Tag: theater
New Works Festival spotlights ‘the originating artist’
For 26 years, the Occidental New Works Festival has paired student playwrights with LA performers, student actors and professional guest directors. Performed at Keck Theater Feb....
Professor Ezra Weisz balances voice acting career while teaching students tai...
Every Tuesday and Thursday, one can find Theater & Performance Studies professor Ezra Weisz teaching tai chi on campus. In addition to teaching, Weisz said he...
Lencia Kebede ’16 ‘defies gravity’ as she flies from Keck Theater...
Lencia Kebede '16 began her historic Broadway debut as the first Black woman to play Elphaba in “Wicked" full time on Broadway at the...
‘Alone Together’ commemorates five years since COVID-19 lockdowns through live performance
"Alone Together," a play put on by the Occidental theater department, will take place April 3–6 at 8 p.m. in the Keck Theater Lobby....
Clown and Comedy class encourages the freedom of failure and chaos
For the first time in Occidental's theater department, Topics and Performance: Clown and Comedy Class is being offered Spring 2025, taught by Wanlass Visiting Artist Professor...
Fall production of ‘Poor Clare’ draws attention to social issues past...
The Occidental Theater department held their fall production of “Poor Clare” for four days, Nov. 7-10, in Keck Theatre. The play is set in Assisi, Italy in...
Student-run production of “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” is a love letter...
For one night only, a student-run production of Shakespeare's “A Midsummer's Night Dream” graced the stage of the Remsen Bird Hillside Theater Oct. 5. Theater...
Fantastiprov sparks creativity and community on campus
Fantastiprov is Occidental’s on-campus improv group, which allows students to tap into their improvisational skills through acting games and performances in a tight-knit and...
Students audition for fall plays, “Anything is possible in college”
Student traffic circulated in and out of Keck Theater Sept. 3 and Sept. 4, buzzing with excitement. Occidental’s theater program started off the school...
The New Works Festival is a ‘game changer’ for student playwrights
Occidental's annual New Works Festival will take place in the Keck Theater Feb. 24–25. According to an email sent by the Occidental College Theater Department, the...






































