AUBURN – Students from the Auburn University choirs will perform at New York's Carnegie Hall on Sunday, June 14, at 2 p.m.

A group of 23 Auburn students will participate in the performance. Together they represent each of Auburn's six choral ensembles: Chamber Choir, Women's Chorus, Men's Chorus, Gospel Choir, Vocal Chamber Ensemble and the AU Singers. William Powell, director of choral activities at Auburn, will direct them for part of the performance.

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AUBURN – Auburn University's Department of Theatre presents "The America Play," by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, April 1-5 in the Telfair Peet Theatre. Show times are 7:30 p.m. April 1-4, and 2:30 p.m. on April 5.

The Thursday, April 2 performance will be preceded by the panel discussion "He Hoped He'd be of Interest to Posterity: Defining Greatness in American History," at 6 p.m. in the Theatre Upstairs and followed by a discussion with actors and other members of the creative team in the Telfair Peet Theatre.

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AUBURN - The Auburn University Singers will present the opening performance of their 2008 annual Spring Show on Saturday, April 26, at 3:30 p.m in AU’s Telfair Peet Theater. Other performances are scheduled for Sunday, April 27, at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Tuesday, April 29, at 5:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.

Under the direction of Dale Farmer, the show choir will present an array of popular and show music including “Eye of the Tiger,” “Knock on Wood” and a medley of tunes from the 50s and current Broadway shows. Individuals and small groups will be featured in performances of contemporary styles such as country, rock ‘n’ roll and inspirational music.

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Barbara Lebow’s drama “A Shayna Maidel,” translated literally as “a pretty girl,” will be staged by Auburn University Theatre in its Theatre Upstairs Feb. 19-23.

The play is set in New York City in the year 1946 and opens on a conversation between Rose Weiss, 22 years old and thoroughly immersed in American city life, and her father, both of whom emigrated from Chernov, Poland, 18 years earlier. Rose must come to terms with learning that her sister, left behind in Poland with their mother because of illness, has been found and is coming to join Rose and her father. As the play progresses, the sisters overcome obstacles to develop a bond and a different kind of beauty begins to emerge.

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AUBURN - The Auburn University Theatre season will open with a performance of “Deadwood Dick or the Game of Gold,” a melodrama set in the Old West, at the Telfair Peet Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m.

In 1876, Edward L. Wheeler began writing “dime novels” about a Robin Hood-like character of the Black Hills named Deadwood Dick, a series that proved so popular it continued for 15 years. From these novels, playwright Tom Taggart selected some of the most exciting situations, colorful characters and amusing dialogue and fashioned “Deadwood Dick or the Game of Gold,” complete with stolen gold mines, kidnapped heroines and hairbreadth escapes.

AU Theatre Chair Dan LaRocque said that this tale of the Old West, featuring big-hearted heroes, pure-hearted maidens and black-hearted villains, is a great opportunity to start the season off with something that’s just flat out fun.

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