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‘Twelve Angry Jurors’ finds power in the minority

From Feb. 6 to Feb. 9, a question of justice, ethics and innocence was at play in the hands of a collaborative production of...

12th Season: New Swan Shakespeare Festival

Each season, the New Swan theater company at UCI performs two Shakespeare plays rotating on a nightly basis throughout July and August. This season...

UCI Anthropology Professor Roxanne Varzi Presents Yalda: An Iranian Twelfth Night

UCI’s New Swan Shakespeare Company hosted a reading of Yalda: An Iranian Twelfth Night, on Nov. 30. Written by UCI anthropology professor Roxanne Varzi and...

UCI Drama’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’: A Social Commentary on the Hamartia of Dichotomous Thinking and Impetuous Judgment in Contemporary Society

UCI Drama performed its rendition of William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet,” directed by Andrew Borba, at the Irvine Barclay Theatre from Nov. 10-13. For...

MFA Directing Candidate Chloe King on Thesis Project, ‘The Effect’

https://youtu.be/97Jc8eQwk34 UCI M.F.A Directing Candidate Chloe King directs “The Effect,” a play that will be presented by the Claire Trevor School of the Arts from...

Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” Finds Its Way Into Audience’s Hearts

The Costa Mesa Playhouse started the year off right with a production of Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers.” The story takes place in Yonkers, New York in 1942, depicting the dilemmas of a dysfunctional family during World War II.

An Evening With David Henry Hwang

Students and faculty members gathered and filled the Crystal Cove Auditorium to enjoy a night of paying homage to the timeless Asian American playwright on Nov. 14.

UCI Drama Presents: “Mrs. Packard” Refuses to Be Silenced

Written by Emily Mann and directed by third-year MFA Directing candidate Melissa Livingston, “Mrs. Packard” tells the powerful true story of Elizabeth P.W. Packard’s relentless fight to be heard during a time when everything she stood for was being silenced.

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...

New Swan Returns for Summer ’15

For those of you who are just starting their college career at UCI, let me introduce you to the annual summer event: The New...

‘Passion’ Ignites the Claire Trevor School of Arts

“To die loved, is to have lived.” A beautiful sentiment spoken by Fosca, a woman forgotten by society and fated to die. Trapped in...

Another ‘Door’ Opens for LGBTQIA Awareness

Homosexuality, hate crimes, the loss of a loved one and its effects, are some of the central themes of the play “The Door” by...

Jealousy and Sex in the South

Tennessee Williams’ famous 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” opened in the Humanities Hall Little Theater this past Saturday. The theme...

‘The Last Lifeboat’: The Other Side of Titanic

The story of the Titanic has been one of vast cultural significance ever since the first film based on the incident was released only...

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