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Eric Despard Director of Theater and Cultural Arts
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Over the past year, we have transformed the theater into a state-of-the-art facility, expanded its technical capabilities, and created a flexible black box theater space on the Bayou Theater stage; effectively adding an additional theater to campus!
As Bay Area Houston’s Premier performance venue, the Bayou Theater’s 2022-2023 Season features over 25 concerts by exceptional artists representing a wide range of musical styles and genres from classical, country western, to blues, jazz, hip hop, rock and roll, and family programming. With our community partner presenting organizations, the Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theater and the Clear Creek Community Theater, we offer year-round performing arts experiences for all ages in dance, theater, and music. Through integrated fine and performing arts experiences, the Cultural Arts at UHCL serve as the center of creative life on the campus and the region.
Bayou Theater Season Sponsor 2017 | 2018 | 2019 Charlie and Tricia’s generous support has provided the foundation of Bayou Theater programming. Thank you both! Eric Despard Director of Cultural Arts at UHCL THANK YOU! SponsorShow 2018 | 2019 SponsorPartnership 2019 PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS TODAY! www.uhcl.edu/bayoutheater or 281-283-3024 2022/2023 SEASON
BAYOU THEATER BAYOU THEATER PAMELA MERCURYHARTCHAMBER ORCHESTRA: BACH’S COFFEE CANTATA THE QUEBE SISTERS MERCURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: VIVALDI & TELEMANN VOCTAVEGOITSE FRI 3/3 SEPTEMBER 2022 FRI 9/2 MERCURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: MUSIC AMONG FRIENDS SAT 9/17 GULF COAST GUITAR ASSOCIATION: HONORING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE DAKHABRAKHAMONTHTUES 9/20 OCTOBER 2022 FEBRUARY 2023 MARCH 2023 FRI 2/3 RIDERS IN THE SKYFRI 10/14 THURS 2/9 DECEMBER 2022 BETTMAN & HALPIN: CHRISTMAS IS A FUNNY THING THURS 12/15 JANUARY 2023 MERCURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: BACH’S CELLO SUITES WITH BEILIANG ZHU WED 10/26 TERRANCE SIMIEN & THE ZYDECO TERRANCEEXPERIENCESIMIEN & THE ZYDECO EXPERIENCE: CREOLE FOR KIDZ & THE HISTORY OF ZYDECO SAT FRISUN10/2910/3011/18 SPACE ODDITY - THE ULTIMATE DAVID BOWIE EXPERIENCE SAT WED1/283/8FRI 9/9 APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS: SILK THREADS SUN 3/5 NOVEMBER 2022 PIRATE SCHOOL: SEA DREAMS! SUN 11/13 FREE RADICALS PRESENTED BY SUSTAINABLE STORIES INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST THURS 11/10 SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONALSTORIESFILMFESTWED 11/9FRI 11/11 TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN WITH GA-20 FRI 1/6 DOC LOC & THE SWANGERS KEN WALDMAN & THE WILD ONES: FROM CLEAR LAKE TO REAL ALASKA THE MIGHTY ORQ FRI 4/7 APRIL 2023 WED 4/19 FRI 4/14 KEN WALDMAN & FRIENDS: MUSIC, POETRY, AND ART THUR 4/20 DAILEY & VINCENTFRI 4/21 MERCURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: KLEZMER NIGHT! FRI 4/28 MAY 2023 APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS: APOLLO @15 FRI 5/5
2022/2023 SEASON ART GALLERY COUNTERPARTS SEPTEMBER 6 - OCTOBER 21, 2022 OPEN RECEPTION: SEPTEMBER 8 | 4-6 P.M SUSTAINABLE EXHIBITONINTERNATIONALSTORIESFILMFEST: NOVEMBER 7 - DECEMBER 9, 2022 OPEN RECEPTION: NOVEMBER 10 | 4-6 P.M THE WAY FORWARD: THE CHRONICLES OF OUR CULTURE JANUARY 30 - MARCH 10, 2023 OPEN RECEPTION: FEBRUARY 3 | 5-7 P.M UHCL BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS EXHIBITION APRIL 3 - 28, 2023 OPEN RECEPTION: APRIL 6 | 4-6 P.M COMMUNITY ARTISTS EXHIBTION MAY 22 - JUNE 23, 2023 OPEN RECEPTION: MAY 25 | 4-6 P.M TIM KERR & ROBERT HODGE JULY 17 - AUGUST 25, 2023 OPEN RECEPTION: JULY 20 | 4-6 P.M *Artists and lineup are subject to change. 4
Daryl Robinson, renowned organist and professor at UH’s Moores School of Music, and Fred Child, host of Performance Today, America’s most popular classical music radio program.
There’s something magical that happens when musicians gather to perform for the fun of it. Experience that same magic as Mercury Chamber Orchestra performs some of their favorites: hear snippets from Porgy and Bess and Shostakovich’s Jazz Suite alongside selections by Satie, Kreisler, Elgar and even film composer Ennio Morricone (famous for spaghetti westerns like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly).
An American in Paris
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Mercury Chamber Orchestra: Music Among Friends
FRIDAY, AUG. 5 - SUNDAY, AUG. 7, 2022 & FRIDAY, AUG. 12 - SUNDAY, AUG. 14, 2022
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FRIDAY, SEPT. 9, 2022 / 7:30 P.M. Apollo Chamber Players: Silk Threads Apollo Chamber Player’s 15th Anniversary Season opener features a world premiere inspired by composer Wang Jie’s experience as an Asian-American living in the 21st century. The program includes special guests
FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, 2022 / 7:30 P.M.
The romantic story of a young American soldier, a beautiful French girl, and an indomitable European city... all set to the immortal score from George and Ira Gershwin.
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DhakaBrakha is a world-music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. From their use of scenic effects to Ukrainian melodies accompanied by Indian, Arabic, Russian, and Australian traditional instrumentation, Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha, create a world of unexpectedmusic.new Riders in the Sky is a Western band with 40 years of experience. The band believes in preserving the heritage of Western Music and sharing it with a new generation. The band consists of four members: Ranger Doug, Too Slim, Woody Paul, and Joey the Cowpolka King.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 2022 / 7:30 P.M. Gulf Coast Guitar Association: Honoring National Hispanic Heritage Month Jay Kacherski and Jeremías García present classical and flamenco guitar music of Spain, Mexico and the Americas. Flamenco singer Irma La Paloma joins García to showcase the art, energy and passion of flamenco. Kacherski and pianist Lina Morita present duos and solos of exciting new music by Mexican and Spanish composers of the 21st Century. Rounding out the program is Brazos De Dios for guitar and piano by Houston composer J. Todd Frazier.
FRIDAY, OCT. 14, 2022 / 7:30 P.M. Riders in the Sky
TUESDAY, SEPT. 20, 2022 / 7:30 DakhaBrakhaP.M.
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Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
It’s probably the most famous music ever written for that most gorgeous of instruments – the cello. Even today, Bach’s masterpiece manages to captivate in a way few other works can. Here, principal cellist and early-music specialist Beiliang Zhu will perform on a baroque cello, recreating the same sounds Bach would have had in his head when he created this work.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26, 2022 / 7:30 P.M.
Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience: Creole for Kidz & The History of Zydeco
Created over 20 years ago, Creole for Kidz and the History of Zydeco, is an innovative and highquality multicultural performing arts program. The performance not only entertains the audience, but also educates them about Creole culture and zydeco. YOUR TICKETS TODAY! www.uhcl.edu/bayoutheater or 281-283-3024 7
SUNDAY, OCT. 30, 2022 / 2 P.M.
Mercury Chamber Orchestra: Bach’s Cello Suites with Beiliang Zhu
SATURDAY, OCT. 29, 2022 / 7:30 P.M.
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Two-time Grammy Award winner, Terrance Simien is an eighth-generation Louisiana Creole whose music is featured in Disney’s “Princess and the Frog.” He has been shattering myths about what his indigenous Zydeco roots music is - and is not. Simien has become one of the most respected and accomplished artists in American roots music today.
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SUNDAY, NOV. 13, 2022 / 2 P.M. Pirate School: Sea Dreams! “Pirate School: Sea Dreams!” is a family show led by pirate professor, Billy Bones, that allows kids 4-12 and their caregivers the chance to live out their dreams of swashbuckling adventure. Children are encouraged to come in costume.
THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 2022 / 7:30 P.M.
Free Radicals Presented by Sustainable Stories International Film Fest 13 time winners of “Best Jazz” in the Houston Press Music Awards, Free Radicals is an American band from Houston, Texas. Their music has combined elements of funk, cumbia, dub, klezmer, ska, and mambo.
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9, 2022FRIDAY, NOV. 11, 2022 Sustainable Stories International Film Fest
The Sustainable Stories International Film Fest introduces students, faculty and staff of the university, as well as the larger Houston-Galveston community to ideas, concepts and stories of sustainability. Additionally, it empowers film makers from all over the world who are working with sustainability-related subjects and stories.
THURSDAY, DEC. 15, 2022 / 7:30 P.M. Bettman & Halpin: Christmas is a Funny Thing Multi-award winners Bettman and Halpin have a well-earned reputation for hypnotizing performances filled with irresistible lyrics, transcendent harmonies and roof-raising instrumentals. Their “Christmas is a Funny Thing” performance combines traditional Christmas melodies and original music written by Bettman and Halpin that is sure to have the audience singing along. www.uhcl.edu/bayoutheater or 281-283-3024
FRIDAY, NOV. 18, 2022 / 7:30 P.M. Mercury Chamber Orchestra: Vivaldi and Telemann A treat for baroque lovers: first, a rarely heard concerto for recorder (one entirely different from the recorders you’re likely familiar with) that captures the same sort of musical thrill Vivaldi achieves with works like the Four Seasons. Then, a treat by Telemann – all performed on historical instruments that more faithfully recreate the sounds the composers worked with.
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Born out of a mutual love of heavy traditional 50s-60s era Blues, R&B, and Rock & Roll, retro blues-wailers GA-20 were formed by Pat Faherty and Matthew Stubbs (Charlie Musselwhite Band). The duo set out to write, record, and perform a modern version of the art form. Now a trio featuring two lead guitars, vocals and drums, the music is raw, passionate and honest.
SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 2023 / 7:30 P.M. Space Oddity: The Ultimate David Bowie Experience Experience the rock idol’s transformation to mainstream media star in this live multi-media spectacle that takes the audience through the everchanging career of Rock and Roll’s most celebrated innovator, David Bowie. David Brighton and his band salute the performer with this stunning note-for-note theatrical concert event. GA-20 DOUBLE FEATURE
FRIDAY, JAN. 6, 2023 / 7:30 P.M. DOUBLE FEATURE
Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
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Founded in Nashville, Tennessee, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown is an American rock band featuring guitarist Tyler Bryant. The band has released four successful studio albums and toured with Jeff Beck, ZZ Top, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Guns N Roses, among many others.
FRIDAY, JAN. 6, 2023 / 7:30 P.M.
FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 2023 / 7:30 P.M. Pamela Hart Noted as “Austin’s First Lady of Jazz,” by Austin Women’s Magazine, Pamela Hart is keen on keeping jazz vocal music alive. She has devoted 25 years of her life toward singing jazz and is highly regarded as Austin, Texas’ finest jazz vocalist.
Mercury Chamber Orchestra: Bach’s Coffee Cantata As prolific as he was, Bach never wrote an opera. In fact, it’s the only genre of his day to which he contributed nothing. That’s why his Coffee Cantata is a treat – it’s as close as we get to hearing what an opera by Bach might be like. Afterwards, enjoy a selection from his famous Orchestral Suites – all on instruments that recreate the kinds of sounds Bach worked with.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2023 / 7:30 P.M. Quebe Sisters Sisters Grace, Sophia, and Hulda Quebe front an innovative Progressive Western Swing band. The band combines sounds of Western Swing, Jazzinfluenced Swing, Country, Texas-Style Fiddling, and Western music breathing new life into sounds once YOUR TICKETS TODAY! www.uhcl.edu/bayoutheater or 281-283-3024
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Doc Loc & the Swangers Doc Loc and the Swangers puts a surprising twist on famous Houston hip-hop music. The band, led by Dr. Henry Darragh, arranges their music for big bands and small groups. Their first single, “Sittin’ Sidewayz,” featured updated verses by Paul Wall and Big Pokey.
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Goitse Multi-award winning quintet, Goitse have become a leader of the new generation of traditional Irish ensembles. Their sound lies in the quality of their own compositions mixed with traditional sounds from the countryside of Ireland and abroad, setting a powerful drive for the music while also drawing the audience into a song.
Voctave The 11-member a cappella group, Voctave, has roots in musical theater, contemporary Christian music, barbershop, pop, and choral music. With an impressive wide vocal range of 5 full octaves, the voices that bring their artistic arrangements to life showcase a wealth of diverse backgrounds and musical experiences.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2023 / 7:30 P.M.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2023 / 7:30 P.M.
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2023 / 7:30 P.M.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2023 / 7:30P.M. Ken Waldman & The Wild Ones: From Clear Lake to Real Alaska Join Alaska’s Fiddling Poet, Ken Waldman, and Austin multi-instrumentalists, Tim Kerr, Jerry Hagins, and Beth Chrisman for fun, inspiring string-band music. Texas and beyond!
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023 / 10 A.M. Ken Waldman & Friends: Music, Poetry, and Art Ken Waldman, Alaska’s Fiddling Poet, brings three Austin music friends for an interactive show that crosses disciplines. Bring paper and pencils--it’s National Poetry Month!
FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023 / 7:30 P.M.
The Mighty Orq
The Mighty Orq is one of Texas’s most exceptional and hardest working talents. Born in Houston, Orq has a sound that is as diverse and unique as his home town. His performances include songs spanning numerous genres of music including country, folk, blues, jazz, rock and roll, and even hints of zydeco. or 281-283-3024
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FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023 / 7:30 P.M. Mercury ChamberKlezmerOrchestra:Night!
It’ll be hard to keep your foot from tapping as you experience the irrepressible spirit and fun of the incredible, centuries-old folk traditions of Klezmer. This performance features Airat Ichmouratov, a lauded clarinetist, composer, and guide, on a journey through a musical style that has existed since the Middle Ages and has evolved as cultures and havepeoplesmixed.
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2023 / 7:30 P.M. Apollo @15 Apollo Chamber Players returns to the Bayou Theater with a program celebrating its 15th anniversary season. Works to include new arrangements of folk songs from Greece and Armenia, featuring the Olympian Dancers of Houston, and music by J.S. Bach, Debussy and Mexican composer ManuelPonce.
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2023 / 7:30 P.M. Dailey & Vincent Dailey and Vincent celebrate All-American music with sounds of country, bluegrass, and gospel. The group has released nine albums since 2007, with all of them having charted on at least one of the Billboard albums chart.
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BAYOU THEATER • Spanish • French • Chinese • Japanese • German • Italian • Russian Foreign Language and English Enhancement Program Any person needing an accommodation for a disability to participate in this program should contact ADA Coordinator at 281-283-2648 at least one week prior to arrange for the accommodation. For more information contact Christine Paul 281-283-3033 | paul@uhcl.edu www.uhcl.edu/fl The Foreign Language Program offers a variety of foreign language classes and English Enhancement for foreign professionals. All are welcome regardless of age, residency or previous academic background. 15
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THE GREAT GATSBY BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
SUNDAY, NOV. 6, 2022 - TUESDAY, NOV. 8, 2022
UHCL STORYTELLERS
This show reveals the tales, observations, and revelations of the people who prepare and serve your food and drinks, those who maintain your shops, and those who transport your goods to you. Over the past several years, the service industry has staged and restaged their performance of service to the public to adjust to the changing times, however, what does it mean to ‘Perform Service’? How does the consumer engage with this performance in good and bad ways? This industry serves as the backbone of American society- how do we negotiate the relationship of this service to the public?
IN THE WEEDS: TALES FROM THE SERVICE INDUSTRY
The UHCL Storytellers are a platform organization that highlights and presents Performance Studies productions on campus. Established in 2017, the goal of the Storytellers is to present and promote Student and Faculty written shows and adaptations that aim to answer Communication Studies questions through the means of aesthetic Performance.
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023 - SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2023
This show is an adaptation of the 1925 Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story narrates a summer of experiences that surround the mysterious millionaire, Jay Gatsby and his desire to connect to his former lover. This story, adapted many times over stage and screen, finds itself in the UHCL Black Box, this time with the setting of the story in the mid-1980s. How do we explore the time-honored themes of this Great American Novel set 60 years into the future?
NOVEMBER 7 - DECEMBER 11, 2022
JANUARY 30 - MARCH 10, 2023
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The Way Forward: A Chronicle of Our Culture is an exhibition that will examine the past, present, and future of African American life through paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography, and interdisciplinary media. The artists will share the story of African American identity, resistance, and resilience to push the culture forward so that all Americans can find their way. FEBRUARY 3, 2023 5-7 P.M. NOVEMBER 10, 2022 4-6 P.M.
The Way Forward: The Chronicles Of Our Culture
Counterparts A sculpture exhibition in fiber, metal, and wood by husband and wife artists Jack and Paula Gron. Jack is a metal fabricator who is now incorporating the use of hardwood. Paula is a fiber artist who celebrates nature by interpreting the persistence of growth, surival and beauty that precedes decay. SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 4-6 P.M.
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The mission and goal of the Sustainable Stories International Film Fest is to screen and award short films about sustainable solutions & lifestyles. The films will be selected for the screenings by professionals in both the areas of filmmaking and sustainability.
SEPTEMBERExhibition6-OCTOBER 21, 2022
For an up-and-coming artist, preparing, hanging and installing artwork in a gallery is an invaluable experience. At University of Houston-Clear Lake, undergraduate art students will be doing just that at the Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition.
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UHCL Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
APRIL 3 - APRIL 28, 2023
OPEN RECEPTION: MAY 25, 2023 4-6 P.M.
MAY 22 - JUNE 23, 2023 Community Artists Exhibition
JULY 17 - AUGUST 25, 2023
OPEN RECEPTION: JULY 20, 2023 4-6 P.M.
Tim Kerr is an American musician, visual artist and photographer. He hopes his art connects people and their stories to the viewer. He signs everything “Your name here” as a call to arms for the viewer who is looking to see who the artist is.
This community exhibition features artists from Bay Area Houston and beyond!
Tim Kerr
OPEN RECEPTION: APRIL 6, 2023 4-6 P.M.
BAYOU THEATER21 The Bayou Theater offers high quality performances and it’s all because of you! We are committed to bringing the best in arts and entertainment to the Bay Area. However, tickets sales cover less than 30 percent of our costs. We depend on generous patrons like you to continue enriching the arts. Call 281-283-2065 or email bayoutheater@uhcl.edu for more information. Acknowledgments in all programs Free show poster of your choice Notifications of all exlusive special events Bayou Theater wine cup with 1 free drink Upgrade to two premium assigned seating Two complimentary Gold tickets to any show of the season Listed as supporting sponsor of one title of your choice in the upcomig season (based on availability) Name plate on seat in theater Two complimentary Gold subscriptions to the entire Recognitionseasonassupporting Sponsor of the entire season FRIEND Up to $250 (FMV $10) DIRECTOR $250 - 1,999 (FMV $125) SPOTLIGHT $2,000- 4,999 (FMV $1,675) √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ SUPPORT THE ARTS! √ √
2022/2023 SEASON 22 GOLD SEATING Premier seating with a great view from the middle section of the theater. SILVER SEATING Standard seating with top and bottom sections of the theater. Get an up close view or an above view from these sections. BEST SEATS AT THE BEST PRICES Purchasing a subscription saves you up to 5% off the single ticket price. EARLY ACCESS Purchase tickets to special events before they go on sale to the general public. CAN’T MAKE A SHOW? Subscribers enjoy free exchanges. Simply exchange your tickets before your scheduled performance for another date (upgrade charges may apply). WANT TO BRING A FRIEND? You can purchase companion tickets to your subscription show for $5 off each ticket. DRINK COUPON Full show subscription packages include a free drink coupon to the first show of the season. SOUVENIR Full show subscription packages include a souvenir cup to allow you to bring a beverage into the theater. CAN’T USE YOUR TICKETS? You can donate them back to Bayou Theater at least 24 hours before your scheduled performance and we’ll send you a donation receipt for your value of your seats. LOST OR FORGOT YOUR TICKETS? Not a problem! Call or stop by the box office for free ticket reprints. SUBSCRIBER BENEFITS SEASON PACKAGE SERIES PACKAGE All 28 shows! Classical SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS $250 GoldGold SilverSilver SeniorSeniorGoldGold SeniorSeniorSilverSilver $200 $200 $175 $750 $625 $625 $550
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