Event

RUMI ON STAGE: MOTIONS OF TENDERNESS

WHAT: RUMI ON STAGE is a theatrical event--a concert of story and poetry, musicians and costume, actors and dancers, masks and puppets--presenting the work of the great 13th century Persian mystic Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi.

WHEN AND WHERE: Performances will be presented at the Center Stage, 1001 Center Street in Santa Cruz during the first three weekends in March 2016: 4,5,6, 11,12,13, 18,19, 20. Friday and Saturday evening performances begin at 8:00 PM; Sunday afternoon performances at 2:00 PM. Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets or at the door: $20

WHO: Featured Performers include

Ruth Elliott: a local actor
Jihan Amer: Kirtan and kawali singer
Amir Etemadzadeh: a versatile and classically trained Iranian musician
Nasrin Hosainy: a classically trained Persian dancer
Lori Rivera: local singer and actor
Suzanne Sturn: local actor and director
Avondina Wills: local actor
Sharon Took Zozaya: local dancer and choreographer

WHY: The most widely read poet in the United States over the last several decades, Rumi has spoken deeply to people in every spiritual tradition as well as to those free-lance seekers forging their own distinctive paths. His timeless, universal and inclusive vision resonates with all who long to connect with that "something more" that lies both beyond and within. As translator and Sufi teacher Kabir Helminski puts it: "Rumi is able to put into words the yearning of our souls and so make it comprehensible to our minds." RUMI ON STAGE uses many of the theatrical arts,storytelling and poetry, music and dance, masks and puppets, sound and light to bring Rumi's vision to the stage in Santa Cruz.