Performance:"Blood At The Root" by Dominique Morisseau
2025-04-12 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Detroit) | Walgreen Drama Center - Newman Studio
Liv Morris's senior directing thesis, *Blood At The Root* by Dominique Morisseau, follows an ensemble of high schoolers through the "miscarriage of justice, racial double standards, and the crises in relations between [people] of all classes." This production also aims to echo the mistreatment of underrepresented students under an education system that concedes to its long rooted history of disenfranchisement following the University of Michigan's decision to dissolve all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives on campus.

Performances:
Thursday 4/10 show @ 7:30
Friday 4/11 shows @ 7:30 and 11:00 pm
Saturday 4/12 show @ 2:00 pm - *a Cookout will follow the performance*

Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance: Directing.

Sporting Event:Baseball vs Mount St. Mary's
2025-04-12 14:00 | Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium
Baseball vs Mount St. Mary's

Performance:Bear Foot
2025-04-12 14:00 | GA - Mendelssohn
No description is provided.
Please visit https://mutotix.umich.edu/5703/5705 for more detail.

Performance:Bear Foot!
2025-04-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Lou has no idea what they’re doing at Camp Lockheart. It’s their first time ever at a sleepaway camp, and they’re worried they might not make any new friends – that is, until they’re caught up in the schemes of two long-time troublemakers. Unfortunately for Lou’s peace of mind, Ali and Day are dead set on leaving their mark on Lockheart before they age out at the end of the summer – to prove Bigfoot is real, and secretly posing as one of their counselors. What could possibly go wrong?

Performance:Okyoung Noh: Cross the Flow of Violence
2025-04-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Off Campus Location
"Dare to cross the flow of violence—with a broker as your guide."
This 40-minute interactive performance is led by the artist in the role of a “broker”—a figure who helps the perilous escape from North Korea to China for a price. Brokers play a significant role in guiding North Korean refugees across the Tumen River, a heavily monitored border where armed guards patrol day and night.
Inspired by the story of Mrs. Kim, a North Korean refugee who survived underwater while crossing the river, the artist leads the audience through the exhibition space as if navigating the swirling flow of American imperialist violence in the trans-Pacific. The space becomes a fragmented landscape of memories, witnesses, and echoes—demanding that participants move through it with uncertainty, urgency, and resolve.
As Mrs. Kim once said, “You either die or survive underwater.”
Together, we submerge into this flow, fumbling through the death, pain, and grit of those who came before us. Will we be able to connect to the flow and emerge on the other side of the land?
The performance will be followed by light snacks and a 15-minute Q&A session.
RSVP required; limited to 15 participants.

Artist Bio
Okyoung Noh is an interdisciplinary artist based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Seoul, South Korea. She visualizes and interrogates the impact of American imperialist violence on Asian women across the trans-Pacific. Through performance, video, community engagement, and multimedia installations, Noh creates spaces where dis/misplaced bodies connect and reclaim power, place, and presence. Her work has been exhibited internationally at La MaMa (New York, NY), Wave Pool Gallery (Cincinnati, OH), the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (Athens, GA), Tribowl (South Korea), Hangaram Museum (South Korea), CICA Museum (South Korea), and Seoul Artist’s Platform_New & Young (South Korea), among others. Her videos have been recognized and featured in the Every Woman Biennial (New York, NY), Indie Short Fest (Los Angeles, CA), the Toronto International Women Film Festival (Canada), the Oakland Short Film Festival (Oakland, CA), and the Freep Film Festival (Detroit, MI), among others. Noh has been nominated for artist residencies at the Seoul Museum of Art and MASS MoCA, where she will be an artist-in-residence in 2025.
Learn more about the artist: www.oknoh.com
