?A moving and powerful corrective to the notion that what immigrants leave behind is always awful, and that what they find is worth the trip.? ?The New York Times

Her Portmanteau
by Mfoniso Udofia
directed by Gregg T. Daniel
featuring Joyce Guy, Omoze Idehenre, and Délé Ogundrian

A family rifles through their literal and emotional baggage in this taut and poignant drama about relatives, legacy, and connection. This West Coast premiere, brilliantly penned by first generation Nigerian-American storyteller Mfoniso Udofia, chronicles the triumphs and struggles of a tenacious family matriarch and two daughters. The mother and one of her daughters have called the United States home for many years. And the other daughter?s arrival raises heart-wrenching questions about the power of place, family bonds, and how we define our relationships over space and time.

Soprano Alyssa Wills makes her Boston Court debut as part of our 2018 Emerging Artists Series. This Series, back for a 2nd year following a successful launch in 2017, pairs talented young musicians with acclaimed mentors who develop a special program showcasing the young artist's unique skills and musical viewpoint.

Alyssa Wills was most recently seen performing in Quartetto and Opera in the Park with the Palm Springs Opera Guild. This past year, she performed as Micaëla in a concert production of "Carmen" with the Los Angeles-based Opera Buffs, Inc., as well as performing with The Industry and LA Opera's Education and Outreach Program. Other recent performances include Fiordiligi in LTD Opera's Così fan tutte , Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos, and Marthe Marker in a premier reading of Frau Schindler , both at USC. She has been fortunate to spend past summers at the Tanglewood Music Festival, as well as the Aspen Music Festival. She has also been honored to be a District Winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a finalist in the Palm Springs Opera Guild Competition, and the third place winner in the NAT Gwendolyn Roberts Young Artist Competition. She is a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society and holds a BM Vocal Performance degree from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach, as well as an MM in Vocal Arts from the University of Southern California, where she was fortunate to be active in community outreach as the group leader of "The Hollywood Trio" through the Gluck Fellowship program.

Pianist Jack Dettling makes his Boston Court debut as part of our 2018 Emerging Artists Series, presented in collaboration with Piano Spheres. This Series, back for a 2nd year following a successful launch in 2017, pairs talented young musicians with acclaimed mentors who develop a special program showcasing the young artist's unique skills and musical viewpoint.

Jack Dettling will be mentored by Vicki Ray.

Dettling is a pianist, composer, and multimedia artist from Houston, Texas. A composer of electronic and acoustic music, Jack uses field recordings, player pianos, generative electronic elements, text, and the transformation of pre-existing sounds to investigate the crucial role sound plays in the construction of memory and personal identity. A preoccupation with the ideas of voice, memory, and the piano as a cultural artifact drives his work, which most often takes the form of non-linear multimedia environments. He addresses the anxieties inherent in digital communications and reacts to a social environment in which the physical voice is increasingly supplanted by virtual and more impersonal forms of correspondence. His work investigates the irreducible formal relationships between video andsound and seeks new techniques for pianistic performance.

A dedicated performer of 20th- and 21st-century music, he has worked extensively with composers such as Elliott Carter, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Sam Pluta, and Steve Reich, among others. In addition to performing a wide array of established repertoire, he has commissioned and premiered many new works. Festival appearances include the Bang on a Can Summer Institute at MassMoCa, the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice at New England Conservatory, and the International Festival for Contemporary Performance at Mannes College.

Jack received a dual degree from the New School in Piano Performance and Comparative Literature Studies, where he studied with Thomas Sauer. He received his Masters in Contemporary Piano Performance from Manhattan School of Music, where he studied piano with Christopher Oldfather and Anthony DeMare; composition with Todd Reynolds and Sam Pluta; and performed regularly with the new music ensemble Tactus under the direction of Jeffrey Milarsky. He is currently a doctoral student at California Institute of the Arts, where he is a student of Vicki Ray.

MCW is a 90 minute show of high flying wrestling action with just the right touch of comedic value performed by the most talented athletes under 4? ft in the world today.

Micro Championship Wrestling has been in the national spotlight touring the country selling out Casinos, State & County Fairs, Amusement Parks, Bike Rallies and Nightclubs since 2009.

Micro Championship Wrestling ?The Greatest Little Show on Earth? has no demographic boundaries -no matter age, gender, nationality or financial status-everyone loves the midgets!

June 22, 2018

Doors 6pm. Show 8:00pm.

$24 / $28 / $32 + applicable fees

If you purchase a ticket at a table you are required to purchase dinner. Minimum spend is $25.00 per person. You must arrive by 7pm.

Under 18 Must Be Accompanied by a Paying Adult.

Ted Nugent has carved a permanent place in rock & roll history as the ultimate guitar-shredding showman, selling more than 40 million albums, performing over 6,500 high-octane live shows, and continuing to set attendance records at venues around the globe.

Nugent was named Detroit?s Greatest Guitar Player of All Time by readers of MLive, and his no-holds-barred career spans five decades of multi-platinum hits. From the ground breaking Amboy Dukes? hit ?Journey to the Center of the Mind,? to classics like ?Stranglehold? (ranked in the Top 100 Classic Rock Songs and #1 Guitar Lick), ?Cat Scratch Fever,? (32nd Best Hard Rock Song of All Time) Damn Yankees chartbuster ?High Enough,? and cult classic ?Fred Bear,? (the most requested song for radio airplay in Michigan & Wisconsin), Ted and his inimitable sound have been featured on VH1?s Behind the Music, A & E?s Biography and more.

For millions of passionate music lovers everywhere, Ted delivers the Ultimate Life Soundtrack. A Ted Nugent show is not just a performance?it?s a fire-breathing celebration!

June 29, 2018

Doors 6pm. Headliner 9:00pm.

$48 / $58 / $78 / $88 / $98 + applicable fees

If you purchase a ticket at a table you are required to purchase dinner. Minimum spend is $25.00 per person. You must arrive by 7pm.

Under 18 Must Be Accompanied by a Paying Adult.