Theater
Arts & Entertainment
Student-run play ‘It Could Have Been Enough’ fosters meditations on identity
The student-run production of "It Could Have Been Enough" was performed in an outdoor venue behind Keck Theater, March 3 and 5. The play, written and produced by Zachary Goldsmith (junior), details a Jewish family’s confrontations with antisemitism...
Culture
BSA Apollo Night returns to live performance after two years online
Apollo Night, hosted by the Black Student Alliance (BSA), is back in full swing at Occidental after being virtual for two years. The event...
Arts & Entertainment
‘Dry Land’ reveals reality of adolescence
A dim blue light shines on a mildewy floor, focusing on a single drain. The sounds of splashing and shrieks of children fill the...
Culture
‘Measure’ actors reflect on acting process, Shakespeare
Four hundred years after Shakespeare's death, the echo of live piano and accordion in Keck Theater paired with elaborate cobblestone buildings, ostentatious Victorian costumes...
Arts & Entertainment
Local opera company marries Star Trek, Mozart
While the word "opera" may bring to mind classical orchestral scores and Italian ballads, the Pacific Opera Project (POP) has reimagined one of Mozart's...
Arts & Entertainment
Students revive iconic "Vagina Monologues"
Alongside 11 other women onstage and with a near-packed Thorne Hall watching, Frankie Radogna (senior) prepared herself for her big scene in the "Vagina...
Arts & Entertainment
Student actors explore meaning of 'Refuge'
On Friday night, students, parents and community members alike swarmed Keck Theater for the second night of "Refuge," a play directed by Culley Guest...
Arts & Entertainment
Pasadena theater troupe rejuvenates Wilde play
In a satirical exposition of high-society England, the artists at A Noise Within Playhouse brought to life the buffoonery of a tangled love story...
Arts & Entertainment
Thakker finds UEP, theater in Big Apple
Upon first glance, the only commonality between the Urban and Environmental Policy (UEP) and theater departments are the close vicinity of the two department...
Arts & Entertainment
Theater fellow performs ‘radiating’ musical act as alter ego
Jomama Jones walked confidently across the stage with the saxophone blaring, lights shining and crowd screaming. She wore full, natural hair, a blue glitter...
Arts & Entertainment
Hipsters, apocalypse combine in student play
Bearded, bespectacled, dark-roast sipping hipsters muddle about a coffee shop in Northeast Los Angeles. They text vigorously on their iPhones, talk philosophy and...
Arts & Entertainment
'Othello' successfully depicts controversial themes
One of the lesser-known perks of participating in theater at a small liberal arts school is that many times, rather than choosing talent to...
