EventAugust 2, 2021
School of Theater faculty and director of Duende CalArts Marissa Chibás offers new perspectives on contemporary actor training in her latest book Mythic Imagination and the Actor: Exercises, Inspiration, and…
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On Monday, Jan. 13, CalArts Center for New Performance / Duende CalArts screens The Rest I Make Up, an award-winning documentary about the life and work of the late Cuban…
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Writer, filmmaker and School of Theater faculty member Marissa Chibas’ documentary Finding Shelter enjoys two upcoming screenings at the Los Angeles United Methodist Museum of Social Justice and the New…
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EventMarch 13, 2019
On Wednesday (March 13), CalArts Center for New Performance and Duende CalArts present a special screening of the documentary Finding Shelter at The Sotomayor High School for Science and Art in Los…
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EventDecember 7 - 10, 2017
Two decades ago, the first edition of the anthology Contemporary Plays by Women of Color was published, paving the way for work by female writers and writers of color to…
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EventNovember 11 - December 10, 2016
Come out to the Bootleg Theater this weekend for the premiere of The Second Woman, a two-character play written and performed by CalArts School of Theater faculty Marissa Chibas, with…
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EventJune 21, 2016
Shelter, a movement-based theater piece, is playing for free at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. tonight (June 21). The play was written and…
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**Weather update 4/8/16: Shelter is an outdoor performance with bleacher seating. Please dress warmly for the cool evening and be prepared to walk through damp grass and climb bleacher seating. We recommend comfortable…
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EventApril 7 - 17, 2016
**Weather update 4/8/16: Shelter is an outdoor performance with bleacher seating. Please dress warmly for the cool evening and be prepared to walk through damp grass and climb bleacher seating. We recommend comfortable…
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Longtime CalArts faculty member Marissa Chibas has been awarded a Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship for Distinguished Achievement. The prestigious fellowship comes with a monetary award that will support Chibas’ artistic and professional…
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