Tickets on sale for upcoming CFPA events

The College of Fine and Performing Arts is putting on a series of fun events this summer, and tickets are now on sale.

Tickets for Movement Graffiti: Contemporary Dance in Concert, slated for July 29 to Aug. 2 in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room, range from $6 to $10.

Commedia on the Lawn is a highly physicalized, masked comic performance originating from the Italian Renaissance. The show, which will take place on the Old Main lawn, features well-known stock characters such as the tricky servants, young lovers and foolish old men. Bring a picnic and enjoy the fresh air and fun! Performances are slated for Aug. 5 to 9, and the show is free.

Urinetown the Musical will take place Aug. 12 to 16 in the Performing Arts Center on Western's Bellingham campus. Tickets range from $10 to $19. The setup: "In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides he's had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom..."

Leaving Iowa, scheduled for Aug. 19 to 23, is a postcard to all those who've found themselvesdriving alone on a road, revisiting fond memories of youth. Remember those car trips when parents where yelling “Don’t make me come back there!” and kids were screeching “Are we there yet?” Leaving Iowa will bring viewers back to the family trips with all their joys, trials and flat tires. Tickets are $11 to $15.

Finally, Schoolhouse Rock Live! will take place Aug. 26 to 30. Tickets for that show are $11 to $15. The Emmy Award-winning 1970's Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, and more through clever, tuneful songs is coming to Western. The show follows Tom, an anxious school teacher who is nervous about his first day of teaching. He tries to relax by watching TV when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such songs as "Just A Bill," "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly" and "Conjunction Junction."