Date: March 27-29, 31-April 4
Place: Woods Theatre
Speech Arts Building
Faculty/Staff tickets only $15
When it was published in 1997, TALES FROM OVID was immediately recognized as the best rendering of Ovid in generations, a classic in its own right and a major book for Ted Hughes. For Hughes, one of the most admired and widely read poets of our day, had translated twenty-four of Ovid's stories--legends connected by their transformational motifs--with the elegance and passion that distinguished his own poems.
His vigorous, fluid poetry is drama itself and demands to be spoken aloud. Tim Supple and Simon Reade take ten of the tales --including the stories of Echo and Narcissus, of Venus and Adonis, of Pyramus and Thisbe, among others--and transform them into elegant works for the stage. Erotic, violent, and magical, this dramatization of TALES FROM OVID realizes the immense power of Hughes's original text, which Michael Hofmann celebrated in The Times (London) as "one of the great works of the century."
Ted Hughes was Poet Laureate of England and the author of many books of poetry. His works include Phedre, Birthday Letters, and Oresteia of Aeschylus, among others. He died in 1998.
The University Theatre production is directed by Ruth Griffin.
Visit our website for tickets: www://csufresno.edu/theatrearts or call 278-2216
Pamela Dyer
Business and Promotions Manager
Theatre Arts Department
California State University, Fresno
5201 N Maple Avenue
Fresno CA 93740
559.278.7512
pamd@csufresno.edu
Monday, March 30, 2009
ARIS JANIGIAN-PRESENTING HIS NEW BOOK-RIVERBIG
Date: April 1, Wednesday
Time: 7:30 PM
Place: Fresno State
University Business Center
A. Peters Auditorium, Rm. 191
This introspective second novel from California writer Janigian (Bloodvine) relates the tale of an agrarian Armenian-American family scrambling to survive in 1964 Fresno. Farmer Andy Demerjian, 33, is kicked off their land by his brother, Abe, after a loan scheme between them goes bad. Unable to support his wife and two young children, Andy hauls produce to L.A. until a fortuitous run-in with two entrepreneurs, one of whom Andy knows from school.
Vibrant Armenian culture is smartly stitched into the plot, including historical rancor towa rd domineering Turks. Janigian's prose provides rich detail (and then some) on agricultural life in an engrossing, satisfying tale of betrayal, feud and redemption. (Mar.)
Free Admission. Parking restrictions are relaxed in UBC Lot and Lot J.
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N Backer Ave PB4
Fresno, CA 93740-8001
Email: barlowd@csufresno.edu
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-4930
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the Armenian Studies Program Web Page at
http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/
Time: 7:30 PM
Place: Fresno State
University Business Center
A. Peters Auditorium, Rm. 191
This introspective second novel from California writer Janigian (Bloodvine) relates the tale of an agrarian Armenian-American family scrambling to survive in 1964 Fresno. Farmer Andy Demerjian, 33, is kicked off their land by his brother, Abe, after a loan scheme between them goes bad. Unable to support his wife and two young children, Andy hauls produce to L.A. until a fortuitous run-in with two entrepreneurs, one of whom Andy knows from school.
Vibrant Armenian culture is smartly stitched into the plot, including historical rancor towa rd domineering Turks. Janigian's prose provides rich detail (and then some) on agricultural life in an engrossing, satisfying tale of betrayal, feud and redemption. (Mar.)
Free Admission. Parking restrictions are relaxed in UBC Lot and Lot J.
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Coordinator
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N Backer Ave PB4
Fresno, CA 93740-8001
Email: barlowd@csufresno.edu
ASP Office: 559-278-2669
Office: 559-278-4930
FAX: 559-278-2129
Visit the Armenian Studies Program Web Page at
http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/
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