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Find out how you can become involved in PMA’s live and mediated work at a general information session on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 7:30 pm in the Kiplinger TheatreYou’ll meet directors and filmmakers who will describe their project and casting needs. The casting process will begin on Friday, Sept. 3.There are many opportunities for behind-the-scenes...
When: Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 10 am - 12 pmWhere: Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts430 College Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850, USAThe Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) provides opportunities for students to explore theatre, film, and dance as distinct art forms or to combine these disciplines in exciting ways.PMA will be hosting...
UPDATE: Due to Cornell’s transition to COVID-19 Alert Level Yellow, seating for Festival 24 will be significantly reduced. The performance will be recorded and posted on the PMA Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/CornellPMA) at a later date. When: Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 7:30pm to 9:00pmWhere: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts...
The Performing & Media Arts Performance & Events Committee is pleased to announce its selections for the 2021/2022 academic year, a dynamic slate that highlights student voices and opportunities. From solo performance to a Hip Hop concert, from a work-shopped musical to our annual dance showcase, this selection of film, theatre, dance and...
The University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts has announced the appointment of Emily Roxworthy as its next dean, beginning this July. Roxworthy received her MA in theatre arts from Cornell in 2000. Roxworthy is currently associate dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, San Diego, has led UCSD’s joint...
Enjoy the PMA Sub-basement Film Launch Screening!Monday, May 24 - Wednesday, June 30, 2021Streaming link: bit.ly/PMAfilmscreeningTrailer: vimeo.com/554091661 Come meet the film students and see a short montage of their final film projects.Stewart Thorndike and Jeffrey Palmer’s Film and Video Production sections, PMA 4585 Film and Video 2, PMA...
Bold.org, a student scholarship platform, recently announced a new $6,000 scholarship for three undergraduate or graduate minority students who are interested in, already enrolled in, or are recent graduates who took courses going toward a degree in the arts. Applications for one of those three spots will be accepted until Thursday, September 30,...
Each year, the Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) invites Cornell undergraduate and graduate students to submit essays for the Marvin Carlson Award competition. The recipient of the 2021 award, which is given to the best student essay in theatre or performance as selected by a PMA faculty committee, was Ph.D. student Brian Sengdala for...
The Department of Performing & Media Arts (PMA) is excited to announce CONFINEMENTS, a theatre performance created from the original writings of the Just/Us Coalition, a collaboration between Cornell undergraduates and several graduates of the Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP). The show will screen online Sunday, May 16 at 2:00 p.m.,...
The winners for the 2021 Centrally Isolated Film Festival have been announced. Thank you to those who viewed this year's selected films online, and congratulations to all of the talented students who submitted films for the festival! 2021 WinnersBest Narrative Film"The Bag" — Sam Azghandi, Syracuse UniversityMuhammad is a Male to Female...
The Department of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University is searching for two staff positions: a Communications Manager and an Assistant Technical Director.Communications ManagerThe Communications Manager participates in the development of the strategic communications plan for the Department of Performing and Media Arts, an academic...
Join us on Thursday, April 29, at 4:30 p.m. EDT for a Professional Directions panel, “Life after college in film/TV/media” with Mark DiStefano ’16, Kelly Riopelle ’20, and Samantha Weisman ’15.Link to the Zoom session: bit.ly/LifeAfterCollegePDSamantha Weisman (’15) graduated with a degree in communication and film. She now works at ViacomCBS as...
Join The Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) for the culmination of Making Theatre: Rehearsal & Performance. The class will present Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau (May 8 & 15), to stream as a filmed stage play, and Town Hall by Caridad Svich (May 7), to stream as a live reading with audience engagement. Reserve your free ticket(...
The Department of Performing & Media Arts is pleased to present a reading of The Good Victim, a new original play by Gloria Oladipo, a senior in the college of Arts & Sciences majoring in Government with a minor in English. It will premiere on Friday, April 30th at 7:30 p.m. with a one-time screening. Reserve your free ticket at ...
This year's 8th annual Centrally Isolated Film Festival (CIFF) — Cornell’s annual student-run film competition celebrating student filmmakers — returns with virtual screenings of selected films, available for free streaming anytime from Thursday, April 22 - Friday April 30 at bit.ly/centrallyisolatedfilmfestival. The festival culminates with the...
Jorge Silva ‘12 has been accepted to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He was awarded the Neubauer Civics Scholarship, which is designated for MBA students who work in a 501(c) designated nonprofit organization or for the government. In Silva's case, the nonprofit is The Neo-Futurists in Chicago, an organization he joined in 2016...
The Department of Performing & Media Arts is excited to announce a special film-screening of Testament on Thursday, April 22 at 4:30 p.m. The screening will be followed by a Professional Directions talk with Ian Harkins ’11, Co-Artistic Director of Via Brooklyn Theatre Co., the nonprofit which has produced the show, which is its first...
The Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) welcomes the premiere of 'Asiamnesia' by Sun Mee Chomet, with performances on Thursday, April 15–Saturday, April 17, and talkback sessions following each showtime. Directed by Duoer Jia (’21) and Sara Pistono (’21), two undergraduates in the Cornell University Department of Performing & Media...
The Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) is pleased to announce the winners of the annual Heermans-McCalmon Dramatic Writing Competition. The Heermans-McCalmon awards were established at the bequest of Forbes Heermans (Class of 1878) and in memory of the late George McCalmon, Professor of Speech and Drama. The contest is open to current...
Join the Cornell University Department of Performing and Media Arts for the premiere weekend of Locally Grown Dance (LGD) 2021 (April 7–10, 7:30 & 8:30 p.m., online).Locally Grown Dance 2021 elaborates on the work of solos choreographed by the dancers interpreting the current political and cultural climate, offering moments of reflection and...
Join us for a Q&A with Marga Gomez.Thursday, April 1 at 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. EDTRegister at bit.ly/QAGomezMarga Gomez (she, her, they) is a teaching artist, actor, comedian, and writer/performer of thirteen solo plays which have been presented nationally, internationally and Off-Broadway. She is a GLAAD Media Award winner and recipient of the...
Friday, March 19, 7:00 p.m. ESTThis event is part of the ongoing Critical Moves: Performance in Theory Movement series co-organized by Prof. Balance and Prof. Karen Jaime and co-sponsored by Cornell Asian American Studies Program (AASP), Latina/o Studies Program (LSP), and the Department of Performing and Media Arts. Basement Bhangra Redux is...
Friday, March 263:00 p.m. EDTZoom linkQ&A with Darrien Michele GipsonExecutive Director, SAGIndie Heermans-McCalmon Dramatic Writing Contest JudgeAn M.F.A. recipient from the Peter Stark Producers Program at the University of Southern California, Darrien was formerly the Vice President of Production for DEF Pictures. As Executive...
Join PMA assistant professor Jeffrey Palmer Thursday, March 4, at 6:00 p.m. EST for a panel discussion about "Indigenous Changemakers." This event is brought to you by PBS/WNET #Unladylike2020PBS, a webinar series elevating "the Hidden History of American Women."Many Black women and women of color have had an incredible impact on American history...
In December 2020, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow/Visiting Lecturer Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz published an academic journal article in the international dance publication INVESTIGACIONES EN DANZA Y MOVIMIENTO (idym). In “Pleasure in Circulation: Erotic Power on the Migrant Road to Amarillo,” Juan Manuel examines the dance performance Amarillo and...