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From greening Harlem to unlocking art’s mysteries at the Met to staging Tony-winning works on Broadway, Cornell students, researchers, and alumni play a vital role in the fabric of New York City.A new interactive Cornell in NYC Story Map shows these and other examples of Cornellians who are improving lives, enhancing industries and transforming...
Nick Fesette and Erin Stoneking, PhD students in the Department of Performing and Media Arts, have received grants from Cornell’s American Studies program. The grants are awarded each semester to graduate students whose research is in disciplines related to American Studies.Fesette received the grant for his study “Arts and Punishment on the...
We are still in need of Assistant Stage Managers for 2017–2018 major productions!By working as an ASM, you play a vitally important role in the success of a production. Working side by side with the Stage Manager, you gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of what goes on “behind the scenes” of a production.ASMs will learn about analytical...
Caitlin Kane, a PhD student in the Department of Performing and Media Arts, has been selected as a 2017–2018 Public Humanities Fellow at Cornell University’s Society for the Humanities.The fellowship, developed by the Society for the Humanities and Humanities New York, is aimed at encouraging scholars to bring their research interests into the...
When: Friday, May 12, 9:00 p.m–10:00 p.m. Where: Front of the Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsIn front of the Schwartz Center, PMA dancers and lighting design students come together with Music's Improvisation Ensemble to create in the moment a glorious and radiant final collaboration. Improvisation by students of Annie Lewandowski, Jumay...
In episode 7 of the PMA Podcast, Cornell Performing and Media Arts PhD students Jayme Kilburn and Erin Stoneking talk about Civic Ensemble's upcoming women's performance workshop, She Persists (May 11–14). She Persists is a devised performance using personal narratives from women-identified members of the Ithaca community. The performances are a...
When: Friday, May 12, and Saturday, May 13, 7:30 p.m.Where: Black Box Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsBUY TICKETS ($3)Set in 1982 NYC, This Is Our Youth follows 24 hours in the lives of three very lost young souls: Warren (Michael Southworth), a dejected 19-year-old who has just stolen $15,000 from his abusive, tycoon father;...
When: Monday, May 15, 7:00 p.m.Where: Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsA night of eclectic stories: There’s a budding romance, a love gone wrong, a vampire huntress out for revenge, an elementary school teacher dealing with a pint-sized bully, and so much more.Screening of films written and directed by students from...
Theatre as Urban Institution: Khashabi Theatre, HaifaA lunch conversation with Bashar Murkus and Wadie ShahbaratThursday May 11, 2017 at 12pm-2pmThe Argos Inn408 East State StreetIthaca, NY 14850Join us for a lunch conversation with Bashar Murkus and Wadie Shahbarat, founding member and creative consultant respectively of Khashabi Theatre,...
Paula Vogel MA '76 PhD '16, the Pulitzer-winning playwright who recently made her Broadway debut with the play “Indecent,” will be given the lifetime achievement at the 2017 Obie Awards, the annual honors for Off Broadway work.Read the full article in Variety.
"Indecent" was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play May 2, the latest in a slew of nominations for playwright Paula Vogel, M.A. ’76, Ph.D. ’16. Her producer, Dana Lerner '14, was also nominated.Vogel's play tells the of Broadway's first lesbian kiss in “The God of Vengeance,” a 1906 Yiddish play that resulted in the cast and producer being...
Race has long been a salient topic in the United States, but the production of Baltimore by the Department of Performing and Media Arts and Ithaca's Civic Ensemble demonstrates why it is so important to talk about right now. The play touches on crucial concepts such as police brutality, the black-white binary, intersectionality and jokes that go...
The Cornell PMA Performance and Events Committee is proud to present the following list of PMA Performances and Events scheduled for 2017–18. 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...
Lee Rosenthal ’87 is from Long Island, New York. He graduated from Cornell University with a degree in English and went on to pursue a career in film.During his time at Cornell, Rosenthal helped found The Whistling Shrimp improvisational comedy troupe. A friend who was graduating brought the idea to Lee. He and his roommate would spend hours...
When: Tuesday, May 2, 5:00 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsRoeby Lisa Loomerdirected by Performing and Media Arts associate professor Beth F. MillesQ&A with participants following the reading.Lisa Loomer’s Roe traces the history of the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade—but it is not strictly a...
When: Saturday, June 10, 3:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsA panel discussion and screening of the award-winning film Human Again, produced by Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts professor Bruce Levitt, will take place on Saturday, June 10, 2017, from 3:15–5:15 p.m. in the Film Forum,...
BUY TICKETSIn episode 6 of the PMA Podcast, Cornell PMA visiting lecturer and Civic Ensemble co-artistic director Godfrey L. Simmons talks with host Chris Christensen about race, politics, and how they tie into PMA & Civic Ensemble's second annual collaboration, Baltimore (April 28–May 6) by Kirsten Greenidge. "We hope [this production is] a...
BUY TICKETSListen to Baltimore (April 28–May 6) director and Civic Ensemble director of civic engagement and co-artistic director Sarah K. Chalmers and PMA visiting lecturer and Civic Ensemble co-artistic director Godfrey Simmons discuss the play with WHCU Talk Radio's Lee Rayburn."You will be challenged, you will laugh...it has a lot of funny...
A class named “Sex Acts” is sure to raise a few eyebrows, but for freshmen Ruby Que and Teagan Todd, the unconventional course helped hone their writing skills and garner awards success.The first-year writing seminar was developed by Jayme Kilburn, a PhD student in the Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA). Subtitled “American Drama 1950–...
When: Wednesday, May 10, 7:00 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsFree & open to the publicParallel TimeA New Playby Bashar MurkusTranslated and directed by Rebekah MaggorA disturbingly humorous new play about life behind bars for a group of Palestinian political prisoners in an Israeli jail.Parallel Time ...
When: Monday, April 24, beginning at 6:30 p.m.Where: Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsAuditions are open to all Cornell students, faculty, and staff.Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht, directed by PMA associate professor Beth MillesPlease prepare a 1-minute monologue. If you identify as a singer, please also prepare...
When: Thursday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 21, at 5:00 p.m., and Saturday, April 22, at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Where: Black Box Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsBUY TICKETS ($5)[In the premiere of her play Life Sentence, writer/director Gloria Majule '17] takes a conventionally white format in American theatre, the...
Ben Shiffrin ‘03 grew up in Ithaca, New York. He graduated from Cornell with a double major in English and Theatre. His original intention was to focus on acting. He appeared in many productions in smaller roles and eventually changed his mind, focusing on directing instead.There were many theatre productions going on, and students had the...
By Kirsten GreenidgeDirected by Sarah K. ChalmersWhen: April 28–29 & May 5–6, 7:30 p.m.; May 6, 2:00 p.m.Where: Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing ArtsBUY TICKETSA racist caricature drawn on a freshman dorm room door is the catalyst that precipitates intense discussions and confrontations about race in Baltimore. The...
Dan Cohen ’05, a producer whose latest projects include the Oscar-nominated sci-fi movie “Arrival” and the hit Netflix series “Stranger Things,” will talk with students about his career and screen one of his films along with the short film that inspired another during an April 21 visit to campus as the 2017 Arts & Sciences Career Development...