The Tony Awards and the Drama Desk Awards honor the best and brightest in New York theater, and when nominations were announced earlier this week, two CalArts’ School of Theater…
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Production Photo Gallery: ‘Phaedra’s Love’ at CalArts
[nggallery id=160] Phaedra’s Love is Sarah Kane’s 1996 contemporary adaptation of Seneca’s Phaedra. In her play, Kane examines perceptions of love, humanity and self through the prism of obsession, incest…
Continue reading »Talk of the Town: Sleep No More in NYC Features Dance Alumni
Sleep No More, a site-specific, immersive theater production, opened last week in New York City to great reviews. Developed by the British theater company Punchdrunk, the work moves Macbeth to…
Continue reading »CalArtians to Collaborate in the Heart of Europe for the Prague Quadrennial
This June, a group of CalArtians are making a scene in the Czech Republic. The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (June 16-26) has invited the group of CalArtians,…
Continue reading »Working Spring Break for CalArts Actors at NYC Showcase
Next week is Spring Break at CalArts, and while some students will head home, travel or recharge their batteries before the end of term, the graduating classes of MFA and…
Continue reading »Stew and Heidi Rodewald Talk about ‘Passing Strange’ at the School of Theater
[nggallery id=152] “You have no idea how crazy your school is,” said singer-songwriter-playwright Stew to a roomful of CalArts School of Theater students earlier this month. “[Theater Dean] Travis Preston…
Continue reading »Excerpts from ‘Crescent City’ Opera at the Industry Launch Event
The Industry, a new LA-based, theatrical production company, hosts a launch event tonight at Royal-T in Culver City that features excerpts from its inaugural production: Crescent City, a new opera…
Continue reading »Now Playing at a Computer Near You: ‘Sands of Mexico’ Series Enters the Web Frontier
Recent CalArts graduate Samantha Hatch (Film/Video MFA 10, BFA 07) has turned her 20-minute thesis film, Sands of Mexico into a web series. Hatch finished her graduate project one semester…
Continue reading »Students from the Russian Academy of Theater Arts in Moscow Arrive at CalArts for International Project
Last Thursday, students from the Russian Academy of Theater Arts (GITIS) in Moscow arrived at CalArts for a two-week exchange with the School of Theater, part of a process that…
Continue reading »Hal Holbrook Answers Student Questions on Shakespeare, Acting and Career Longevity
“I’ve been hunting for the key to acting my whole life,” said Emmy- and Tony-winning actor Hal Holbrook to CalArts School of Theater students last week, reminding them that reaching…
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