Three works wrap up this year’s NOW Festival at REDCAT: a new puppet opera that probes the mythic mind of Daedalus; a solo from choreographer Michel Kouakou that connects the…
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Week Two of NOW Fest: Cattywampus and Choreographer Rosanna Gamson
The second week of REDCAT’s New Original Works (NOW) Festival continues this Thursday through Saturday (Sept. 15-17) with writer and director Robert Cucuzza’s (Theater MFA 11) “backwoods reinvention” of August…
Continue reading »Week One of NOW Fest: Marissa Chibas, Lucky Dragons and a House of String
REDCAT’s New Original Works (NOW) Festival begins its three-week run this week (Sept. 8-24) with eight new works by LA-based dance, theater, music and multimedia performance artists. NOW Festival Week…
Continue reading »Sandra Bernhard Brings Her Edginess Back to REDCAT
Starting this Thursday, Sandra Bernhard, known for her outlandish live comedy, appears at REDCAT this week for a special, intimate engagement of her latest show, I Love Being Me, Don’t…
Continue reading »International Theater Festival Puts LA on the RADAR
RADAR L.A.—an international festival of contemporary theater—runs this week (June 14-19) to coincide with the Theatre Communications Group (TCG)’s national conference in Los Angeles. Influential theater ensembles from Chile, Mexico,…
Continue reading »Get ‘Partched’ at REDCAT with At the Edge of the World
This Friday and Saturday, the ensemble Partch returns to REDCAT to perform works on instruments by the celebrated, inventive composer from whom it takes its name: Harry Partch (1901-1974). The…
Continue reading »Dance Artist Meg Wolfe’s trembler.SHIFTER at REDCAT
LA-based choreographer-dancer Meg Wolfe presents the world premiere of her full-length work trembler.SHIFTER at REDCAT this weekend (through Sunday, June 5). In collaboration with composer and CalArts alumnus Aaron Drake…
Continue reading »CAP Students Present Life is a Dream (La Vida es Sueño) at REDCAT
Teen theater students put a contemporary spin on Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s 17th Century play—Life is a Dream (La Vida es Sueño)—and take a theatrical classic back to school….
Continue reading »MFA Writers Read New Works at REDCAT Showcase on Thursday
The School of Critical Studies at CalArts holds its annual reading of the best new fiction and poetry by MFA candidates in the Writing Program at REDCAT on Thursday. Works…
Continue reading »Something for the Kid in All of Us: REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival
For the next four weekends (from March 26-April 17), REDCAT will present its 6th annual International Children’s Film Festival. The festival will include a new mind-expanding collection of short film…
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