All events listed will be held online and are subject to change. PMA events are free and open to the public (co-hosted and non-PMA events may vary; see event listings for more details).
PMA Virtual Open House
Ongoing
Under-Construction Cabaret
Hosted by the Cornell Ambassadors for Media and Performance (CAMP) and Graduate Researchers in Media and Performance Arts (GRMPA)
March 11 and April 11
Public talk with Hassan Mahamdallie "The Creative Case for Diversity: Building a Radical New Approach"
March 23
A conversation with filmmaker Miguel Arteta
March 24
spit fire, drink gasoline (repeat)
Created and performed by Levi Wilson ‘21
In collaboration with Carolyn Goelzer
Followed by a Q&A with Tim Miller
March 25
Q&A with Darrien Michele Gipson, Executive Director, Screen Actors Guild Indie
March 26
Benchmark
An original play by Anna Evtushenko
Directed by Ross Haarstad
March 26–27
Pedagogical Concerns of Curiosity, Minoritarian Difference, and Ethics in Teaching
Hosted by Sara Warner
March 31
Locally Grown Dance
Directed by Jumay Chu and Byron Suber
April 7–10
Asiamnesia
By Sun Mee Chomet
Directed by Sara Pistono ’21 and Duoer Jia ’21
April 15–17
Come to the Circle: Digital Notebook of Native Futurities presented by Ty Defoe
April 19
Film Screening of Testament produced by Cornell alum Ian Harkins, followed by Professional Directions Talk
Hosted by Sara Warner
April 22
Centrally Isolated Film Festival (CIFF)
Coordinated by Sabine Haenni
April 22–30
The Good Victim
Reading of an original play by Gloria Oladipo ’21
April 30
PMA 3609: Town Hall by Caridad Svich and Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Beth F. Milles
May 7, 8 & 15
Confinements
Directed by Bruce Levitt
May 16
Regio (Royal)
Directed by Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz
May 21 & 23
Past Events
Off-Campus/On-Screen: Cornell Life in the Time of COVID-19
Directed by Rebekah Maggor
January 24
Festival24
Produced by Arin Sheehan '22
February 13
Invitation to Participate
February 15
Season of Glass: Love and Loss in Japanese America (co-sponsor)
February 18
Sporting Blackness: Race, Embodiment, and Critical Muscle Memory on Screen
Cornell University Library Chat in the Stacks with Samantha N. Sheppard
February 23
Racism in America: Protest Movements and Civil Disobedience
Featuring Christine Balance, PMA associate professor and director of the Asian American Studies Program
February 24
Transgender Histories: A conversation with Susan Stryker
Moderated by PMA associate professor Sara Warner
February 24
Fridays with Faculty Seminar Series
Latina/o Studies Program
Christine Bacareza Balance, March 19
Basement Bhangra Redux
Critical Moves: Performance in Theory Movement series
March 19