More than a decade ago, UCLA professor Paul Abramson became involved as an expert witness in a sexual abuse case so influential to him that he wrote a musical about it. Read more...
Photo: Professor Paul Abramson sings on stage with his band “Crying 4 Kafka” in his punk rock musical “The Saint of F’ed Up Karma,” which explores a sexual abuse case.
“Creditors” is a 95-minute performance of concentrated dramatic action. Plot events unfold so quickly that audience members can hardly keep track of which characters are manipulating who before the play’s shocking ending. Read more...
Paul Chihara, UCLA professor of theory and composition and head of the Visual Media program, composed the score for the Chinese dance-acrobatic ballet “Yulan: World of Love,” which premiered at East Los Angeles College this week. Read more...
Photo: UCLA professor Paul Chihara composed the score for “Yulan: World of Love,” a dance-acrobatic ballet that was named after a sacred flower in Chinese folklore.
Robots, video clips and superhero characters have come together at the New Wight Gallery. Students of the Design | Media Arts graduate program are currently presenting their work in a week-long exhibition entitled “Prefix.” The gallery includes multifaceted pieces, including displays of film, performance and computer engineering. Read more...
It’s been two years since UCLA’s graduate department at the School of Theater, Film and Television accepted any actors into its program. In the wake of Tony Award-winning Professor Mel Shapiro’s retirement as the head of UCLA’s graduate acting program, Michael Hackett, chairman of the Department of Theater, and other faculty members of the graduate theater department spent two years in search of a new head of acting to recalibrate the program. Read more...
Photo: The graduate department at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television launched its recalibrated acting curriculum under the leadership of a new head of acting. The program focuses on ensemble building and training students for the contemporary world.
Every year, every quarter, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA welcomes talent from fields across the creative spectrum. From theatrical performances to musicians to authors, this fall proves no different, hosting and bringing diversity to Royce Hall, with guests including a Peruvian singer and multi-instrumentalists. Read more...
Writer Dean McClure was watching his daughter perform in a parade at Disneyland 20 years ago when he asked himself why a musical had never been made to highlight the life of Walt Disney. Read more...
