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Center Stage Presents ¡Lorca!

Dominican University’s Center Stage presents, in celebration of Latino Heritage Month, the Aguijon Theatre production of ¡Lorca! on Saturday, September 27 at 8:00 p.m. The production will be held in the Eloise Martin Recital Hall on the Main Campus, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest.

¡Lorca! recreates through live music, dance and dramatized readings the poetry and theatrical work of revered Spanish writer Federico Garcia Lorca. Poems from Lorca’s Libro de Poemas and Divan del Tamarit will come alive on stage through Aguijon Theatre’s unique artistry. Readings will be primarily in Spanish.

Born near the city of Granada, Spain, Lorca studied music as a child and began writing poems in his late teens. He studied philosophy and law at the University of Granada but soon abandoned his legal studies for literature, art and the theatre. At the University of Madrid, he organized theatrical performances and became associated with the Generacion del 27, a group of artists including Salvador Dali, the filmmaker Luis Bunuel and the poet Rafael Alberti. Lorca, an early casualty of the Spanish Civil War, was shot by Franco’s Nationalists in 1936. His murder brought sudden international fame and martyrdom. He is considered today as one of the greatest poets and dramatists of the 20TH Century.

Tickets for this special performance are $15. Contact the Center Stage box office at (708) 524-6942.

Dominican University will serve as a host of Chicago’s Latino Film Festival on April 20 and 27. Information on the selected films will be available in the spring.

Dominican University’s Center Stage presents an annual fine and performing arts series and provides a production laboratory for students to practice and explore the disciplines of performing arts that enrich and reinforce the university’s liberal arts curriculum.

Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Dominican offers 50 undergraduate academic programs in the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and 15 graduate programs through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the Graduate School of Business and Information Systems, the School of Education and the Graduate School of Social Work. In the 2004 issue of America’s Best Colleges, U. S. News & World Report ranked Dominican University in the top tier of Midwest master’s level universities and as a Best Value for the sixth year.