Friday, February 6

UCLA theater company musicals blossom with botanical garden as stage

The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden will serve as a backdrop for more than just plants and flowers this weekend. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, it will become the set for the Dually Noted Theatre Company’s fall production. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year theater student Davia Schendel wrote “Beatniks,” one of the two plays that will be staged Friday through Sunday as a part of Dually Noted Theatre Company’s fall production. “Beatniks”commemorates the female poets of the Beat Generation, a counterculture literary movement of writers and poets that emerged post-World War II. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA Theater chair directs multigenerational one-woman show

Michelle Azar plays her own mother, father and grandfather in her latest one-woman show. “From Baghdad to Brooklyn” will make its New York debut Saturday at the United Solo Festival and follow Azar’s family heritage from mid-20th century Iraq to present-day New York and Los Angeles. Read more...

Photo: Michelle Azar plays four characters including herself in her latest one-woman show, “From Baghdad to Brooklyn.” The show, which is directed by Brian Kite, the chair of UCLA’s theater department, features Azar’s family’s stories, which she acts out with musical accompaniment. (Courtesy of Majorie Salvaterra)


Immersive, interactive theater performance showcases Halloween horrors

Audience members of “The Cure” received a list of disclaimers via email before attending the show. The disclaimers warned audience members of complete darkness, intimate encounters with cast members, mature themes and proximity to strangers. Read more...

Photo: “The Cure,” which ran Oct. 28 and 29 in Macgowan Hall, is a devised immersive theater experience put on by Act III Theatre Ensemble. It transformed a small black box theater into the Macgowan Manor Asylum, complete with various bedrooms and patients. Actors donned costumes and engaged with audience members. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)


UCLA students, faculty recreate renowned architecture models

The “Super Models” architectural exhibit will feature a German house and a dental clinic all under an 18.5 foot foam structure. Each building is a copy of other architectural models held in the German Architecture Museum’s collection created for the exhibition. Read more...

Photo: Sylvia Lavin, an architecture and urban design professor, helped lead a team of students in creating copies of architectural models held in the German Architecture Museum called the DAM. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)



Alumna’s personal experiences add realism to acting in ‘This Land’

Audience members of “This Land” can experience about 150 years of Los Angeles history without ever having to leave the comfort of their seats. The historical play will run Friday through Nov. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Cheryl Umaña Bonilla stars in the Company of Angels’ “This Land,” a historical play that follows 12 different characters’ claim to the land that is modern day Watts. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)




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