Creative projects that focus on important issues of cultural visibility and responsibility authored by TFT faculty members
Michelle Liu Carriger, Rory Kelly, Gina Kim, Deborah Landis and Sylvan Oswald are among those chosen to receive Chancellor's Arts Initiative Grants, which fosters the advancement of the arts and arts-related scholarship at UCLA.Read more
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Serving up a performance art dining experience
Theater and Performance Studies doctoral student Elizabeth Schiffleris focused on the role of storytelling in food equity, sustainability and systems thinking. With her artistic cookbook "Imagine Dinner,"
she has created a marriage of food and performance. Read more
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UCLA First Thursdays
May 4: Under the stars in Westwood Village, Joy Fest is a celebration and showcase of Bruin talent featuring a mix of student performances, art exhibitions, photo moments, food and more. 7-10 p.m.
RSVP/Free
Inaugural API Film Night
May 22: In celebration of the diverse Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities at UCLA TFT, Sophie Changhui Shi (MFA ’21), Zheng Nate Nie (MFA ’17) and
Merry May Ma (MFA ’25) have created API Film Night. Join us for a screening of eight films made by API MFA alumni. A post-screening reception will follow. RSVP/Free
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Making News
Screenwriter Elizabeth Baxa (MFA ’19), is a staff writer on HBO’s Perry Mason.
Camden Gonzales (BA ’10) is the associate choreographer for the North American Tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
Masami Kawai (MFA ’13) has been selected take part in the latest edition of the Sundance Institute's Directors and Screenwriters Labs.
Lena Khan (BA ’07) will direct the Bollywood comedy Best of the Best for Amazon Studios. She is also attached to direct an adaptation of the classic children’s book The Cricket in Times Square for Spyglass.
In the Garden of Tulips, written by and starring Ava Lalezarzadeh(BA ’20), won the Youth Jury Award at the Academy Award-qualifying Aspen Film Shortfest.
Yee Eun Nam (MFA ’14) has been nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award in production design for her work on Once Upon a (korean) Time.
James Olivas (BA '19) and Sam Linkowski (BA '20) were featured in the recent revival of The Secret Garden at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?Crystal Smith Paul’s (BA ’05) debut novel about Hollywood, old and new, has been published.
Nicolette Robinson (BA ’09) has written a children’s book, I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know, with her husband, actor Leslie Odom, Jr. (Hamilton).
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Celebration of Life
A memorial celebration honoring the life of TFT Adjunct Professor Peggy Hickey will take place on Monday, May 15 at the Pasadena Playhouse. For more event information, please email
mollyperez202@gmail.com.
Click here to make a charitable contribution to help endow the Peggy Hickey Memorial Scholarship In Musical Theater.
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CORRECTION: Sonia Gonzalez is a directing student. She was listed in the April newsletter as a cinematography student.
