Cabaret
7 pm
The Rita, Main Stage Theatre
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Brett Olson
May 1, 2, 8, 9 at 7pm
May 3, 10 at 2pm
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920’s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.
Cabaret
7 pm
The Rita, Main Stage Theatre
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Brett Olson
May 1, 2, 8, 9 at 7pm
May 3, 10 at 2pm
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920’s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.
Cabaret
2 pm
The Rita, Main Stage Theatre
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Brett Olson
May 1, 2, 8, 9 at 7pm
May 3, 10 at 2pm
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920’s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.
Cabaret
7 pm
The Rita, Main Stage Theatre
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Brett Olson
May 1, 2, 8, 9 at 7pm
May 3, 10 at 2pm
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920’s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.
Cabaret
7 pm
The Rita, Main Stage Theatre
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Brett Olson
May 1, 2, 8, 9 at 7pm
May 3, 10 at 2pm
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920’s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.
Cabaret
2 pm
The Rita, Main Stage Theatre
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Brett Olson
May 1, 2, 8, 9 at 7pm
May 3, 10 at 2pm
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920’s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.
Noon Concert | Parkside Musical Theatre Students
The Noon Concert Series is a highly popular series of FREE performances presented Fridays at noon during the Fall and Spring semesters in the beautiful Bedford Concert Hall, located in the Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts and Humanities at UW-Parkside.
Tickets are not required for this free event and seating is first-come, first-serve. Free parking is available in Lots B & C.
UW-Parkside Range & Mix
Ami Bouterse, director of Parkside Range, and Ayesu Lartey, director of Parkside Mix
Noon Concert | Parkside Music Students
The Noon Concert Series is a highly popular series of FREE performances presented Fridays at noon during the Fall and Spring semesters in the beautiful Bedford Concert Hall, located in the Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts and Humanities at UW-Parkside.
Tickets are not required for this free event and seating is first-come, first-serve. Free parking is available in Lots B & C.
Noon Concert | Parkside Chamber Ensembles
The Noon Concert Series is a highly popular series of FREE performances presented Fridays at noon during the Fall and Spring semesters in the beautiful Bedford Concert Hall, located in the Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts and Humanities at UW-Parkside.
Tickets are not required for this free event and seating is first-come, first-serve. Free parking is available in Lots B & C.
Parkside Symphony & Community Orchestras w/ Howard Brown Artist in Residence Laura Strickling, soprano
Parkside Symphony & Community Orchestras are joined by this year's
Howard Brown Artist in Residence-- Laura Strickling, soprano
Two-time GRAMMY® award nominee for Best Classical Vocal Solo Album, soprano Laura Strickling was recognized by The New York Times for her, “flexible voice, crystalline diction, and warm presence,” and is celebrated for her work performing and promoting art song, with an emphasis on new additions to the canon. She recently announced the 40@40 Project – her personal initiative to commission new songs – and has been featured twice in Classical Singer Magazine for her advocacy work in new music.
Equally acclaimed for her work on the concert stage, her “powerful and expressive voice across a large range, her variety of timbre and character,” (Classical Scene), make her a welcome guest soloist for a range of oratorio and concert works, from Handel to Britten and beyond. These include Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the San Antonio Philharmonic and the Knoxville Symphony, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Seattle Symphony, Bachianas Brazileiras (Villa-Lobos) with the San Antonio Philharmonic, Messiah (Handel)with the Indianapolis Symphony, the Pacific Symphony, and the Richmond Symphony, Gloria (Poulenc) with the Asheville Symphony, Mass in c minor (Mozart) with the Richmond Symphony, Cathedral Choral Society, and Berkshire Choral International, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Barber) with the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, Stabat Mater (Dvorak) and Elijah (Mendelssohn) with Berkshire Choral International, Missa O Pulchritudo (Menotti) and Ein Deutsches Requiem (Brahms) with the Bel Canto Chorus of Milwaukee, and Luonnotar (Sibelius) and Les Illuminations (Britten) with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Ms. Strickling created the role of Fanni Radnòti in the world premiere of Tom Cipullo’s opera The Parting with Music of Remembrance in Seattle and San Francisco in 2019 and revisited the role with Chelsea Opera in Syracuse (May 2022) and New York City (October 2022). She also created the role of the evil Dr. Slade in the nine-episode filmed opera, Everything for Dawn with Experiments in Opera, which received its AllArts and Philadelphia Opera broadcast premiere in 2022.
A Chicago native, Ms. Strickling is an avid traveler, having lived in Fez (Morocco), Kabul (Afghanistan), and for the past nine years in St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands). She recently relocated to Wisconsin where she is learning to appreciate cheese, beer, and being cold. www.laurastrickling.com
Apr 25, 2025 | 3pm
UW-Parkside Wind Ensemble & Community Band
7 pm
The Rita, Bedford Concert Hall
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44th FFS | Last Summer
MOLN D137
France | 2023 | Catherine Breillat | 104 min
The film follows Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives with her husband Pierre and their daughters. Anne gradually engages in a passionate relationship with Theo, Pierre’s son from a previous marriage, putting her career and family life in danger. IMDB
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Tues-Thurs | 12–2 pm
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About The Rita
Since 1968, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside has continued to build a reputation as an outstanding liberal arts institution with particularly strong fine arts programs. With The Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts & Humanities, our state-of-the-art instructional facilities and stunning performance venues match our award-winning academic programs and provide even greater community access. Read more.