Theater Newsletter: Week of 4/14
Kavan Wijeratne
Theater Arts Newsletter
April 17, 2025
THEATER ARTS SUMMER SESSION CLASSES
Summer Session enrollment opens May 1 at 9:00 a.m.!
Open to UCSC students, new admits, high schoolers, and visiting students.
SESSION 1
June 23 – July 25, 2025 (5 Weeks)
Class Number: 70684
Instructor: Staff, Location: TA Studio C102, Day and Time: MW 1:00PM-4:30PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
GE: PR-C
THEA 30 Intro to Dance Theory and Technique
Class Number: 70726
Instructor: Ganley,D.V., Location: TA Mainstage A105, Day and Time: MW 1:00PM-4:30PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
GE: PR-C
Class Number: 70682
Instructor: Pearlman,C., Location: TA Exp Theater L106, Day and Time: MW 6:00PM-8:00PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
GE: PR-C
THEA 117 Design Studio: Costume
Class Number: 70798
Instructor: Staff, Day and Time: MWF 1:00PM-3:30PM
Instruction Mode: Synchronous Online
GE: IM
Class Number: 70681
Instructor: Staff, Day and Time: TuTh 9:00AM-12:30PM
Instruction Mode: Synchronous Online
SESSION 2
July 28 – August 29, 2025 (5 Weeks)
THEA 10 Intro to Theater Design and Technology
Class Number: 70685
Instructor: Staff
Instruction Mode: Asynchronous Online
GE: IM
Class Number: 70683
Instructor: Staff, Location:TA Studio C102, Day and Time: MW 1:00PM-4:30PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
GE: PR-C
THEA 20 Introductory Studies in Acting
Class Number: 70727
Instructor: Fritsch,G.J., Location: TA Studio C100, Day and Time: TuTh 6:00PM-9:30PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
GE: IM
MARK YOUR CALENDAR –
THEATER ARTS PRODUCTIONS IN MAY!
Just Like Us
Written by Karen Zacarías
Directed by Carolina G. Riaño
Based on Helen Thorpe’s bestselling book, this documentary-style play follows four Latina teenage girls in Denver—two of whom are documented and two who are not—posing difficult yet essential questions about what makes us American.
Mainstage, UCSC Theater Arts Center
Dates/times: May 17 – May 25
MORE INFO AND TICKETS HERE (tickets will be sold through Eventbrite when available).
Them Cowboys
Written by Chris Hernandez, winner of the Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award for an outstanding script written by a junior or senior undergraduate student
Directed by Claire Ganem
Two nonbinary cowboys, Gus and Billy, are down on their luck and traveling through the Wild West. On their journey, they learn about a fabled treasure hidden by the legendary outlaw Bungus Balloo. Seeking money to build their dream life together, they go on a whimsical cowboy quest to find it and run into some hiccups along the way.
Second Stage, UCSC Theater Arts Center
Dates/times: May 10 – May 18
MORE INFO AND TICKETS HERE (tickets will be sold through Eventbrite when available).
Rainbow Theater
Co-produced and presented by the Department of Performance, Play & Design and the Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center:
"School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls," by Jocelyn Bioh
"Peeling the Banana," by the Peeling the Banana Theatre Troupe
"Latins Anonymous," by Luisa Leschin, Armando Molina, Rick Nájera, & Diane Rodriguez
"Poets Corner," a poetry/dance show by UC Santa Cruz students
Dates/times:
School Girls & Peeling the Banana: May 9 – May 17
Latins Anonymous & Poets Corner: May 10 – May 18
MORE INFO AND TICKETS HERE (tickets will be sold through Eventbrite when available).
TONIGHT – PORTER SESNON SALON:
Music Department
Dean Celine and the Arts Division welcome students, faculty, staff, and the general community to a salon-style gathering presenting the work of UC Santa Cruz's Music Department.
Thursday, May 1, 3:45pm
Outdoors by the Porter College Koi Pond.
Light refreshments will be served.
Free and open to the public.
Also, Check out the Sesnon's exhibitions: Cobija de Tripas, featuring the Environmental Art + Social Practice MFA students, and If I Was a Derp, at the Sesnon Underground, our student-curated gallery.
Upcoming 3rd Thursday Sesnon Salons:
CAREER SUCCESS
Accelerate Your Career Using LinkedIn
Zoom workshop presented by Career Success
April 25, 12-1 PM online, Handshake registration link here.
Arts Staff Live!
Arts Division staff, faculty, students & friends are invited to an afternoon of music, art and community.
Sunday, April 27 starting at 2:00 p.m.
3 live bands, each featuring UCSC staff (Arcane Lullaby, The Coffis Brothers, and Rasquache Liberation Front)
UCSC staff artists will be exhibiting and selling original artwork
Enjoy the Pana food truck for Venezuelan arepas & more
Questions? More about Arts Staff Live! here.
Download and share the event flyer here.
This event is made possible with support from the Arts Division’s DEI Strategic Initiative Fund.
CREATIVE INTERVENTIONS:
A COLLOQUIUM IN ARTS, DESIGN AND MEDIA
Creative Technologies is thrilled to announce the Spring 2025 guests for Creative Interventions:
A Colloquium in Arts, Design, and Media.
Creative Interventions is a community colloquium in contemporary creativity and creative practices.
Our speaker series raises questions of import to contemporary creative workers in media and technology. How do creative workers address their most challenging problems? How does creative labor intersect with other forms of labor to nurture the world views and cultural practices of our democracy?
Creative Interventions addresses the interconnected work of artists, designers, activists, and knowledge workers—and the intrinsic and transformative capacity of that work to cultivate a just society.
We invite members of the UCSC community to attend these talks.
All talks take place on Tuesdays, via Zoom. RSVP links are below, as well as on the CT website.
Sofia Crespo & Feileacan Kirkbride McCormick
Entanglements: Exploring Artificial Biodiversity
Tues., May 6, 11:40a - 1:15p
Discernment: Generative Images, Synthetic Media and Evolving Critical Impulse
Tues., May 20, 11:40a - 1:15p
51ST ANNUAL UCSC PRINT SALE
Friday & Saturday, June 6 & 7
10am – 6pm both days
UCSC Art Department, Room G-101 Print Studio
The Print Sale runs in conjunction with the Art Department’s Spring Open Studios, which take place on Friday only, from 12–4pm.
This popular once-a-year event presents an extraordinary opportunity for students to display and sell their work to the public and to showcase the exceptional quality of the printmaking program and facilities at UC Santa Cruz.
DETAILS: https://calendar.ucsc.edu/event/51st-annual-ucsc-print-sale
Exclusive Student Lunch with
Author & Choreographer Phil Chan
– RSVP REQUIRED
PPD students are invited to an exclusive student lunch meet & greet with Phil Chan—co-founder of Final Bow for Yellowface and a leading advocate for inclusive storytelling in the arts.
This is a unique opportunity to engage with Phil in an informal setting, learn more about his work to eradicate Yellowface from ballet and opera, and discuss ways to build a more inclusive future in the performing arts.
The first 25 students to arrive will receive a signed copy of Phil Chan’s book, Final Bow for Yellowface: Dancing Between Intention and Impact (2020).
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Time: 1:00–2:00 PM
Location: Cervantes and Velasquez Conference Room (BayTree Bookstore, 3rd Floor)
Space is limited! – RSVP Required, here: https://forms.gle/RctHpAoWL5fZbLWR8
NEWS & EVENTS
Keep an eye on the PPD News & Events page for all Theater Arts, Dance, AGPM events!
https://play.ucsc.edu/news-events