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UCI Drama Presents Margaret Atwood’s THE PENELOPIADUCI Drama Presents Margaret Atwood’s THE PENELOPIAD
A NEW PERSPECTIVE: CONTINUING UCI DRAMA’S YEAR OF WOMEN UCI Drama Presents Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad Irvine, Calif., January 17, 2020 – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) presents Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, a retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey from the perspective...
Student Research: Gretchen Diane UgaldeStudent Research: Gretchen Diane Ugalde
New Tools for School Students at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts explore the human experience through a variety of creative avenues by using skills as classically trained fine artists, but also through emerging technology and media. Students from all four departments have access to a range...
Anteaters in the Arts: Maryjo LangAnteaters in the Arts: Maryjo Lang
Having admirably contributed to over 300 movie soundscapes, professional Foley mixer and UCI alumna, MaryJo Lang, B.A. Drama, ’74, has amplified the creative landscape of Hollywood sound design for over 25 years. Lang was deemed “a force of nature” in Foley mixing by Cinema Audio Society president...
UCI Drama’s Relevant Take On “Company”
COMPANY - A review by Steven Stanley from StageSceneLA
UCI Drama Opens its Season of Women with an Examination of the “Me Decade” in CompanyUCI Drama Opens its Season of Women with an Examination of the “Me Decade” in Company
UCI DRAMA OPENS ITS SEASON OF WOMEN WITH AN EXAMINATION OF THE “ME DECADE” IN COMPANY Irvine, Calif., October 31, 2019 – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) Department of Drama opens its 2019-20 season with Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning 1970 musical comedy Company...
UCI Alum in Bay Area Musicals’ GYPSYUCI Alum in Bay Area Musicals’ GYPSY
UCI alum Cassie Grilley will play “Agnes” in Bay Area Musicals’ GYPSY production. A 6-Time Tony Award-winning performance, the musical GYPSY is based on the memoirs of famous striptease artist, Gypsy Rose Lee. The story specifically focuses on Lee’s mother, Rose, who has been deemed “the...
Anteaters in the Arts: Kelly PerineAnteaters in the Arts: Kelly Perine
“Hard work is the best-kept secret in Hollywood!” That was the advice Kelly Perine (M.F.A. ’98) gave to a class of 12 graduate students on a recent visit to his alma mater, the Department of Drama. Perine is no stranger to hard work. Growing up, his innate ability for acting led him to Lake...
UCI commencement ceremonies to take place June 14-17UCI commencement ceremonies to take place June 14-17
UCI will host commencement services for its 54th graduating class over four days in the Bren Events Center. Between Friday, June 14, and Monday, June 17, 11 ceremonies will take place – with UCI awarding 10,323 undergraduate degrees to 9,403 Anteaters.
UCI Drama gets into “The Pajama Game”
REVIEW: THE PAJAMA GAME
REVIEW: "The Pajama Game" – Claire Trevor Theatre, UCI
UCI Drama Students Receive Outstanding Crew Member AwardUCI Drama Students Receive Outstanding Crew Member Award
UCI Drama students, Chloe Cuberly and Sawyer Maier were recently awarded the Outstanding 101 Crew Member award of the Year for completing exceptional work while participating in UCI’s Drama 101 program. The Drama 101 program allows dance and drama students to learn about the inner workings of...
UCI Drama Presents the California Premiere of James Fritz’s Provocative Play PARLIAMENT SQUAREUCI Drama Presents the California Premiere of James Fritz’s Provocative Play PARLIAMENT SQUARE
UCI DRAMA PRESENTS THE CALIFORNIA PREMIERE OF JAMES FRITZ’S PROVOCATIVE PLAY PARLIAMENT SQUARE Irvine, Calif., February 28, 2019 – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts presents the California premiere of the provocative new play Parliament Square written by award-winning...
UC Irvine students perform the stories of immigration detainees held in Orange County jailsUC Irvine students perform the stories of immigration detainees held in Orange County jails
"The performance was directed and written by UCI theater directors Jane Page and Gavin Cameron-Web, who are married and volunteer with the nonprofit. “We feel like we needed to make something that was a performance-based expression of what...(read more)"
From Claire Trevor To Broadway: Justin Keats’ Career After GraduationFrom Claire Trevor To Broadway: Justin Keats’ Career After Graduation
By Lauren Knight A few years after he graduated from UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Justin Keats’ phone rang in an audition waiting room in New York City. Preparing to sing at an audition in four minutes for another Broadway musical, Keats saw his agent’s name on his screen and did not...
Spring Theater Preview 
Preserving Jerry Herman’s music for a younger generationPreserving Jerry Herman’s music for a younger generation
"The day before the concert, Coulter and Boswell will conduct a master class with students from the UCI Drama Department’s musical theater program. Of the participating students who will prepare and present a song from a Jerry Herman musical..."
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