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Situating Lesbian Desire: Staged Readings of The Climb by C.A. Johnson & The Gulf Audrey Cefaly

Situating Lesbian Desire is a live staged reading of C.A. Johnson’s The Climb and Audrey Cefaly’s The Gulf, two plays that investigate gender, sexuality, and place. The Climb synopsis:  Marge is a photographer, and her wife, Tiffany, has been her sole photographic subject for seven years. When Tiffany goes on a month-long hiking trip to get...

Water - An Immersive Media Art Installation

WaterAn immersive media art installationConceived by Shanti Pillai, Thea Goldman, and Anastasia Kreisel April 22-23, 7:00 p.m.Black Box TheatreSchwartz Center for the Performing Arts Reserve times at SchwartzTickets.com. Admission times will be staggered in 5 minute intervals for groups up to 3. Parties larger than 3 will be split. This...

Austin Bunn

I'm a writer and filmmaker whose work has been screened at Sundance, published in the New York Times, played at many international film festivals and nominated for the Academy Award, released on Audible and WBEZ, and included in Best American fiction and essay anthologies. I'm the author of three books: the short story collectionThe Brink, published by Harper Perennial and selected as a Lamdba Lit finalist and Electric Literature Best Short Story Collection of 2015; Short Film Screenwriting: A Craft Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury, 2025); and A Killer Life: How an Independent Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond (Simon and Schuster), written with the esteemed producer Christine Vachon and #88 on The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time.

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A photo of A Chicano's Guide to Navigation with three actors on stage

A Chicano’s Guide to Navigation explores an author’s process

A writer is encouraged to “write what they know” and offer their own perspective on the multi-faceted world. That may prove daunting, like it does to Maria, the protagonist of A Chicano’s Guide to Navigation, a one-act show which ran at the Black Box of the Schwartz Center March 24-26. It’s a meta-theatrical journey into what stories to include...

Miles Yeung

Originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Miles Yeung-Tieu is a dance artist currently based in Philadelphia, PA. His performance credits include Brian Sander’s JUNK, Stacey Tookey’s Still Motion, Helen Simoneau Danse, La Biennale di Venezia’s Arsenale della Danza, and the New York City production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Miles has worked with international dance artists including Ismael Ivo (Brazil, Italy), Isabel Lewis (Germany), and Douglas Becker (Belgium) while studying and performing across Europe. Miles received his training at the University of the Arts, completing both his BFA in Modern Performance ('14) with honors and MFA in Dance ('19). He currently dances with Brooklyn-based company Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group and is a collaborator with Mark Caserta's BIGkid Dance.

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Haunted Natures, Hidden Environments, an immersive-environmental performance, May 6-7

PMA 1611: Rehearsal & Performance presentsHaunted Natures, Hidden Environments, an immersive-environmental performance.May 6-7, 7:30 p.m.Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts (430 College Ave., Ithaca, NY)Haunted Natures, Hidden Environments is an immersive-environmental performance that will take place in several theatre/performance...

Grad School for Performance Panel Discussion

A panel discussion with PMA alum Sabrina Liu '20 and Allen Porterie '20

Learn about Grad School for Performance / Performance Studies. Sabrina Liu ‘20 is an Acting MFA at the University of California San Diego. Allen Porterie ‘20 is a Masters student at the University of Texas Austin. When: Friday, April 22, 12:30 pm - 2 pm Where: bit.ly/pma-panel22Please contact pma@cornell.edu for Zoom password.

Sarah E. Bernstein

Sarah Eckert Bernsteinhas beenthe Resident Costume Designer at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts since the fall of 2001. She is a Senior Lecturer in costume design and historyat the Department of Performing and Media Arts. Ms. Bernstein is agraduate of the Theatre School at DePaul University (founded as the Goodman School of Drama) and the Yale School ofDrama.

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Situating Lesbian Desire: Staged Readings of The Climb by C.A. Johnson & The Gulf by Audrey Cefaly: Program

Situating Lesbian Desire: Staged Readings of The Climb by C.A. Johnson & The Gulf by Audrey Cefaly

Haunted Natures, Hidden Environments: Program

Still photo from a film to be screened at the 5/12/22 PMA Thesis Film Screening

Watch the trailer for the May 12th PMA Thesis Film Screening

Save the date! Come and enjoy our incredibly talented PMA Senior Class, as they present the PMA Thesis Film Screening. These incredible films represent the very best of the program and speak to complex issues and the current moments in our lives. Support great storytelling and hear from the directors themselves in a Q&A session following the...

The world will always respond to the language of art!

In stillness and in turbulence, the world will always respond to the language of art! At least, this seems to be the belief of Xinlei Sha, Parijat Jha, Kat Roberts, Nia Whitmal, Ami Tamakloe, and Nadav Wall, students in Dr. Natasha Raheja’s Advanced Documentary Class, supported by media assistant Randy Hendrickson. These students choose the...