During the first week of orientation last year, MFA Playwrights Ava Fojtik, Aaron Higareda and Karly Thomas decided to hang out; what was expected to be only a 30-minute conversation turned into two and a half hours. By the end of last year’s fall quarter, their brilliant minds joined together to create what is now known as AKA Productions.
“The...
Toeing the line between reality and fiction, UCRs Department of Theater, Film, and Digital Productions (TFDP) rendition of “Yellow Face,” tackles and questions the construct of race. Director Reena Dutt successfully recreated the David Henry Hwang masterpiece, utilizing only nine people to play every role as actors constantly rotated between characters.
A hush fell over the crowd, a single spotlight...
The rise of true crime has generated an influx of film and TV adaptations that explore the depraved minds of killers. “It’s All Just Noise,” produced and written by Karly Thomas, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) student in creative writing for performing arts, comments on the unjustified portrayal of murder victims and how their stories are glorified in...
Through their comedic and sensual musical numbers, the cast managed to transport the crowd to the Berlin Kit Kat Klub.
The UCR theater, film and digital production department selected the sensual, yet politically charged production of the musical “Cabaret” to be a part of their fall season, thrilling the audience by giving the production its own twist. “Cabaret” depicts a...