Performance, Play & Design
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UCSC presents interactive, multi-venue production of Ibsen’s epic masterpiece
Henrik Ibsen’s play “Peer Gynt” has been staged at theaters across the world since its premiere in 1876—as well as at an insane asylum in Iceland, in the Wild West, on a German boat, and in a Scottish pub.
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz holiday show opens Nov. 16
Shakespeare Santa Cruz and the UCSC Theater Arts Department kick off their 14th annual holiday co-production on November 16 with Honk!–a musical re-telling of “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Andersen.
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UCSC alumna thrives promoting arts and humanities in Obama White House
“I often say, only partly facetiously, that I have the best job in Washington D.C.,” notes UC Santa Cruz alumna Rachel Goslins, executive director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, an advisory committee to the White House on cultural issues.
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Shakespeare performance to benefit education and intern programs, Oct. 14
How does a 24 year-old fisherman with a thick New York accent become a Shakespearean actor? You can find out at Shakespeare Santa Cruz’s third annual fall benefit show–supporting the company’s education and internship programs—on Sunday, October 14.
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Arts alum to present sneak preview of feature film at UCSC
UC Santa Cruz arts alumnus Jacob Estes (’94 Media Studies) will present a special advance screening of his latest film “The Details” on Thursday, October 4, at UCSC’s Media Theater.
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UCSC taps Tang Museum director to lead innovative museum project
The UC Santa Cruz Arts Division announced today that John Weber—currently Dayton Director of the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York—has been hired to guide the development of a new institute of the arts and sciences.
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Swords, wigs, and corsets: Shakespeare Santa Cruz by the numbers
Have you ever attended a Shakespeare Santa Cruz performance and wondered, “How on Earth do they do it?” Can the magic of Shakespeare Santa Cruz be broken down into cold, hard statistics?
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Spike Lee hires UCSC alum as designer for Mike Tyson solo Broadway show
Erik Pearson, a 2001 graduate of UC Santa Cruz in Film and Digital Media, has been chosen by director Spike Lee to design the media for “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,” opening July 31 on Broadway
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz launches new season July 24
Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC) will kick off its 31st season on Tuesday, July 24. Nearly 60 UCSC students and alumni help make it happen.
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Year of the Slug: Great UCSC moments in 2011-12
From the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame to cancer research to its ranking as one of the top “young” universities in the world, UCSC stood in the spotlight this year.
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‘Chimichangas and Zoloft’: alumna earns raves for off Broadway debut
UCSC alumna Fernanda Coppel has been garnering rave reviews for her latest play Chimichangas and Zoloft, now at the Tony Award-winning Atlantic Theater in New York City.
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A summary of summery things to do at UCSC
When the summer fog rolls in, UC Santa Cruz and its off-campus facilities roll out a long list of things to do and see. From Shakespeare to sea stars to exotic plants and astronomy, there is always something interesting and fun to experience at UCSC.