Purdue Convos announces
next year’s season, prices
 By
Megan Finnerty
Features Editor
For the 2001-2002 Purdue Convocations season, Greenwitch
Villagers will try to make "Rent," a "Cabaret" will open, radio announcers
will wage a "War of the Worlds" and "Ragtime" will fill the air.
Thursday, Convos announced next year's season and
the changes that have been made to make the shows more individualized
and enjoyable.
The Patron's Choice series is gone and in its place
are two new ones, Music & Motion and Center Stage. Music & Motion
will focus more on dance and movement acts such as Ballet Hispanico,
while Center Stage is centered on theatrical performances such as "Copenhagen"
and "Frank Lloyd Wright."
Director of Convocations, Todd Wetzel, said that
by breaking apart Patron's Choice, he was able to better meet the community's
needs.
"Our intent is to make intelligent combinations
that are grouped in ways that make sense to audiences," he said of the
new series. "With a strictly theatrical series, we're able to present
the whole array of theatrical experiences; I can bring in "Stomp" and
a one-man show on Frank Lloyd Wright in the same series because now
we're programming by content and not by slot."
The Family Adventure Series has been expanded from
three shows to five, and there is a new price for children in grades
K-12 for all shows.
The Pick Five option has been expanded from just
Patron's Choice to Music & Motion, Center Stage, Loeb Music Collection
and the Jazz Set series.
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