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A movie used to be just a bunch of rolls of film, and now it’s just a file. A collection of frames that bleed into one another, aided by sound bits that follow. But what does it mean to make a film? To go from nothing to something as small as a file, as regular as a story, as big as a world? Every filmmaker discovers that for themselves. At PMA,...
"These awardees represent the best of what New York's vibrant communities have to offer," said Governor Kathy Hochul.
Maya Phillips, a critic at large for The New York Times, has been named winner of the 2020-21 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. The award committee comprises the heads of the English departments of Cornell, Princeton and Yale Universities.
The opera centers on a pivotal moment in French operatic history known as the “War of the Buffoons.”
Join us on Saturday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. for Musics of Southeast Asian America featuring Ruby Ibarra and Bochan Huy.Location: Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsDirect from the San Francisco/Bay Area, Cambodian American vocalist Bochan Huy and Filipina American hip hop artist Ruby Ibarra take the Kip Theatre stage in...
Join us on Friday, March 25, from 2:00-5:00 p.m. for a Bread & Puppet Cantastoria workshop at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Room 322.One of the oldest non-profit political theater companies in the U.S., Bread & Puppet presents its famed hands-on Cantastoria Workshop. Participants will create theatre involving the narration...
Join us on Friday, March 25, at 12:30 p.m. for a Professional Directions talk with director/cinematographer Rand Rosenberg on his artistic work and how to navigate the freelance media and film world in NYC.Location: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsRand Rosenberg is a director and cinematographer based in New York City. He has...
The Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) is pleased to announce the 2022 winners of the Heermans-McCalmon Dramatic Writing Competition.The first-place winners of the Heermans-McCalmon Dramatic Writing Competition are (Don't) Tell Danny, a screenplay by Jack Muench '22Old Man and Boy, a play by Andrew Vincenzo Lorenzen '22Winning...
This behind-the-scenes video shows how a scale model house went from concept to assembly in the Schwartz's shop to filming the final "burning" shot. PMA's Assistant Technical Director Savannah Relos, plus several PMA staff and students, collaborated to create this scale model house as part of a senior thesis film project soon to be released.
Heermans-McCalmon Dramatic Writing Awards PresentationMarch 28 5pmClass of ‘56 Dance TheatreSchwartz Center for the Performing Arts430 College Ave, Ithaca, NYThe presentation includes staged readings of the first-place winners, “(Don’t) Tell Danny” a screenplay by Jack Muench ‘22, “Old Man and Boy” a play by Andrew V. Lorenzen ‘22, and “A...
PMA will host a local Ithaca theatre company meet and greet in the Schwartz lobby on 3/17 from 4:30 pm-6:00 pm.Learn about cast and crew opportunities from local Ithaca theatre groups.Local Ithaca Theatre Companies to be in attendance:Hangar TheatreKitchen TheatreCivic EnsembleClockmaker ArtsCherry Arts
Meet Kayla Bouazouni '22, a PMA major, Fine Arts minor who created the mural in the Helen Ann Mattin green room. Kayla talks about working with PMA faculty and staff to create the piece. A transcript of the interview can be found below the video.Kayla:Hello, my name is Kayla. I'm a PMA major, Fine Arts minor. I'm a senior graduating in...
Join us on Sunday, March 27, at 3:00 p.m. for a Professional Directions talk with actor/writer/director Ellie Foumbi on how to survive as a filmmaker and make the first feature.Location: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsEllie Foumbi is an actor/writer/director from Cameroon whose work has screened at Venice, HollyShorts and...
Save the dates! A Chicano's Guide to Navigation will run from March 24-26 in the Black Box Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.Performance dates:March 24 7:30 p.m.March 25, 5:00 p.m.March 26, 2:00 p.m.March 26, 7:30 p.m.Synopsis: The main character, Maria, is trying to develop a presentation where he shares his insight into...
Jan Balakian, a Cornell Alumni, will have a staged reading of her play Dreams on Fire, which tells the story of the Armenian Genocide and the traumatic effects on future generations. When she was a student, Balakian won a Cornell playwriting prize for her play in 1989; this achievement sparked the creation of Dreams on Fire.Dreams follow the...
ICG Magazine recently interviewed Mariela Ferrer Zequeria '12 about her journey as a Camera Assistant. In the interview, she states, "When I was at Cornell, I majored in film [and Italian]. That's where my interest in the film industry took off." Ferrer Zequeira is a San Juan, Puerto Rico native, and after being at Cornell, her passion blossomed...
The Video Production Assistant (VPA) is focused on assisting PMA's marketing and communications video productions in all aspects of preproduction, including attending production meetings, background research, casting, location scouting, planning, and scheduling shoots and video shoot preparation.The VPA will assist in prepping production...
The 2021-22 season at the Cherry Arts highlights questions of racism, dispossession, and migration, while engaging the community.Learn more about the ongoing season of plays from Nick Salvato (PMA professor of Performing and Media Arts), Aoise Stratford (PMA lecturer), and Sam Buggeln, supported by the Migrations initiative.
The Department of Performing and Media Arts is seeking to hire a Cinema Director for Cornell Cinema.The Cinema Director is responsible for all activities of Cornell Cinema, Cornell University’s nationally renowned media exhibition program, which provides film education, entertainment, and cultural opportunities for the Cornell community and...
