Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts Announces 22/23 Season
The Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to begin announcing its 22/23 season with the Presenting Series. The wide-ranging performances of the ten-show series include national names, touring productions, and a returning favorite. Tickets go on sale August 15 at mtu.edu/rozsa or by calling 906-487-1906.
“This year, we’re bringing the Keweenaw a season full of events that will thrill, inspire, and amaze,” said Mary Jennings, Director of the Rozsa. “While planning for this year we thought about how difficult it can be for people in our community to travel to see shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, or Detroit. We’re committed to bringing great shows to the Keweenaw, and we’re excited for folks to come out and be part of the brilliant shows and events we’ve got coming up at the Rozsa this season. ”
This season, dance and theatre performances will joyfully reveal a world of possibility to audiences of all ages. Astonishing power and versatility come with the best up-and-coming young dancers in America with the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company. Three diplomats who don’t speak the same language have to get creative to collaborate on a shared building project in the charming original family play, Let’s Eat!, by Quebec company l’Arrière Scène. Returning in person after last season’s digital workshops, witness the joy of Black women with the multidisciplinary artists of Naila Ansari’s Movement of Joy. And you can’t stop the beat when a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) sets out to change the world with the all-new touring production of Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon, Hairspray.
Comedy and film will entertain and delight. Jay Jurden has appeared on almost every late-night comedy show and will have you doubled over with a comedy set that “smashes stereotypes” (The Washington Post). The 1970s cult favorite film starring Tim Curry and
Susan Sarandon returns for a party and interactive screening (and costumed debauchery is strictly encouraged).
Together with Michigan Tech Music, the Rozsa is bringing two spectacular New Music performances to the stage. Through her intimate backstage concert of women composers and the Black Rennaissance, pianist Samantha Ege will enrapture audiences as their “accomplished and absorbing guide” (BBC Music Magazine). Adventurous and energetic, Sō Percussion, joined by groundbreaking beatboxer Dominic “Shodekeh” Talifero, promises an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam” (The New Yorker).
This year’s free National Geographic Live Speaker Series brings premium storytelling and visually stunning imagery to the stage with first-hand accounts of science, adventure, and exploration told by our world-class explorers who inspire change in the world. Explore the edge of what’s possible with National Geographic Live: Capturing the Impossible with Extreme Filmmaker Bryan Smith. Bryan loves an extreme challenge - and if it involves frostbite, angry locals with machetes, or ice climbing Niagara Falls, that’s where you’ll find him. Explore the remarkable ways people around the world are adapting to our changing planet with National Geographic Live: Adaptations with Environmental Anthropologist and Filmmaker Alizé Carrère.
“We are just so pleased to be bringing these extraordinary, world-class shows to the Rozsa stage,” says Mary Jennings. “Stay tuned as we announce the rest of our season with Michigan Tech Art, Music, and Theatre in the coming weeks!”
Tickets to the Rozsa Presenting Series shows go on sale August 15. Get tickets at mtu.edu/rozsa or 906-487-1906.
