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Courtesy of FHSU University Relations and Marketing<\/em><\/p>\n

HAYS, Kan. \u2013 A wonderful variety of musicals, plays, dance and instrumental music make up the 2017-2018 season of the Encore Performing Arts Series at Fort Hays State University.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor 37 years, the Encore Series has been a cultural gem of Western Kansas,\u201d said Jacob Ternes, chair of the Special Events Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis season will continue to bring New York City-caliber performances right here to the Beach\/Schmidt Performing Arts Center stage. I hope our patrons consider purchasing season tickets, because we expect several individual shows to sell out!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ternes said there is a show for all audiences on this year\u2019s series. The season will open with \u201cBenise: Spanish Nights.\u201d A former street musician, Benise began composing original works with powerfully emotional arrangements that are both wild and refined. Additional shows include \u201cHome Free,\u201d \u201cThe Wizard of Oz,\u201d \u201cDirty Dancing,\u201d and \u201cDance Theatre of Harlem.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year will also feature a special off-season event: \u201cThe Doo Wop Project.\u201d Season ticket holders have the option to purchase tickets and retain their dedicated seats, but this special event is not included in the season ticket package.<\/p>\n

Season tickets for the 2017-2018 Encore Performing Arts Series are now on sale. Fort Hays State University students, faculty and staff, as well as senior citizens and youth, all receive discounts. For more information call the Memorial Union Student Service Center at 785-628-5306 or visit www.fhsu.edu\/encore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Previous season ticket holders will receive the series booklet in the mail within the next few weeks. The deadline to renew tickets and keep the same seats is Aug. 28.<\/p>\n

All performances for the 2017-2018 season start at 7:30 p.m. in the Beach\/Schmidt Performing Arts Center in Sheridan Hall on the FHSU campus.<\/p>\n

Fall semester 2017 performances:
\nBenise: Spanish Nights
\nThursday, Sept. 28
\nGuitar virtuoso Benise and cast return with a brand new show \u2013 \u201cSpanish Nights!\u201d Backed by a stage full of musicians and elaborately choreographed dancers, \u201cSpanish Nights\u201d captures world music at its best, featuring the passion and grace of flamenco combined with fiery Spanish guitar. The show also puts a Spanish twist to classic songs from Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, AC\/DC and the Eagles.<\/p>\n

Home Free
\nThursday, Oct.12
\nThe all-vocal country sensation Home Free will bring Nashville country standards and country-dipped pop hits to town (and having a great time doing so). The five-man band has become known for its show-stopping performances that mix their signature no-instrument, all-vocal music with wit and humor.<\/p>\n

Dirty Dancing
\nThursday, Oct.19
\n\u201cDirty Dancing \u2013 The Classic Story On Stage\u201d explodes with heart-pounding music, passionate romance and sensational dancing. Seen by millions across the globe, this hit features \u201cHungry Eyes,\u201d \u201cHey Baby,\u201d \u201cDo You Love Me?\u201d and the \u201cDirty Dancing\u201d signature song \u201c(I\u2019ve Had) The Time Of My Life.\u201d London\u2019s Sunday Express said, \u201cThis crowd-pleasing stage adaptation hits the jackpot!\u201d<\/p>\n

Off-season event:
\nThe Doo Wop Project
\nWednesday, Nov. 29
\nFrom bop to pop \u2013 the evolution of a sound! This show is three parts Jersey Boys, two parts Motown: The Musical and \u201cyour grandma\u2019s doo wop,\u201d these five charismatic, handsome, triple-threat Broadway stars \u2013 with their hot 5-piece band \u2013 tear it up with musicality, dancing and showmanship not found with any other group. They \u201cre-doo\u201d classic doo wop songs from the \u201950s and \u201960s and make them sound fresh and new. They also take contemporary pop hits by stars like Jason Mraz, Amy Winehouse, Adele and Maroon 5, and \u201cdoowopify\u201d them to provide entertainment for people ages 10 to 100.<\/p>\n

Spring semester 2018 performances:
\nThe Wizard of Oz
\nThursday, Feb. 1
\nThere truly is no place like home as the greatest family musical of all time, the wonderful \u201cWizard of Oz\u201d twists its way into Hays. The entire family will travel down the Yellow Brick Road and beyond with Dorothy, Toto and their friends the Cowardly Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow in this lavish production that features breathtaking special effects, dazzling choreography and classic songs.<\/p>\n

Dance Theatre of Harlem
\nTuesday, Feb. 6
\nDance Theatre of Harlem is a leading dance institution acclaimed around the world, encompassing an international touring ballet company, a training school for ballet and the allied arts and Dancing Through Barriers\u00ae, a celebrated arts education and community outreach program. The assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. compelled Arthur Mitchell, with his mentor Karel Shook, to start a school that would offer children \u2013 especially those in his native Harlem \u2013 the opportunity to challenge themselves and grow through the study of a classical art form.<\/p>\n

The ALL HANDS ON DECK! Show
\nFriday, March 9
\nAll singing! All dancing! All big band! Based on Bob Hope\u2019s 1942 USO tour to the troops in the field, \u201cALL HANDS ON DECK!\u201d is a new, two-act revue performed by four charismatic singers\/dancers\/comics and a nine-piece orchestra featuring the songs, dances and laughs that America has loved since the \u201940s. From 1941 to 1945, when America was embroiled in a great world war, Hollywood\u2019s brightest stars, directors and screenwriters responded to the call of duty by sending real, living entertainment to our men in uniform.<\/p>\n

The Reduced Shakespeare Company\u00ae in William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play
\nThursday, April 5
\nEvery famous character and Shakespearean plot device come together in a single story so comically outrageous it\u2019s no wonder the Bard of Avon hid it away. Historical evidence (possibly imaginary) suggests that this manuscript, Shakespeare\u2019s very first written work, is so romantically rich, historically accurate, and theatrically overstuffed that in a stroke of genius, the Bard decided to break it up into the 37 plays (or, depending on recent scholarship, 38, 39) that we know today as the Shakespearean canon.<\/p>\n

The Hot Club of San Francisco Presents: Cinema Vivant
\nWednesday, April 25
\nImagine yourself in the idyllic French countryside in the 1930s. Sometime before dark, a gypsy caravan sets up camp in a field outside of town, luring the locals out for an evening\u2019s fun. The wanderers travel with a film projector, pointing it at the side of a barn. As the images flicker to life beneath the stars, gypsy musicians play their guitars and fiddles, matching every movement on the screen with characteristic virtuosity, passion and humor. Reviving this lost entertainment, The Hot Club of San Francisco presents \u201cCinema Vivant,\u201d an evening of vintage silent films accompanied by live gypsy swing.<\/p>\n

About the Special Events Committee:
\nThrough the presentation of varied forms of performing arts, the Special Events Committee strives to educate, inspire, evoke thought and entertain. The goal is to promote artistic expression, cultural understanding and social awareness at Fort Hays State University and throughout western Kansas through the presentation of diverse, high-caliber performing arts programs. Many special events, such as Encore Series, are large in scale and have associated costs. Information can be found at [www.fhsu.edu\/encore]www.fhsu.edu\/encore.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Jacob Ternes, jaternes@fhsu.edu or 785-628-4664.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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