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Theatre Alumna Wins Ovation Award

September 25, 2013 by | CoPA News

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

More Faculty News

September 3, 2013 by | CoPA News

Robin Kish, assistant professor of dance, was invited as a guest faculty member for the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science course titled Healthy Dance Practice and Performance, and guest speaker at the preconference education workshop at the annual conference of the Performing Arts Medicine Association in Snowmass, CO, where she also presented original

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment and Technology Symposium Returns This Fall

August 28, 2013 by | CoPA News

The third annual Cirque du Soleil Entertainment and Technology Symposium, directed by Professor Alicia Guy, Department of Dance and Professor Don Guy, Head of Entertainment Technology, will take place at Chapman University September 28-29, 2013. This year’s event will include performance and technical classes led by Cirque du Soleil and Disney, plus many of the

College of Performing Arts Faculty Work in Europe This Summer

August 27, 2013 by | CoPA News

Many of our faculty members traveled across the Atlantic this summer to teach and perform.  Highlights include: Robert Becker, assistant professor of music, was invited to Cremona, Italy as a guest concerto soloist, chamber music artist, and string adjudicator for the International Music Competition and Festival. Assistant professor of theatre Donald Guy and associate professor of

Department of Theatre’s Present Laughter to be Directed by Former Laguna Playhouse Artistic Director

August 23, 2013 by | CoPA News

This fall, the Department of Theatre will present Present Laughter, a 1939 Noel Coward comedy classic featuring sparkling dialogue and larger-than-life characters.  At the helm of the production will be Andrew Barnicle, who served as artistic director of The Laguna Playhouse from 1991 through 2010, producing over 100 shows and directing over 40 of them, including

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 Alumnus to Debut Play at South Coast Repertory

May 20, 2013 by | CoPA News

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

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