Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote, the Department of Theatre’s 2019–20 season was built around plays either written by women or featuring prominent female characters and plotlines, as well as female leadership in the production team. This season of #HERSTORIES is
The Chapman University College of Performing Arts is proud to announce the addition of a new interdisciplinary minor in musical theatre for the 2019–20 academic year. The musical theatre minor is designed to give students an understanding of the function of the various elements of musical theatre production. Demanding, rigorous training is offered, with a focus
As part of the Department of Theatre’s production this week of the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q (February 14–16, Musco Center for the Arts), the show’s co-creator Jeff Marx will conduct a workshop on the creative process for musical theatre at 3 p.m. on Friday, February 15 in Musco Center. The workshop is open to
Hello CoPA students and alumni! I am thrilled to be joining Chapman University’s College of Performing Arts as your new in-house Career Advisor. In addition to the campus-wide career services that Chapman has always offered, the University has launched a new initiative to equip every school with its own in-house Career Advisor. As your dedicated
Chapman University’s Department of Theatre will host a staged reading of The Laramie Project on October 6, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. in the Irvine Lecture Hall (SC150). Admission is free. The play was written by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project shortly after the brutal beating and death of Matthew Shepard in
Chapman sophomore Steven Gudino (double-major B.M. Guitar Performance and Music Composition) began playing guitar at the tender age of nine, around the time most young students are introduced to instrumental music at school. By his senior year in high school, he was still at it with his instrument and began composing his own songs, thanks
Each academic year, the Department of Theatre’s season selection committee and faculty aim to construct show seasons that challenge students artistically and present opportunities for both audiences and artists to consider and discuss themes and issues important to society. Today, the Department announced the exciting performance lineup for the 2018/19 season. According to department chair,
The life of one of opera’s brightest lights, soprano Carol Neblett, Artist-in-Residence at the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music at Chapman, will be celebrated in a free special event at Musco Center for the Arts on Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 4 p.m. The program, developed with her family, the faculty and students who were closest
Chapman University freshman and Temianka Violin Scholar Sandra Bouissou was selected as one of only three people from Orange County, and the only college student, to perform in a special masterclass with world-renowned violinist, Pinchas Zukerman on March 18 in Samueli Hall at Segerstrom Center for the Arts . Hailed for his artistry as both an
Chapman University is pleased to introduce the inaugural Dance Masters at Chapman weekend, February 16 – 18, 2018. The weekend begins with an intimate public performance on Friday, February 16, 2018 with legendary dancers Dwight Rhoden, Ido Tadmor, and Clifford Williams at 7 p.m. in the Chapman Auditorium, Memorial Hall. The performance includes highlights of Dwight Rhoden’s repertory in a lecture-demonstration format,