Events

 

ALL LIVE EVENTS ARE CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, CHECK BELOW FOR DIGITAL EVENTS

In an effort to minimize the risk of exposure to COVID-19 in the community, Chancellor Henry Yang announced on Tuesday, March 10th that the UC Santa Barbara campus will be transitioning to remote instruction until it's safe for our community to gather at the public events. Even though faced with challanges of createing performing arts pieces over Zoom, our students, faculty, and staff worked tirelessly to produce exciting season of events. In the fall quarter of 2020-2021 we are producing more events than in a regular school year and we are very excited to share them with our community for free. For timely updates on our events stay in touch and SUBSCRIBE HERE.

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Immortal Longings 09/02/2020 - 18:00 to 09/03/2020 - 18:00
 
Immortal Longings
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Immortal Longings 09/08/2020 - 18:00 to 09/09/2020 - 18:00
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Events

Immortal Longings
  1. Play
  2. Director
  3. ...
  1. October 9, 2020 - 7:00pm
  2. October 10, 2020 - 7:00pm
  3. October 11, 2020 - 12:00pm
  4. October 11, 2020 - 2:30pm
The Thanksgiving Play
  1. Play
  2. Director's Note
  3. ...
  1. October 12, 2020 - 7:00pm
NAKED SHAKES Solo Festival

artistic director Irwin Appel

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  1. October 17, 2020 - 6:00pm
  2. November 5, 2020 - 12:30pm
  3. November 16, 2020 - 12:00am to November 18, 2020 - 12:45pm
Trumpus Ceasar

 

  1. Play
  2. Playwright
  3. ...
  1. October 24, 2020 - 6:00pm to November 3, 2020 - 11:45pm
AMPLIFY PRODUCTION: WHY WE MARCH

 

  1. Play
  2. ...
  1. October 30, 2020 - 7:00pm
20 short pieces taken from "365 Days, 365 Plays"

 

  1. Play
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  1. November 13, 2020 - 7:00pm to November 14, 2020 - 7:00pm
  2. November 14, 2020 - 1:00pm
Generations

devised by UCSB students and directed by Annie...

  1. November 19, 2020 - 7:00pm to November 21, 2020 - 7:00pm
  2. November 21, 2020 - 1:00pm
Under Normal Circumstances

 

  1. Play
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  1. December 3, 2020 - 7:00pm to December 5, 2020 - 7:00pm
  2. December 5, 2020 - 1:00pm
Kinetic Lab 2020

Under the direction of Brandon Whited...

  1. December 6, 2020 - 12:00pm to December 13, 2020 - 11:45pm

More Events

Announcements

Realisms in East Asian Performing Arts Conference

Realisms in East Asian Performing Arts, a Zoom conference taking place October 1-3, will consider alternative conceptions and histories of theatrical realism through explorations of its conventions across East Asia. Learn more about the conference HERE.

Professor Jessica Nakamura presents her new book

Faculty member Jessica Nakamura presents her new book Transgenerational Remembrance: Performance and the Asia-Pacific War in Contemporary Japan as part of Humanites Decanted at Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at 4 pm on October 13th, 2020 on Zoom. Register HERE.

NAKED SHAKES Celebrates its 15th Anniversary

For its 15th anniversary, NAKED SHAKES presents Immortal Longings, a new adaptation by Irwin Appel that combines Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and George Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra into one dynamic and exciting play. 

"Alone, Together" is now published by Dramatic Publishing

Dramatic Publishing announces the publication and exclusive licensing of LAUNCH PAD’s Alone, Together Festival of 39 short plays and monologues written by 24 playwrights to be performed on Zoom.

The BFA Degree in Acting at UCSB

BFA Acting students of the Department of Theater and Dance share their experience on how is to be a part of the program. Please see the video in the announcement.

LAUNCH PAD 2020 Summer Reading Series

LAUNCH PAD 2020 Summer Reading Series is presenting four brand new plays from July 17th through August 8th: Once Upon a Family by Barbara Lebow, Shanghai by Linda Alper, THE CRATCHITS (in America) by James Still, and Elocutia Does Pygmalion by Cheryl L. West.