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CU theatre majors selected for Kennedy Center Festival

February 10, 2015 by | CoPA News

This week, 26 Chapman University theatre majors will attend the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival ’s (KCACTF) regional competition in St. George, Utah. The festival, which runs February 10-14 at Dixie State University, features competitions in playwriting, devised theatre and acting, along with scholarship and awards programs. In addition, festival participants have the opportunity

Impro for People Skills This Interterm

February 11, 2014 by | CoPA News

During Interterm, a group of 14 students from various disciplines took “Impro for People Skills” with Dr. Theresa R. Dudeck, instructor of acting.  In this course, students applied improvisational theatre theories and techniques to improve their soft skills (e.g., authentically engaging with others, collaborating, taking risks, motivating others, spontaneously and effectively delivering a story or

Theatre Students to Attend KCACTF Regional Festival

January 31, 2014 by | CoPA News

Six Chapman theatre students will be attending the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Regional Festival in Los Angeles, February 19-22, to take part in a variety of activities.  Harrison Givens ’14 is a semi-finalist in the Ten-Minute play competition and Kesia Ross ’14 will be competing in the Stage Management Competition.  Two

Students Tour New Cirque du Soleil Production

December 11, 2013 by | CoPA News

Alicia Guy, associate professor of dance, and Don Guy, assistant professor of theatre, took a group of dance majors and technical theatre students to see a performance of Cirque du Soleil’s Totem in Irvine and then did a backstage tour lead by the company manager, technical director and operations manager.

OC-centric New Play Festival Returns for 2013

August 1, 2013 by | CoPA News

Founded by associate professor of theatre Tamiko Washington, OC-centric: Orange County’s New Play Festival returns to campus for its third straight year.  OC-centric brings Chapman theatre majors together to work alongside professional actors and directors. The festival is promoted across the Southland and is quickly becoming a destination for exciting new theatre.  Tickets

Theatre Student News

June 3, 2013 by | CoPA News

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

Technical Theatre Students Land Cirque du Soleil Internships

May 22, 2013 by | CoPA News

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

Theatre Majors Selected for USITT Training Program

April 17, 2013 by | CoPA News

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:

Stage Door Integrates Production and Student Research

March 8, 2013 by | CoPA News

Chapman University’s Department of Theatre is producing the 1936 classic comedy, Stage Door, directed by professor Dr. Nina LeNoir, with thirty-two student actors, four student stage managers, a creative and design team of seven students, staff and faculty, six additional support staff members, and a student production crew of thirty-three. That’s eighty-two students, faculty

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