Posts by: Mary Platt

Jim Taulli, has been tapped to direct the Chapman University Department of Theatre’s next production, “Spring Awakening,” which will run October 24-26 and November 7-9 in Chapman’s Waltmar Theatre. The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, “Spring Awakening” is a rock musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind’s 1891 German expressionist dramatic masterpiece about teenage self-discovery. Wedekind’s frank and, for its time, shocking play, subtitled “A Children’s Tragedy,” was banned in Germany for some time because it included themes of sex, homosexuality, child abuse and rape.

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Xander Berkeley (“24,” “Nikita”), Sarah Clarke (“Twilight,” “24” ) and Sterling Sulieman (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Pretty Little Liars”) will read short stories by NYC writer David Means.


Orange, Calif. — Following a standing-room-only debut in September, the Chapman University English Department will once again host WordTheatre®’s Actor/Author Series […]

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Environmental Honor Goes to the Renovated Historic Structure, Once a Segregated “Mexican School,” Which Now Houses Chapman’s Human Development Research Program

ORANGE, Calif. — The historic Cypress Street Schoolhouse in Old Towne Orange – once a segregated “Mexican school” and now owned by Chapman University and renovated to house the […]

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Chapman University’s Argyros School of Business and Economics and its Economic Science Institute (ESI) have grabbed the #1 and #2 spots in a very influential international ranking, the RePEc Project’s “Top Institutions in the Field of Experimental Economics.”

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Dean Bob Bassett of Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts has been honored by Variety as Hollywood’s ‘Media Mentor of the Year,’ on newsstands now. This prestigious honor highlights the innovative and creative academic curriculum offered to students by Bob Bassett and the esteemed faculty at Chapman University’s Dodge College.

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Stars of Downton Abbey and Longmire kick off WordTheatre® with FREE event on September 16. Celebrated authors’ short stories will be brought to life by film and television celebrities and Chapman students.

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Academy Award® winning producer and President of Mandalay Pictures Cathy Schulman (“Crash,” “The Illusionist”) and veteran Hollywood art director and set designer John Chichester (“Tropic Thunder”) are the two newest industry luminaries to join the faculty of Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, recognized as one of the world’s premier film schools.

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Four new 20-person shuttle buses to serve new Panther Village student housing complex and Chapman’s west campus.

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Mary Platt
Director of Communications and Media Relations
Chapman University
One University Drive, Orange, CA
platt@chapman.edu

Note: Mary Platt will be out of the office Aug. 5-13.

ORANGE, Calif. – Lawrence “LB” Brown, PharmD, Ph.D., FAPhA, associate dean of student and academic affairs for Chapman University’s new School […]

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New trustees Zenab Dabbah, M.D., J.D., and Joel P. Moskowitz and new governors Deborah Bridges, Rebecca Hall, Elim Kay and James F. Wilson have joined the university’s boards.

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