Thursday
Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame”
Historic PlayMakers Theatre
7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 to $39
Carolina Performing Arts hosts the Gate Theatre of Dublin’s adaptation of “Endgame,” written by absurdist Irish writer Samuel Beckett. The performance is paired with the same theatre’s performance of Beckett’s autobiographical novel “Watt.” Tickets are going quickly.
Read staff writer Sarah Haderbache’s story on the performances.
Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company
Great Hall
7 p.m.
Tickets are free with OneCard
The Carolina Union Activities Board’s comedy committee brings it’s first big event of the year. From New York City, the Upright Citizens Brigade touring company is bringing it’s improvisational humor to the Great Hall. From a comedy club that raised the likes of Saturday Night Live greats Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz, expect nothing but the heartiest laughs.
Read staff writer Mary Stevens’ piece on UCB on Thursday’s front page, or “here”:http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/11/improv_group_performing_tonight.
Friday
LAB! Hours with Dublin’s Gate Theatre
Center for Dramatic Art, room 104
3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is free and open to all students
The Gate Theatre of Dublin — this weekend performing Samuel Beckett’s “Watt” and “Endgame” at Historic Playmakers Theatre — is visiting the LAB! Hours workshop for a question and answer session. They’ll talk about what it’s like to work in the company and present a new performing arts study abroad opportunity in Ireland.
Look for a post about the session this weekend on Canvas.
Saturday
NC Songwriters Co-op 2011 Song Contest
The Carrboro ArtsCenter
7:30 pm
Tickets are $10 for the general public and $8 for ArtsCenter members
Come to the ArtsCenter to see local singers and songwriters perform their work. They’re competing for a $3,000 cash prize, sponsored by the North Carolina Songwriters Co-op, which supports and promotes North Carolina songwriters.
Sunday
*Collecting (Our Thoughts)
Hanes Art Center
3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Admission is free.
A forum about the lesser known aspects of collecting, featuring Ackland’s head curator Peter Nisbet, Robert Hobbs, Jeff Whetstone and Claire Schneider.
Monday
How I Learned To Drive
Kenan Theatre
5 p.m.
Admission is free.
LAB! Theatre performs this Pulitzer-prize winning play about a girl who is molested by and falls in love with her uncle, and loves to drive.
Read staff writer John Sherman’s story “here”:http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/11/learning_to_drive.
Tuesday
Casablanca
Varsity Theatre
7 p.m., 9:20 p.m.
Tickets are $4
Though at Canvas, we usually keep movie times out of our Roundup (because, really, there are just too many of them), this classic flick couldn’t not be included. Take a break from studying, go back to the 1942 and experience the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Wednesday
The Parchman Hour
Paul Green Theatre
7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 to $45
Official opening night of the world premiere of “The Parchman Hour” at PlayMakers Repertory Company. Written and directed by Mike Wiley, the play is set during the American civil rights movement and features the songs and stories of the 1961 Freedom Riders.
Read staff writer Nidhi Singh’s profile of Wiley and Arts Editor Katelyn Trela’s review of “The Parchman Hour.”
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