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'''The Claire Trevor School of the Arts''' (CTSA) is a university arts school at the [[University of California, Irvine]] in Irvine, CA. The current dean of the school is Joseph S. Lewis III. The four departments housed in the school are for [[dance]], [[drama]], [[music]], and [[studio art]]. CTSA has undergraduate programs, masters programs, and a doctoral program in drama conducted jointly with UC San Diego. The school was named in honor of the [[Academy Award]] winning [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] [[film actress|actress]] [[Claire Trevor]].<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2002/nov/24/entertainment/ca-2social24</ref> The school represents the largest contribution to the campus by architect [[William Pereira]], who oversaw its construction in 1970. It features a distinctive "modular" design in which individual buildings are connected by an overhead network of pillar-supported canopies. In 2005, the school's landscape was redesigned by [[Maya Lin]] in a [[retro-futurism|retro-futuristic]] style, featuring an outdoor theater, fountains, decorative [[LED]] lighting and landscaping with native grasses and wildflowers. In fall 2011, the new "green" Contemporary Arts Center opened in the heart of the school, a $42.35-million building equipped with state-of-the-art studios and spaces for displaying, staging, and producing art.<ref>http://articles.dailypilot.com/2011-09-08/news/tn-dpt-0909-ucartscenter-20110908_1_uci-chancellor-michael-drake-arts-at-uc-irvine-art-school</ref> It serves as the new anchor for the art school complex.
'''The Claire Trevor School of the Arts''' (CTSA) is a university arts school at the [[University of California, Irvine]] in Irvine, CA. The current dean of the school is Joseph S. Lewis III. The four departments housed in the school are for [[art]], [[dance]], [[drama]], and [[music]]. CTSA has undergraduate programs, masters programs, and a doctoral program in drama conducted jointly with UC San Diego. The school was named in honor of the [[Academy Award]] winning [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] [[film actress|actress]] [[Claire Trevor]].<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2002/nov/24/entertainment/ca-2social24</ref> The school represents the largest contribution to the campus by architect [[William Pereira]], who oversaw its construction in 1970. It features a distinctive "modular" design in which individual buildings are connected by an overhead network of pillar-supported canopies. In 2005, the school's landscape was redesigned by [[Maya Lin]] in a [[retro-futurism|retro-futuristic]] style, featuring an outdoor theater, fountains, decorative [[LED]] lighting and landscaping with native grasses and wildflowers. In fall 2011, the new "green" Contemporary Arts Center opened in the heart of the school, a $42.35-million building equipped with state-of-the-art studios and spaces for displaying, staging, and producing art.<ref>http://articles.dailypilot.com/2011-09-08/news/tn-dpt-0909-ucartscenter-20110908_1_uci-chancellor-michael-drake-arts-at-uc-irvine-art-school</ref> It serves as the new anchor for the art school complex.


Early CTSA professors included [[Mehli Mehta]]<ref>http://music.arts.uci.edu/symphony/symphony/</ref> (father of [[Zubin Mehta]]), choral master; [[Eugene Loring]], dance master with James Penrod as an assistant; [[Frank Stella]], [[Henry Clay]], [[Tony DeLap]] and [[John McCracken|John MacCracken]], who were art instructors; and [[Robert Cohen (acting theorist)|Robert Cohen]], founding chair of the drama department. Cohen organized the undergraduate repertory company that took ''Oedipus Rex'' on the road to UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz. Other early productions included ''[[Marat/Sade|The Assassination of Jean Paul Marat by the Marquis de Sade]]'', "Little Mary Sunshine", ''[[Night of the Iguana]]'' and ''[[Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.<ref>http://www.uci.edu/features/2011/10/feature_cohen_111024.php</ref>
Early CTSA professors included [[Mehli Mehta]]<ref>http://music.arts.uci.edu/symphony/symphony/</ref> (father of [[Zubin Mehta]]), choral master; [[Eugene Loring]], dance master with James Penrod as an assistant; [[Frank Stella]], [[Henry Clay]], [[Tony DeLap]] and [[John McCracken|John MacCracken]], who were art instructors; and [[Robert Cohen (acting theorist)|Robert Cohen]], founding chair of the drama department. Cohen organized the undergraduate repertory company that took ''Oedipus Rex'' on the road to UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz. Other early productions included ''[[Marat/Sade|The Assassination of Jean Paul Marat by the Marquis de Sade]]'', "Little Mary Sunshine", ''[[Night of the Iguana]]'' and ''[[Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.<ref>http://www.uci.edu/features/2011/10/feature_cohen_111024.php</ref>

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Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Claire Trevor Theater and related structure
Map
General information
Architectural styleBrutalist
Town or cityIrvine, California
CountryUnited States of America
Construction started1969
Completed1970
ClientUniversity of California, Irvine
Technical details
Structural systemReinforced concrete
Design and construction
Architect(s)William Pereira
Structural engineerBrandow & Johnston

The Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) is a university arts school at the University of California, Irvine in Irvine, CA. The current dean of the school is Joseph S. Lewis III. The four departments housed in the school are for art, dance, drama, and music. CTSA has undergraduate programs, masters programs, and a doctoral program in drama conducted jointly with UC San Diego. The school was named in honor of the Academy Award winning Hollywood actress Claire Trevor.[1] The school represents the largest contribution to the campus by architect William Pereira, who oversaw its construction in 1970. It features a distinctive "modular" design in which individual buildings are connected by an overhead network of pillar-supported canopies. In 2005, the school's landscape was redesigned by Maya Lin in a retro-futuristic style, featuring an outdoor theater, fountains, decorative LED lighting and landscaping with native grasses and wildflowers. In fall 2011, the new "green" Contemporary Arts Center opened in the heart of the school, a $42.35-million building equipped with state-of-the-art studios and spaces for displaying, staging, and producing art.[2] It serves as the new anchor for the art school complex.

Early CTSA professors included Mehli Mehta[3] (father of Zubin Mehta), choral master; Eugene Loring, dance master with James Penrod as an assistant; Frank Stella, Henry Clay, Tony DeLap and John MacCracken, who were art instructors; and Robert Cohen, founding chair of the drama department. Cohen organized the undergraduate repertory company that took Oedipus Rex on the road to UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz. Other early productions included The Assassination of Jean Paul Marat by the Marquis de Sade, "Little Mary Sunshine", Night of the Iguana and Midsummer Night's Dream.[4]

In 2013, UCI Dance Department professors include Lisa Naugle, Professor and Chair of UCI Dance Department; Betina Bain, Diane Diefenderfer, and Darren Wong, who are Lecturers of Dance; Norman Beede, Senior Musician; Marey Corey, Donald McKayle, Nancy Lee Ruyter, and Alan Terricciano, who are Professors of Dance; John Crawford, Associate Professor of Dance and Media Arts; Jennifer Fisher, Jodie Gates, Loretta Livingston, and Molly Lynch, who are Associate Professors of Dance; Chad Michael Hall, Tong Wang, and Sheron Wray, who are Assistant Professors of Dance.[5]

William Inge, author of such plays as Bus Stop, Picnic, and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs taught playwriting in the drama department in the 1970s. Jerzy Grotowski, acting theorist and founder of the Polish Laboratory Theater, joined the drama faculty in 1983,[6] and conducted his Objective Drama project in the fields and barn south of the main campus. UCI graduate drama student James Slowiak was his chief assistant during the project years.[6] Many fellow artists and students, from the UCI student body and around the world, came to Irvine to work with him and explore experimental theatrical exercises in what has come to be known as the "Grotowski Barn." In addition to Cohen and Grotowski, other drama faculty notables have included Stephen Barker, Keith Fowler, G. Cameron Harvey, William Needles, C.M., Bryan Reynolds, and Robert Weimann. Choreographer Donald McKayle is a joint member of the dance and drama faculties.

Notable alumni

  • Bob Gunton, Drama Desk Award-winning actor on stage and screen
  • Brian Thompson, American actor, known for his work in action films and TV series
  • Jon Lovitz, American comedian and actor
  • Beth Malone, American stage actor, a performer at the Public Theater, New York, and the Sundance Theater Lab in Utah
  • Teal Wicks, American stage actor, known for her role as Elphaba in the Broadway and touring productions of Wicked
  • Andrew Samonsky, American actor known for his role as Lt. Cable in the 2008 Broadway revival of South Pacific
  • Allison Case, American actor known for her part in the "Tribe" in the Broadway revival of Hair
  • Chris Burden, American sculptor and conceptual performance artist known for his self-mutilations, including Shoot, performed while a student, in which an assistant shot him in the arm

References

  1. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2002/nov/24/entertainment/ca-2social24
  2. ^ http://articles.dailypilot.com/2011-09-08/news/tn-dpt-0909-ucartscenter-20110908_1_uci-chancellor-michael-drake-arts-at-uc-irvine-art-school
  3. ^ http://music.arts.uci.edu/symphony/symphony/
  4. ^ http://www.uci.edu/features/2011/10/feature_cohen_111024.php
  5. ^ http://dance.arts.uci.edu/faculty
  6. ^ a b Koehler, Robert, "O.C. Theater," Los AngelesTimes, 07/23/1991

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