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When: Friday, September 28, 2018, at 4:30 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsJoin us for the second talk in the series Voices & Visions in Black Media as Bambi Haggins (UC, Irvine) speaks on “Problematic Favs: Selective Outrage and the Black Comedians in Contemporary Media." Haggins is Associate Professor of Film...
When: Thursday, September 20, 2018, at 4:30 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsJoin us for the first talk in the series Voices & Visions in Black Media as Racquel Gates (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Media Culture, College of Staten Island, CUNY) speaks on “Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular Culture.” ...
Heermans-McCalmon Competition for Plays and ScreenplaysContest Guidelines and RulesThe 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 will award prizes in two categories:Best 10-minute stage playBest 10-minute...
Deadline for proposals: Friday, October 12, 2018, 12:00 p.m.To submit a proposal, please follow the appropriate link: 2019-2020 P&E Faculty/Staff Proposal Form2019-2020 P&E Student Proposal FormThe Performance and Events committee wishes to invite faculty, staff, and student directors, choreographers, filmmakers, designers, writers,...
When: Tuesday, September 11, from 3pm-4pmWhere: 106 White Hall Consider complementing your school curriculum with hands-on experience, direct access to industry professionals, and unparalleled networking opportunities at the world-renowned Cannes Film Festival next May, the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity next June, or the L.A. Intensive...
When & Where: September 15, 7:00 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel (The Christians)Free & open to the publicOne of the Department of Performing and Media Arts’ most important objectives is to foster an appreciation for the arts among the greater Cornell and Ithaca communities, a goal which Lisa Meixner McCullough ’20 hopes to achieve by...
After what was by all accounts a frenzied, sleep-deprived, and caffeine-fueled period of preparation, participants of Saturday’s Festival 24 pulled off four plays and one dance routine — from creation to presentation — in just 24 hours.The Department of Performing and Media Arts started Festival 24 — known then as the 24-hour Playfest — in 2011,...
Two new sections added!PMA 2800, Intro to ActingT/TH 12:20–2:15Room 322, Schwartz CenterInstructor: Beth MillesT/TH 2:30–4:25Room 322, Schwartz CenterInstructor: Theo Black An introduction to the actor's technique and performance skills, exploring the elements necessary to begin training as an actor, i.e., observation, concentration, and...
When: Tuesday, August 28, 2018Where: 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 on August 29–31, 2018. Staged ReadingsThe Christians by Lucas...
When: Thursday, August 23, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.Where: Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts Earn Cornell credit (PMA 1610/2610) while learning about carpentry, costumes, electrics, welding, lights, sounds & life!Questions? Email Pam Lillard at psl1@cornell.edu.
EXPLORE, ENGAGE & CONNECT!Cornell Performing & Media Arts is hosting its annual Open House on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. in the Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.EXPLORE the many courses, programs, & opportunities that PMA offers in theatre, film, dance, screenwriting & more!ENGAGE in the...
When: Saturday, August 25, 7:30 p.m.Where: Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsFREE ADMISSION (seats fill fast, so we recommend arriving 15–20 minutes before the doors open at 7:00 p.m.)On Friday, August 24, students will stay up all night in Cornell’s Schwartz Center to write, design, and rehearse four short plays and a dance...
For his dissertation research project, Performing and Media Arts doctoral student Elaigwu Ameh is working this summer with internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria to advance men’s involvement in family planning decisions.Ameh’s current project in Nigeria builds on two summers of pre-dissertation research in the west African nation....
Cornell University Department of Performing and Media Arts professor Amy Villarejo has been appointed the Frederic J. Whiton Professor of Humanities, effective July 1, 2018. The Board of Trustees approved the named professorship at their May meeting.The Frederic J. Whiton Professorship was established in 1960. It is supported by the Frederic J....
Godfrey L. Simmons Jr., senior lecturer in the Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts and co-artistic director of Ithaca's Civic Ensemble theatre group, and four-time Emmy-award winner and playwright Judy Tate join us for episode 17 of the PMA Podcast.Listen in for a discussion on Tate's Fast Blood, presented by Civic Ensemble July 5-22...
The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America recently awarded the Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy to Magda Romanska MA '03, PhD '06, for her global theater portal, TheTheatreTimes.com.Named in honor of Elliott Hayes, former dramaturg and literary manager at the Stratford Festival, the award recognizes excellence...
Internationally known artists Carrie Mae Weems and Xu Bing will join participants from across the university this fall in the Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA) 2018 Biennial.With the theme “Duration: Passage, Persistence, Survival,” the Biennial opens Sept. 27-29 on campus with a conference, public lectures by Weems and Xu, and participating...
After the 2008 election of President Barack Obama, Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts senior lecturer Godfrey L. Simmons Jr., a 42-year-old black man, and Brandt Adams ’06, a 25-year-old white man, discovered they were nagged by the “race question.”“On one hand it felt great, especially as Brandt worked on that campaign and I never...
In a recent article in Queer Cats Journal of LGBT Studies, Cornell University Department of Performing and Media Arts PhD student Joshua Bastian Cole explores how an understanding of the symptoms of dysphoria can help trans men create stage presence.“This paper troubles assumptions of acting techniques that actors are by default cisgender. Rather...
When: Monday, May 14, 7:00 p.m.Where: Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsPlease join students from PMA’s film production courses in viewing their films in the Schwartz Center’s Kiplinger Theatre. The screening will include films from PMA 4585: Advanced Filmmaking, photographed by students from PMA 4400: Cinematography I...
When: Friday, May 11, 9:00 p.m.Where: Front of the Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsStudents from the Performing and Media Arts and Music departments will come together May 11 for a dazzling evening of lighting, music, and dance on the newly renovated Schwartz Center Courtyard. Also in attendance will be representatives from the Carl Sagan...
Performing and Media Arts professor Amy Villarejo was selected as the first recipient of the Morgan Chia-Wen Sze and Bobbi Josephine Hernandez Distinguished Teaching Prize. The $25,000 prize was established to recognize professorial faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences for excellence in teaching.“I have never come across a student who...
When: Friday, May 11, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. Where: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts "'I Come From There': International Playwrights at the Royal Court Theatre.”The Drama Across Borders conference keynote address with Elyse Dodgson, International Director, Royal Court Theatre, London. Followed by a Q&A session moderated by...
Congratulations to Lindsay Cummings PhD ’11, who recently received tenure and a promotion to associate professor in the University of Connecticut’s Department of Dramatic Arts. In addition, after serving two years as the associate department head of Courses and Curriculum, Cummings is moving into the position of area head for the BA program in...
The Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts' Performance and Events Committee is proud to present the following calendar for 2018–19. 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...