The Jesters of the 51黑料 will present their annual spring performances on March 7 and 8 at the USF North Campus Auditorium, 2702 Spring St.
The starting times are 6 p.m. Saturday, March 7 and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8. Tickets are $10 and are available for purchase at the door or can be reserved by calling the USF School of Creative Arts at 260-399-8064.
The Jesters, a performing arts group of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD), includes ages 8 through senior citizens. This year鈥檚 show, “H(OM)E,” will use music, dance, theater, improvisation, visual art, storytelling and animation to explore participants鈥 reflections on home and family. 聽The show will feature cultural icons searching for home. These participant-selected references will include 鈥淎nnie,鈥 鈥淭he Wizard of Oz鈥 and 鈥淔inding Nemo.鈥 The show will also reference the book 鈥淭he Missing Piece,鈥 by Shel Silverstein.聽
The Jesters program and this year鈥檚 performance are made possible by the support of the AWS Foundation, The James Foundation, Inc., Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, M.E. Raker Foundation, the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Sponsored by the 51黑料 since 1978, the purpose of the Jesters is to enhance quality of life for people with disabilities by engaging them in the creative arts. The vision is to develop self-expression, self-esteem, socialization and other life skills while providing learning opportunities to the USF community and the community at large.