The beginning dialogues in “Chasing Mem’ries” feel a bit stale, much like the stuffy attic the play is set in. Directed by Josh Ravetch, “Chasing Mem’ries: A Different Kind of Musical” runs from Nov. Read more...
Photo: Newly widowed Victoria (Tyne Daly) looks at a family photo album with her son Mason (Scott Kradolfer) while reminiscing about her late husband. (Courtesy of Chris Whitaker)
Larry Cedar converted Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Notes from the Underground” from a dense 48,000-word novel to a 15,000-word one-man show. “It’s like they always say that when a sculptor has a big block of stone and he wants to make a sculpture of a beautiful woman, he just cuts away everything that isn’t the woman,” Cedar said. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Larry Cedar spent nine months adapting Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel “Notes from the Underground” into his own one-man show. Cedar will perform the final performance of his adaptation Thursday night. (Courtesy of Lauren Conoscenti)
HOOLIGAN Theatre Company is trying to push boundaries this quarter with risqué costumes and social commentary in its production of “Cabaret.” In addition to a heavy amount of dancing, the show deals with themes of violence and genocide in 1930s Germany. Read more...
Photo: Christian Giannini (left), a third-year communications student, and Emily Allendorf (right), a first-year political science student, will perform in HOOLIGAN Theatre Company’s production of “Cabaret” this weekend. Giannini plays Emcee, a character who narrates and provides insight into what is happening onstage while interacting with the audience. (Nick Kardan/Daily Bruin)
“Great Scott! And Other Above-Average People” will feature three plays in one show. Six UCLA students of the LCC Theatre Company directed three one-act plays for the student-run, Asian-American theater company’s first production this fall. Read more...
Photo: Kady Le, a fourth-year film and television student, directed “Seoul Occupant,” a one-act play that features a family’s response to a housing crisis in Los Angeles’ Koreatown. (Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)
Vanessa Guzmán had her first panic attack in the middle of a high school math exam. Guzmán said she felt the walls closing in on her, and all the noises around her magnified. Read more...
Photo: Vanessa Guzmán, a third-year art student, suffered from anxiety and panic attacks when she was a high school student. After being homeschooled and overcoming a two-year-long state of social isolation, she began exploring new mediums of art at her community college, such as performance art. Her exhibition “Ellos” was recently displayed in the Broad Art Center. (Chelsea Zhang/Daily Bruin)
The “Black is Beautiful” exhibit in Kerckhoff Art Gallery featured portraits of black students taken by seven black photographers in an effort to showcase the beauty of the black community at UCLA, according to the event’s Facebook page. Read more...
Photo: (Chelsea Zhang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 9 at 11:29 a.m. Daniel Schwarz compressed the entire 1,954 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border into two parallel accordion photo books. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Daniel Schwarz’ parallel accordion photo books depict 2,000 miles of land between the United States and Mexico. The artwork is running at the “Frontera” exhibit at Canadian Photography Institute in the National Gallery of Canada until April 2. (Courtesy of Daniel Schwarz)
