The new play Meditations: Eva Hesse, written by Marcie Begleiter and directed by David Watkins, provides a glimpse into the German-born artist’s last days as she struggles to complete one…
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Radosław Rychcik/Stefan Zeromski Theater Rock REDCAT this Week
Polish cult rock band Natural Born Chillers and the Polish theater company Stefan Zeromski Theatre storm the REDCAT stage tomorrow through Sunday for In the Solitude of Cotton Fields, a…
Continue reading »Actress Lisa Gay Hamilton Joins Theater School Faculty
Two-time Obie award winner, pivotal cast member of hit television series The Practice and current regular on TNT’s Men of a Certain Age, Lisa Gay Hamilton, began teaching in the…
Continue reading »Sardono, Tipton Open REDCAT’s New Season with Dance, Music and Lush Visuals
REDCAT launches its eighth season tonight with the world premiere of Rain Coloring Forest, an evocative multimedia performance conceived by legendary choreographer and artist Sardono W. Kusumo and celebrated lighting…
Continue reading »Provocative Neighbors Examines Issues of Sex and Race in America
Neighbors, a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, had its West Coast premiere at The Matrix Theatre in Hollywood last week. Directed by Nataki Garrett, newly appointed associate dean of CalArts’ School…
Continue reading »The Bacchae and At Sundown at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Ed. Note: Composer Ellen Reid (Music MFA 11) is at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this month with a contingent of CalArtians involved in various works at the festival. Reid contributed…
Continue reading »Silken Veils and Floozy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Ed. Note: Composer Ellen Reid (Music MFA 11) is at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this month with a contingent of CalArtians involved in various works at the festival. She’ll be…
Continue reading »NOW Festival 2010: A Photo Essay
The seventh annual New Original Works Festival recently took over the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) in downtown Los Angeles from July 22 through Aug. 7. The festival, which…
Continue reading »Playwright Deborah Asiimwe wins BBC Competition for Will Smith Look-Alike
Last month, Ugandan playwright Deborah Asiimwe (Theater MFA 09) won the annual BBC World Service African Performance playwriting competition for her play Will Smith Look-Alike. The play, which was recorded…
Continue reading »Breath of Fire Presents Digging Up the Dirt
The world premiere of Cherríe Moraga’s murderous play Digging Up the Dirt opened last week (July 30) at Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble in Santa Ana, Calif. Presented in…
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