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The Department of Performing and Media Arts will host a Professional Directions: Q&A with Michael Barakiva, Interim Artistic Director of the Hangar Theatre, on Tuesday, March 15 at 5 p.m. in the Film Forum at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Students will learn about running a theatre, summer internships (education, literary,...
The Department of Performing and Media Arts will host a Professional Directions: Q&A with Michael Barakiva, Interim Artistic Director of the Hangar Theatre, on Tuesday, March 15 at 5 p.m. in the Film Forum at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Students will learn about running a theatre, summer internships (education, literary,...
Locally Grown Dance Festival explores excess with Loss, Denial and Desire: The Melodrama of the Krewe of Doberge Ball. BUY TICKETSBy Matt MorganFor one scene in his recent collaboration with Jumay Chu, Byron Suber asks his dancers to picture the worst person they can imagine. Think of how that person acts and the ruthless way they treat people....
The Dept. of Performing and Media Arts will host a Professional Directions: Film /TV / Theatre Internship Panel Friday, March 4 at 3pm in the Film Forum. Recent graduates will be back to discuss finding internships, turning them into jobs, and their perspective on growing opportunities in these three fields. Find out what makes a good internship,...
Sara Warner is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project and the author of Acts of Gaiety. This article originally appeared on Time.com.Some employers are cutting domestic-partner benefitsGay and lesbian couples have a lot to celebrate this Feb. 14, the first Valentine’s Day following the...
The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] is a different kind of challenge for an actor. There are a lot of comedic elements and some improvisation. How has it been to be a part of a play that has a lighter tone?“It’s been really nice. It’s been so refreshing. On the Verge was the last thing I did and it was so much fun. It was such...
When: May 13, 7:30 p.m.Where: Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz CenterTickets: FREE & Open to the PublicJoin us for a terrific evening of student films in the spectacular Kiplinger Theatre! All films are produced and directed by students in "Intermediate Film and Video Projects" and "Introduction to 16mm and Digital Filmmaking."
When: May 11, 4:30 p.m.Where: Black Box Theatre, Schwartz CenterFree and open to the public. Final project for Directing II class.
When: April 14-16, 7:30 p.m.Where: Black Box Theatre, Schwartz CenterTickets: $5, Schwartztickets.comA weekend-long experimental solo performance festival featuring two laboratory productions which seek to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Undergraduate and graduate students engage to draw new and interdisciplinary audiences into the...
When: March 18, 4:30 p.m.Where: Class of '56 Dance Theatre, Schwartz CenterTickets: Free and open to the publicStaged readings of the winning screenplays and stage plays by undergraduate students. Followed by a panel discussion by industry professionals Thomas Bradshaw (playwright), Deirdre O’Connor (playwright/screenwriter), and Rosalie Purvis...
When: March 11, 1 p.m.Where: Schwartz Center, rm. 320Tickets: Open to Cornell University staff and students. Space is limited. Email assistant professor Karen Jaime at kj12@cornell.edu to reserve a spot. Maria Porter is professor of theater at the C.W. Post Campus at Long Island University. She has been a teacher of the Suzuki Method for the...
"Acting Right: Performing Black Performance in the Films of Spencer Williams"When: April 26, 4:30 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz CenterJacqueline Stewart is a professor at the University of Chicago. Her research and teaching explore African American film cultures from the origins of the medium to the present, as well as the archiving and...
“…the first actor who has caused me to thank God for the talkies…” Stepin Fetchit and the Performance of “Black Sound”When: April 22, 4:30 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz CenterMiriam Petty is an assistant professor in the Department of Radio,Television + Film at Northwestern University. She has taught and lectured widely on film, African...
"Aesthetics of Confrontation: The L.A. Rebellion as Third Cinema in the First World."When: April 15, 4:30 p.m.Where: Film Forum, Schwartz CenterAllyson Nadia Field is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. Her scholarship contributes to evolving areas of study that investigate the...
When: Feb. 19 1-4 p.m.Where: Schwartz Rm. 320Lisandra María Ramos was born and raised in New York City. She has worked in the arts as an educator (KIPP, NYC public schools), a consultant (UNESCO, Ford Foundation), and a program director (El Puente Leadership Center), and is one of the Co-Founders and Co-Directors of Fulana, a Latina video and...
When: April 13 at 5 p.m.Where: Klarman Auditorium, Goldwin Smith HallThe Department of Performing and Media Media Arts will host a concert reading of award-winning playwright and university professor Paula Vogel’s (CU M.A. ’76) play Indecent in Klarman Auditorium April 13 at 5 p.m. The reading will be directed by Meghan Brodie (CU Ph.D. 2010)....
The Department of Performing and Media Arts will host a conversation with award-winning playwright and university professor Paula Vogel (CU M.A. ’76) in Klarman Auditorium April 12 at 4:30 p.m. The conversation will be hosted by PMA associate professor Sara Warner and feature a Q&A and reception immediately following.A concert reading of...
By Matt MorganPurchase tickets for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]Director Jeff Guyton can’t remember the first time he heard the saying, but believes it’s the perfect way to describe his upcoming production, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] (Feb. 25-March 5). “If you love Shakespeare...
Where: Flexible TheatreWhen: Development, Friday, Aug. 28, 2015 Performance, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015A group of enthusiastic students interested in writing, casting, directing, designing, filming, rehearsing, and performing one film, one dance and three plays in only 24 hours!
Where: Kiplinger TheatreWhen: Sept. 26, 2015Tickets: $5 students & seniors, $8 general admissionCoordinated by Jumay ChuCaochangdi Workstation is a small community of artists in Beijing created in 2005 by Wu Wenguang, one of the founding figures of independent documentary in China and whose work is internationally acclaimed. The group of...
Where: Kiplinger TheatreWhen: Sept. 10, 2015Tickets: $8 students & seniors, $15 general admission*This production is presented as a Carol Epstein Guest Performance. The Carol B. Epstein ’61 gift is a commitment to the student experience, helping us to renew our collaborations between Cornell students and working professionals across the...
Where: Black Box TheatreWhen: Oct. 1-3, 2015Tickets: $5DIS/Connected includes a diverse sampling of plays from undergraduate and graduate Cornell students with themes ranging from comedic family dysfunction to shark appreciation. Cornell University's 10-Minute Play Festival gives young and emerging artists a safe space to experiment with new...
Where: Black Box TheatreWhen: Oct. 22-24, 2015Tickets: $5This concert is a culmination of Zoë Jackson's coursework in choreography design in the field of dance. This public presentation of original experimental, creative work focuses on the moving body. Only students who have exhibited the highest competency in dance technique and dance...
Written by Anna Brenner '16Directed by Andrea Fiorentini '16When: Nov. 5-7, 2015 Where: Black Box TheatreTickets: $5A riveting and beautifully honest coming-of-age play following Olive, a theatre student, spending the summer in Ithaca with her friends as they all desperately wrestle with one of the biggest challenges in a young adult's life:...
By Eric OvermeyerA Professor David Feldshuh Class ProjectWhere: Flexible TheatreWhen: Nov. 12-14, 20-21, 2015Tickets: $8 students/seniors, $15 general admissionA comedic play about Victorian time-traveling women who wander unmapped places both inside and outside ourselves. A PMA course, taught by Prof David Feldshuh, culminates in this final...