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On March 15–16, 2019, the Department of Performing and Media Arts will host an interdisciplinary symposium titled “Feminist Directions: Performance, Power, and Leadership.” Over the course of the symposium internationally acclaimed artists Tisa Chang (Pan Asian Repertory Theatre), Holly Hughes (University of Michigan), Leigh Fondakowski (Tectonic...
When: Monday, January 28, 2019, beginning at 7:00 p.m.Where: Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsOpen to all Cornell students, faculty & staff! LGBTQIA+ and POC are encouraged to audition. Sign up on the online callboard. Please prepare a one-minute monologue. Callbacks will be held January 29–31, 2019.Spill by Leigh...
When: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 7:30 p.m.Where: Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsA free evening of performances at the Schwartz Center!Festival24 features an array of various original artistic works, written, cast, directed, rehearsed & performed by students in just 24 hours!Produced by Milo Reynolds-Dominguez ‘20...
When: Tuesday, January 22, 7:30 p.m.Where: Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsEarn Cornell credit while learning about carpentry, costumes, electrics, welding, lights, sounds & life!A Crew Meeting (PMA 1610/2610) is scheduled for Tuesday, January 22, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. in the Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the...
Ithaca’s Cherry Arts Collective revives its annual holiday play, The Snow Queen, for a third year, with ten performances December 12–22 at The Cherry Artspace. Featured in this year’s production is Department of Performing and Media Arts senior lecturer Carolyn Goelzer as the Snow Queen. PMA senior lecturer E.D. Intemann is the production’s...
PMA alumna Gloria Majule has been busy since her graduation in 2017. After Cornell, she worked as a literary intern at Manhattan Theatre Club and as a content and creative intern at Ambassador Theatre Group. She was then accepted into the Yale MFA Playwriting program and started in August 2018. She is currently looking forward to participating in...
Please join students from the Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts' film production courses for a screening of their films in the Schwartz Center's Kiplinger Theatre on Monday, December 10, 2018, at 7:00 p.m.The screenings will include films from the PMA 3570: Introduction to Visual Storytelling and PMA 3510: Documentary Production I:...
When: November 29, November 30 & December 1, 7:30 p.m.Where: Class of ’56 Dance Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsBUY TICKETS ($5)Buy one, get one free at the Schwartz Center box office, 1:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m., Monday–Saturday.Cornell University’s Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) presents its annual Mini Locally...
Attention all student filmmakers!The 6th annual Centrally Isolated Film Festival (CIFF) is seeking submissions from talented students for this year's competition. Selected films will be screened at the Centrally Isolated Film Festival on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, NY, on April 12 & 13, 2019. Cash prizes of $200 per category will...
In episode 19 of the PMA Podcast, The Awakening of Spring (Nov. 9–17) co-director, actor, and Department of Performing and Media Arts senior lecturer Carolyn Goelzer and actors Andrew Dettmer, Bryan Hagelin, and Illana Wallenstein join us to talk about the play.Written in 1890 by German playwright Frank Wedekind, The Awakening of Spring has often...
Our planet. Our future. Our responsibility.Join us for a Climates of Change information session on Wednesday, November 14, from 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts' Black Box Theatre. Free pizza will be served!Applied theater, environmental justice, and civic engagement come together in this interdisciplinary PMA...
Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts senior lecturer Ed Intemann and professor Kent Goetz have been nominated by the Syracuse New Times for Syracuse Area Live Theatre (SALT) awards. The SALT academy recognized Intemann’s lighting design for The Cherry Artspace’s world-premiere production of WHAT HAPPENS NEXT by Saviana Stanescu,...
PMA faculty member and Civic Ensemble founder Godfrey L. Simmons Jr. will perform Mike Daisey's edgy, funny, and provocative monologue "The Trump Card" at the Kitchen Theatre on November 5, the eve of the 2018 midterm elections. The one-night-only performance will benefit WRFI Community Radio."The Trump Card" explores Trumps life story,...
Sign up via the online call board.Auditions for the following upcoming Cornell Performing and Media Arts performances will take place on Monday, November 12, 2018, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center:Tartuffe: A Performance Ventureby MolierePMA 3609 Making TheatreCourse instructors and Director: Carolyn Goelzer and...
When: Tuesday, November 27, 2018, at 4:30 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsThe Professional Directions speaker series will screen the film Young and Innocent, followed by a Q&A discussion with the writer/director Jesse Robinson and Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts Visiting Professor Veronica...
When: Monday, November 12, 2018, at 4:30 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsThis talk is part of Cornell Performing & Media Arts' Professional Directions Series and is free and open to the public.Elliot Fox is an Associate Consultant for the DeVos Institute of Arts Management in the Arts Innovation and Management...
When: Monday, November 12, 2018, at 1:30 p.m.Where: Black Box Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsThis talk is part of Cornell Performing & Media Arts' Professional Directions Series and is free and open to the public.Interested students are invited to join David Feldshuh and his directing class for a discussion with producer...
In episode 18 of the PMA Podcast, we're joined in studio by Constellations (Nov. 1–3) director Julia Dunetz '19 and cast members Reed Rosenberg '20 (Roland) and Nina Leeds '19 (Marianne).Hear about the challenges and joys of staging this two-person play, which explores the multiverse theory and finds Reed and Nina playing multiple versions of the...
Begin your course planning now! The following are new or revised/revived courses offered by the Department of Performing and Media Arts for the spring 2019 semester. Dance Improvisation (PMA 2280)Instructor: Jumay ChuCourse Time: W 7:30 p.m.–9:25 p.m.How do we inhabit the liveness of the moment, make decisions in the instant, remain flexible...
The past week has been difficult for many of us, as multiple acts of terror have killed innocent people and threatened countless others. These acts of aggression include the federal government’s proposal to alter the legal definition of sex in order to intentionally exclude transgender, nonbinary, gender fluid, and intersex people from the rights...
Friday, October 192:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.Room 322, Schwartz CenterInterested theatre students are invited to attend a workshop with Kathryn Pogson and Shea Kelly, representatives from Fordham University's London Dramatic Academy.LDA is the oldest study abroad program in London and is a vigorous conservatory training academy based on the traditions...
When: Friday, October 26, 2018, at 4:30 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsThis talk is part of Cornell Performing & Media Arts' Professional Directions Series and is free and open to the public.Lynn ('88) has created spots for Sesame Street, MTV, and PBS Kids. Currently, her clay-on-glass animated films and...
Four-time Tony-nominee Tovah Feldshuh has signed on to appear in a reading of Dancing with Giants, a new stage work written by her brother, Pulitzer finalist and Department of Performing and Media Arts professor David Feldshuh (Miss Evers' Boys). The reading will be held at Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia on November 14 at 7:00 p.m. ...
When: Monday, October 22, 2018, at 12:30 p.m.Where: Green Room, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsJoin us for a Q&A discussion with Theatre Director & Critic Sara Holdren.This talk is part of Cornell Performing & Media Arts' Professional Directions Series and is free and open to the public.Sara Holdren is the artistic director...
When: Thursday, September 27, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, September 28, 5:00 p.m.; Saturday, September 29, 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Where: Black Box Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsBUY TICKETS ($5)This year’s 10-Minute Play Festival, the sixth annual festival presenting original works by students and members of the Cornell community,...