Theatre Arts Master Classes
SMC's Theatre Arts Department invites you to attend this free series of in-depth presentations by experts from the world of stage. Classes are held on the main campus in the Studio Stage (or Main Stage if indicated), 1900 Pico Bl., Santa Monica. Seating is strictly on a first-arrival basis. For more information, call (310) 434 4319.
An Evening with Larry Gelbart
Larry Gelbart, Writer/Director
Photo by Sasha Gelbart
For his efforts as a writer over the past 60 years in the fields of radio, television, and the theatre, Larry Gelbart has received two Tony Awards, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk and and a special Outer Critics Circle Award for his contribution to comedy, Los Angeles and New York Society of Film Critics Awards, two Edgar Allen Poe Awards, a pair of Academy Award nominations a trio of Emmys, a CableAce Award, a Golden Globe, PEN, Peabody, Humanitas and Christopher Awards, two Honorary Doctorates and eight Writers Guild awards. His book, Laughing Matters was published by Random House.
His credits are numerous, but some of his more well-known works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and City of Angels (stage), Tootsie and Oh, God (film) and M*A*S*H (television).
Friday, September 14, 2007 * 7:00pm * Free * Studio Stage
The Playwriting Process: From Idea to
Production
G. Bruce Smith, Playwright
G. Bruce Smith is the author of 14 plays of various lengths
and two screenplays. He has production credits in Los Angeles, Sacramento and
Minnesota and he has won several playwriting awards from such organizations as
the Ashland (Ore.) New Plays Festival. His most recent play CANVAS was a winner
in the 2007 New Play Festival at the Chameleon Theatre Circle in Minnesota and
had its world premiere Sept. 13-16 at the Electric Lodge in Venice.
His play THE LAST PITCH
won the 2000 National Playwriting Award from the American Renegade Theatre in
Los Angeles and had an 11-week run in 2001, garnering L.A. Weekly’s “Pick
of the Week.” THE LAST PITCH was also produced in fall 2006 in Austin, Minn.
Bruce is one of the founders of Playwrights 6, one of a
handful of playwright-managed theater companies in Los Angeles; is a member of
the Dramatists Guild; and has served as an Ovations voter in Los Angeles for
five years.
Thursday, October 18, 2007 * 11:15am * Free * Studio Stage
Masks in Balinese Dance Theater
Nyoman Wenten
Mr Wenten
is one of Bali’s most accomplished and versatile dancers and musicians,
celebrated as both a teacher and performer. Wenten is known for his work in
traditional Indonesian music and dance, but also for his creative east-west
fusion of composition and performance work.
He is a traditionally trained Balinese musician, actor and dancer. His earliest studies were with his late grandfather Mangku Dalang Sading, who was a master puppeteer, dancer, musician and educator. Wenten complemented this traditional training with formal study, graduating from Bali Conservatory of Music and Dance in Denpasar, Bali, then from National Dance and Music Academy in Jogyakarta, Java. He also holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Cal Arts and a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from UCLA.
He has toured throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America, presenting lecture demonstrations, workshops, and performances.
With funding from James Irvine Foundation in 1999-2000 and 2001-02 Nyoman Wenten and Linda Sohl-Ellison produced a unique and ambitious collaborative project; an in-depth work of tap, Balinese gamelan music and Balinese inspired movement. The result was a 40-minute, four section work called Nusantara (Bridge Between Islands), which garnered prestigious Lester Horton Dance Awards.
In 2003 he performed in Hong Kong in collaboration with the Beijing Opera in an adaptation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Most recently he has collaborated with playwright William Miranda from Canada. They produced a music, dance and theater piece based on the Greek story Oedipus, involving 75 artists; musicians, dancers and actors. This work was performed successfully at Bali Arts Festival 2006.
Thursday,
November 8, 2007 *
11:15am * Free * Studio
Stage
Map (Studio Stage is in the Theatre Arts building - #14 in the upper right quadrant)
Regarding website and/or Theatre Arts department,
contact:
louff_judy@smc.edu
Updated 10/25/07