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UCI Drama Presents Sweet Smell of SuccessUCI Drama Presents Sweet Smell of Success
UCI'S PRODUCTION BRINGS TO LIFE THE BIRTH OF THE ORIGINAL TABLOID TALE THE PUBLIC'S OBSESSION WITH CELEBRITY GOSSIP AND SCANDAL “I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.” - Walter Winchell IRVINE, Calif. (May 6, 2015) –...
Revolutionary Comedy Award honoring Keegan-Michael Key Revolutionary Comedy Award honoring Keegan-Michael Key
MEDIA ADVISORY IMPROV REVOLUTION PRESENTS COUP DE COMEDY FESTIVAL 2015 HONORING KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY EVENT: The Coup de Comedy Festival 2015 Revolutionary Comedy Award honoring Keegan-Michael Key Improv Revolution honors the revolutionary talents of comedy that have inspired them. Last year...
Beth Malone Nominated for Best Actress Tony Award in “Fun Home”Beth Malone Nominated for Best Actress Tony Award in “Fun Home”
UCI Alumna Beth Malone, who earned an M.F.A. in acting (2000), has been nominated for “Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical” for her role in “Fun Home.” It is a coming-of-age musical that examines the main characters life as a lesbian growing up in a dysfunctional family....
Building Community Through TheatreBuilding Community Through Theatre
New University News, story by Sarah S. Menendez, Apr 26, 2015 Last year, the service workers across the UC system went on strike. Ring Road and the flagpoles were flooded with a sea of green union shirts, picket signs and empowering chants. Students passing by the flagpoles stopped to witness...
'Boeing' set for takeoff 
Will Ferrell Astounds UCI Students
Improv Revolution Presents Coup de Comedy Festival 2015 Honoring Keegan-Michael KeyImprov Revolution Presents Coup de Comedy Festival 2015 Honoring Keegan-Michael Key
IMPROV REVOLUTION PRESENTS COUP DE COMEDY FESTIVAL 2015 HONORING KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY FOUR DAY FESTIVAL IS COMPLETELY FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IRVINE, Calif. (April 16, 2015) – UCI's Improv Revolution (iRev) will present The Coup de Comedy Festival 2015. iRev is an improvisational...
The Department of Drama Presents: BOEING-BOEINGThe Department of Drama Presents: BOEING-BOEING
LOVE & SEX IN THE ERA OF MAD MEN: WHO WOULD DON DRAPER FLY? THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA PRESENTS: BOEING-BOEING IRVINE, Calif. (March 16, 2015) – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama presents Marc Camoletti’s classic farce Boeing-Boeing. A madcap comedy listed in...
UCI's Electra Revives Greek Tragedy Through a Romanian LensUCI's Electra Revives Greek Tragedy Through a Romanian Lens
Electra is one of the oldest existing plays in Western literature. Some version of it is attributed to each of ancient Greeks' towering tragedians: Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. Through the centuries, the mythological revenge tale has inspired...
FNAM & UC Irvine Launch Show Search for New MusicalsFNAM & UC Irvine Launch Show Search for New Musicals
The Festival of New American Musicals and the University of California, Irvine a nnounce the launch of a nationwide search for new, short musicals created by writers between the ages of 14 - 23. The Festival produced a pilot of ShowSearch in 2013 in...
THE ELECTRA PROJECT: A conversation between Daniel Gary Busby and Mihai ManiutiuTHE ELECTRA PROJECT: A conversation between Daniel Gary Busby and Mihai Maniutiu
IRVINE, Calif. (February 26, 2015) – In preparation for the Drama Department's presentation of THE ELECTRA PROJECT, UCI Drama Department Chair Daniel Gary Busby sat down with the Creator/Director and Distinguished Professor Mihai Maniutiu for some Q & A. Daniel Gary Busby: Where does THE...
THE ELECTRA PROJECT Brings an International Cast Together for a Music and Cultural Experimentation">
THE ELECTRA PROJECT Brings an International Cast Together for a Music and Cultural Experimentation
IRVINE, Calif. (February 19, 2015) – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) Drama Department presents THE ELECTRA PROJECT, March 7 – 15, 2015. The production, which is the fifth installment in the department’s LOVE, LUST & GREED season, is written and directed by Mihai Maniutiu...
CTSA Launches Registration for 2015 Summer Academies in the ArtsCTSA Launches Registration for 2015 Summer Academies in the Arts
CTSA Launches Registration for 2015 Summer Academies in the Arts for High School and Middle School Students IRVINE, Calif., (February 6, 2015) – The Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) at the University of California, Irvine launched registration for its 2015 Summer Academies in...
Complete Casting Announced for Finding Neverland on Broadway; Teal Wicks to Play Mary Barrie Complete Casting Announced for Finding Neverland on Broadway; Teal Wicks to Play Mary Barrie
Casting is now complete for the Broadway production of Finding Neverland. Teal Wicks (Jekyll & Hyde, Wicked) and more will join a company that includes the previously announced Matthew Morrison, Kelsey Grammer, Laura Michelle Kelly and Carolee Carmello...
UCI Play Explores American Racism, Through a Glass DarklyUCI Play Explores American Racism, Through a Glass Darkly
Black History Month doesn't officially begin until Feb. 1, but for Orange County theater, it came a bit early. In early January, South Coast Repertory mounted a production of Matthew Lopez' Obie-Award-winning play The Whipping Man, set in the turbulent...
THE LIQUID PLAIN Explores Themes of Sexuality and Violence as Part of the Season of Love, Lust and GreedTHE LIQUID PLAIN Explores Themes of Sexuality and Violence as Part of the Season of Love, Lust and Greed
IRVINE, Calif. (January 9, 2015) – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) Drama Department will present Naomi Wallace’s play THE LIQUID PLAIN from January 31 through February 8. The production is commissioned through the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s American Revolutions: the United...
PASSION to Take the Stage at UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts, 1/23-25PASSION to Take the Stage at UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts, 1/23-25
UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) Drama Department will produce Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical PASSION with guest Director Kent Nicholson, January 23 - 25, 2015. The play is an essential part of the Department's second...
A Musical Theatre Revue for the Holidays!A Musical Theatre Revue for the Holidays!
A group of grads and undergrads performed a musical theatre revue for an audience of 300 at Leisure World, Laguna Hills on December 11, 2014. Pictured left to right: Joey Abrego (BFA/Music Theatre ’16), Catherine Nickerson (BFA/Music Theatre ’15), Haylee Cotta (BFA/Music Theatre ’15), Zak...
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