Honoring the best in LA’s theater community, the L.A. Stage Alliance’s 2012 Ovation Awards were presented at the Los Angeles Theater last Monday (Nov. 12). The winners were singled out…
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‘The Tempest’ Deconstructed in CalArts Production
In the CalArts School of Theater production of The Tempest, which opened on Friday, Shakespeare’s classic is deconstructed and overturned, led by Deena Selenow’s (Theater MFA 13) direction. According to…
Continue reading »Suffering Fools Haunt the Moose Lodge in Glendale
[nggallery id=289] This Sunday (Oct. 28), CalArts students and alumni present an evening of immersive, eerie performances in various locations at the Moose Lodge in Glendale from 7-11 pm. The…
Continue reading »CalArts Alumna Condola Rashad Stars in Remake of ‘Steel Magnolias’
Condola Rashad’s (Theater BFA 08) star is on the rise. Her 2011 performance in Stick Fly on Broadway earned her a Tony Award nomination, and recent roles in the television shows…
Continue reading »CalArts Welcomes Guest Artists from The Private Theatre
Last month, New York director John Gould Rubin visited CalArts to embark on the first phase of a bilingual collaboration between the School of Theater and the New York-based The…
Continue reading »In Our Sights Interactive ‘Documentary’ Performance at Machine Project
Tonight (Oct. 5), the Echo Park-based arts organization Machine Project hosts a performance/conversation In Our Sights, an experiment in “pushing the documentary form into a more personal and intimate space.” The…
Continue reading »Baker Lights New York City Ballet’s Year of the Rabbit
By Nicholas Katzban/Special to 24700 CalArts alum Brandon Stirling Baker (Theater BFA 10) has designed the lighting for New York City Ballet’s newest performance, Year of the Rabbit, a collaboration between…
Continue reading »CalArtians Nominated for Ovation and NAACP Theatre Awards
Update 1: Actor Jacqueline Wright (Theater BFA 91) was also nominated for an Ovation Award for “Lead Actress In A Play” for her role as Jon Benét in ‘House of Gold.’ Update…
Continue reading »Alumna Directs Smokey Robinson’s One-Man Show, Words
Linda Cevallos-French (Dance BFA 89) is set to direct R&B legend Smokey Robinson in his debut performance of Words at the historic El Portal Theater in North Hollywood this weekend…
Continue reading »The Bootleg Theatre Presents Roger Guenveur Smith’s ‘Rodney King’
CalArts School of Theater faculty member Roger Guenveur Smith takes to the stage with his latest work Rodney King in a limited-run production at the The Bootleg Theater (Sept. 20-28)….
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