Wisconsin Union Theater announces 2002-2003 season

The Wisconsin Union Theater‘s next season of arts and entertainment events, planned by students and staff of the Union Theater, features professional artists and attractions in three annual series and a special.

The 83rd Annual Concert Series features:

Juilliard String Quartet, Friday, Sept. 20
Academy of Ancient Music with Andrew Manze, Friday, Oct. 25
Carter Brey, cello, and Christopher O’Riley, piano, Saturday, Nov. 23
Kurt Ollmann and Joyce Castle: The Music of Leonard Bernstein, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003
Emmanuel Pahud, flute, and Hélène Grimaud, piano, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003
Richard Goode, piano, Friday, March 7, 2003
Emanuel Ax, piano, and Richard Stoltzman, clarinet, Thursday, April 10, 2003

The 2002-03 Performance Series features:

Gigi, Saturday, Oct. 19
Natalie MacMaster, Saturday, Nov. 16 Poncho Sanchez, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003
Doc Watson with special guest Alison Brown, Saturday, March 8, 2003
Kodo, Saturday, March 29, 2003
Ben Sidran and Friends: A Jazz Tribute to Jewish Popular Music in America, Saturday, April 12, 2003

And the 43rd Annual Travel Adventure Film Series features:

Undiscovered Wales with Frank Klicar, Sept. 23-25
Baja, Mexico, RV Adventure with John Holod, Oct. 28-30
Along the New River: An Appalachian Journey with Ken Creed, Nov. 18-20
Four Corners USA – A Southwest Adventure with James Tompkins, Jan. 20-22, 2003
Norway with Dale Johnson, Feb. 10-12, 2003
Legends of Louisiana with Sandy Mortimer, April 14-16, 2003

A theater special this fall will be the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center featuring the Orion String Quartet, appearing Saturday, Sept. 28.

Starting this year, Wisconsin Union Theater Concert and Performance Series subscribers who cannot attend an event may exchange their tickets for a different Union Theater season event.

This offer is valid for any Concert or Performance Series event remaining during the current season. Subscribers may exchange their tickets for an equal number of tickets to an event in a different series or an equal number of additional tickets for a later event in their own series. The exchange must take place from two weeks to three days before the show they cannot attend and it may be done in person or by mail. Tickets for the performance that cannot be attended must be returned in order to get new tickets. If returned by mail, new tickets will either be sent back to the subscriber or be held for pick-up the night of the show.

Tickets obtained by exchange may not be in the subscriber’s regular seats or location. Offer is subject to ticket availability. Exchange offer is not valid for Kodo during the 2002-03 season. For more information, call the box office, (608) 262-2201.

In response to requests from subscribers, concert program notes will be available on the Web about a week before each concert.