Dr. Theresa R. Dudeck, our new instructor of theatre, will be representing the College of Performing Arts at the Big Orange Book Festival and signing copies of her newly released book, Keith Johnstone: A Critical Biography (London: Bloomsbury, 2013). This biography is the first written on Johnstone, a pioneer of improvisation and the creator of Theatresports, who
Assistant professor of theatre Dr. Jocelyn L. Buckner published the essay “’Spectacular Opacities’: The Hyers Sisters’ Performances of Respectability and Resistance” in the peer-reviewed African American Review issue 45.3, subtitled “Special Issue: On Black Performance.” This essay analyzes the Hyers Sisters, a Reconstruction-era African American sister act, and their radical efforts to transcend
Theatre alumna Jenny Putney ’09 is in the cast of Our Town, playing at the La Jolla Playhouse Oct. 3-6 as part of the With Out Walls Festival. In this new version of Our Town, a group of twenty-somethings invites the audience over for a party under the stars!
Broadway star and Conservatory of Music alumnus Dennis Kelly ’67 has taken silly sitcom roles because work is work and another line on the resume is always good. He exercises and eats right because stage life is demanding. He walks into every audition room “with eagerness – unless I’ve been told not to.” And to
Kellie Spill ’12 won the Ovation Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in Triassic Parq The Musical at the Chance Theater. In addition, Matthew McCray ’98 was nominated for Best Director of a Play for Our Class with Son of Semele Ensemble. Read more about The Ovation Awards in the Los
Vera Ivanova, assistant professor of music, has won the 2013 Earplay Donald Aird Composers Competition with her composition for piano “Three Studies in Uneven Meters.” The prize comes with a monetary award and a performance of the winning composition at the closing concert of the Earplay ensemble’s 2013-2014 season on May 19th, 2014
Nove Deypalan ’08 has launched the Walnut Valley Symphony Orchestra & Master Chorale and the all-professional Nove Deypalan Singers. The world-premiere concert of the Nove Deypalan Singers is October 12 at the First Baptist Church in Pasadena. The all-professional singers are world-class concert artists who were and/or presently affiliated with famous institutions such as, the LA Opera, LA
The Big Band Bubbly Brunch will feature Chapman’s newest and brightest stars: our very own Big Band, under the direction of Albert Alva. A cross between Frank Sinatra and Harry Connick Jr., this ensemble will leave you wanting more. The Big Band Bubbly Brunch is October 6 in the Attallah Piazza and is
In the early 19th century, Italian opera was dominated by three immensely talented and popular composers: Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini. These men knew exactly what their audiences wanted to hear and delivered it in abundance. ”Gems of the Bel Canto Era” will feature scenes, arias and duets from Bellini’s Il Pirata, La Sonnambula and
Broadway star and Conservatory Of Music alumnus Dennis Kelly ’67 was awarded the university’s 2010 Alumni Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award. He returns to Orange County this month in the touring production of Anything Goes at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.As the tipsy and near-sighted Wall Street banker Elisha Whitney, Kelly says he