Author: Stacy Salters

The School of Performing Arts presents “Mama Bushwick is Dead” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 through Oct. 7 in the Welsbacher Theatre in the Eugene M Hughes Metropolitan Complex.

Ticket prices are $15, and Wichita State students receive one ticket at no additional charge with their Shocker ID thanks to the support of the Student Government Association.

Written by Elizabeth Shannon, the show is about five estranged siblings, Bard, Joyce, Robin, Scott, and Jo, who return to their recently deceased mother’s home. They must prepare for her funeral, clean her duplex, and decide who will give her eulogy. Filled with grief, trauma, childhood memories, and dolls, “Mama Bushwick is Dead,” explores the complex family dynamics present regardless of place and time. This show is rated PG-13 for language and adult themes that may not be suited for children under 13.

Purchase tickets from the box office online or call 316-978-3233.

The next University Staff Senate (USS) meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, 142 Rhatigan Student Center, Harvest Room. All USS meetings are open to the campus community.

The next University Staff Senate (USS) meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 25 in 142 Rhatigan Student Center, Harvest Room. All USS meetings are open to the campus community.

The next University Staff Senate (USS) meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 20 in 142 Rhatigan Student Center, Harvest Room. All USS meetings are open to the campus community.

The next University Staff Senate (USS) meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 in 142 Rhatigan Student Center, Harvest Room. All USS meetings are open to the campus community.

The School of Performing Arts’ dance program will presents the Wichita Contemporary Dance Theatre (WCDT) concert at the Wilner Auditorium at the following times and dates:

• 7:30 p.m.: Friday, April 28-April 29
• 2 p.m.: Sunday, April 30

Tickets are available at no additional charge to Wichita State students with a Shocker ID, $18 for seniors, military and WSU faculty and staff, $20 for adults, and $10 for children and students.

WCDT’s repertoire concert includes the works of faculty members Cheyla Clawson Chandler, Denise Celestin, Nick Johnson, Sabrina Vasquez and international guest artist Charlotte Boye-Christensen. Chandler will restage the work, “Logged in and Buffering,” an abstraction of the challenges of relationship and community-building in the age of social media and technology. Johnson will present his mime ensemble, “Angels Rising,” that explores the often lethal competitive nature of humanity from the beginning of times until after death in “Angel’s Rising.” Celestin’s work, “Prelude,” is a poetic and heartfelt tribute to her late mother Lynn Celestin. Vasquez will present her new work, “seenUnseen,” an abstract exploration of being seen by others and oneself. Charlotte Boye-Christensen’s dance film, “The Wanderer,” was inspired by poetic and sometime strange visits to Prairie pines and Field of Screams. “The Wanderer” is in collaboration with Shocker Studios and musician Dr. Kevin Harrison.

The next University Staff Senate (USS) meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 in 142 Rhatigan Student Center, Harvest Room. All USS meetings are open to the campus community.

The Wichita State School of Performing Arts presents, “Compendium,” an anthology with four short films making up the bill at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22 in Welsbacher Theatre. Each short film is set in an imagined world “where time and space collide into the uncertain threads of the future.”

Tickets are available for $10, and students with a Shocker ID can get in at no additional charge.

WSU’s Theatre Program produced “Compendium: as part of its season this year. The show was produced by Bret Jones, theatre professor and program coordinator of acting for digital arts. It is a collaborative project between the theatre and filmmaking departments. Three of the scripts were written by WSU Filmmaking students with the fourth being written by Jones.

The film features a cast of WSU student actors, including Carson Ediger, Emily Redfield, Ella Kempker, Drew Thomas, Renae Richmond, Steven Soetjoadi, Hayley Longacre, Ian Moore, Jo Smith, Ashley Grega, Morgan Holcomb and Trevor Andreason. And it also features a crew of WSU filmmaking students, including Mason Love, Ashlynn Farney, David Maher, Lainey Caldwell, Alyssa Pfeifer, Luke Schroeder, Molly Bazar, Triston Noler, Garrison Ummel, Jonathan Stanger, Jordan Devoy, Madalynn Wilson, Zachary McGuire, Zakary Aaron, Sofia Witt, Pablo Prado, Alicia Santos, Gregory Vieyra. Student Writers: Jesse Nightingale, Jillian Terrell, and Tina Truong. Student Directors: Mason Vietti, Jesse Nightingale.

The next University Staff Senate (USS) meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center, Lucas Room. All USS meetings are open to the Wichita State campus community.

The next University Staff Senate meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 via Zoom. All USS meetings are open to the Wichita State campus community.