This week in the arts, attend a hilarious and surprising play, join in on the Percussion Studio鈥檚 and Choir鈥檚 end of year performances, and attend a Seattle-based ensemble鈥檚 innovative chamber music concert.
Goldie, Max and Milk
May 22 – May 27 | Glen Hughes Penthouse Theater
Max, a single lesbian, just gave birth. She鈥檚 unemployed, with a house that鈥檚 falling apart, an ex on the loose, and no clue how to nurse her newborn. Can Goldie, an Orthodox Jewish lactation consultant, guide Max into motherhood? Or will conflicting family values get the better of them both? Playwright and UW Drama Senior Artist-in-Residence Karen Hartman makes her UW Drama debut with this hilarious, surprising, and deeply human play.
Percussion Ensemble
7:30 p.m., May 25 | Meany Studio Theater
Percussion Studies chair Bonnie Whiting directs students from the UW Percussion Studio and Ethnomusicology faculty Shannon Dudley directs the UW Steelpan Ensemble in this end-of-year performance.
UW Sings
7:30 p.m., May 25 | Meany Theater
The University Singers, Women鈥檚 Choir, and Men鈥檚 Glee Club present their popular year-end concert.
Frequency with Yura Lee, Violin: 鈥淒ialogues鈥�
7:30 p.m., May 27 | Meany Theater
Frequency, a Seattle-based ensemble, presents innovative, invigorating and intriguing chamber music concerts. Joining together distinguished artists from two acclaimed聽chamber groups, the Corigliano Quartet and Decoda, the group is made up of聽Michael Jinsoo Lim聽(violinist and artistic director), Melia Watras (violist) and聽S忙unn Thorsteinsd贸ttir聽(cellist). Frequency is a modular chamber music group, breaking into different parts to present solos, duos and trios, while also expanding with renowned guest artists to perform in a聽variety of formations. Frequency members have performed as soloists and chamber musicians worldwide, in leading concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Weill聽Recital Hall, Suntory Hall, and Disney Hall.
Impfest X with Bill Frisell and Special Guests
7:30 p.m., May 30 – 31 | Meany Studio Theater
Over the past ten years the student-led Improvised Music Project has instigated new directions in Seattle鈥檚 jazz and improvised music scene.聽The annual festival, which groups up-and-coming musicians, faculty all-stars, and seasoned professionals of international renown, is IMP鈥檚 signature annual event.聽 World-renowned guitarist Bill Frisell and other special guests headline this year鈥檚 festival.