Chapman University has received a major gift of California art, valued at in excess of $7 million, from noted collectors Mark and Janet Hilbert of Newport Coast, in addition to $3 million from the couple toward establishing a museum on campus in which to permanently display the collection to the public. Chapman will celebrate the gift at a dedication event at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2014, at the former Villa Park Orchards Packing House, 350 N. Cypress Street in Orange. The event will feature a display of paintings from the collection; a lecture by Jean Stern, director of the Irvine Museum; and remarks by the Hilberts and Chapman President Jim Doti.
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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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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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