Purdue Convocations announces 2019-20 season

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue Convocations' 2019-20 season will feature more than 30 events, including an array of Broadway musicals, lectures, theatre, music and concerts.

Purdue Convocations and the Purdue Student Concert Committee will continue to announce additional performances and concerts throughout the year.

Highlights of the season include Margo Price, “Harlem 100,” Guangdong Modern Dance Company and “Dökk” by fuse*, with Broadway shows including “Rent,” “The Color Purple,” Blue Man Group, “A Bronx Tale,” and “Waitress.”

Throughout the fall of 2019, Purdue University will continue the dynamic celebration of its sesquicentennial. Since 1869, Purdue has made giant leaps in world-renowned research, education and outreach — and shaped the culture and inquiry of the city, state, nation and world. Purdue Convocations became a formative part of Purdue’s history in 1902, so this season marks the 117th year of infusing arts, discourse and curricular engagement into Purdue’s rich traditions. 

Todd Wetzel, assistant vice provost for Student Life and Purdue Convocations executive director, said, “Innovation is a hallmark of Purdue’s DNA, so we actively search the world for groundbreaking expression to activate dialogue in the arts as well. We return with our innovator-in-residence platform this season, featuring Dökk, the latest immersive inquiry into the intersection of humans and technology from fuse* studios — and of course, our full season is jam-packed with our exciting Broadway Plus series and an electrifying slate of extraordinary dance, music and theatre.”

In addition to scheduled public performances, thousands of students from preschool through high school will attend a series of matinees and artist-in-residence activities that will be brought to schools. These events are open to all schools, and a complete list can be found at www.convocations.org/education.

Complete ticket pricing information and details on all performances are available at www.convocations.org, in the 2019-20 Convocations brochure, or by calling 765-494-9712. Tickets can also be ordered at the campus box offices, by phone at 765-494-3933, or at www.convocations.org/tickets.

BUYING SCHEDULE

Friends of convocations pre-sale (June 14-28): Friends of convocations are seated before the general public with the priority points system. Orders must be received by June 28 for both PICK5 and single tickets. Visit www.convocations.org/donate/ to join or call 765-494-9712.

All tickets on sale (July 29): The general public can place single-ticket or PICK5 orders beginning at 10 a.m. July 29.

Visit www.convocations.org/tickets/   or call 765-494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW

The Purdue Convocations 2019-20 season schedule

• Margo Price – Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m., Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $24-$30. Pre-show discussion at 6:30 p.m. in the Purdue Memorial Union’s West Faculty Lounge. Join McKenzie Isom, a Ph.D. student in the Department of History, for a discussion about the evening’s event.
• Global Fest featured performance: Kadermimmit – Sept. 21, 6 p.m. (Exact time subject to change), Northwestern Avenue. Free admission. All ages show. This performance is a Purdue Convocations contribution to the expanded 2019 Global Fest lineup.
• Global Fest featured performance: Frontera Bugalú – Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m. (Exact time subject to change), Northwestern Avenue. Free admission. All ages show. This performance is a Purdue Convocations contribution to the expanded 2019 Global Fest lineup.
• Global Fest featured performance: The Garifuna Collective – Sept. 21, 9 p.m. (Exact time subject to change), Northwestern Avenue. Free admission. All ages show. This performance is a Purdue Convocations contribution to the expanded 2019 Global Fest lineup.
• Cameron Graves – Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $20-$26.
• Los Angeles Guitar Quartet – Sept. 29, 3 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $22-$28. Pre-show discussion at 2 p.m. in Stewart Center, Room 310. Join Los Angeles Guitar Quartet member Bill Kanengiser and composer, jazz pianist and music educator Judd Danby for a discussion about the evening’s performance.
• Condoleezza Rice – Oct. 9. Free admission. Ticket information will be available through takegiantleaps.com.
• “Rent” – Oct. 13, 7 p.m., Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets $29-$62.
• “The Odyssey” by the Aquila Theatre Company – Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $22-$28. Pre-show discussion at 6:30 p.m. in Stewart Center, Room 279. Join Mike Johnston, an associate professor in the Department of English, for a discussion about the evening’s performance.
• “1984” by the Aquila Theatre Company – Oct. 16-17, 7:30 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $22-$28. Pre-show discussion at 6:30 p.m. Join Swati Srivastava, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, for a discussion about the evening’s performance.
• Camille Thomas, cello and Julien Brochal, piano – Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $15-$20. Pre-show discussion at 6:30 p.m. in Stewart Center, Room 310. Join Margot Marlatt, cellist and executive director of the Tippecanoe Chamber Music Society, for a discussion about the evening’s performance.
• “Harlem 100” – Nov. 1, 8 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $24-$30. Pre-show discussion at 7 p.m. in Stewart Center, Room 310. Join Cornelius Bynum, an associate professor in the Department of History, for a discussion about the evening’s performance.
• “The Color Purple” – Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets $29-$62.
• “One Small Step” – Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 8, 8 p.m.; Nov. 9, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $15-$20.
• Yi-Nuo Wang, piano – Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $15-$20.
• Novalima – Nov. 15, 8 p.m., Carnahan Hall. Tickets $20-$25. Limited Club Engagement.
• “Nassim” – Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 22, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.; Nov. 23, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette. Tickets $20-$25. Limited engagement.
• “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show” – Nov. 24, 3 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $12-$17. Pre-show activities at 2 p.m. in Stewart Center lobby. Purdue’s Department of Entomology will present the life cycle of a caterpillar.
• Artemis – Jan. 17, 8 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $24-$30. Pre-show discussion at 7 p.m. Join composer, pianist and music educator Judd Danby for a pre-show discussion. Part of the 30th Annual Purdue Jazz Festival.
• Neyla Pekarek – Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $20-$25.
• “Alice in Wonderland” – Jan. 26, 3 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $12-$17. Pre-show activities at 2 p.m. in Stewart Center Lobby. Enjoy magical activities inspired by Alice herself.
• Guangdong Modern Dance Company – Feb. 8, 8 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $22-$30. Pre-show discussion at 7 p.m. in Stewart Center 310. Join members of Guangdong Modern Dance Company for a discussion about the evening’s performance.
• Erth’s “Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure” – Feb. 9, 3 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $12-$17. Pre-show activities at 2 p.m. in Stewart Center lobby. Join the Columbian Park Zoo staff for pre-show activities.
• Akademie für Alte Musik “Secrets of the Baroque” – Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $22-$28. Pre-show discussion at 6:30 p.m. in Stewart Center, Room 310. Join musicologist Daniel Guberman for a discussion about the evening’s performance.
• Blue Man Group – Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets $29-$62.
• TEDxPurdue – Feb. 22, all day. Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $12-$25. Visit TEDxPurdueU.com for full schedule.
• The Brother Brothers: Outreach artist-in-residence – Feb. 27-28, Times and Locations vary. Free Admission.
• “Walk On: The Story of Rosa Parks” – March 1, 3 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $12-$17. Pre-show activities at 2 p.m. in Stewart Center lobby. Join the Purdue Black Cultural Center and the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana for pre-show activities.
• Third Coast Percussion: “Paddle to the Sea” – March 6, 8 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $22-$28. Pre-show discussion at 7p.m. in Stewart Center 310. Join ethnomusicologist and percussionist Dr. Nolan Warden for a discussion about the evening’s performance.
• “Dökk,” a live media performance by fuse* - March 26, 7:30 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $15-$20. Innovator-in-residence. Pre-show discussion at 6:30 p.m. in Stewart Center, Room 218. Join a member of fuse* for a discussion about the evening’s performance.
• “A Bronx Tale” – April 1, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets $29-$62.
• Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank – April 2, 7:30 p.m., Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $15-$20. Pre-show discussion at 6:30 p.m. in Stewart Center, Room 310. Join musicologist Daniel Guberman for a discussion about the evening’s performance.
• “Waitress” – April 23, 7:30 p.m., Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets $29-$62. 

Source: Abby Eddy, Purdue Convocations director of marketing, 765-494 5045,  aeeddy@purdue.edu

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