: AH 13 Art of Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas

AY 130 Cultures of Africa

AY 152 Islamic Societies and Cultures

HI 280 The West and the Middle East

PH 240 Introduction to Asian Philosophies

PO 141 African Politics

PO 144 Middle East Politics

RS 270 Introduction to Islam

RS 276 Islamic Theology

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An Evening with David Gregory

Monday, September 22 at 8 p.m.

David Gregory anchors NBC’s Meet the Press, the gold standard of news programs known for probing interviews and mind-opening discourse. As a veteran political reporter who’s covered both presidential and midterm elections, Gregory gives audiences a glimpse inside the often-impenetrable

halls where Washington’s power players operate. Although his coverage is serious, Gregory is widely respected for his humor in coping with the rough-

and-tumble world of the news industry.

Alessandra Stanley & Frank Bruni “Two From The Times – Stanley & Bruni At Large”Thursday, October 9 at 8 p.m.

Both writers for The New York Times, Frank Bruni, Op-Ed columnist, and Alessandra Stanley, the chief television critic, talk about culture, politics, and the art and anxiety of rendering judgment.

Caryl M. Stern “I Believe in Zero: Learning from the World’s Children”Wednesday, November 19 at 8 p.m. Annual Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lectureship

Caryl M. Stern, a longtime child advocate and civil rights activist, was named the President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF in May 2007. She has worked closely with the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice in crafting national education policy, and has participated in several White House education and anti-bias initiatives.

Co-sponsored by the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies. Funded by the Frank Jacoby Foundation.

Open VISIONS Forum Fairfield University’s signature lecture seriesKelley TheatreRegular price ticket: $45

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AH 13 Touré-Raichel 7

AY 130 Touré-Raichel 7

AY 152 Touré-Raichel 7

CH 83 Pirate Plays 4

EN 11 Pirate Plays 4

EN/ENW 202 Harold Pinter 5

EN 218 Harold Pinter 5

EN/ENW 302 Harold Pinter 5

ENW 306 Pirate Plays 4

EV 301 Pirate Plays 4

FR 110 Orin Grossman 6

FR 210 Orin Grossman 6

FR 219 Orin Grossman 6

FR 337 Orin Grossman 6

HI 280 Touré-Raichel 7

HR 202 Pirate Plays 4

NOTE: Cross-listed courses appear only once in this index, under the department that comes first in the alphabet.

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IL 50 Harold Pinter 5

IL 51/PO 130 Harold Pinter 5

IL 150 Pirate Plays 4

IL 260/HI 274 Harold Pinter 5

MU 104 Orin Grossman 6

MU 113 Orin Grossman 6

PH 240 Touré-Raichel 7

PO 132 Pirate Plays 4

PO 135 Harold Pinter 5

PO 141 Touré-Raichel 7

PO 144 Touré-Raichel 7

RS 270 Touré-Raichel 7

RS 276 Touré-Raichel 7

SA 131 Pirate Plays 4

SA 134 Pirate Plays 4

TA 11 Pirate Plays 4

TA 11 Harold Pinter 5

Bold, Exhilarating, Unforgettable. Join us for the 2014-15 Quick Center for the Arts season!

n The Met: Live in HD | n Open VISIONS Forum | n Classical | n Concerts | n Inside the Box | n Dance | n Theatre for Everyone! | n Family Fun

Events are highlighted by color to note series. Save 20% when you subscribe to a series (except The Met: Live in HD and Open VISIONS Forum).

For tickets and more information, visit www.quickcenter.com | (203) 254-4010

SEPTEMBER

n Broadway’s Next H!t Musical Fri, Sept 19, 8 p.m.

n The Hot Sardines Sat, Sept 20, 8 p.m.

n Open VISIONS: David Gregory Mon, Sept 22, 8 p.m.

n The Pirate Plays Wed-Fri, Sept 24-26, 8 p.m.

n NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire Thu, Sept. 25, 2 & 7 p.m.

OCTOBER

n NT Live: Medea Thu, Oct 2, 2 & 7 p.m.

n The Berenstain Bears LIVE! in Family Matters: The Musical Sun, Oct 5, 3 p.m.

n Open VISIONS: Alessandra Stanley & Frank Bruni Thur, Oct 9, 8 p.m.

n The Met: Live in HD: Verdi’s Macbeth Sat, Oct 11, 1 & 6 p.m.

n Julian Sands in A Celebration of Harold Pinter Fri, Oct 17, 8 p.m.

n The Met: Live in HD: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro Sat, Oct 18, 1 & 6:30 p.m.

n NT Live: Frankenstein Thu, Oct 30, 2 & 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER

n The Met: Live in HD: Bizet’s Carmen Sat, Nov 1, 1 & 6:30 p.m.

n Orin Grossman and Friends An Afternoon in Paris Sun, Nov 2, 3 p.m.

n Nick Sanders Trio Fri, Nov 7, 7 & 9 p.m.

n NT Live: Skylight Thu, Nov 13, 2 & 7 p.m.

n Vijay Iyer Trio Sat, Nov 15, 8 p.m.

n Young Artists Series Sun, Nov 16, 3 p.m.

n Open VISIONS: Caryl M. Stern Wed, Nov 19, 8 p.m.

n The Touré-Raichel Collective Thur, Nov 20, 8 p.m.

DECEMBER

n Mark O’Connor and Friends – An Appalachian Christmas Sun, Dec 7, 3 p.m.

n The Met: Live in HD: Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia Tue, Dec. 9 at 1 (encore) & 6 p.m. (encore)

n It’s a Wonderful Life: Live from WVL Radio Theatre Fri, Dec 12, 8 p.m.

n The Met: Live in HD: Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Tues, Dec 16, 12 p.m.

JANUARY

n Young Artists Series Sun, Jan 11, 3 p.m.

n NT Live: JOHN Thu, Jan 15, 2 & 7 p.m.

n The Met: Live in HD: Lehár’s The Merry Widow Sat, Jan 17, 1 & 6 p.m.

n Mummenschanz Sat, Jan 24, 2 & 8 p.m.

n Open VISIONS: Robert M. Edsel Sun, Jan 25, 3 p.m.

n The Met: Live in HD: Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann Sat, Jan 31, 1 & 6:30 p.m.

FEBRUARY

n The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer Fri, Feb 6, 6 & 8 p.m. Sat, Feb 7, 5 & 8 p.m.

n Bridget Kibbey Sun, Feb 8, 3 p.m.

n Open VISIONS: Jenna Bush Hager & Alexandra Pelosi Mon, Feb 9, 8 p.m.

n Jazzmeia Horn Fri, Feb 13, 7 & 9 p.m.

n From the Heart! Ballroom Extravaganza Sat, Feb 14, 8 p.m.

n The Met: Live in HD: Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle Sun, Feb 15, 1 & 6:30 p.m.

n Ballet Hispanico Sat, Feb 21, 8 p.m.

n Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Sun, Feb 22, 3 p.m.

n NT Live: Treasure Island Thu, Feb 26, 2 & 7 p.m.

n Time for Three Sat, Feb 28, 8 p.m.

MARCH

n Young Artists Series Sun, Mar 1, 3 p.m.

n Open VISIONS: Emily Bazelon Mon, Mar 2, 8 p.m.

n La Maleta (The Suitcase) Sun, Mar 8, 3 p.m.

n The Met: Live in HD: Rossini’s La Donna del Lago Sat, Mar 14, 1 & 6 p.m.

n Shana Tucker Fri, Mar 27, 7 & 9 p.m.

n Ivy + Bean, The Musical Sun, Mar 29, 3 p.m.

APRIL

n Russian National Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake Fri, Apr 10, 8 p.m.

n Open VISIONS: Jeffrey D. Sachs Wed, Apr 15, 8 p.m.

n Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Sat, Apr 18, 8 p.m.

n The Met: Live in HD: Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci Sat, Apr 25, 12:30 & 6 p.m.

MAY

n The Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut & Festival Orchestra presents Carmina Burana Sat, May 2, 8 p.m.