Theater Newsletter: Week of 4/21

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Apr 25, 2025, 1:01:41 PM4/25/25

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Theater Arts Newsletter

April 25, 2025

PRESENTING NEXT YEAR’S

THEATER ARTS COURSE OFFERINGS!

The 2025-26 Theater Arts Course Offerings sheet is now posted on the

Theater Arts Course Offerings and Enrollment page!

SUMMER SESSION CLASSES

INTRODUCING THEA 31E,

A NEW 2-UNIT STUDIO DANCE CLASS!

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)

THEA 14 Drawing - In Person, GE: PR-C
THEA 30 Intro to Dance Theory and Technique - In Person, GE: PR-C
THEA 31E The Dance Experience - In Person, GE: PR-C

NEW 2-UNIT STUDIO DANCE CLASS!

(This can help you reach the 12 unit minimum to qualify for financial aid!)

THEA 117 Design Studio: Costume - Synchronous Online, GE: IM
THEA 157 Playwriting - Synchronous Online

SESSION 2 • July 28 – August 29, 2025 (5 Weeks)

THEA 10 Intro to Theater Design and Technology - Asynchronous Online, GE: IM
THEA 14 Drawing - In Person, GE: PR-C
THEA 20 Introductory Studies in Actin- In Person, GE: IM

CAREER SUCCESS

TOMORROW – Are you on LinkedIn yet?
Accelerate Your Career Using LinkedIn

Zoom workshop presented by Career Success

Friday, April 25, 12-1 PM online,

Handshake registration link here.

THIS SUNDAY! –

Arts Staff Live! – Free Art & Music Event

Sunday, April 27 starting at 2:00 p.m.

Digital Arts Research Center (DARC), Outdoor Courtyard

Open to all!
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
Details: https://calendar.ucsc.edu/event/arts-staff-live

Arts Division staff, faculty, students & friends are invited to an afternoon of music, art and community.

Schedule:

2pm - Arts Dean opening event & artists tabling begins
2:30pm - 3:30pm - Arcane Lullaby (featuring Jason Greenberg - Art Dept.)
4pm - 5pm - The Coffis Brothers (featuring Cory Graves-Montalbano - Music Dept.)
5:30pm - 6:30pm - Rasquache Liberation Front (featuring Ricky Lomelí & Russell Rodríguez - Music Dept.)

UCSC staff artists include: Edward Ramirez, Courtney Scruggs, Lucas Gasperik, J Gaston, d Lynch, Jason Greenberg

Please download the ParkMobile app in advance and park in UCSC Lot 126

This event is made possible with support from the Arts Division’s DEI Strategic Initiative Fund.

DETAILS: https://calendar.ucsc.edu/event/arts-staff-live

UCSC Feminist Studies and the UCSC Music Department present

T R I C I A R O S E

Award-winning writer, internationally respected speaker and scholar of African American culture, racial inequality, and gender, Prof. Tricia Rose is Director of the Systemic Racism Project at the John Nicholas Brown Center for Advanced Study, and Chancellor's Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University. Rose is the author of Metaracism, Black Noise, and The Hip Hop Wars.

Thursday, May 1

Book talk: Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives - And How We Break Free

11 am, followed by lunch || Merrill Cultural Center

Friday, May 2

Lifting As We Rhyme: 50 Years of Black Feminist Sonic World Making - with Tricia Rose, Humanities professor Gina Dent, and Music professor and hip hop artist akua naru.

3 pm, followed by a reception || Merrill Cultural Center

The first 20 students who register for either or both events by April 23 receive a copy of Metaracism!

More info in flyer below.