The UC Santa Cruz Foundation presents the 13th annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture. An evening of thought-provoking ideas and conversation with acclaimed opera, theater and festival director Peter Sellars, one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the performing arts in America and abroad. A visionary artist, Sellars is known for groundbreaking interpretations of classic and contemporary works. Whether it is Mozart, Handel, Shakespeare, Sophocles, 16th-century Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu, or works by longtime collaborator John Adams, Peter Sellars strikes a universal chord with audiences, engaging and illuminating contemporary social and political issues.