Chelsea Sutton, a publicist in the Department of Theatre and New Dance, has been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Interactive Program. Sutton’s program, “Welcome to the Blumhouse Live,” was an interactive experience in the fall of 2020. The program incorporated…
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At her high school in suburban Boston, Iris Levine’s aptitude tests earmarked her for a career as an accountant. Her mother sounded a different note. “If you want to go to school for accounting, you’ll live at home and go…
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One could be forgiven for assuming Linda Bisesti, head of acting at Cal Poly Pomona’s theatre department, has pored over Shakespeare’s work since she was a little girl, or that her love for his verse was immediate and unquestioned. Bisesti…
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Leslie Rivers, a professor emerita from the theatre department, recently won a National Indies Excellence Award for her novel “Fiery Star: The Journals of Emma Rose Lightfoot.” Rivers won the top prize in the regional fiction west category. She also…
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A moonlit night in Barstow, California, is the backdrop for a surrealist fantasy steeped in magical realism, hard truths about life and society, and a director’s vision to call out toxic masculinity. Stage play “References to Salvador Dali Make Me…
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Hope and the doggedness of the human race underscore the menagerie of trial and tribulation that plague the Antrobus Family in Thornton Wilder’s comedy-drama, “The Skin of Our Teeth.” The Department of Theatre and New Dance’s production opened March 15…
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Stage play “Private Lives” took off like a rocket, selling out its first performance on Thursday, Sept. 27. A production of the Cal Poly Pomona Department of Theatre and New Dance, “Private Lives” will continue its seven-performance run until Sunday,…
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The Cal Poly Pomona Department of Theatre and New Dance will offer six diverse shows to wow audiences during its 2018-19 season. The season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 27 with the first production, a Noel Coward play titled “Private Lives.”…
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Many people watching a terrible television show might think they could do a better job acting. Some might have the audacity say it, and others – like graduating theatre student Mary Hill – will have the guts to prove it.…
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The Cal Poly Pomona Department of Theatre and New Dance invites viewers to go on journey through love, relationships and the mushy stuff that somehow holds it all together with its final Main Stage show of the season, “I Love…
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