Samad Guerra was initially convinced he had been rejected by the Fulbright Program in Morocco. Guerra said he was so nervous during his interview that he felt quite pessimistic about his acceptance. Read more...
Photo: Samad Guerra, a graduating fifth-year world arts and cultures student, discovered a few Gnawa CDs at the music store where he worked. On June 19, Guerra leaves for a six-week program in Morocco to research Gnawa culture. (Jennifer Lin/Daily Bruin)
First, she was Bellatrix Lestrange. Then she rap battled USC, went to “The Great Fratsby” and most recently serenaded UCLA students with her rendition of “I’m a Bro.” Now, as her fourth year draws to a close, Spring Sing Company member and fourth-year theater student Kimia Behpoornia is creating her own variety comedy show for the online television network Pivot. Read more...
Photo: A member of Spring Sing’s Company, Rapid Fire Improv, ComedySportz Los Angeles and all things funny, graduating fourth-year theater student Kimia Behpoornia is working on the all-new online comedy show “2KSLAM!” (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin Senior Staff)
It’s any almost-graduate’s nightmare: Clutching his chest and inhaling gasps of air, a college senior just days away from graduation has a panic attack as he is notified of an incomplete grade due to an accusation of plagiarism. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Michael Lamont)
While strolling through the Murphy Sculpture Garden, fourth-year Design | Media Arts student Kristyn Solie encountered a homeless man who insisted that she take one of the many books of poetry he was carrying with him, but she refused. Read more...
Photo: “Holographic,” the Design | Media Arts senior exhibition, gave fourth-year Design | Media Arts student Rakeem Cunningham the chance to explore filmography. Cunningham’s four-part video series, titled “Me,” illustrates different elements of the artist’s life in the past year. (Courtesy of Rakeem Cunningham)
Hooligan Theatre Company will transport students to 1960s Britain, a time and place where pornography was illegal but still, as such things do, found its way into households. Read more...
Photo: Hooligan Theatre Company will present its spring production, “No Sex Please, We’re British,” this Friday at Schoenberg Hall. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
While the belligerent relationship between the characters Beatrice and Benedick has been played out on stages across the centuries, the Shakespeare Company at UCLA’s “Much Ado About Nothing” revives the classic feud in an era known for bouffant hair, rock music and liberation. Read more...
Photo: The Shakespeare Company at UCLA, a student-run independent theater group, will transport William Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” to 1960s England in the company’s newest production, running from May 30 to June 1. The company’s adaptation separates characters into the Mods and the Rockers, two subcultures divided by their lifestyles. (Shakespeare Company at UCLA)
Seven UCLA theater students are taking a risk with site-specific theater and no professional advisement and hoping it pays off. Presenting a site-specific production of “Crimes of the Heart” at 449 Landfair Ave. Read more...
Photo: “Crimes of the Heart,” directed by third-year theater student Gaston Perez, tells the story of three sisters, bonded by their misfortunes. The play is the first production from The Treehouse Theater Company. (Kelsey Kong/Daily Bruin)
