Education NewsUMich's University Musical Society Announces No Safety Net 2.0LineupThe three-week festival at the University of Michigan will feature three timely productions.
By
Emily Selleck
December 09, 2019
The University Musical Society of the University of Michigan has announced the lineup for No Safety Net 2.0, a three-week festival feature three boundary-breaking theatre productions along with a one-on-one installation performance.
The festival, which will be held January 22–February 9, 2020, aims to foster timely conversations around topical social issues.
Productions include Javaad Alipoor’s The Believers Are But Brothers, addressingmasculinity and internet radicalization, Tania El Khoury’s installation As Far As My Fingertips Take Me about the refugee crisis, Lee Minora’s White Feminist addressing race, feminism, and privilege, and Half Straddle’s Is This A Room: Reality Winner Verbatim Transcription (recently seen Off-Broadway) about patriotism, interrogation, and whistle-blowing.
Staged performances will be held at the Arthur Miller Theatre and the Duderstadt Center, with opportunities for open dialogue and conversation between the artists and audience members.
The installation performances will take place throughout the festival in the towns of Ann Arbor and Dearborn.
The first No Safety Net festival was held in early 2018.
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Star-Studded University of Michigan Anniversary Concert
Star-Studded University of Michigan Anniversary Concert
A number of the brightest talents from the professional theatre stage converged upon their alma mater — the University of Michigan — on March 21 to perform in a concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of the school's Musical Theatre Department.
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Brynn O'Malley ('03) performs "If You Hadn't But You Did"
Daniel Reichard ('00) with current students Bryan Langlitz, Cary Tedder and Derek Carley in a performance of "December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)"
Peter Smith
Courtney Balan ('00) and Matthew Chellis ('87) in a performance of "Getting Married Today"
Peter Smith
Annie Ramsey ('02) with (from left) Andrew Laudel, Brant Cox and Kelcy Griffin in a performance of "The Varsity Drag"
Peter Smith
Barrett Foa ('99) with (from left) Julia Myer, Haley Hannah, David Morton, Allison McDowell, Erik Heinz and Kevin Hegmann in a performance of "Purpose"
Peter Smith
Jenni Barber ('05) with (from left) Jose Angel Sepuveda, Nora Menken, Michael Zahler ('05) and Todd Buonopane ('00) in an excerpt from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Peter Smith
Monique French ('03), with current students, sings "Just a Map"
Peter Smith
Danny Gurwin ('94) and Susan Owen ('93) in a scene from She Loves Me
Peter Smith
Dani Spieler ('07), Brian Spitulnik ('05), Josh Rhodes ('93), Jake Wilson ('07) and Sean McKnight ('99)
Peter Smith
Becky Baeling ('99) and Alexander Gemignani ('01) sing "Blow, Gabriel, Blow"
Peter Smith
Hosts (from left): Ian Knauer ('90), Rachel Hoffman ('99), Toni Trucks ('03), Kate Guyton ('95) and Eric Jackson ('00)
Peter Smith
Alexander Gemignani ('01), with accompanist Jerry DePuit, performs "Time After Time"
Peter Smith
Current students and alumni close the evening with "Make Our Garden Grow"
Peter Smith
Brynn O'Malley ('03) performs "If You Hadn't But You Did"
Daniel Reichard ('00) with current students Bryan Langlitz, Cary Tedder and Derek Carley in a performance of "December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)"
Peter Smith
Courtney Balan ('00) and Matthew Chellis ('87) in a performance of "Getting Married Today"
Peter Smith
Annie Ramsey ('02) with (from left) Andrew Laudel, Brant Cox and Kelcy Griffin in a performance of "The Varsity Drag"
Peter Smith
Barrett Foa ('99) with (from left) Julia Myer, Haley Hannah, David Morton, Allison McDowell, Erik Heinz and Kevin Hegmann in a performance of "Purpose"
Peter Smith
Jenni Barber ('05) with (from left) Jose Angel Sepuveda, Nora Menken, Michael Zahler ('05) and Todd Buonopane ('00) in an excerpt from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Peter Smith
Monique French ('03), with current students, sings "Just a Map"
Peter Smith
Danny Gurwin ('94) and Susan Owen ('93) in a scene from She Loves Me
Peter Smith
Dani Spieler ('07), Brian Spitulnik ('05), Josh Rhodes ('93), Jake Wilson ('07) and Sean McKnight ('99)
Peter Smith
Becky Baeling ('99) and Alexander Gemignani ('01) sing "Blow, Gabriel, Blow"
Peter Smith
Hosts (from left): Ian Knauer ('90), Rachel Hoffman ('99), Toni Trucks ('03), Kate Guyton ('95) and Eric Jackson ('00)
Peter Smith
Alexander Gemignani ('01), with accompanist Jerry DePuit, performs "Time After Time"
Peter Smith
Current students and alumni close the evening with "Make Our Garden Grow"
Lupita Nyong'o, Katrina Lenk, Jelani Alladin, and more were on hand to celebrate the October 31 opening night of Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs' new musical.
