Documentary filmmaker Sam Green returns to Duke with TREES, an ambitious live cinema performance blending film, live music, and on-stage narration. With music by Caroline Shaw and text by Rebecca Solnit, the work reflects humanity’s relationship with trees.
Set in the 1950s and telling the story of American youth culture, the audience follows greaser Danny Zuko and good-girl Sandy Dumbrowski as their romance unfolds at Rydell High School in Chicago. Performed by Center Theater Conservatory.