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than a dozen graduate student writers from the Master of Fine Arts
program at California State University, Fresno will be taking part in
the sixth annual Rogue Performance Festival on March 1-10, in Fresno’s
historic Tower District and downtown.
The Rogue is an annual non-juried arts festival that celebrates the work
of independent artists. The event, which is modeled after similar fringe
festivals held worldwide, is made up of theater, music, dance, film,
performance art, spoken word, visual arts and more.
The MFA program has students involved in three different shows this year
at the Rogue, all at the Spectrum Gallery, 1306 N. Wishon Ave., in the
Tower District.
For the second year, the San Joaquin Literary Association hosts the
Rogue show “Poetry and Prose from Fresno State.” Twelve members of the
SJLA, a student group of the MFA program and the English Department,
will present individual spoken-word readings of their creative writing.
New to the festival is the “Eclectic Duet” musical act, featuring MFA
student Deanna Pierro and Fresno State liberal studies major Jessica
Taylor. The duo combines “the sensation of song with the power of
poetry” in their interchangeable instrumental lineup.
Also new is the short play “Sould,” written and directed by MFA student
Anthony Bonds. The show, a dramatic comedy, depicts the angst of an
amateur poet who has accidentally sold his soul over the Internet.
Details on the performances and others are available at the Rogue
Festival’s Website,
www.roguefestival.com
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