This past May, acting students from CalArts School of Theater and the Moscow Art Theater School (MXAT) took online learning across continents. Students critiqued each other’s work via videoconference as…
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Seventh Annual NOW Festival at REDCAT July 22-August 7
[nggallery id=75] For three weeks starting this month, the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) in downtown Los Angeles will host the seventh annual New Original Works Festival, which runs…
Continue reading »CalArtians Receive Fulbright Fellowships
Many students have the opportunity to study and perform abroad while attending CalArts. Two recent CalArts graduates, Qadriyyah Shamsid-Deen (Film/Video MFA 10, Theater MFA 09) and Emily Mendelsohn (Theater MFA…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Center for New Performance and Poor Dog Group Premiere Gertrude Stein’s Brewsie and Willie
[nggallery id=72] For many men and women of the armed forces, returning to civilian life after living in a war zone can be both challenging and difficult. That’s the theme…
Continue reading »Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Represent CalArts at Fringe Festival
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is one of the most prestigious arts festivals in the world, showcasing theater, comedy, dance, physical theater, musicals, operas, music, and more. At Sundown, a theater…
Continue reading »Rachel Rosenthal’s TOHUBOHU! Extreme Theater Ensemble to Collaborate with California E.A.R. Unit Members
[nggallery id=70] The Rachel Rosenthal Company, the brainchild of renown interdisciplinary performer & artist Rachel Rosenthal, is set to collaborate with CalArts faculty member, percussionist Amy Knoles (Music BFA 82)…
Continue reading »CalArts Alumna in Once More on the Fringe
[nggallery id=69] As reported last week, the first Hollywood Fringe Festival is in full swing. This week, Once More, With Feeling, a play by New York-based playwright Christina Cigala makes…
Continue reading »Lost Moon on the Fringe
With the inaugural Hollywood Fringe Festival kicking off today, it’s no surprise to find the festival teeming with CalArtian work. Lost Moon Radio, a radio comedy and variety show, is…
Continue reading »CalArtians Partner with Son of Semele Ensemble for The Exile of Petie DeLarge
[nggallery id=67] Son of Semele Ensemble’s (SOSE) SOSEhost initiative and A Collection of Shiny Objects, a new theater venture from producer and CalArts alumna Elizabeth R. English (Theater MFA 10)…
Continue reading »Congratulations! CalArtians Win Tony, Student Academy Award this Weekend
This weekend, two CalArts alumni were awarded honors in their respective fields. Kevin Adams (Theater MFA 86) won the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for American…
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