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What would the Earth look like if we banded together to counter the destructive forces of climate change? Writers Aoise Stratford and Toby Ault bridge science and art in the multimedia experience Virtual Landscapes, which offers audiences the opportunity to contribute to the play-in-progress.Set 100 years from now, the play combines video footage...
They came by the busload, more than 400 asylum seekers, representing approximately 60 families. They were fleeing persecution in the Congo and Angola, their fear propelling them to Central America and then on foot to the Southern Border of the United States. The news is still breaking, the story still developing. Asylum seekers are coming to Maine...
When: Wednesday, October 23, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.Where: Eissner Pavilion, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsJoin us for a Q&A discussion with Writer/Producer/Director Charles Stuart and Nyamon Nguany Machar (aka “Moon”).This talk is part of Cornell Performing & Media Arts' Professional Directions Series and is free and open to the...
When: Wednesday, October 9, 3:30 p.m.Where: SB23, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsJoin us for a Q&A discussion with filmmaker Cynthia Wade.This talk is part of Cornell Performing & Media Arts' Professional Directions Series and is free and open to the public.Cynthia Wade’s 2008 documentary Freeheld won a 2008 Academy Award for...
Call for ProposalsThe Performance and Events committee wishes to invite faculty, staff, and student directors, choreographers, filmmakers, designers, writers, performers, creators, scholars, and curators to submit project proposals for next year’s Performance and Events Calendar. We are seeking to program a combination of events that will develop...
INFO SESSION for NEW JANUARY TERM COURSE:SCREENWRITING IN LOS ANGELES (3 credits)Taught by PMA Associate Professor Austin BunnWednesday, October 9, 4:30–5 pmRoom 124Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsSCREENWRITING IN LOS ANGELES (3 credits)January 8–18, 2020Scholarship Deadline: Oct. 15Enrollment Deadline: Nov. 1Explore creative...
Department of Performing and Media Arts senior lecturer and Civic Ensemble Artistic Director Godfrey L. Simmons Jr. stars in The Cherry Artspace’s production of The Shoe by Québec playwright David Paquet in the play’s first-ever production in the English language. Directed by Cherry Artistic Director Samuel Buggeln, The Shoe uses inventive magical...
BUY TICKETS ($7)Animate grocery store items, a haunted 500-dollar bill, and the provocative case of actor Jussie Smollett are among the varied topics explored in this year’s 10-Minute Play Festival from the Cornell University Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) and the Graduate Researchers in Media and Performing Arts (GRMPA). The...
Elaigwu Ameh, a PhD student in the Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA), recently received an honorable mention for the John S. Knight Award for Writing Exercises and Handouts. The Knight Award honors first-year writing seminar instructors who have developed excellent exercises for improving student writing. Ameh received his award for...
BUY TICKETSSeptember 26, 7:30 p.m.September 27, 7:30 p.m.September 28, 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsDirected by Beth F. MillesRehearsing and training for “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe (September 26–28, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts) has been an exercise in stamina and endurance for...
Sign up now for fall auditions!When: Tuesday, September 3, beginning at 7:00 p.m.Where: Black Box Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsOpen to all Cornell students, faculty & staff! LGBTQIA+ and POC are encouraged to audition.Please prepare a one-minute monologue.Callbacks will be held September 4–6.Auditions will be held for...
In episode 25 of the PMA Podcast, Festival24 producer Milo Reynolds-Dominguez '20 walks us through the busy and thrilling 24 hours of the biannual festival. In just one day, students write, cast, direct, rehearse, and perform original works. Listen to find out what it takes to pull off this exciting festival, and don't miss Festival24 this...
Cornell University’s Department of Performing and Media Arts seeks an assistant professor with expertise in design for live and mediated performance (theatre, dance, film, etc.) for a tenure-track position beginning July 1, 2020. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in diverse traditions and paradigms, and candidates with...
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Performing & Media ArtsAcademic Years 2020-2022Cornell University, Ithaca, NYWith the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department of Performing and Media Arts invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship position beginning August 1, 2020. The fellowship offers a...
Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., senior lecturer in the Cornell University Department of Performing and Media Arts and artistic director of Civic Ensemble, will perform Mike Daisey's provocative monologue The Trump Card July 18–28 at the Kitchen Theatre Company in downtown Ithaca.The Trump Card is an examination of our current political moment and a call...
What is the path to starring in an Academy Award–winning motion picture? Perhaps Dominique Thorne can answer. A Brooklyn, New York native, Thorne attended the Professional Performing Arts High School in Manhattan (PPAS), where she received very formal training in dramatic theater. When the time came to apply to colleges, however, she divided her...
At the age of five, Julia Dunetz saw her first Broadway play with her dad. It was Beauty and the Beast. She found herself thinking about the play for 24 out of the 24 hours of the day. So, like most young children, she decided to be in her school plays. As the years progressed, Dunetz realized that she was not going to be an actress but that...
Jayme Kilburn, a PhD student in the Department of Performing and Media Arts, received the 2019 Community Outreach Award from the Cornell University Graduate School’s Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement (OISE). Jayme was selected for her “dedication and positive impact using theater to create positive social change within and beyond the...
When: Friday, May 10, 2019, at 9:30 p.m.Where: Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsJoin us for 90 minutes of lighting, music, and magic!Experience the Kiplinger main stage like you’ve never seen it before when students from PMA 3650: Automated Lighting & Control present their final project—creating a live concert light...
When: May 10, 2019, at 8 p.m.Where: Class of ’56 Dance Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsI'm Honored (I Think) is an hour-long stand-up comedy show written and performed by Julia Shebek (featuring Cameron Hass). This show is Julia's Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts honors thesis.Julia will also be performing on May...
When: Saturday, May 11, at 9:00 p.m. (rain date Sunday, May 12, at 9:00 p.m.)Where: Schwartz Center CourtyardThe nighttime performance will have the dancers and musicians improvising madly in the dazzling lights shooting onto the streets and into the skies from the windows of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts! What a way to celebrate...
The Cornell PMA Performance and Events Committee is proud to present the following list of PMA Performances and Events scheduled for 2019–20. We look forward to seeing you in our audiences and working with you on our stages, in our production shops, and in our classrooms in what will be an exciting and challenging year of making and experiencing...
When: Friday, May 10, at 6:00 p.m.Where: Black Box Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts(Nos)otros, meaning "Us Others," is a student-led dance show exploring themes of duality, identity, and transformation. The show is directed by Elise Smith '19 and produced by Sabrina Liu '20, with choreography by Elise and Serena Lotreck '19 and...
Fresh off her run as associate producer of the successful national tour of Hundred Days, Cornell University senior Julia Dunetz ’19 will be making her Broadway producing debut as a co-producer on SEA WALL / A LIFE, starring Jake Gyllenhaal & Tom Sturridge, coming to The Hudson Theatre on Broadway in summer 2019. “I am beyond thrilled to be...
Where: Tuesday, May 7, 6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m. When: Room 320, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsAdam Ayers of YoGay Yoga will lead a free, special event yoga session. All levels, beginners to longtime practitioners, are welcome.Presented by the Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts and co-sponsored by LGBTQ Resource Center.About ...