February 8, 2024
The Department of Fine and Performing Arts at MCLA announces the Winter/Spring 2024 programming including cultural events, exhibitions, performances, workshops, and musical experiences.
MCLA Gallery 51
The first exhibition of 2024 will examine the entangled histories of ecology and migration.
“Unfortunately It Was Paradise” features three artists, Lorena Molina, Larissa Rogers,
and Jumana Manna, who address how ecology surfaces in our memory, imagination, and
present that are shaped by the legacies of slavery, war, and settler colonialism.
The show is on view through March 29.
To close the semester, the gallery will feature work from a variety of MCLA students from April 15 to May 11 with an opening reception on April 18 from 5 to 7 p.m.
MCLA Theater MainStage Performance
This March the Fornés Festival returns with “The Summer in Gossensass” by María Irene
Fornés and directed by Laura Standley, associate professor of Fine and Performing
Arts at MCLA. The show will run from April 4 to 6 at Williams College’s 62’ Center.
“The Summer in Gossensass,” tells the story of two American actresses living in London during the 1890s who launch the first English language version of the play HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen.
MOSAIC Performance
On April 7, the internationally acclaimed Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band will take
the stage at the MCLA Church Street Center at 7 p.m. The Wheels improvise with the
intimacy of chamber music and the intensity of a rowdy dance band. Their engaging
contemporary interpretation of Jewish music is irresistible to audiences ranging from
elementary school students to the judges at the International Jewish Music Festival,
who heralded them as “a true musical democracy.”
MCLA Theater Developmental Workshop Musical
To close out the theater season, a developmental workshop musical titled “Emma When
You Need Her,” written by Bendetti Fellow Rudy Ramirez, and directed by MCLA Fine
and Performing Arts Associate Professor Jeremy Winchester. It will take place at the
Church Street Center from April 26-28.
The Spring Music Concert, featuring MCLA Wind Ensemble, Concert Choir, and Studio Students, will take place on April 29 at 7 p.m. at the Church Street Center.
Learn more about the MCLA Theatre and Music Departments' upcoming season at mcla.edu/mac.
About MCLA
At MCLA, we’re here for all — and focused on each — of our students. Classes are taught
by educators who care deeply about teaching, and about seeing their students thrive
on every level of their lives. In nearly every way possible, the experience at MCLA
is designed to elevate our students as individuals, leaders, and communicators, fully
empowered to make their impressions on the world. In addition to our 129-year commitment
to public education, we have fortified our commitment to equitable academic excellence.
MCLA has appeared on U.S. News’ list of Top Ten Public Colleges for nine consecutive
years – ranking No. 7 for Liberal Arts Schools in the nation for a third year. The
College's continued commitment to affordable education and economic prosperity is
reflected in its list of National Liberal Arts Colleges for Social Mobility since
the organization adopted this ranking in 2019; No. 1 in the state, No. 2 in the country,
and No. 22 for National Liberal Arts Colleges. These rankings measure how well schools
graduate students who receive Federal Pell Grants. Learn more at www.mcla.edu.
About MOSAIC
MOSAIC is MCLA’s community-serving cultural events program. MOSAIC brings people together
through acts of artistic and cultural exchange in order to learn about each other,
break through barriers to understanding, and build the commonalities that define communities.
MOSAIC presents public cultural events in the form of exhibitions, performances, workshops,
readings, lectures, and discussions. Our events are inclusive, diverse, and accessible,
and focus on the exchange between communities, artists, faculty, and students.
