UCSC MEIP, Stevenson Event Center-FREE-ALL WELCOME

FREE STAGE PERFORMANCES IN FRENCH, JAPANESE, AND SPANISH WITH ENGLISH TITLES FROM STUDENTS OF UCSC! For its 21st season, the Miriam Ellis International Playhouse will present fully-staged performances in French, Japanese, and Spanish, with English super-titles projected above the stage. The program will be directed by Language lecturers and performed by Language students. French: Art (Art), adapted from Yasmina Reza, directed by Renée Cailloux. Japanese: “Yashiro no Uta” (The Song of the Shrine), a taiko performance composed by Ikuyo Conant/ Artistic Director of Watsonville Taiko Group. Taiko is a traditional Japanese drumming directed by Naoko Yakamoto. Spanish: "Rompiendo el hielo” (Breaking the ice), by Alexandra Accinelli and Jack Lockwood, directed by Carolina Castillo-Trelles and Javier Fernández-Agüera.