[HvEXAS] REMINDER: EMPAC | Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik, and Kay Matschullat: Carson McCullers Sings About Love | Tonight @ 7 PM | FREE

Hope to see you tonight! Evelyn's Café will be open at 6 PM as well as after the performance.

Here are some preview stories for more information:

http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Vega-collaborators-present-work-in-progress-at-952520.php
http://troyrecord.com/articles/2011/01/13/entertainment/doc4d2e35bb33fc4585551497.txt?viewmode=fullstory
http://www.nippertown.com/2011/01/05/suzanne-vega-in-residence-empac-at-rpi

http://gailsez.org/2011/01/carson-mccullers-sings-about-love-with-suzanne-vega-at-empac/
http://thefreegeorge.com/thefreegeorge/suzanne-vega-duncan-sheik-carson-mccullers-empac/

http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts/see-suzanne-vega-and-duncan-sheik-at-work-at-empac/10761/

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http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2011/spring/vega/

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182684535089137

WORK IN PROGRESS SHOWING
Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik, and Kay Matschullat: Carson McCullers Sings About Love
Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 7 PM
Theater
FREE + open to the public

Singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega, composer Duncan Sheik, and director Kay Matschullat are in residence at EMPAC in January to explore the sound challenges provided by a music-theater piece that combines songs with conversation. Designers Louisa Thompson and Lenore Doxsee will also work with the director to experiment with set and light elements, creating a piece that floats in time and moves between forms. The informal work-in-progress showing will include songs and text from the show, with a chance for discussion with the artists.

In Carson McCullers Sings About Love, Suzanne Vega, in the role of Southern writer Carson McCullers, presents her theory of love, divulging the secrets of the human heart. McCullers often repeated "Nothing human is alien to me" – a quote from the ancient Roman playwright Terence; her own story, as well as the stories of her characters, run the gamut from touching to terrifying. As she speaks and sings her way through this labyrinth of love, we experience the comedic Carson, the pained Carson and the provocateur she became. Accompanied by a guitarist and pianist who also take on characters, Vega moves seamlessly from spoken word to song and back again. She channels McCullers in a way that reveals the meeting of two souls through a work of art.

+ a clip of Suzanne Vega reading a piece from this project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z20AyVto81E

This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Rensselaer parking lot on College Avenue.

Additional event information can be found on the EMPAC website, http://www.empac.rpi.edu/. 

Questions? Call the EMPAC Box Office: 518.276.3921.

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+ Suzanne Vega: http://www.suzannevega.com + http://www.myspace.com/suzannevega + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Vega

+ Duncan Sheik: http://www.duncansheik.com + http://www.myspace.com/duncansheik + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Sheik

+ Kay Matschullat: http://itp.nyu.edu/itp/people/people.php?id=2556&&page=K 

+ Carson McCullers: http://www.carson-mccullers.com + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_McCullers