Composer and CalArts alumnus John King (Music BFA 76) returned to campus last week to help prepare for the World Premiere of his contemporary opera Dice Thrown, scheduled for April…
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blu: CalArts Thesis Project Now a Yale Drama Series Winner
[nggallery id=40] It was announced Feb. 23 that the stage play blu, Virginia Grise’s MFA thesis project at CalArts, was chosen by English playwright David Hare (The Vertical Hour, Amy’s…
Continue reading »The Wooster Group Begins North Atlantic Run at REDCAT
[nggallery id=38] The Wooster Group, a New York-based, world-renowned experimental theater company, opens for an 11-day run at REDCAT tonight with its latest production, North Atlantic. Written specifically for the…
Continue reading »Reading of Alice Tuan’s Play Hit on Thursday
Alice Tuan is the new Head of Writing for Performance at CalArts, and an occasional blogger for 24700. On Feb. 11, she will be formally welcomed by the Office of…
Continue reading »CalArts Alum Steve Horowitz’s Chicken Planet and Retaking of Pelham 123
The video (above) features soloist Vinny Golia on a composition by Steve Horowitz. Composer Steve Horowitz (Music BFA 89) brings a multi-sensory production of music, film and live theater to…
Continue reading »Pee-wee Herman’s Return to the Stage
After an almost two-decade hiatus, actor-comedian Paul Reubens (BFA Theater 73) has brought the iconic character of Pee-wee back—this time from the little screen to the stage at Club Nokia…
Continue reading »Arts in the One World Conference Begins at CalArts Next Week
CalArts School of Theater and the International Genocide Study Center (IGSC) in Kigali, Rwanda, present the fifth annual Arts in the One World Conference next week (Jan. 21-24) at the…
Continue reading »Four CalArtians Among Ovation Award Winners*
The LA Stage Alliance’s Ovation Awards ceremony, which honored the best in LA’s local theater scene for the 2008-09 season, took place at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on…
Continue reading »New Sonic Realities of CalArts Alumnus Josh Senick
Josh Senick (Theater MFA 09) is an LA-based sound designer focusing on design and composition for theater. His current project Hamlet Shut Up, is playing at Sacred Fools Theater in…
Continue reading »The Voyage: Playwright Adrienne Kennedy’s Work Performed at CalArts
CalArts School of Theater is launching a celebration of the work of renown playwright, poet and essayist Adrienne Kennedy, with the study and presentation of three of her groundbreaking pieces…
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