Portfolio workshop for YOU this Friday, Shows opening this Friday, and more! 😀
UCSC Theater Arts Undergraduate Advising
Arts Division-Career Success Portfolio Workshop
THIS FRIDAY, February 21, 12:00 PM, Online.
For all students in the arts, including guidance specifically for THEATER ARTS AND DANCE students! 🎭
Sign up now through Handshake!
UPCOMING PPD PRODUCTIONS THIS QUARTER
The Comedy of Errors Directed by Patty Gallagher
All remaining performances sold out!
TWO SHOWS OPENING THIS FRIDAY!
Paradise Blue
By Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Don Williams
Six performances:
Feb. 21–23 &
Feb. 28–Mar. 2
- 7:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat.
- 3:00 p.m. Sun. matinees
Blue, a gifted trumpeter, contemplates selling his once-vibrant jazz club in Detroit’s Blackbottom neighborhood to shake free the demons of his past and better his life. But where does that leave his devoted Pumpkin, who has dreams of her own? And what does it mean for the club’s resident bebop band? When a mysterious woman with a walk that drives men mad comes to town with her own plans, everyone’s world is turned upside down. This dynamic and musically-infused drama shines light on the challenges of building a better future on the foundation of what our predecessors have left us. Tickets Here.
Barnstorm Theater Company Presents:
Secret Family
Eight performances:
Feb 21 - March 16
UCSC students experiment with and create their own innovative theater and gain a sense of operating and creating art in the Barnstorm Theater Company, a student-run theater arts production company established in 2004. Tickets Here.
Dance Showcase:
Random With A Purpose XXXlll: The Calling
Dance Showcase:
Seven performances:
Feb. 28–Mar. 2 & Mar. 6–9
7:30 p.m. Thurs.–Sat. and
3:00 p.m. Sun. matinees
Random With A Purpose, the annual student-directed and student-choreographed dance showcase, explores this year's theme of "The Calling"—an artist's struggle in modern day society. Following one's passion can be incredibly challenging, even with a strong sense of "calling." The internal doubts about one's capabilities, combined with external pressures from others, only intensify the struggle. Artists play a crucial role, and as a community, we must discover our passion through dance. Tickets Here.
SPRING 2025 ENROLLMENT AND ADVISING:
This is Spring Enrollment Prep week!: Wed-Thurs, February 19-25
Enrollment opens directly after Enrollment Prep Week:
On the first day of Enrollment Prep Week:
The Spring Schedule of Classes Class Search will be posted.
You will be able to see your Spring enrollment dates in your MyUCSC portal - look it up, put it on your calendar, and set reminders!
You can put classes in your shopping cart in preparation to enroll on your date(s).
ADVISING: Enrollment Prep Week is an ideal time to meet with advisors to update your academic plan, discuss enrollment and class selection questions, etc., before enrollment opens the following week.
Schedule an advising appointment now through Navigate Slug Success!
UPDATED COURSE OFFERINGS SHEETS on the THEATER ARTS COURSE OFFERINGS AND ENROLLMENT web page. The sheets include a key to help you choose classes for the upper division history/theory/critical studies and upper div studio requirement categories.
NOTE: CMPM 180 Topics in Computational Media, with the topic in spring "Experiential Leaning Lab: Games, Technology, and Theatre" taught by Samantha Gorman, may be used by Theater Arts majors and minors toward an Upper Division Studio requirement. Contact Prof. Gorman for more information: sago...@ucsc.edu.
Spring quarter instruction begins Monday, March 31 and ends Friday, June 6.
INFO FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING IN SPRING 2025:
The Theater Arts & Dance CEREMONIAL graduation commencement/celebration will take place the evening of Thursday, June 12 – students with senior standing will receive an email from the Theater Arts Student Production Liaison (Celeste Lagrange) in early Spring with event and signup info.The university/college ceremonial graduation commencements are separate events. See info and eligibility requirements here.
You will apply for OFFICIAL GRADUATION (to receive an official diploma) from the university through your MyUCSC portal. You may do this up to one quarter in advance, including summer. Deadlines for applying to graduate are listed in the current Academic and Administrative Calendar. Click here for General UCSC Graduation information.
MAJOR DECLARATION
Students in their 6th+ quarter who are not yet declared in a major had enrollment holds placed (unless they had a service indicator preventing it), following messages sent on January 13th. Enrollment will not be possible unless a major is declared or a major advisor alerts the student’s college of declaration conditions. Contact a major advisor.Undeclared Holds Placed 2/18/25
NEW PLAY FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS THIS QUARTER
Launching this spring, PPD’s New Play Festival, guided by Assistant Professor LisaMarie Rollins, will be student-run with student playwrights, directors, actors, dramaturgs and technicians!
Works are selected in WINTER for the THEA 158 New Play Festival class in SPRING.
EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Saturday, March 1, 11:59 pm PST
Plays may be anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes in length. Possibilities include one person monologues, 10 minute plays, 30 minute one-acts, 10 minute interdisciplinary experiments, poems with movement, or any variation in between.
Details and submission form: https://play.ucsc.edu/get-involved/new-play-festival
As part of Creative Interventions: A Colloquium in Arts, Design, and Media,
Creative Technologies & History of Art and Visual Culture
Present a
Guest lecture by Nora Khan:
Discernment: Generative Images, Synthetic Media and Evolving Critical Impulse
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Time: 11:40 am - 1:15 pm
Location: DARC 108, or online
What can criticism offer us in a world of unruly generative images and synthetic media? What precise language might we use for machine learning's impact, or the wake of an algorithm? How must our practices of discernment and the critical impulse evolve in response to computational developments, to perhaps be more resilient and responsive?
More information on our website.
Scholarship
The Deans’, Chancellor’s, and Steck Undergraduate Research Awards recognize exceptional achievements in research projects or other creative activities, in order to both encourage outstanding scholarship and promote research as an important part of undergraduate education.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, March 28, 2025
UCSC Theater Arts Undergraduate Advising
Arts Division-Career Success Portfolio Workshop
THIS FRIDAY, February 21, 12:00 PM, Online.
For all students in the arts, including guidance specifically for THEATER ARTS AND DANCE students! 🎭
Sign up now through Handshake!
REMINDERS
All UCSC undergraduates get a FREE TICKET to all PPD shows!!
A ticket is required for entry.
Valid UCSC ID is required at the door.
Please arrive 10-15 minutes before the advertised start time.
Tickets are available on Evenbrite.com (app or desktop) - go to “UCSC Art Events” for PPD events.
Select an event.
Click the “Get tickets” button.
Find the “UCSC Undergrad w/ ID” ticket option and select 1 ticket.
Check out: Confirm your @ucsc.edu email address.
Click the “Register” (or “Place Order”) button.
Save the ticket as soon as you purchase it. (Or log back in to your Eventbrite account to view it later.) If you will not use the complimentary ticket, please cancel the order from within Eventbrite (paid tickets are not refundable.)
UPCOMING PPD PRODUCTIONS THIS QUARTER
SOLD OUT - The Comedy of Errors Directed by Patty Gallagher
All remaining performances sold out!
TWO SHOWS OPENING TONIGHT!
Paradise Blue
By Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Don Williams
Six performances:
Feb. 21–23 &
Feb. 28–Mar. 2
- 7:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat.
- 3:00 p.m. Sun. matinees
Blue, a gifted trumpeter, contemplates selling his once-vibrant jazz club in Detroit’s Blackbottom neighborhood to shake free the demons of his past and better his life. But where does that leave his devoted Pumpkin, who has dreams of her own? And what does it mean for the club’s resident bebop band? When a mysterious woman with a walk that drives men mad comes to town with her own plans, everyone’s world is turned upside down. This dynamic and musically-infused drama shines light on the challenges of building a better future on the foundation of what our predecessors have left us. Tickets Here.
Barnstorm Theater Company Presents:
Secret Family
Eight performances:
Feb 21 - March 16
UCSC students experiment with and create their own innovative theater and gain a sense of operating and creating art in the Barnstorm Theater Company, a student-run theater arts production company established in 2004. Tickets Here.
OPENING NEXT FRIDAY!
UCSC Theater Arts Undergraduate Advising
Arts Division-Career Success Portfolio Workshop
THIS FRIDAY, February 21, 12:00 PM, Online.
For all students in the arts, including guidance specifically for THEATER ARTS AND DANCE students! 🎭
Sign up now through Handshake!
THEA REMINDERS
LECTURE POSTPONED -
Guest lecture by Nora Khan: Discernment: Generative Images, Synthetic Media and Evolving Critical Impulse
- Future date TBA.
- More information on our website.
Scholarship
The Deans’, Chancellor’s, and Steck Undergraduate Research Awards recognize exceptional achievements in research projects or other creative activities, in order to both encourage outstanding scholarship and promote research as an important part of undergraduate education.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, March 28, 2025