INAUGURAL SEASON • 2011-2012 WRCJ 90.9 FM presents the Detroit Symphony Orchestra "The drama explodes in ways that are unexpected as Mamet plots usually do:' says Bremer, recalling Mamet's film The Verdict, starring Paul Newman. "Besides the issue of black and white, the title suggests another important kind of race issue — what is needed to be the best and win a race. "We have a top-notch cast to bring this all across:' Lisa Lauren Smith plays Susan, a junior and pivotal attorney in the firm. Smith, the recipient of two Best Female Actor Awards from Detroit Repertory Theater and the Rogue Critic theater blog, has appeared in Something Wicked This Way Comes and The Piano Lesson, written the book Simple Wisdom and released an album, Rock Steady. The accused, Charles Strickland, is played by John Manfredi, who recently formed Etico Productions to develop all kinds of entertainment projects. Cast in Michigan-made films (Real Steel, Ides of March, Game of Death and the upcoming Oz: The Great and Powerful), Manfredi has been seen in numerous local productions, ranging from Oedipus Rex to Torch Song Trilogy. Steve Blackwood, in the role of attor- ney Jack Lawson, played Bart on the soap Days of Our Lives and is making his JET debut. An Oakland University theater graduate, he recently appeared at Meadow Brook Theatre in Boeing Boeing and Ding Dong and was in the Michigan-made films Machine Gun Preacher and Cedar Rapids. Harold Hogan (attorney Henry Brown), a workshop leader at Detroit Repertory Theater, recently showed his acting skills there in Engagement Rules and was chosen for the company's Subscribers Award as best supporting actor in A Lesson Before Dying. His last JET production was Let Him In. "What I love about Mamet is his abil- ity to capture the way people actually talk," says Bremer, cautioning that the language in Race is very explicit. "There are laughs in the play without fluff, and the dramatic action brought the New York version a Tony nomina- tion:" JET stages Race Jan. 25-Feb.19 at the Aaron DeRoy Theatre in the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. Explicit language and racial and sexual references. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, and Thursdays; 5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays; 2 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays; and 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.15. $36-$43, with student and senior discounts. (248) 788-2900; www.jettheatre.org . INVITATION TO THE DANCE Thu., Jan. 26 at 7:3o p.m. — Southfield At Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd. Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hans Graf, conductor Karl Pituch, horn Weber Invitation to the Dance Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 Weber Overture to Oberon Schumann Symphony No. 2 Tickets just $25! ($io for children under 18 and students). LEONARD SLATKIN Music Director A COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED ORCHESTRA shoplocal eatlocal listenlocal THE JEWISH years in hiding and in labor camps but ultimately made it to the United States. "There has been no greater influ- ence on my life than being a child of Holocaust survivors:' Doi finan says. When she was younger, she was haunted by nightmares of the family she would never know and by the ques- tion: "If I had been there, would I have survived?" She yearned to speak of the Holocaust through dance, "but it wasn't my story:' In choreographing, Dorfman often reflects on the individual and com- munity, creating a healthy world, "being Dance Month At The Berman 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 26-27 Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company: The Legacy Project 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company: Repertory Program 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 Michigan 5: University Showcase, featuring works from Oakland University, Hope College, Marygrove College, Wayne State University and Grand Valley State University Sunday, Feb. 5 Kids: So You Think You Can connected to an ideology but not being controlled by it so that instead of becoming a prison it becomes a healthy world and celebrates the universality and the oneness of experience' "My parents' challenge as immigrants is the same challenge of immigrants today:' she explains. Wonder, too, is central to Doi finan's dance. After traveling with her troupe to Auschwitz, and the pain of 9-11, she is mystified: "How can you look someone in the eye and do something like this?" At the same time, the Legacy excerpt SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DETROIT ENSEMBLE THEATRE Buy tickets today at www.dso.org/neighborhood or call 313.576.5111 RA CE JET BY PRESENTS DIRECTED BY u if.of.2L Movement on page 39 Dance?, with the Allure Dancers. A series of workshops, held at vari- ous times, for children ages 3-11, with a 3 p.m. performance 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb.11 Eisenhower Dance Ensemble Presents: New DANCEfest X, with new dances by Artistic Director Laurie Eisenhower and guest cho- reographers 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 Ballet Folklorico de Antioquia, Colombia, starring Colombia's pre- miere dance troupe 1 p.m. Sunday, May 6 DDC: Carnival of the Animals, a colorful performance featuring the Detroit Dance Collective and stu- dents from dance workshops JAN Pulitzer Prize Award-winning playwright and Tony nominee David Mamet tackles the biggest four-letter word of all— RACE! Two lawyers find themselves defending a wealthy entrepreneur against the charges of rape. Complete with a bad-faith twist and a sustained surge of words rushing towards collision, it is guaranteed to let you know that this is a Mamet masterpiece. GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY! IL2904: . ) , R VISIT rWIALJETTHEATRE.ORG JET PERFORMS IN THE AARON DEROY THEATRE IN JCC - CORNER OF MAPLE & DRAKE ROADS IN WEST BLOOMFIELD PLEASE BE ADVISED: This play contains provocative language and racial and sexual references. As with all of our JET produced shows, ticket exchanges are welcome prior to your performance date. SUNDAY SUNDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY THURSDAY WEDNESDAY 1129 - 2:00 P.M. 1129 - 6:30 P.M. 1128 - 8:30 P.M. 1128 - 5:00 P.M. 1/26 - 7:30 P.M. 1/25 - 7:30 P.M. 2/5 - 6:30 P.M. 215 - 2:00 P.M. 2/4 - 8:30 P.M. 214 - 5:00 P.M. 2/2 - 7:30 P.M. 2/15 - 2:00 RM. 2112 - 2:00 P.M. 2112 - 6:30 P.M. 2111 - 8:30 P.M. 2/11- 5:00 P.M. 219 - 7:30 P.M. 2119 - 6:30 P.M. 2119 - 2:DO P.M. 2118 - 8:30 P.M. 2118 - 5:00 P.M. 2116 - 7:30 P.M. January 19 • 2012 37