Fresh from winning her second Best Jazz Vocal Grammy this year for Dreams and Daggers following her first two years earlier (For One to Love) Cécile McLorin Salvant is no longer the “next big thing” – at the age of 28, she has become it!
And now she returns to McCarter with her latest project, focused on a suite of her own songs for a band of eclectic instruments arranged and conducted by Darcy James Argue of Princeton’s Jazz Studies Program. Salvant sees her role as that of a griot, with her songs focusing on identity and the evolution of women in nature.
Through composition, storytelling, and song, she continues to broaden her footprint on the world’s cultural landscape. She describes Ogresse with the following lines: “A woman lived in the woods on the outskirts of town. Her skin was chocolate brown. Upon her head she wore a crown of bones.”
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Cecile McLorin Salvant: Ogresse
First Preview: Oct 29, 2018
Opening Date: Nov 18, 2018
Closing Date: Nov 19, 2018
Running Time: 01:35
Playing @
McCarter Theater Center
91 University Place, Princeton , NJ 08540
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Performance Schedule
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18th @ 4 PM
Director
- Darcy James Argue - conductor
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Full-price tickets:
$25.00 - $65.00
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Assisted Listening System
Our theatres offer wireless radio frequency hearing assistance receivers. Headphones are provided free of charge but guests are welcome to bring their own. Hearing aids equipped with t-coil technology can be synched for better sound quality. -
Parking
Disabled parking is available on a first come, first-served basis to those displaying official license plates or placards. For performances in the Matthews Theatre, please speak with the attendant in the circle driveway. For Berlind Theatre performances, there will be a select number of bagged parking meters in front of the entrance. -
Passenger Loading Zone
McCarter will offer shuttle service for the upcoming 2018-2019 Season. The shuttle will begin one hour prior to performance, run approximately every 20 minutes and continue until curtain time. The shuttle will pick up passengers outside of Wawa and drop off is at the McCarter Matthews or Berlind Theatre. The shuttle will run for one hour post-performance for your return to the original pickup location. -
Telephone
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Visual Assistance
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Wheelchair Info
Wheelchair seating in available in both theaters. Please request this seating option when you purchase your tickets. Companion seats are also available.
