John Benitz, associate professor of theatre, has won a $10,000 Community Stories grant from Cal Humanities to travel throughout California with his production of If All the Sky Were Paper by Andrew Carroll. The grant will allow the California War Letters Preservation Project to identify, film, and post on the web the stories of California veterans, in
The TH 329: Dramaturgy class taught by Dr. Jocelyn L. Buckner received a Certificate of Merit from the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival for their dramaturgical work on the Department of Theatre’s spring production of Stage Door , by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber and directed by Dr. Nina LeNoir. B.A. Theatre major Stephanie
Theatre majors Michael Lee (’13), Katey Phillips (’14) and Francesca Muscolo-Arlt (’15) have recently been awarded Cirque du Soleil internships. Michael will take an internship on the production of O at the Bellagio in Lighting and Automation, Katey will be a wardrobe crew intern on Zarkana at the Aria, and Francesca will be a wardrobe crew intern
Eternal Thou by Matthew McCray (’98) will be presented at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA from June 6-9, 2013. Framed by the spiritual philosophies of the mystic Martin Buber, Eternal Thou is a high-tech science fiction drama about the future of the Internet and man’s search for spiritual enlightenment. In Eternal Thou, the
In March 2013, assistant professor of theatre Jocelyn Buckner presented the paper “’The History of America is the History of Private Property’: The Politics of Home, Humor, Hate, and History in Clybourne Park and A Raisin in the Sun ,” and served as panel chair for “Staging the Nation: Three Centuries of Constructing
Thirteen theatre performance majors wrapping up their degree requirements will show their best work and formally launch their professional careers as they take the stage Thursday, May 2, at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Beverly Hills, CA. The BFA Showcase is akin to a coming-out party for the Department of Theatre’s graduating thespians. They’ll perform
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced its second round of fiscal year 2013 Art Works grants, and Chapman University, through project manager Associate Professor of Theatre John Benitz, has been awarded $20,000 to support a tour of Andrew Carroll’s If All the Sky Were Paper, produced at Chapman in 2012 and 2010. The
Theatre alumna Malia Wright (’12) is playing the role of Dorinda in The Beaux’ Stratagem at A Noise Within in Pasadena, CA. This restoration comedy by George Farquhar, directed by Julia Rodriguez Elliott, is playing through May 26, 2013. The production received a terrific review from the Los Angeles Times . Visit A Noise
Theatre majors Michael Lee (’13) and Steven Bravek (’13) have been selected to participate in the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Elite training program in Las Vegas, NV for the second year in a row! Through an intense application process, students are selected and assigned to one of the following areas of study:
Lance Frantzich (’12) is currently appearing in Belz! A Jewish Vaudeville Musical at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, CA. In this revival, 18 actors play 65 characters, sing an array of original and traditional Jewish songs, and tell dozens of jokes. Revolving around a fictitious Jewish comedian, Hugo Schwartz, audiences travel through five decades, beginning