Drama News
Musical Theatre West names Matt Terzigni as Production Manager
Matt Terzigni is a stage manager and company manager who has worked on both coasts and internationally. His extensive credits includes productions on the New York stage scene, including The Events with the New York Theater Workshop and Should I Have...It's all Wright, Sex with a Censor,...
“Time’s Up” as UCI Drama Explores Early Feminism in MRS. PACKARD
“TIME’S UP” AS UCI DRAMA EXPLORES EARLY FEMINISM IN MRS. PACKARD Irvine, Calif., January 18, 2018 –UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama continues its 2017 – 18 season “The Business of Politics/The Politics of Business” with Emily Mann’s Mrs. Packard, a rarely-produced...
UC Irvine theater professor’s new production tells a story through physical movement
The runaway wanders the cold streets of Los Angeles grasping for meaning in the uncompromising urban sprawl. Fleeing a life of evangelical conformity, the girl hopes to find something valuable hidden within the city's outer husk. The perennial theme of the directionless child's search for identity...
Gwyn Conaway-Bennison recently published "The Story We Wear: Costume Design for Animators and Illustrators"
Gwyn Conaway-Bennison (MFA 2015), who is currently guest Costume Designer on UCI Drama’s Mrs. Packard, recently published The Story We Wear: Costume Design for Animators and Illustrators (Design Studio Press 2017).
Fun Home’s Beth Malone Joins Broadway’s Angels in America
The Tony nominee will share the role of the Angel at select performances with Amanda Lawrence. Beth Malone earned her first Tony nomination for her portrayal of Alison Bechdel in Fun Home. She also originated the role of June Carter Cash in Ring of Fire on Broadway, as...
Eli Simon named The Daily Pilot/TimesOC Man of the Year in Theater for 2017
The Daily Pilot/TimesOC Man and Woman of the Year in Theater for 2017 are the artistic director of UC Irvine’s New Swan Shakespeare Festival and the executive director of One More Productions at the Gem Theater in Garden Grove, Eli Simon and Nicole Cassesso. Simon is a Chancellor’s Professor of...
Lex Leigh is Associate Music Director for South Coast Repertory’s upcoming production of Shakespeare in Love
Current second year MFA in Music Direction candidate Lex Leigh is Associate Music Director for South Coast Repertory’s upcoming production of Shakespeare in Love. Lex previously worked on last summer’s production of Once at SCR.
Quinn VanAntwerp to perform in Broadway in Concert Series
"Theatre West's acclaimed Broadway in Concert series returns for the company's 65th anniversary season with an exciting line up of stars. Cast member from Broadway and film production of Jersey Boys' Quinn VanAntwerp in Oh What a Night (Saturday, February 3, 2018; and Los Angeles and...
UCI Drama alumni performing in the Broadway musical 'The Book of Mormon'
True to the Department of Drama's long-standing reputation of training the future stars of Broadway, three UCI Drama alumni are currently performing in the Broadway musical 'The Book of Mormon': Jacob Haren (BFA 2013) can be seen on Broadway; Jacob Ben-Shmuel (BFA 2017) and Oge Agulué...
UCI Drama alumni Karyn Lawrence works as Lighting Designer in several shows
Karyn Lawrence (BA 2007/MFA 2012), winner of a 2016 NAACP Theatre Award for Best Lighting for her work on Fences, has worked as Lighting Designer on five shows this year thus far, including Next to Normal at East West Players and Moby Dick at South Coast Repertory.
Hope Reborn in “Is There Life After Birth?”
In partnership with UCI Illuminations, “Is There Life After Birth?”, directed by MFA Directing Candidate Melissa Livingston, had a moving opening night on Friday, Nov. 17, here on campus in Studio 4 at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts. This 35-minute production includes rich emotional...
UCI Drama Presents Pulitzer-Winner Lynn Nottage’s INTIMATE APPAREL
UCI DRAMA PRESENTS PULITZER-WINNER LYNN NOTTAGE’S INTIMATE APPAREL IRVINE, Calif. (November 14, 2017) – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama continues its 2017 – 18 season “The Business of Politics/The Politics of Business” with Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage’s...
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