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.
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It is 1849. A wooden box with a lock faces the audience center stage as thunderous music is heard overhead. The Spirit (Jasmine Gatewood) silences the crowd with graceful movements of her arms — a smile spreads across her lips as she moves around the stage. The Spirit hums a soft tune and when she finally approaches the box,...
The world of air guitar was electrically showcased in “Airness,” a UCR play that features its main character, Nina (Emily Luong), traversing through this unfamiliar world after a nasty breakup with her fiance. As she makes friends and learns more about the fantastical landscape of air guitar, Nina goes through a series of tribulations that challenge her to grow...
Amidst the modern media landscape, the world never stays silent. Streams of information, often tailored to each person, violently flow into our lives through everyday mediums of communication such as X (formerly known as Twitter), news sites, podcasts and the like. There has never been more of a need than now to understand the implications of the vast world...