Speech has always been the steering force of the theater, but the Department of Theatre Arts' upcoming production, "Night Sky," will reach audience members not through its words but through what lies beyond them. Susan Yankowitz's "Night Sky," directed at the University of Louisville by Russell Vandenbroucke, tells the story of the brilliant astronomer Anna.

Composer Karl Husa, a Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of the 1983 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, will be the guest composer at the New Music Festival on Nov. 3-5 at the School of Music. The festival features pieces by contemporary composers - most still living - performed by university groups.