On Friday, Aug. 2, CalArts School of Theater returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the 16th consecutive summer. For three weeks in August, the international arts festival is opening…
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EventJuly 23 - September 9, 2018
On Friday, June 24, Straight White Men will open for previews at the Helen Hayes Theater in New York. Written by Obie Award-winning playwright Young Jean Lee and directed by…
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Last week, the MAP Fund announced its 2018 grant recipients. A total of $1.4 million will directly support the creation, development, and distribution of 40 original, live performance projects. Five…
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Filmmakers are turning to VR to create new cinematic experiences, changing the ways audiences relate to onscreen action. As a tool, VR not only allows for full immersion, it also…
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EventMarch 25 - May 14, 2017
Above: Punk Rock at the Odyssey Theatre Recent alumni Jacob B. Gibson (Theater BFA 14) and Raven Scott (Theater BFA 16) will perform in the play Punk Rock this Sat….
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According to the Hollywood Fringe organizers, last month’s fifth annual festival was a huge success with record-breaking online ticket sales and attendance. (The festival sold 46,000 tickets this year, 11,000…
Continue reading »Two new plays by Alice Tuan, the head of the Writing for Performance program, will be read at Los Angeles Theatre Center this week, featuring CalArts talent. A staged reading…
Continue reading »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 »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 »The woman scorned is a leitmotif in literature—and later this month Annette Bening takes to the stage to star as the titular figure at the heart of Euripides’ Greek tragedy….
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