July 7, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: LISA WOSKE
(805) 756-7110
Cal Poly Arts Announces 2004-05 Season Lineup
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Tickets for the new 2004/05 Cal Poly
Arts subscription series are now on sale at the Performing Arts Center
Ticket Office.
"Cal Poly Arts presents the best and most popular performing artists
across a wide range of genres, with a particular emphasis this season
on
comedy and lighthearted events, such as the Capitol Steps, Lily Tomlin,
'The Full Monty,' 'Twelfth Night,' 'Defending the Caveman,' and 'Peter
Schickele Meets PDQ Bach,'" said Cal Poly Arts Director Ralph Hoskins.
"There's something for every fan of live entertainment in 2004-05."
Audiences can also look forward to encore season performances from The
Chieftains, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis, and the Paul Taylor Dance Company.
As a special subscriber bonus, advance tickets for Cal Poly Arts' Center
Stage October event, “David Copperfield: An Intimate Evening of
Grand
Illusion,” are available to patrons who subscribe by August 28.
Patrons need only order four or more events to qualify as a subscriber
and receive priority seating, substantial season ticket discounts, and
advance notification of added events throughout the year.
The Cal Poly Arts full-color season brochure, available from the
Performing Arts Center Ticket Office, describes 40 diverse events
presented at the Christopher Cohan Center and the Alex and Faye Spanos
Theatre. Brochure information and season artist samples are available
on-line at www.calpolyarts.org.
This season, Broadway musical touring companies will stage “The
Full
Monty,” “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” and the dance spectacle,
“Contact.” Other
stage offerings include Cirque Dreams, "Rob Becker's Defending the
Caveman," Aquila Theatre’s “Twelfth Night,” the
Black Light Theatre of
Prague, and a reading of works and Q&A session with best-selling author
Dave Eggers.
World music and dance are well represented by Virsky/Ukrainian National
Dance Company, South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Portugal’s
fado
chanteuse Mariza, West-African born, Paris/Brooklyn-based vocalist
Angelique Kidjo, and Trinity Irish Dance Company’s music and
dance extravaganza, “Different Dances Different Drums.”
Pianist Bill Charlap and his Trio promise a jazz-infused evening and
four Windham Hill artists create a Winter Solstice concert. Folk and
ethnic music fans can enjoy singer/songwriter John Prine, Ralph Stanley
and the Clinch Mountain Boys, and Zydeco master Geno Delafose and French
Rockin’ Boogie.
A main focus in any Cal Poly Arts season, classical music is strong with
the 108-member Warsaw Philharmonic, Opera Verdi Europa’s “Carmen,”
pianist Stephen Hough, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet with percussionist
Colin Currie, the Beaux Arts Trio 50th Anniversary Tour, and the
irrepressible Peter Schickele Meets PDQ Bach.
Dance enthusiasts have a range of choices, from Miami City Ballet
performing the classic “Coppelia,” to the contemporary dance
and
innovative stage movement of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Snappy
Dance Theatre.
The popular, affordable Cal Poly Arts Family Event series offers a full
range of fun, with the mesmerizing National Acrobats of Taiwan, the
rocking fun of Dan Zanes and Friends, and staged versions of “The
Velveteen Rabbit” and “Junie B. Jones.”
For a Cal Poly Arts new season brochure and all ticket ordering
information, please contact the Performing Arts Center Ticket Office
between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays at
805/756-2787. Patrons may also fax orders to 756-6088, order on-line at
www.pacslo.org, or stop by the Ticket
Office at One Grand Avenue in San
Luis Obispo.
Single tickets go on sale to the general public on September 7, 2004.
Regardless of date received, orders with three or less events listed
will be filled after all subscription orders are completed.
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