Watch online May 19-25

We are excited to partner with Complicite to broadcast The Encounter online!

Described as “one of the most fully immersive theater pieces ever created” by the New York Times, The Encounter was performed live in Ann Arbor this spring following a three-month Broadway run. For a limited time, The Encounter is available for online viewing.

Audiences must wear headphones to watch The Encounter online, or the effect of the immersive binaural recording will be lost. 

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We livestreamed three performances from our 2016-17 season for online viewers. Experience them again — or for the first time — by viewing the archived streams below.

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Idiot Syncrasy
Igor and Moreno
Igor Urzelai and Moreno Solinas, creators

Performed Saturday, January 14, 2017
in Arthur Miller Theatre

Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity
Ping Chong + Company
Written by Ping Chong and Sara Zatz, with Ryan Conarro

Performed Saturday, February 18, 2017
in Power Center for the Performing arts

Steve Reich @ 80
Music for 18 Musicians
Eighth Blackbird and Third Coast Percussion

Performed Saturday, March 18, 2017
in Hill Auditorium

Steve Reich, whom the New Yorker called “the most original musical thinker of our time,” celebrates his 80th birthday in 2016; the year also marks the 40th anniversary of the premiere of Music for 18 Musicians, considered by many to be his greatest composition. On Saturday, March 18, 2017, two of Chicago’s world-class ensembles, Eighth Blackbird and Third Coast Percussion, team up to perform this seminal piece. Reich’s Sextet rounds out the program.

UMS will livestream the performance from Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 8 pm EST. Register to receive reminders and information about the stream:

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Archived stream from the performance on Saturday, March 18, 2017:

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Ping Chong + Company’s performance of Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity will be livestreamed from the Ann Arbor’s Power Center on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 8 pm. Register to receive a reminder about the stream ahead of the performance:

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Archived stream from the performance on Saturday, February 18, 2017.

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This interview-based theater production, part of Chong’s 25-year series entitled Undesirable Elements, explores the diverse experiences of young Muslim New Yorkers who came of age in post-9/11 New York City at a time of increasing Islamophobia. Participants come from a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and include young men and women who reflect a range of Muslim identities: those who converted to Islam, those who were raised Muslim but have since left the faith, those who identify as “secular” or “culturally” Muslim, and those who are observant on a daily basis. Beyond Sacred illuminates the daily lives of Muslim Americans in an effort to work toward greater communication and understanding between Muslim and non-Muslim communities.

The performance is American Sign Language interpreted.

Many other community events surround this performance, including a lecture with Ping Chong, a community forum “Investigating Islam,” and post-performance Q&A between the artists and audience.

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