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They’re baaaaack! Descending like locusts, interrupting your life with question after question. Yes, the prefrosh have landed once again, and if you’re tempted to pack your perky pre-Princetonian off to Timbuktu so you can get some work done or just enjoy some blessed peace, look no further than this week’s arts events. There’s something for every little prefrosh, and after seeing the weekend’s offerings you might even be tempted to join in–sitting a safe distance away from the all the orange-lanyard-clad hordes to preserve your street cred, of course.
First up is the Triangle Club’s Annual Spring show, “Cornel West Side Story.” Rumor has it that the great Cornel himself will make an appearance before the weekend is up. “He already asked us for a copy of the poster to hang up on his office wall,” said actress Carolyn Vasko ’13. “Apparently it’s every Princeton professor’s dream to have a variety show named after them!”
Unlike the Club’s annual fall show, which is a full-fledged narrative musical, the spring show is when up-and-coming Triangle writers get to try out their best (and worst) skit ideas. All writers have participated in a semester-long writing workshop with Andrea Grody ’11 and Willie Myers ’11, and will continue working together to create a full-length production in the fall. This weekend’s show reads like a Tiger-infused episode of SNL–complete with insiders-only Ivy jokes, bawdy sing-alongs, and squirrel costumes (trust us, you just have to see it to believe it). Though their legendary Triangle drag kickline is a fall-only affair, the show is the perfect prefrosh crash-course in all things Princeton; for an underclassmen, it offers sheer escapist fun and prime relief from papers and studying.
The show goes up Thursday-Saturday nights at 8pm in the Whitman Theater. Tickets are $6, and the event is TigerTickets eligible. We recommend buying ahead at the Frist Box Office–Triangle is notorious for selling out for its one-weekend-only runs.
Also up this weekend:
- Earth Day is turning forty this year! Join Princeton’s Earth Day celebration on Frist South Lawn on Thursday from 4:30-7:30, with performances from Kid Collision, the PU Band, KatzenJammers, Roaring 20, Sympoh, the Tango Club, and more. Free–with free Bent Spoon ice cream (!!).
- Rituals, DiSiac’s spring show in Frist Theater. Thursday 8pm, Friday and Saturday 6:30 amd 9:00pm. Student tickets $6, TigerTickets eligible.
- Liminal, a senior “tanztheater” thesis production from Pilar Castro Kiltz in the Matthews Acting Studio at the Lewis Center for the Arts. Thursday-Saturday 8pm, with a 10:30pm evening show on Saturday. Watch the trailer here. Tickets available through University Ticketing, 609.258.9220.
- The PUOrchestra performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, an epic pinnacle of the classical repertoire, in Richardson Auditorium. Friday and Saturday, 8pm. Student tickets $5, TigerTickets eligible. A proceed of ticket sales will go towards relief efforts in Haiti.
- Take Back the Night, a candlelit vigil ceremony to recognize the dangers of sexual assault. With recitations from the “Princeton True Stories” campaign, and performances by Phyllis Heitjan ’11, Anthony D’Amato ’10, PK Kennedy, eXpressions, BodyHype, Wildcats, and the Nassoons. Frist South Lawn, Friday, 7:30-9:30pm. Free.
- Don’t miss this year’s Communiversity Arts Festival, an annual town-gown spectacular that Time Off praised as “a festive, sparkling, spirited street fair brimming over with vitality, energy, and talent.” Events will be happening all weekend: for a list of performers, click here.
- Boukman Eksperyan, a mizik rasin band from Port-Au-Prince, performing outside of Cloister from 3:30-5:30pm on Sunday. Donations to Haitian relief will be collected at the door. The club will be on tap 3-5pm.
- Performing the Sacred, a showcase of dance, drama, music, song, and spoken word relating to the theme of sacredness. Guests include Paul Muldoon, the American Repertory Ballet, and Hisham Mahmoud, along with a host of student groups. 8-9:30 in the University Chapel on Monday night. Free.
- It’s not too late to see PUP and Theater Intime’s Reefer Madness or PSAT’s Ramesh and Juhi, which were both included in last week’s roundup. Reefer runs Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, with a special midnight show on Friday night; catch PSAT at 8pm on Friday or Saturday.