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Tracing the evolution of musical expression through the life of a natural disaster survivor, Alexandra Déglise’s Havivra employs history and sound to explore culture. The jazz cabaret is based on the childhood and youth of Havivra Da Ifrile, one of two survivors of the 1902 Mount Pelée eruption on the Caribbean Island of Martinique. The eponymous character travels from the French colonial capital city of Saint-Pierre through New York to New Orleans, in a story told by compositions imbued with traditional biguine rhythms that progress toward contemporary innovations in jazz and pop, accompanied by pianist Maher Beauroy. Free, 7pm. Ruth Caplin Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. drama.virginia.edu
