August 22, 2013
…on the quality of theater and the power of performance for the entire San Diego area.” Molli and Arthur Wagner arrived at UC San Diego in 1972, when Arthur was appointed the founding chair of the department of drama, now the department of theatre and dance. He, together with his…
November 4, 2021
…her career in the theater industry with education and training opportunities like this go hand in hand, where she can be equally invested in the students and the show. “It makes me feel like I’m in exactly the right place, doing the exact right thing,” she said. Powell co-leads the…
March 20, 2014
The first annual Filmatic Festival will bring film screenings, interactive film-based performances, digital media workshops, and industry expert panels to the campus of the University of California, San Diego for four days of media exploration and creation in late April. Produced by ArtPower! and curated by some of San Diego’s…
May 6, 2021
…a new generation of theater audiences. Her plays “The Great Leap” and “Cambodian Rock Band” have received several awards and are widely produced around the nation. Read more | Watch the video “I’ve always wanted to be a storyteller. And when I realized that I could tell stories through theater…
October 25, 2011
UC San Diego’s Village@Torrey Pines East apartment development, featuring solar-heated showers and “wind scoops” that pull in Pacific breezes, is celebrating its grand opening with news that it won LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Gold certification. The green-building award recognizes Village East’s water- and energy-efficient features in addition…
April 25, 2019
…draw for both casual theater goers and professionals, giving students in the playwriting program the opportunity to showcase their original work. Plays premiering at the festival often go on to win awards and be produced by theater companies in major cities around the world. This year’s five, full productions are…
October 17, 2016
KnuEdge and Calit2 workshop to focus on development of next-generation computing architectures to power machine learning.
April 18, 2019
…spanning from chemistry to theater to neuroscience. Their topics ranged from making renewable fuels from solar energy to intersectional approaches of theatrical storytelling. Coming in second place was Joanna Wang of Materials Science and Engineering with “Using Color to Fight Infection,” while third place went to Emily Pierce of Biological…
February 12, 2016
When playwright Deborah Stein and director Suli Holum began working on the musical comedy “Movers + Shakers” in 2012, it was the height of the presidential election season and they were amused by the foibles of politicians such as Sarah Palin and Anthony Weiner. Flash forward to 2016 and another…
July 27, 2021
Daniel and Phyllis Epstein have committed to provide a $10 million gift to the University of California San Diego in support of a new state-of-the-art amphitheater, signaling a major step in the university’s plan to become a top cultural destination.
