February Fine & Performing Arts Events at PVCC: Broadway Makeup Artist, Synthesizer Festival, Augmented Reality Games, and more!
MAKEUP WORKSHOP WITH BROADWAY MAKEUP ARTIST CHRISTINA TRACEY
Christina Tracey is an IATSE award-winning makeup artist for her work with the Hollywood Bowl Summer series with over 25 years of experience in the film, special effect, and theater industry. Theater, however, is what she loves the most! Working on productions such as First and Second National Tour of The Lion King, First and Second National Tours of Wicked, Hollywood Bowl’s Momma Mia, A Chorus Line, and Los Angeles Opera’s many extravagant productions.
Christina loves to teach the skills of makeup artistry as well as the etiquette needed to work backstage and in service to the needs of actors.
Bring your questions, Christina loves to chat about all things makeup and what it takes to have a career in the makeup industry.
February 9th, 4:00pm-5:00pm, Virtual via ZOOM
Topic: 1-hour Lion King Makeup Workshop Tracey
Presented in collaboration with Broadway Plus
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98589140712?pwd=VXd6QW9NU1NEdWxjWjhlMEg4OG9Kdz09
Meeting ID: 985 8914 0712
Passcode: 417186
PHOENIX SYNTHESIZER FESTIVAL – February 11th & 12th
Join us for two days of exciting live performances, virtual presentations, and hands-on workshops. Presented in PVCC’s Center for the Performing Arts and online via Twitch
Schedule:
Friday, February 11th, 7:30pm-9:30pm, CPA Mainstage
Steve Roach live performance – two-time Grammy-nominated composer and performer of ambient and electronic music
Saturday, February 12th
Synthesizer Workshops with Featured Artists, Call 602-787-7738 to Reserve Free Ticket (Limit 1 per person)
Steve Roach Workshop, 1:00pm-3:00pm, CPA Mainstage
Chris Myer Workshop, 3:00pm – 5:00pm, CPA-115/Music Room
Saturday, February 12th, 7:30pm-9:30pm, CPA Mainstage
Featured Artist Concert – Including synthesizer artists from Arizona, California, and New Mexico.
FILM FESTIVAL @ PVCC - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN DIRECTORS Presents:
WADJDA (Saudi Arabia, PG, 2012, 98 min.)
Wednesday, February 16th @ 6:30pm. CPA Mainstage. Free Admission.
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
AUGMENTED REALITY GAMES GUEST ARTIST PRESENTATION – February 17th
Join us for a thought-provoking discussion about Augmented Reality Games, Game Design, and Game Play with a team of game designers from the University of Chicago’s Weston Game Lab.
Professor Patrick Jagoda and Associate Professor Kristen Schilt are designing alternate reality games that allow players to become active participants not just as players, but as designers. By using these games to educate users about climate change, marginalization, and public health, these scholars and players are investigating how the process of crafting alternate realities can help reshape the real world in which we live.
Ashlyn Sparrow is a game designer and the assistant director of the Weston Game Lab at the University of Chicago. She brings a philosophy of "critical making" to the art of game design, working with students to design video games for social impact.
Thursday, February 17th, 12:30pm-2:00pm
Live Virtual Presentation via ZOOM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82181238106
Some links to review prior to the presentation:
https://news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-podcast-how-alternate-reality-games-are-changing-real-world
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/uchicago-designer-video-games-illuminate-real-world-problems
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/how-alternate-reality-game-helped-build-community-during-pandemic
PERFECT ARRANGEMENT – LIVE THEATER RETURNS TO PVCC! – February 18th-27th
Perfect Arrangement (comedic play) —by Topher Payne
Directed by PVCC theater faculty member Joe Flowers
Synopsis: It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem: Both Bob and Norma are gay and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover. Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the American gay rights movement, madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to stare down the closet door.
February 18th, 19th, 25th, 26th @ 7:30pm. February 20th and 27th @ 2:00pm.
$10 adults; $5 Students - Black Box Theater/M-East Building
PURCHASE TICKETS
FILM FESTIVAL @ PVCC - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN DIRECTORS Presents:
The Wedding Plan (Israel, PG, 2016, 110 min.)
Wednesday, February 23rd @ 6:30pm. CPA Mainstage. Free Admission.
When her fiancé bows out on the eve of her wedding, Michal refuses to cancel the wedding arrangements. An Orthodox Jew, she insists that God will supply her a husband. As the clock ticks down.