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Care/Cure/Corruption: What it and Why it Matters

What do care, cure and corruption all have in common? Yes, they all start with C, but they are also the three tenets of the Drama Department’s 2016 season: “Care/Cure/Corruption” (CCC). The Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) brands each season...

Kerry’s H.M. Uses Two Projectors to Simulate Amnesia

Kerry Tribe’s H.M. is the latest exhibit occupying the Contemporary Arts Center Gallery (CAC), located in UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Curated by Juli Carson, the CAC gallery held an opening reception for Tribe’s works on Saturday, Jan. 9th...

Announcement: Donald McKayle Invited To Return

ANNOUNCEMENT: DONALD MCKAYLE INVITED TO RETURN IRVINE, Calif. (January 8, 2016) - American dance legend Donald McKayle, who has received numerous arts awards and honors worldwide over his six-decade career, and who is a longtime member of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts’ nationally-renown...

Kerry Tribe’s H.M. Explores Neuroscience and Experimental Filmmaking

KERRY TRIBE’S H.M. EXPLORES NEUROSCIENCE AND EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKING AT UC IRVINE’S CLAIRE TREVOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS UAG   IRVINE, Calif. (December 23, 2015) -- The University Art Galleries at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts will host H.M. by visual artist Kerry Tribe. The...

UCI Drama explores race relations and real estate in Bruce Norris’ CLYBOURNE PARK

UCI DRAMA EXPLORES RACE RELATIONS AND REAL ESTATE IN BRUCE NORRIS’ CLYBOURNE PARK IRVINE, Calif. (December 18, 2015) – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama presents Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park, which was awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and the 2012 Tony...

Daniel Gary Busby with CLYBOURNE PARK director Leslie Ishii

DRAMA CHAIR DANIEL GARY BUSBY SAT DOWN WITH DIRECTOR LESLIE ISHII TO DISCUSS UCI DRAMA’S UPCOMING PRODUCTION OF BRUCE NORRIS’ CLYBOURNE PARK. Daniel Gary Busby: First of all, what drew you to this material? Leslie Ishii: Well…you asked!! No, seriously, Clybourne Park is a Pulitzer Prize-...

Sakina Ibrahim Nominated for NAACP Image Award

Author, performer and dance educator Sakina Ibrahim (M.F.A. 2014) has been nominated for the 47th Annual NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work Instructional for her self-published book Big Words to Little Me: Advice to the Younger Self. Big Words to Little Me serves as a creative approach...

UCI Drama Alumni Talk Post-Grad Success

UC Irvine drama alumni Garrett Deagon (BFA 2011) and Madisen Johnson (BFA 2015) recently returned to their alma mater to discuss their experience on the road with the national tour of “Annie,” which had local runs at OC’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts and LA’s Pantages Theatre... New University...

A Performative Trigger: Radicals of UCI

The University Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, A Performative Trigger: Radicals of UCI, has taken an interesting approach to promotion. Everything from the website to the enormous, informative pamphlets available in the foyer is adorned with the same...

New Slate Dance Showcase

Claire Trevor School of the Arts’ Dance Department’s annual fall quarter showcase, New Slate, returns December 3-5, providing dance students their first formal performance opportunity of the year. The program, headed up by artistic director Tong Wang...

Take My Story, Add Your Story, and You Get Our Stories!

The final bell rings as classrooms turn into a whirlwind of departure. Bags are packed with worksheets and math problems and crayons and juice boxes. Eager legs scurry to the playground, their parents’ arms, soccer practice. But for 15 students at Culverdale Elementary School, school ending means...

UCI Jazz Orchestra Reborn

Under the direction of Grammy-nominated trumpeter Dr. Bobby Rodriguez, the ensemble’s growth was evidenced by their tighter articulation, stylistic competency and cognizance of dynamics...

Have you ever wondered what a Dramaturg does for the theatre?

IRVINE, CA (November 20, 2015) - Have you ever wondered what a Dramaturg does for the theatre?  UCI Drama utilizes a Dramaturg for main stage productions offering the audience insight and depth into the playwright’s context, language, and backstory.  The director will guide and mold the...

Clayton Garrison Memorial Celebration

Save the Date: Clayton Garrison Memorial Celebration Sunday, February 21, 2016 5:30 pm Winifred Smith Hall Save the date to celebrate the life of internationally acclaimed choreographer, director, and our Founding Dean, Clayton Garrison. If you would like to share your memories in...

Small Jazz, Big Jams

Winifred Smith Hall sizzled with conversation last Tuesday night as patrons sat waiting for the UCI Small Jazz Group Concert to commence. Elderly jazz fans from the community filled the theater alongside proud parents and members of the student body...

Director Sarah Butts opens up about THESE SHINING LIVES

Director Sarah Butts opens up about THESE SHINING LIVES Recently Dr. Daniel Gary Busby, Chair of the Department of Drama, sat down with Director Sarah Butts to discuss her upcoming performances of These Shining Lives by playwright Melanie Marnich.   DGB: What about this play excites...

Ansel Adams' Student Photo Call

(c) Theater Times - November 14, 2015 by Cristofer Gross with Robert Cohen ANSEL ADAMS' STUDENT PHOTO CALL A surprising photo credit for a college rehearsal shot sparks inquiry. Walking into UC Irvine’s main library in 2008, I stopped before a poster bearing a remarkable photograph. The...

Director Don Hill’s Take on “La Mancha”

The New University sits down for a Q&A with the Director of Man of La Mancha and Vice Chair of the Drama department, Donald “Don” Hill. New University - Click to read article...