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Presented in association with the Yale Glee Club, Yale the Good Life and theatrical staging. Shubert Theater School of Music, and the Yale Alumni Chorus Foundation. JUNE 17 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery FREE Mark Morris is one of the most popular and acclaimed FEATURING: choreographers working today, known for witty, inventive dances KING LEAR Yale Choral Artists (USA) JUNE 19, 8PM Brenda Dixon Gottschild: African-American Dance and that are infused with humor and brimming with musicality. The the Measure of Culture CONTEMPORARY LEGEND Manado State University Choir (Indonesia) JUNE 20, 5PM FREE Festival presents a rare performance of this program with the THEATER (TAIWAN) Central Conservatory of Music Choir (China) JUNE 20, 8PM JUNE 19 (5:30PM) Yale Center for British Art magnificent sound of a live orchestra and full chorus. Imilonji Kantu Choral Society (South Africa) JUNE 21, 5PM JUNE 28 & 29 (8PM) Cambridge University Consort of Voices (UK) JUNE 22, 8PM Graham Sheffield, C.B.E.: From Soft Power to Global University Theatre Yale Alumni Chorus (USA) JUNE 23, 6PM Connectivity—The International Birds-Eye View NATIONAL THEATRE FREE OF SCOTLAND: This is King Lear as you have never JUNE 20 (5:30PM) Yale Center for British Art seen it before: Wu Hsing-Kuo, YALE INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC THEATRE THE STRANGE UNDOING director of Taiwan’s Contemporary Legend Theater, has created a Scientific Insights into Cooperation and Evolution OF PRUDENCIA HART tour-de-force solo performance that has been praised around the JUNE 16 & 17 (1PM & 5PM) JUNE 21 (5:30PM) Yale University Art Gallery FREE world for its blend of Eastern and Western theatrical forms, and Off-Broadway Theatre JUNE 20-30 for its revealing insight into one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated Sing the Truth!: Reflections on Truth and Freedom’s This is an exciting chance for theatre and music lovers to get a (TU-SAT 7PM, SAT & SUN 1PM, tragedies. 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JUNE 27 (5:30PM) KYLE ABRAHAM/ Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall Yale Center for British Art ABRAHAM.IN.MOTION A new Argentine tango guitar quartet Ha Jin & David Henry Hwang: The US-China LOVE FAIL FREE JUNE 19–23 with vocalist, 34 Puñaladas brings to Literary Landscape life a series of songs from the 1920s (TU-FRI 8PM, SAT 4PM) JUNE 29 & 30 JUNE 28 (5:30PM) Yale University Art Gallery and ’30s that are drawn from the Iseman Theater (FRI 8PM, SAT 4PM) secret life of Buenos Aires: where Yale Repertory Theatre Dr. Daphne Miller: The Wisdom & Science of Kyle Abraham and his 7-member drugs, women without options, thieves and violence flourished. Traditional Foods company Abraham.In. Motion dance with a highly engaging, love fail is the newest evening- FREE larger-than- life style that combines influences from hip-hop length theater work from Pulitzer JUNE 30 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery to ballet. 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THEATER, DANCE & MUSIC CIRCA YALE INTERNATIONAL IDEAS JUNE 26 – 30 CHORAL FESTIVAL (TU-FRI 8PM, SAT 2PM) JUNE 19-23 Philippe Petit: Nothing is Impossible MARK MORRIS Theater at the Cooperative Arts & Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall DANCE GROUP Humanities High School JUNE 16 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery Six outstanding choirs from around Also featuring a screening of Man on Wire, the Circus meets theater meets dance A LAKE (HAYDN) the world gather in New Haven this award-winning documentary on Philippe Petit, FREE in Circa, a thrilling, vibrant circus JESU, MEINE FREUDE (BACH) summer at the Yale International at 11am. arts troupe from Australia that has Choral Festival, which will explore GLORIA (VIVALDI) been captivating audiences around the connections that choral music fosters between people around Tamar Gendler: Five Ancient Secrets to Happiness and the world with performances that mix high-flying acrobatics, dance, JUNE 21 & 22 (8PM) the world. Presented in association with the Yale Glee Club, Yale the Good Life and theatrical staging. Shubert Theater School of Music, and the Yale Alumni Chorus Foundation. JUNE 17 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery FREE Mark Morris is one of the most popular and acclaimed FEATURING: choreographers working today, known for witty, inventive dances KING LEAR Yale Choral Artists (USA) JUNE 19, 8PM Brenda Dixon Gottschild: African-American Dance and that are infused with humor and brimming with musicality. The the Measure of Culture CONTEMPORARY LEGEND Manado State University Choir (Indonesia) JUNE 20, 5PM FREE Festival presents a rare performance of this program with the THEATER (TAIWAN) Central Conservatory of Music Choir (China) JUNE 20, 8PM JUNE 19 (5:30PM) Yale Center for British Art magnificent sound of a live orchestra and full chorus. Imilonji Kantu Choral Society (South Africa) JUNE 21, 5PM JUNE 28 & 29 (8PM) Cambridge University Consort of Voices (UK) JUNE 22, 8PM Graham Sheffield, C.B.E.: From Soft Power to Global University Theatre Yale Alumni Chorus (USA) JUNE 23, 6PM Connectivity—The International Birds-Eye View NATIONAL THEATRE FREE OF SCOTLAND: This is King Lear as you have never JUNE 20 (5:30PM) Yale Center for British Art seen it before: Wu Hsing-Kuo, YALE INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC THEATRE THE STRANGE UNDOING director of Taiwan’s Contemporary Legend Theater, has created a Scientific Insights into Cooperation and Evolution OF PRUDENCIA HART tour-de-force solo performance that has been praised around the JUNE 16 & 17 (1PM & 5PM) JUNE 21 (5:30PM) Yale University Art Gallery FREE world for its blend of Eastern and Western theatrical forms, and Off-Broadway Theatre JUNE 20-30 for its revealing insight into one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated Sing the Truth!: Reflections on Truth and Freedom’s This is an exciting chance for theatre and music lovers to get a (TU-SAT 7PM, SAT & SUN 1PM, tragedies. Journey with Rev. Bernard Lafayette plus WED JUNE 27 1PM) behind- the-scenes glimpse at the creation of new piece of music FREE theatre. Festival audiences have the opportunity to attend a read- JUNE 23 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery Wicked Wolf Tavern ERTH’S DINOSAUR ing of two new music theater works, the culmination of a two-week The Festival presents the American premiere of this heartfelt PETTING ZOO residency at the Yale Institute for Music Theater, a program of Yale Sing the Truth!: Reflections on Art & Freedom’s Journey and whimsical new production from the National Theatre of FREE School of Drama. with Winfred Rembert FREE Scotland (Black Watch), staged inside New Haven’s Wicked Wolf JUNE 16 & 17 (3PM & 5PM) JUNE 24 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery Tavern. You—the audience—observe a peculiar merriment while New Haven Green enjoying yourselves at the bar. Created by David Greig, directed Music of the People: Artists Talk about Music Dinosaurs are coming to town! MUSIC AT DUSK by Wils Wilson. Food and drinks available for purchase at the Inspiring Change performance ($15 minimum). The artists of Australian theater FREE and visual arts company ERTH JUNE 26 (5:30PM) Yale Center for British Art have created awesome prehistoric 34 PUÑALADAS THE RADIO SHOW creatures, from cute baby dinos to teeth-gnashing giants that live in Slate’s Political Gabfest JUNE 26, 8PM FREE a petting zoo like no other. Dare you get too close? JUNE 27 (5:30PM) KYLE ABRAHAM/ Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall Yale Center for British Art ABRAHAM.IN.MOTION A new Argentine tango guitar quartet Ha Jin & David Henry Hwang: The US-China LOVE FAIL FREE JUNE 19–23 with vocalist, 34 Puñaladas brings to Literary Landscape life a series of songs from the 1920s (TU-FRI 8PM, SAT 4PM) JUNE 29 & 30 JUNE 28 (5:30PM) Yale University Art Gallery and ’30s that are drawn from the Iseman Theater (FRI 8PM, SAT 4PM) secret life of Buenos Aires: where Yale Repertory Theatre Dr. Daphne Miller: The Wisdom & Science of Kyle Abraham and his 7-member drugs, women without options, thieves and violence flourished. Traditional Foods company Abraham.In. Motion dance with a highly engaging, love fail is the newest evening- FREE larger-than- life style that combines influences from hip-hop length theater work from Pulitzer JUNE 30 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery to ballet. The Radio Show is an exploration of cultural identity Prize-winning composer David THE BEN ALLISON and personal history, set to recordings of hip-hop, soul, and Lang. Sung by the unearthly voices contemporary classical music. of legendary vocal ensemble BAND WITH THE IDEAS FAST PASS Anonymous 4, love fail is a tour de force of storytelling, weaving ROBERT PINSKY Ideas events are free, but many of our Ideas events are very together snippets of medieval courtly love narratives, short stories popular and some reach maximum capacity. Purchasing an GROUP JUNE 27 (8PM) Ideas Fast Pass allows you to enter the venue early and grab by MacArthur Fellowship Award-winning author Lydia Davis, scraps a seat before the general public! INTELLIGENCE from the libretto of Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde, and text by Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall Lang himself. Presented in association with Yale Repertory Theatre. $50 REGULAR / $35 SENIORS / $25 STUDENTS JUNE 23 & 24 Robert Pinsky, a poet whose words FREE are elegant, tough, full of wild musical (SAT 1PM, SUN 2PM) energy, meets Ben Allison, a musician who draws from the jazz New Haven Green PARADISE REGAINED: TRUTH, tradition and a range of influences from rock and folk to classical EVEN MORE TO DO! Group Intelligence is part art, DOCUMENTARY & THE STRUGGLE FOR and world music. part science experiment, in which the audience joins together INNOCENCE (FILM SERIES) NOON TO NIGHT with MP3 players: At the designated time, audience members FREE Weekday performances at Noon & 6PM on the Green start their MP3 units, each playing a different a soundtrack of JUNE 15–17 FREE THE YUVAL RON music, narration, and instructions for each audience member (SCHEDULE AT ARTIDEA.ORG) ENSEMBLE WEEKEND DAYTIME PERFORMANCES FREE to perform specific actions. The audience both creates and Yale Whitney Humanities Center Great talents from our own community on the Green experiences images of the creation of the world and the In 1993, three teenagers were wrongly accused JUNE 28 (8PM) FAMILY STAGE PERFORMANCES FREE emergence of life. Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall and convicted of murder. Two filmmakers, Joe Weekday performances for families of all ages on the Green TICKETED EVENT Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, filmed their trial The Yuval Ron Ensemble unites the = SEE BACK FOR TICKET INFORMATION FREE and went on to produce three documentaries sacred music traditions of Judaism, WALKING TOURS about their epic struggle, mobilizing support For more information and a complete schedule, sign up Sufism, and the Armenian Church BIKE TOURS FREE that contributed to their eventual release. The into an unusual mystical, spiritual and inspiring musical celebration. to receive our brochure, or go to our website at VISIT ARTIDEA.ORG series includes screenings and conversations The ensemble of musicians and dancers includes Arabic, Jewish FOOD TOURS & FOOD EXPERIENCES FOR PRICING with the filmmakers and Jason Baldwin, a and Christian artists. Presented in association with the Global MASTER CLASSES WITH FESTIVAL ARTISTS FREE WWW.ARTIDEA.ORG member of the West Memphis Three. Conference of Chaplains in Higher Education. THEATER, DANCE & MUSIC CIRCA YALE INTERNATIONAL IDEAS JUNE 26 – 30 CHORAL FESTIVAL (TU-FRI 8PM, SAT 2PM) JUNE 19-23 Philippe Petit: Nothing is Impossible MARK MORRIS Theater at the Cooperative Arts & Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall DANCE GROUP Humanities High School JUNE 16 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery Six outstanding choirs from around Also featuring a screening of Man on Wire, the Circus meets theater meets dance A LAKE (HAYDN) the world gather in New Haven this award-winning documentary on Philippe Petit, FREE in Circa, a thrilling, vibrant circus JESU, MEINE FREUDE (BACH) summer at the Yale International at 11am. arts troupe from Australia that has Choral Festival, which will explore GLORIA (VIVALDI) been captivating audiences around the connections that choral music fosters between people around Tamar Gendler: Five Ancient Secrets to Happiness and the world with performances that mix high-flying acrobatics, dance, JUNE 21 & 22 (8PM) the world. Presented in association with the Yale Glee Club, Yale the Good Life and theatrical staging. Shubert Theater School of Music, and the Yale Alumni Chorus Foundation. JUNE 17 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery FREE Mark Morris is one of the most popular and acclaimed FEATURING: choreographers working today, known for witty, inventive dances KING LEAR Yale Choral Artists (USA) JUNE 19, 8PM Brenda Dixon Gottschild: African-American Dance and that are infused with humor and brimming with musicality. The the Measure of Culture CONTEMPORARY LEGEND Manado State University Choir (Indonesia) JUNE 20, 5PM FREE Festival presents a rare performance of this program with the THEATER (TAIWAN) Central Conservatory of Music Choir (China) JUNE 20, 8PM JUNE 19 (5:30PM) Yale Center for British Art magnificent sound of a live orchestra and full chorus. Imilonji Kantu Choral Society (South Africa) JUNE 21, 5PM JUNE 28 & 29 (8PM) Cambridge University Consort of Voices (UK) JUNE 22, 8PM Graham Sheffield, C.B.E.: From Soft Power to Global University Theatre Yale Alumni Chorus (USA) JUNE 23, 6PM Connectivity—The International Birds-Eye View NATIONAL THEATRE FREE OF SCOTLAND: This is King Lear as you have never JUNE 20 (5:30PM) Yale Center for British Art seen it before: Wu Hsing-Kuo, YALE INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC THEATRE THE STRANGE UNDOING director of Taiwan’s Contemporary Legend Theater, has created a Scientific Insights into Cooperation and Evolution OF PRUDENCIA HART tour-de-force solo performance that has been praised around the JUNE 16 & 17 (1PM & 5PM) JUNE 21 (5:30PM) Yale University Art Gallery FREE world for its blend of Eastern and Western theatrical forms, and Off-Broadway Theatre JUNE 20-30 for its revealing insight into one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated Sing the Truth!: Reflections on Truth and Freedom’s This is an exciting chance for theatre and music lovers to get a (TU-SAT 7PM, SAT & SUN 1PM, tragedies. Journey with Rev. Bernard Lafayette plus WED JUNE 27 1PM) behind- the-scenes glimpse at the creation of new piece of music FREE theatre. Festival audiences have the opportunity to attend a read- JUNE 23 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery Wicked Wolf Tavern ERTH’S DINOSAUR ing of two new music theater works, the culmination of a two-week The Festival presents the American premiere of this heartfelt PETTING ZOO residency at the Yale Institute for Music Theater, a program of Yale Sing the Truth!: Reflections on Art & Freedom’s Journey and whimsical new production from the National Theatre of FREE School of Drama. with Winfred Rembert FREE Scotland (Black Watch), staged inside New Haven’s Wicked Wolf JUNE 16 & 17 (3PM & 5PM) JUNE 24 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery Tavern. You—the audience—observe a peculiar merriment while New Haven Green enjoying yourselves at the bar. Created by David Greig, directed Music of the People: Artists Talk about Music Dinosaurs are coming to town! MUSIC AT DUSK by Wils Wilson. Food and drinks available for purchase at the Inspiring Change performance ($15 minimum). The artists of Australian theater FREE and visual arts company ERTH JUNE 26 (5:30PM) Yale Center for British Art have created awesome prehistoric 34 PUÑALADAS THE RADIO SHOW creatures, from cute baby dinos to teeth-gnashing giants that live in Slate’s Political Gabfest JUNE 26, 8PM FREE a petting zoo like no other. Dare you get too close? JUNE 27 (5:30PM) KYLE ABRAHAM/ Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall Yale Center for British Art ABRAHAM.IN.MOTION A new Argentine tango guitar quartet Ha Jin & David Henry Hwang: The US-China LOVE FAIL FREE JUNE 19–23 with vocalist, 34 Puñaladas brings to Literary Landscape life a series of songs from the 1920s (TU-FRI 8PM, SAT 4PM) JUNE 29 & 30 JUNE 28 (5:30PM) Yale University Art Gallery and ’30s that are drawn from the Iseman Theater (FRI 8PM, SAT 4PM) secret life of Buenos Aires: where Yale Repertory Theatre Dr. Daphne Miller: The Wisdom & Science of Kyle Abraham and his 7-member drugs, women without options, thieves and violence flourished. Traditional Foods company Abraham.In. Motion dance with a highly engaging, love fail is the newest evening- FREE larger-than- life style that combines influences from hip-hop length theater work from Pulitzer JUNE 30 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery to ballet. The Radio Show is an exploration of cultural identity Prize-winning composer David THE BEN ALLISON and personal history, set to recordings of hip-hop, soul, and Lang. Sung by the unearthly voices contemporary classical music. of legendary vocal ensemble BAND WITH THE IDEAS FAST PASS Anonymous 4, love fail is a tour de force of storytelling, weaving ROBERT PINSKY Ideas events are free, but many of our Ideas events are very together snippets of medieval courtly love narratives, short stories popular and some reach maximum capacity. Purchasing an GROUP JUNE 27 (8PM) Ideas Fast Pass allows you to enter the venue early and grab by MacArthur Fellowship Award-winning author Lydia Davis, scraps a seat before the general public! INTELLIGENCE from the libretto of Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde, and text by Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall Lang himself. Presented in association with Yale Repertory Theatre. $50 REGULAR / $35 SENIORS / $25 STUDENTS JUNE 23 & 24 Robert Pinsky, a poet whose words FREE are elegant, tough, full of wild musical (SAT 1PM, SUN 2PM) energy, meets Ben Allison, a musician who draws from the jazz New Haven Green PARADISE REGAINED: TRUTH, tradition and a range of influences from rock and folk to classical EVEN MORE TO DO! Group Intelligence is part art, DOCUMENTARY & THE STRUGGLE FOR and world music. part science experiment, in which the audience joins together INNOCENCE (FILM SERIES) NOON TO NIGHT with MP3 players: At the designated time, audience members FREE Weekday performances at Noon & 6PM on the Green start their MP3 units, each playing a different a soundtrack of JUNE 15–17 FREE THE YUVAL RON music, narration, and instructions for each audience member (SCHEDULE AT ARTIDEA.ORG) ENSEMBLE WEEKEND DAYTIME PERFORMANCES FREE to perform specific actions. The audience both creates and Yale Whitney Humanities Center Great talents from our own community on the Green experiences images of the creation of the world and the In 1993, three teenagers were wrongly accused JUNE 28 (8PM) FAMILY STAGE PERFORMANCES FREE emergence of life. Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall and convicted of murder. Two filmmakers, Joe Weekday performances for families of all ages on the Green TICKETED EVENT Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, filmed their trial The Yuval Ron Ensemble unites the = SEE BACK FOR TICKET INFORMATION FREE and went on to produce three documentaries sacred music traditions of Judaism, WALKING TOURS about their epic struggle, mobilizing support For more information and a complete schedule, sign up Sufism, and the Armenian Church BIKE TOURS FREE that contributed to their eventual release. The into an unusual mystical, spiritual and inspiring musical celebration. to receive our brochure, or go to our website at VISIT ARTIDEA.ORG series includes screenings and conversations The ensemble of musicians and dancers includes Arabic, Jewish FOOD TOURS & FOOD EXPERIENCES FOR PRICING with the filmmakers and Jason Baldwin, a and Christian artists. Presented in association with the Global MASTER CLASSES WITH FESTIVAL ARTISTS FREE WWW.ARTIDEA.ORG member of the West Memphis Three. Conference of Chaplains in Higher Education. THEATER, DANCE & MUSIC CIRCA YALE INTERNATIONAL IDEAS JUNE 26 – 30 CHORAL FESTIVAL (TU-FRI 8PM, SAT 2PM) JUNE 19-23 Philippe Petit: Nothing is Impossible MARK MORRIS Theater at the Cooperative Arts & Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall DANCE GROUP Humanities High School JUNE 16 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery Six outstanding choirs from around Also featuring a screening of Man on Wire, the Circus meets theater meets dance A LAKE (HAYDN) the world gather in New Haven this award-winning documentary on Philippe Petit, FREE in Circa, a thrilling, vibrant circus JESU, MEINE FREUDE (BACH) summer at the Yale International at 11am. arts troupe from Australia that has Choral Festival, which will explore GLORIA (VIVALDI) been captivating audiences around the connections that choral music fosters between people around Tamar Gendler: Five Ancient Secrets to Happiness and the world with performances that mix high-flying acrobatics, dance, JUNE 21 & 22 (8PM) the world. Presented in association with the Yale Glee Club, Yale the Good Life and theatrical staging. Shubert Theater School of Music, and the Yale Alumni Chorus Foundation. JUNE 17 (3PM) Yale University Art Gallery FREE Mark Morris is one of the most popular and acclaimed FEATURING: choreographers working today, known for witty, inventive dances KING LEAR Yale Choral Artists (USA) JUNE 19, 8PM Brenda Dixon Gottschild: African-American Dance and that are infused with humor and brimming with musicality. The the Measure of Culture CONTEMPORARY LEGEND Manado State University Choir (Indonesia) JUNE 20, 5PM FREE Festival presents a rare performance of this program with the THEATER (TAIWAN) Central Conservatory of Music Choir (China) JUNE 20, 8PM JUNE 19 (5:30PM) Yale Center for British Art magnificent sound of a live orchestra and full chorus. Imilonji Kantu Choral Society (South Africa) JUNE 21, 5PM JUNE 28 & 29 (8PM) Cambridge University Consort of Voices (UK) JUNE 22, 8PM Graham Sheffield, C.B.E.: From Soft Power to Global University Theatre Yale Alumni Chorus (USA) JUNE 23, 6PM Connectivity—The International Birds-Eye View NATIONAL THEATRE FREE OF SCOTLAND: This is King Lear as you have never JUNE 20 (5:30PM) Yale Center for British Art seen it before: Wu Hsing-Kuo, YALE INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC THEATRE THE STRANGE UNDOING director of Taiwan’s Contemporary Legend Theater, has created a Scientific Insights into Cooperation and Evolution OF PRUDENCIA HART tour-de-force solo performance that has been praised around the JUNE 16 & 17 (1PM & 5PM) JUNE 21 (5:30PM) Yale University Art Gallery FREE world for its blend of Eastern and Western theatrical forms, and Off-Broadway Theatre JUNE 20-30 for its revealing insight into one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated Sing the Truth!: Reflections on Truth and Freedom’s This is an exciting chance for theatre and music lovers to get a (TU-SAT 7PM, SAT & SUN 1PM, tragedies. 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Presented in association with Yale Repertory Theatre. $50 REGULAR / $35 SENIORS / $25 STUDENTS JUNE 23 & 24 Robert Pinsky, a poet whose words FREE are elegant, tough, full of wild musical (SAT 1PM, SUN 2PM) energy, meets Ben Allison, a musician who draws from the jazz New Haven Green PARADISE REGAINED: TRUTH, tradition and a range of influences from rock and folk to classical EVEN MORE TO DO! Group Intelligence is part art, DOCUMENTARY & THE STRUGGLE FOR and world music. part science experiment, in which the audience joins together INNOCENCE (FILM SERIES) NOON TO NIGHT with MP3 players: At the designated time, audience members FREE Weekday performances at Noon & 6PM on the Green start their MP3 units, each playing a different a soundtrack of JUNE 15–17 FREE THE YUVAL RON music, narration, and instructions for each audience member (SCHEDULE AT ARTIDEA.ORG) ENSEMBLE WEEKEND DAYTIME PERFORMANCES FREE to perform specific actions. 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