Jonathan Pope Evans, assistant professor of theatre, admits his film may not be easy to watch. The Buried chronicles the hate crime murder of a gay man in rural Alabama, and Evans opted for a surreal filmmaking style, recounting the event with dreamlike imagery. But the experimental narrative about the 2004 murder is gaining
Victoria Leach (’12), until this past May a student assistant and Chamber Orchestra manager for the Conservatory of Music, has just been hired by Santa Barbara’s Camerata Pacifica as Operations Manager. Victoria was a cello student of adjunct professor Roger Lebow but attended Chapman mainly to study arts operations/management. She joins a growing number of recent graduates
OC-centric: Orange County’s New Play Festival returns to the Chapman University campus this month with full productions of 5 new works from Orange County playwrights. Under the artistic direction of associate professor of theatre Tamiko Washington, Chapman theatre majors and alumni work side-by-side with professional actors and directors in this exciting event. Supported generously by
Theatre alumna Maisie Chan (’12) has landed an internship at Disney World in Orlando, FL. She says “life at Disney World is very humid, but I’m really enjoying it. I’m really liking everyone who works here and the internship. They have given me the job of being the main Production Assistant for Epcot’s Food & Wine Festival
Honor and Family , a new 15 minute musical, written by Collin Martin (’10) with Thirza Defoe and Nolan Doran, was featured in this year’s West Village Musical Theatre Festival. This musical explores the meaning of honoring your family and honoring your country. This year, the West Village Musical Theatre Festival, now Off-Broadway, featured
Dale A. Merrill, Dean of the College of Performing Arts, was invited to serve as a guest instructor at a summer dance workshop for young dancers in Great Falls, Montana. This program attracted students from all over the state and featured other guest artists Cheryl Johnson of SUNY Brockport and Jay Goodlett, formerly of the
The Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO), led by Daniel Alfred Wachs, assistant professor of music and music director and conductor of the Chapman University Chamber Orchestra, has been named a winner of the American Prize. The American Prize, founded in 2009, is an annual competition providing regional, national and international recognition for the
Theatre majors Trevor Weil (’12), Michael Lee (’13), Steven Bravek (’13) and Jason Goussak (’14) were selected to participate in the USITT Elite training program in Las Vegas, NV. The program, hosted jointly by Cirque du Soleil and USITT, hosted a total of 32 students from across the country. Students were assigned to
MicroFest, “the world’s leading concert series devoted to the glorious universe of non-standard tunings”, was brought to Chapman University’s Conservatory of Music by assistant professor of music Nick Terry, who has worked with the founder John Schneider since 2003. Since 1997, MicroFest has grown to a festival of eight separate events this year at Southern
Get your whimsy fix this weekend with Opera Chapman as it presents Mozart’s fantastical fairy tale fantasy, The Magic Flute , which opens Friday, April 27, with a 7:30 p.m. performance at Memorial Hall. Mozart’s final opera has enchanted audiences for more than 220 years with its journey through strange lands full of