Highlights: UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance

Included in yesterday’s Weidner Center 2016-17 season reveal was a sneak peek of UW-Green Bay music, theatre and dance 2016-17 performances. Here are just a few:

UW-Green Bay Music:

• Handel’s Messiah, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3
  (With audience participation, this year)
• Jazz Fest 47, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28
• Metropolis, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28
  Featuring a new film score by UWGB Associate Prof. Michelle McQuade Dewhirst and student performances led by Professors Kevin Collins and Randall Meder.

UWGB Theatre and Dance:

• Play Nice! 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13-15 and 19-22, Jean Weidner Theatre
  Directed by Prof. Laura Riddle
• Searching for Romeo, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17-19, University Theatre
  Book, music and lyrics by UWGB Prof. Brian Sutton; directed by John Mariano; musical direction by Courtney Sherman and Choreography by Denise Carlson Gardner.
• The Importance of Being Earnest, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23-25 and March 1-2
  Directed by John Mariano.
• Danceworks, April 1 and 2, University Theatre
  Artistic direction by Denise Carlson-Gardner.