The two-week Lear/Layer collaborative project between CalArts and Cal-Ang University (Seoul, South Korea) culminated in a single, electrifying performance on Jan. 28. The experimental production incorporated animation, live music, three…
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Mellified Men Quartet Performs Week-long Stockhausen Composition
At Calarts, Interim is a two-week period in January set aside for students to explore specific topics in greater depth than a semester’s workload typically allows. This past Interim presented…
Continue reading »Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real on Tap for CalArts-Boston Court Co-Production
*** Just added: read reviews of Camino Real (pdf) The Theatre @ Boston Court and CalArts’ School of Theater are banding together for their first co-production: Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real….
Continue reading »Behind the Scenes of ‘Lear/Layer’: A Photo Gallery
This photo post is from Alice Tuan, head of Writing for Performance at CalArts’ School of Theater. She’s helping lead the Lear/Layer theatrical experiment this week between students and faculty…
Continue reading »Behind the Scenes of Lear/Layer: CalAng Progresses
This post is from Alice Tuan, head of Writing for Performance at CalArts’ School of Theater. She’s helping lead the Lear/Layer theatrical experiment this week between students and faculty from…
Continue reading »Behind the Scenes of Lear/Layer: CalAng!
The commentary below is from Alice Tuan, head of Writing for Performance at CalArts School of Theater. She’s helping lead the Lear/Layer theatrical experiment this week between students and faculty…
Continue reading »Social Change on Agenda at 2011 Arts in the One World Conference
How can the arts help bring about social and political change? That’s the central question for artists and activists who will convene at CalArts later this week for the Arts…
Continue reading »‘Lear/Layer’: ‘King Lear’ with an International Twist
This week, CalArts hosts student and faculty artists from Chung-Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, for Lear/Layer, an intercultural, collaborative piece that adapts William Shakespeare’s King Lear and straddles the…
Continue reading »Congratulations to Katey Sagal and Disney/Pixar on their Golden Globe Wins
The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards were handed out Sunday evening (Jan. 16) in Beverly Hills, Calif., and CalArts alumna Katey Sagal (Theater 72) won for Best Performance by an…
Continue reading »Atta Boy Takes on Domestic and International Terrorism at Wild Project Theater in NYC
Atta Boy, a play written and directed by CalArts grad Brian Bauman (Theater MFA 06), opens this week at Wild Project performance space in New York City’s East Village. The…
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