Thursday, Feb. 15
Theater: ‘Twelfth Night’
Sponsored by the UCSD Theatre and Dance Department, this William Shakespeare comedy depicts a world of comfortable order wrenched apart by the disease of love. Old lives are rudely discarded in favor of new fantasies as Shakespeare explores the lengths people go to in pursuit of the desires of their hearts. The play is directed by Jonathan Silverman. The performance will take place at the Mandell Weiss Theater at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and at 7 p.m. Sunday. The cost is $6 for students. For more information, call (858) 534-4574.
Theater: ‘Bash’
Neil LaBute’s smash hit explores everyday evil in three short plays about a handful of seemingly normal people whose capacities for violence and hatred border on the sociopathic. In “”Medea Redux,”” a woman takes her 14 year-old boy to a motel to meet his father for the first time. In “”Iphigenia in Orem,”” a businessman lures a stranger to a motel room where he makes a gruesome confession. And in “”A Gaggle of Saints,”” a stylish couple attends a party on Manhattan, but after the soiree their evening turns violent. The performance, directed by Les Waters, will take place at the Mandell Weiss Forum Studio at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Tickets for students are $6. For more information, call (858) 534-4574.
Saturday, Feb. 17
Performing Arts: ‘Pilobolus Dance Theatre’
Formed almost 30 years ago by Moses Pendleton and Jonathan Wolken, today Pilobolus Dance Theatre is a major American dance company of international stature, acclaimed for its unusual mix of physicality and invention. The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Mandeville Center. The cost for students is $18. For more information, call (858) 534-4119.
Theater: ‘The Vagina Monologues’
This Obie Award-winning play will be performed at 8:30 p.m. in the Price Center Theater. The event is sponsored by the Women’s Center. The cost is $5. For more information, call (858) 822-0074.
Sunday, Feb. 18
Music: ‘Lunasa’
Young, fresh and progressive, yet steeped in the rhythms and textures of traditional Irish music, Lunasa has emerged in Ireland to take Irish music into the next century. They will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Mandeville Center. The cost for students is $10. For more information, call (858) 534-4119.
Music: La Jolla Symphony
The La Jolla Symphony will perform their recital entitled “”Music with Art and Love”” at 2 p.m. at the Institute of the Americas Building. The UCSD Music Department will sponsor the event which is open to the public. General and student admission is $40. For more information call (858) 822-3374.
